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Ava stilled hearing his answer.She was unsure if she had reacted that way because she was shocked she was wrong or if it was because it meant that she was way off with her theory and the situation was much more worse than she thought.“I mean it was pretty close to what you described just now. I was attacked and shot up, I was actually the target, and they were trying to destroy the bulletproof integrity of the car,” he said then sighed.“But… It didn’t happen because I pissed anyone off. Well, at least, not today anyways.”Ava looked at him with confusion in her eyes. What did he mean by that? For how long has he been pissing people off?Had she been putting so much energy into keeping Alexander Cole blind that she didn’t realize that someone else was after him?If there were other people after him that he hadn’t told her about, just how many enemies had he accumulated?There were so many questions building up in her head, but she managed to push them down and just listen.She did
Wrong place, wrong time
“I don’t want to think the worst about what I saw, so my initial assumption was that you got caught in the middle of a shootout,” Ava began, telling him of the exact train of thought she had thought of while they were at Axel’s condo.“I am guessing it was just a ‘wrong place, wrong time’ situation, right?”“I mean, it happens, even in a city as safe as Brighton, bad things still happen. People die like that every day. Your car being armored is probably the only reason you’re alive.”Ethan looked at her for a while, and he was surprised by her assumption.The conversation of ‘what happened to the car?’ was something he was hoping to avoid, because he knew she was not going to let it rest.As much as he was pretty much her boss, she sometimes made it seem like they were on the same level or she was holding more authority than him.She would sometimes talk to him like a friend, and other times, she would scold him like a mother scolding her only child, and this situation was the kind of
The target
Ethan leaned back against the edge of the table in the center of the living room, his arms folded loosely. His posture was relaxed, but it was this deceptively relaxed pose he had learned in the past that was now a part of him. It really helped him in moments when he was in danger, looking that relaxed would always scare the trouble away before it got to him. But Ava knew that look. She had actually been the one that shared it with him. It was something her dad had been teaching her to do when they were still young highschoolers.She had never been able to master it, but Ethan did, and he didn’t with lessons from an amateur that was learning herself.So just one look at him, and she knew he was trying to hide a lot of questions in his head.After a little pause, Ethan resumed speaking again.“What if it wasn’t a coincidence?” he continued. “What if he’d already been tracking her movements? He might have even had us followed from day one after I took her from him at that wedding of
This isn't romance
Axel was still doing the math in her head when she realized that it was going to cost him a lot to acquire the back, not to mention the fact that they had no real reason to sell off the company.The bank had been so optimized that they had barely ever made any losses in the past half decade, so convincing them to sell would be next to impossible.It would involve probably a double payment of what the company is worth.The scale of the cost of such a decision was heavy, and it hit Axel like a delayed shockwave.For a moment, just a brief moment, her mind betrayed her. A thought slipped into her head uninvited, but it felt dangerously warm to think of, and she couldn’t stop the thought.‘Does that mean I matter that much to him?’ she thought to herself as a warm smile began to form on her face.Ava caught the shift with the side of her eyes instantly and scoffed.“Don’t read into it,” she said firmly. “This isn’t romantic.”Axel flushed. “I didn’t…”“You did,” Ava cut in, not giving Ax
Beautiful eyes
“Master Ethan,” Ava cleared her throat at the first chance she got, so she could remind him of the need to return home without interrupting their conversation in a disrespectful manner.“What is it?” Ethan raised his head to her.“You have work to get back to tomorrow sir,” Ava said.“You should consider rounding up here so you can be well rested for tomorrow’s activities, sir.”She didn’t want to have to use this sentence, because she didn’t want him going back to the office, at least, not for another week.With her statement just now, she had basically given him ammo to use against her when she suggested he should stay home for a while to let things cool off.But it was either that or she would be unable to get the information she wanted on the shoot out from him.Ethan looked at Axel for a moment then nodded.“I will have to leave now, Ava is right,” he said as he got up.“Thank you for taking out time to check in on me, I really appreciate it… Ethan,” she paused before saying his
beyond all odds
When she finished, silence settled between them again for a moment before Ethan finally cleared his throat and spoke.“I can intervene,” he said with a low but audible tone.Axel looked at him at the point like she was confused, trying to figure out where his response was coming from.Ethan sat up in his spot on the couch and spoke a little clearly.“I can intervene with whatever is going on at your place of work… if you want me to, of course,” he added that last part to assure her that there was no pressure.Axel looked up at Ava that was already looking at them at this point, still at the window, and Ethan gently held her cheek, softly directing her eyes back to him.“Don’t worry about Ava, you don’t need her permission for this,” Ethan said, knowing that if Ava gave Axel a single look, Axel will lose every inclination to say yes, so he pulled her eyes down to his to make sure her decision here was her decision fully.“No!” Axel shook her head immediately, removing his hand from her
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