CHAPTER SIX

Arriving at the McQueen mansion, Ava turned to look at the man beside her,he really looked like an angel.

"Did that person send you?" She asked removing her seatbelt "Convey my thanks to him" she opened the car door and stepped out without waiting for his answer.

"When will you return?" Dean asked, his words stopping her mid-stride

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"Soon" Ava replied, so softly it could have been the wind before continuing into the house.

She could hear voices before she entered the living room.

"She's always been like this, pulling stunts to get cheap attention for herself, she should be locked away in a facility and stop embarrassing my son"

Phoebe's peculiar shrill voice carried from the room.

Ava walked in and saw Victoria sitting near Phoebe on a sofa,her hands cradling a teacup, her shoulders hunched, she had returned first without Ethan it seems.

"I don't think she did it on purpose" Victoria said weakly

" The tiles near the pool were slippery,she could have slipped and tried to hold me for support, Achoo!"

She sneezed and trembled harder.

"Stop making excuses for her, and you ,how date you do something so disgraceful in front of so many people?!, you even tried to seduce Dean Winters,just who do you think you are?!"

Phoebe fired at Ava who looked at Victoria, causing the other woman to recoil, she scoffed and continued towards her bedroom.

"Have you gone deaf?!" Phoebe roughly pulled Ava back and glared hotly at her.

"You piece of trash, I only allowed you to marry my son because of that old wretch, you think he has your back? Is that why you are glaring at me? Look down you wench!"

"Think what you want, that's none of my business" Ava fired back, breaking her grip

"I am also curious about the reason the patriarch did that, but I've had enough"

Phoebe took two steps back from how fierce Ava was being.

Ava has never talked back at her, she had stoicly borne every word thrown at her, both at work and home, even when her achievements were taken away by her work superiors and she remained in the background,she never kicked a fuss.

"You don't know? Haha, sure, act innocent all you want, I'm not buying it" Phoebe continued firmly

"who knows,it could have been your lowly mother's scheme, I know your type, you gold digging lowlife"

Ava listened bitterly, biting her lower lip to hold back her anger at the disrespect shown to her mother.

Patience.

It'd soon be over.

"If you hate this gold digger so much, rest assured I will soon be out of your hair" She said caly, her eyes glittering with a fake smile " I will correct Kenneth's mistake and get a divorce"

"What?!" Shocked ,Phoebe looked at Ava in suspicion before scoffing

" I see,this must be one of your petty schemes, you're after my son's inheritance after all"

Victoria had lifted her head in surprise, ears perked as she listened

'A divorce? Ava is divorcing Ethan?! Good! There's been a slight change but everything is going perfectly well!" She thought gleefully.

"Inheritance?, I couldn't care less about that" Ava retorted "whether you believe me or not, I am leaving your scum of a son"

"That's not going to happen" Ethan's voice boomed from the entrance,as he strode towards the women.

He had stayed back at the hospital to have his wrist checked as it was aching as though it had been broken.

His face was red with anger as he scowled heavily at Ava, enraged at how she left with Dean.

"You have no right to say the word divorce to me, after you manipulated my grandfather to make that condition to his inheritance and you want to leave?"

Ethan leaned down and hissed fiercely at Ava.

Ava glared back at him firm.

"You keep in saying nonsensical words and I don't care anymore" she yelled back at him, rage and weariness in her eyes.

"I'm leaving this marriage, I won't stay and deal with your little whore"

" Don't call Victoria that you are the one who schemed yourself into this, so deal with it"

Phoebe chimed in as she stood arms akimbo beside her son and stared in disgust at Ava.

Unfazed Ava stood her ground, she was leaving and that was final, she thought of Kenneth and his soft gray eyes and felt a pang of sorrow but she could not continue like this.

She was sure he'd forgive her.

She made to continue up the stairs to her room when the door swung open and Ethan's assistant walked in.

"Pardon me sir" he said bowing.

"Speak" Ethan snapped,still staring daggers at Ava.

"The patriarch sir, He's dead"