Ava sat quietly on her couch as she ate pizza which was her comfort food. She silently cursed under her breath as she thought about the events that took place that day. It was a Friday and she had thought that she'd come home with takeouts,relax,and then launch into the weekend by watching her favorite TV series but here she was being submerged with the dread of having to work with her CEO and the pressure of Candice threats.
She subconsciously brought out her mobile phone and began to call Rufus. He was the only one she called when she had hit rock bottom emotionally. "R I need you..." she said while trying to hold back her tears as the call started.
"Who are you and why do you need my man" an irritated female voice spoke back to her "Rufus are you cheating on me?"she heard the female voice get louder accompanied with the sound of quick movements.
"Babe,why would you say such a thing" Rufus said softly as she got to him "It's my should be my bestie Ava" Rufus said holding her chin up as he planted a kiss on her lips "I would never cheat on you and she's definitely not as hot as you are" he said deeply kissing her this time when he was taken aback by the sound of Ava's sobbing from the other end of the phone. Ava had wanted to end the call but stopped when she heard Rufus' voice hoping he'd have a conversation with her but instead got the shock of her life.
The Rufus she had loved up on all these years didn't even find her attractive!
"OMG...Ava I...I didn't mean to say that, I didn't know you were still on the call".
"Rufus you just lied to me" his fiance interrupted.
"No babe I was just erhmm I...I didn't mean it like that..." Rufus was saying when Ava hung up. She ran to her bathroom and bawled, before she finally stripped into the bathtub,a hot shower should do she thought to herself as she went beneath...
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Ryan Carter spent the next hours after the board meeting visiting his other companies or checking up on them by calling the Chief operating officer's on Skype. He ran a group of companies and he wouldn't let the thoughts of a weak lady make him lose his peace.
It was finally 10pm and he had gotten home,his private chef had made him some corn beef pasta just the way he liked it,he ate in silence having no thought in mind. He anticipated having his shower and slipping into the comfort of his bed, it was been a long long day...
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Ava's face shone like the face of a celestial being, for the first time he saw her smile and boy... it was divine!
Her smile awakened a longing in him,it felt as though it was a magnetic force pulling him into the unknown.
He resisted but kept being drawn in,he fought so hard but kept being drawn towards her and just as he was about to touch her face,he began to fall into what seemed like a dark endless hole and all he could hear very loudly was the sound of beeping.
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Carter woke up to the familiar beeping of his alarm. He felt his head banging as he sat up in his bed, "thank goodness it was a dream" he said in relief. He felt drained mentally, this lady was driving him crazy literally,what in the world was she doing in his dream! He was supposed to meditate and read a book as he woke up - a weekend routine which he consistently kept - but he didn't feel up to it so he decided to go get some coffee.
She had the nerve to torment him in his dream and now his routine is getting messed up,"two can play this game Ava,you torment me mentally,I let hell lose on you physically. Let's see who wins" he said letting out a wicked smirk as he sipped his coffee and sank into his couch.