Anna's grip on the steering wheel of her car was so tight till her knuckles started to turn white, mirroring the intensity of her rage as her temples throbbed with her veins fueling the flame of her anger. Her eyes narrowed on the road, which were fixated on the oblivious driver that was driving ahead of her with her vision clouded with frustration, as her breath grew shallow and rapid with exhales punctuated by muttered curses. "That bitch! I'm going to fucking kill her for making me feel this shitty. That stinking human, who thinks that she can take everything from me!" Anna grit her teeth as she pressed hard on the acceleration, and drove through the road on her way to the AVARSON fashion house. The tires of her car screeched so loudly against the asphalt as her foot pressed down on the accelerator, propelling her forward with reckless action of transferring her anger to the car and road. Since she was used to driving that way, she drove through traffic like a daredevil as her re
Ava woke up later in the evening feeling so rejuvenated and full of life, in a way that she had not felt for a long while. She did some push-up exercises after stepping down from her bed, before she had a quick bath in the bathroom and changed into comfortable clothes. She went out of her room and followed through her large open hallway, before climbing down the stairs and walking into the living room to check for her children. When she realized that they were not there, she checked the dining room to see if they were probably eating, and returned to check their bedroom when she didn't see them anywhere around the house. Her heart started to beat fast with the thought that her children should be home by that time from the mall, and returned to her room hurriedly to get her phone and call Beatrice to ask after the kids. The woman told her that they were almost home with the chauffeur, and Ava heaved a sigh of relief before lashing out on impulse at the nanny. She asked why they wer
Anna had the worst day ever to an extent that she felt ruined and so pathetic ever since she went to challenge Ava, and came back wrecked with haunting words that no one had ever said straight to her face. It was the first time that both of them had seen one another one on one after years had passed, asides from the same time that they were both schooling at the same university with Ethan. And she remembered the dirty role that she had played in, making Ava's and Ethan's relationship an ill-fated one before it even started. She had always been a classy young lady from birth and enjoyed so many privileges, which remained the same after her father died and she was left with her mother, Jordyn, who did everything to make her happy and satisfy her. The first guy that she noticed in her first year was Ethan, whom the others considered a snob and cold person because of his parent's wealth in class. She was so much interested in him and wanted him for herself, amidst the guys that wante
Ava's heart dropped when she heard him ask her the most formidable question, as her heart began to pound like a war drum, with its deafening rhythm loud in her ears. She felt an overwhelming sense of vulnerability as if every layer of her protection had been stripped away, leaving her exposed and defenseless to her cold reality. The truth that she had been trying so much to hide since all these days, had been exposed to the last person that she would have wanted to know. However, she could not back down so easily and let him get to her. "Your kids? Are you in your right senses at all?" Ava asked him with a scoff, her eyes burning through his with an intensity enough to melt it down. She was so pissed that he had the guts to ask her about the kids he never knew existed before. That he had rejected and denied years ago. "You are not denying it," he proceeded further with a smug smile as his eyes sparkled with a glint of hope, now emboldened by Ava's weak backup that he was definitely
Nestled within the heart of a towering company, a door swung open to reveal the room of opulence as Ethan stepped into his luxurious office, where every detail had been meticulously crafted to exude a sense of elegance and sophistication.He took his seat at his imposing desk that sat at the center of the room, with its polished surface reflecting the soft glow of the room, as he turned to face Jesse, who was following behind him with a leather briefcase and the tablet for reports. It was glaring that Ethan had pushed behind some of the work on his schedule by doing other things, but he was still not ready to get them done that morning even if it was another day for work. He had been feeling so dispirited since the previous day after he met Ava, and he had been so confused as to what he could do without messing things up again. He had been so bothered that things might not go exactly the way he wanted, if he acted too rashly about things considering the terrible relationship he stil
The phones at the AVARSON continued to ring incessantly as every worker was running from place to place, picking up calls and trying their very best to answer the complaints of every customer. Only that morning, more than a hundred orders of cloth that had been made were canceled abruptly. Cassey returned disappointed from RADAAR magazine company which was one of the biggest in New York, after they had agreed to feature the AVARSON fashion brand on a page in their magazine. They just canceled it out for no reason, and it left Cassey destabilized because she had been feeling so much excitement already. Returning to the company to meet a new problem arising from nowhere, made things even worse than she pictured it to be when Gianna called her. Celebrities that had booked a styling and tailoring section with them, suddenly started canceling their scheduled meeting with them.However, the major problem seemed to only be occurring with major things that they needed to climb the goal lad
Ava drove the same length of destination that she drove out of the city back, after Cassey called to tell her that everything was back to normal right before they hit their limit. Regardless of what might have been done to fix the situation, she was so glad that she didn't have to face the problems of having to deal with a crumbling company that was just in its blooming stage. She arrived at the city in the night and just drove straight home, after waiting for dinner at a random food restaurant that was not even close to being a two-star. Nevertheless, she liked the quality and taste of the food that they served there. Left with two more puzzles to resolve by herself, Ava knew that she still had a lot to bother about. It was still an unsaid fact that she had told her kids the truth about their father whom they met, and the undying deserve to find her birth mother that she never knew existed until years ago. She wanted to find her at every cost. She remembered that her father had
Anna's mind had been cast into a fiery pit of doubt and unanswered questions, as she wrestled without knowing the exact truth that was involved with the scandal, that she read about Ethan and the mystery kids which was on news. It was a fact that Ethan had not been with any other woman and locked himself out of the world after their terrible breakup, which made her continue to wonder how it was possible for him to have kids with some lady. As much as her mind wanted to lie to her that it might not be true, she still wanted to confirm the truth because of the kind of personality Ethan had. He wasn't the kind to just play with random kids, talk more of reserving the restaurant for the afternoon so that they could have their space. The crazy part of everything was that she knew there was no way that they were related to him, because he had no close family that he could spend such quality time with. 'Or has he changed in those years? Were they surrogate babies? But he was smiling in th