A ROYAL IN JAIL Right after leaving the courtroom, Ethan headed straight to the company, Avish Beauty Company, together with Mr Eric. They went with the court order together with the document they had signed with Ava to prove that they were the new owners of the company. A short while later, the news spread widely in the company about Ava’s imprisonment and the handing over of the company to a new owner. Ethan and Mr Eric inspected the entire company, with Ethan making extensive notes. He had sprung into action immediately, ready to refurbish the entire company and build it to his standards. After the inspection, they both went to Ava's house. Ethan did not like the house and the layout and made that known to Mr Eric. He then made it clear to him that he was going to use that as a benefit for the person they were going to employ as the CEO of the company. Mr Eric could not agree less with that. “Now you have a lot of responsibilities to handle, Doctor. I do hope you

PREPARING FOR WAR Ethan lay down on his bed as he reminisced about his life over the past years. Marrying the love of his life and then suddenly going to jail for the same love of his life, only to come back to the love of his life divorcing him after his sacrifice. He had come out of jail as a pauper, and within just a month, he now had companies to his name and more of them in the building He was now a billionaire and a doctor who healed the rich. Ever since he came back, he has not even had the chance to rest. In his quest for revenge against Ava and to find out the truth behind his jail time, he had seen and heard a lot of things, most of which were so hard to believe. He had successfully succeeded in keeping Ava away from him for forty days. Unfortunately, he had only about thirty days to plan his life and get ready for another challenging episode. He had that time to make sure he was ready to face Ava again with all the investigations he had made. He had the s

A DEAL OF HOPE. Ava walked out of the correctional facility with a smile on her face. She stared into the distance and bowed slightly, taking a deep breath. It has been thirty days of living in that hellhole and being bullied by almost everybody At long last, she was free. She had grown visibly lean and had lost a lot of weight during her time in prison. Ava stood at the entrance of the correctional facility, looking into the distance. She seemed to be waiting for someone. Ten seconds later, a car appeared in the distance, driving towards her. She finally smiled as the car stopped right in front of her. She opened the door and sat down in the car, and the driver drove on. “How are you feeling today?” Jake asked Ava. Ava smiled. “I am good. Never felt so free in my life,” Ava replied. ************* When Ava was sent to Jail, Jake found out about it just two days in. He visited Ava in prison to talk to her. Ava was in the middle of cleaning the shoes of

TEARS OF JOY Jake, on the other hand, was quite surprised at Ava's blatant refusal to pursue any matters regarding Ethan again. To him, Ethan had forcefully taken away all her company and her house and everything else she owned, including sending her to jail. That was enough to make someone bitter for a lifetime, but surprisingly, Ava was not bitter at Ethan or even worried about what she had lost. Jake felt something was not right with her. “Maybe she is just losing her mind from all the trauma she has been through in prison, because nothing else can explain that, or maybe she has turned weak from being in prison,” Jake thought to himself. He sat across from her, staring quietly at Ava, who was lost in thought. Maybe she was going to come around with time. *********** Ethan sat behind his computer in his room. He had just opened a folder with a few names in it. The names that were typed in all capital letters, indicating the urgency, were ‘JAKE’ and ‘AVA,’ and now, Ethan a

A SECOND THOUGHT Ava was in a car with Jake. That morning, Jake had told her they needed to visit someone. Jake did not explain who this person was but only told her it was a very important person who could help them. Although Ava had decided against going to whoever it was, Jake insisted, and without a word, she got ready and went to sit in the car, heading towards wherever Jake wanted them to go. Ava sat silently in the car without a word as Jake drove. Although Jake tried to bring up a conversation, she responded nonchalantly, and Jake quickly dropped the topic. Ava showed no interest because she knew that as the conversation progressed, Jake was going to bring out another issue about going back after Ethan and trying to get her company and house back. That was the conversation she wanted to avoid; hence, the reason she was avoiding all the topics. She just did not want to have anything at all to do with Ethan again, finally accepting the fact that Ethan was now a