A month had passed since Ava started working at Carter's house. He's health had improved and he could leave the wheel chair for short periods of time being that his spinal pain had deteriorated but he still needed to careful not to strain his spine.
Working from Carter's mansion was a whole new experience which was enjoyable save for Carter's coldness towards her. She made acquaintances with Carter's household staff,had free meals at the close of work and most importantly, she was away from Candice and her toxicity. Although she was still bombarded by the workload from her unit and she had a couple of deadlines from her unit to meet.
Some of the foreign investors were coming by Monday to get a progress report on the ongoing project and Ava was in charge of putting the report together. Carter requested that she worked the weekend so that he'd be able to personality supervise the report he also promised to compensate her.
Carter knew Ava could handle the report herself because the past one month had shown him how intelligent she was but there was something about her aura that brought him a kind of peace he couldn't phathom. Work was sort of his only getaway from his lone life and same it was for Ava but there was a level of enjoyment he got from working with her, which felt different. Apart from her right attitude to work, Ava was very opinionated which he didn't like at first because he felt as though she was trying to question his approach to some certain work related issues but her opinions helped a great deal not only the project they were working on, but on other decisions he had to make for his other companies—like the time she overheard him discussing with the MD of his texile company about stopping the production of fabrics at the company's factory and to import because the cost of production was high and the returns were low. She stubbornly gave her opinion which was that the company should import the materials for fabric production in large quantities instead of the fabrics themselves, that way the company can become distributors to other manufacturing companies and also produce fabrics as well. Therefore lowering the cost of production and increasing the company's source of income. Although Carter nonchalantly dismissed her opinion,he did his research and decided to give it a try and it skyrocketed the revenue the texile company generated—since then,he looked forward to her opinions even though his pride wouldn't let him show it so.
Ava contemplated what to wear as she stood in front of her wardrobe, she had never gone to work on a Saturday let alone at someone's home office. Ava loved the weekends, she enjoyed the feeling of restfulness even though she hardly rested in past weeks thanks to bitter Candice. She also looked forward to spending time with Rufus during the weekends—speaking of Rufus,"he didn't even care to offer me a proper apology since the last incidence" Ava said out loud as she remembered the devastating phone call that brought her the shock of her life,"maybe you didn't matter much to him after all" she said dryly as she shifted her focus back to her well arranged wardrobe.
Her body felt a bit weak and she didn't want to put more strain on it by rigorous dressing,'what's the worse that could happen?' she reasoned as her eyes fell on a dainty chiffon dress,it had a soft cotton lining beneath which exuded comfort as she rubbed her palm against it. She paired it with a black leather jacket and a pair of black sandals, she smiled at the thought of not wearing a high heeled covered shoe.
She smiled as her skin glowed in response to the skin care she had applied, she felt comfortable in her clothes,she felt good,"today is going to be a good day"she said admist an exhale—or so she thought.