"What? What are you doing here?" Ava asked Ethan with her eyebrows shot up, forming an arch of astonishment, with her words filled with nervousness and shock. "I was hired to be your helper," he said with a bemused smile because of the expression that was on her face, as he began to walk closer to where she was sitting. "What?! Are you are Mum in this together?" Ava asked with prickly sensations still shooting up her spine, as her hands fumbled with the bag that was placed on her lap to find her phone. She wanted to call her mother immediately. Ethan grinned widely again as he watched her panic, "There is no reception here, Ava. The calls will not go through," he said to her, as her phone slipped off her hand from her ear instantly. She checked her phone to see that there was truly no reception. "What?! What have you done to this place?" Ava asked with a frown as she looked around the deluxe vacation house, wondering why somewhere like that would not have a good reception for makin

Ava's hand compulsively began to search for her crutches nervously without looking, with her eyes still looking at him, before she finally realized the visibility of her actions. Her cheeks burned with intense embarrassment when she realized that she had been gawking at Ethan, and her eyes darted away immediately in an attempt to redeem whatever impression she had given him. "Look at me," Ethan said slowly to her as he swam even closer to where she was, and brought his hand out of the water to touch her left cheek softly. Ava froze at that action because of how cold his palm felt against hers, but it was almost like there was another reason which made her body react like that other than the cold. The touch of his fingers against her cheeks ignited a glow in her like a spark, and she felt herself consciously succumbing to whatever he was doing. It was repulsive, and yet invoking. He wasn't doing so much and yet her body felt like it had been yearning hard for just a slight graze o

The first rays of the morning sunlight which peeked through the curtains, gently permeating the room, bashed Ava's face which prompted her to scrunch her brows. She moaned softly from her sleep and tried to keep her eyelids open, but compulsively closed it and turned to the other side of the bed because of the reflective brightness of the sun.Her head throbbed with a splitting headache, and her parched mouth felt as if it had spent the night in a desert as she groaned hard. Slowly, she sat up on the huge white bed while touching her temples, with her body protesting each movement as she tried to stretch them out of ache. It took a moment for her bleary eyes to adjust to the daylight streaming in.'Where was she?' her head suddenly asked her in high alert, as her eyes looked around suspiciously to check where she was, and why she had woken up a mess. Her eyes darted around to confirm that she was still in her room, as everywhere around her seemed to spin. She swung her legs over the s

"Why are you trying to force them to eat, Anna?" Dali asked again in anger when she moved closer to see the food that Anna wanted to give to them. Quickly, she pulled Autumn, who was still crying behind her, and told Evan to take his sister to the room immediately. "And who are you to question me in that manner? Am I not allowed to make whatever judgments I like when watching over the kids?" Anna asked her with a sneer even if she was still shocked, hating the fact that Dali was standing right before her. She detested her even more than the way she had hated Ava. "What?! Your judgments with kids? Are you trying to get them killed by stuffing them?!" Dali demanded from her angrily, as she watched Anna sway her body and roll her eyes flippantly like nothing mattered to her. It got her even more pissed. "So this is how you maltreat them when Jordyn leaves home, right? You pretend in front of everyone, and then make the children's life a living hell when you are alone with them?" Dali c

The early morning sun filtered through the bright beautiful curtains in the living room, casting a soft golden glow across the room which brightened up the atmosphere. A plush, oversized couch sat at the corner of the room close to the down-to-ceiling windows, with its cushions adorned with many soft, inviting throw pillows around it. Positioned amidst the soft pillows and couch, was Ethan and Ava lying there comfortably, with their bodies curled together in a delicate embrace. Her head was resting on his chest with her ear harmonizing to the steady rhythm of his heartbeat, while his arm wrapped protectively around her, creating a feeling of safety.Their faces were so calm in their sleep as they remained in that position, and Ava's body seemed to stir a bit with her lips gently curving into a contented smile. She moved her face more closely to his chest and snuggled even more, loving the good mood that her sleepy self seemed to be while trying to wake up. Suddenly, she realized that