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Chapter Thirty Four
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Home is where the heart is Chapter One
RICHARD "We got forty six individual applicants but I ticked some boxes and narrowed it down to just ten applicants." "Just ten?" Richard McCaul asked as he readjusted his tie and shrugged into his black suit jacket. Truthfully, Richard wasn't interested in how many people that applied for the job. He just needed someone, fast. His housekeeper and cook of over twenty years had just decided to take three months off to go stay with her daughter who had just given birth. At first, he was reluctant about letting her go but that would be selfish and insensitive of him if he declined to give her the three months she had requested. Maria, his housekeeper and cook, has been nothing but of great service to his family. So, he had given her the three months she asked for and had also signed her a fat check. Being the CEO of one of the country's top three biggest Estate development company, gave him the opportunity to get whatever he needed at every point. But that wasn't who Richard was
Home is where the heart is Chapter Two
RICHARD Throwing a hand over his eyes, Richard groaned and turned on his stomach. Groaning into the pillow, he opened his eyes and looked at the giant wall clock. It was few minutes after seven in the morning. He groaned again, this time loudly. He hadn't woken up that late in weeks. Months even. Actually, he knew why he had woken up late. Simone had kept him up most of the night. Looking over to the other side of the bed, he found it empty and guessed Simone had left earlier. Richard pushed himself off his bed and quickly wore the shorts he'd stripped off during their heated rump the night before. He'd been in an on and off relationship with Simone for two years now. It wasn't that he didn't like her or find her convenient as a potential partner. The attraction between them had always been great. The sex was even super. His daughters even liked her. Yet, he always hesitated. She was an actress and had even been married once which obviously didn't work out. They'd met at the la
Home is where the heart is Chapter Three
AVA The city of dreams. And fortunes. And bright lights. Do not leave out the bright lights. That was what Ava had heard all her life about Bellamy city. The city where anything goes. The city where only the fast and the strong survives. She thought they were all myths until she had finally seen it for herself. At first, she had thought the bright lights were fireworks till she had realized they weren't. Moving to Bellamy was a big decision for Ava, since she had spent twenty three years of her life in Salta- a countryside, just outside of Crocs. After three years of taking care of the only family she had left- her grandmother- who still died, she was left with no choice than to move. A father she never met. A mother who abandoned her on her grandmother's doorstep and never returned. Grandma Sherri had taken her in and loved her till she'd got sick. Ava had done her best to return the favour, that she had to forfeit her college scholarship just to take care of her. Grandma Sh
Home is where the heart is Chapter Four
AVA Ava was sure she had never felt so incompetent ever since she had started working at the club. The blaring lights and the booming songs made it all the more difficult for her. Scanning her eyes over the sea of heads that were dancing and getting drunk, she searched for Nicole from her position at the bar. Nicole was nowhere to be found and Ava guessed she must have escaped somewhere with a customer. It was normal for girls like them to go to dark corners with the clubbers. Working at the bar had given her the chance to always escape from the conspicuous attention- literally. She could never escape from the stares but the physical barricade gave her a kind of protection from the men. Passing off the shots across the counter to the guy who seemed like he needed a sleep more than he needed a drink. But that's their problem, they never know when to stop. "Ava I should take over." One of her colleagues shouted to her over the din. That's their
Home is where the heart is Chapter Five
RICHARD Out of the ten applicants Victoria had interviewed from 9am till 2pm that Thursday morning, she had decided on just three. One looked efficient but wouldn't stop batting her eyelids. Victoria asked her why she kept doing that and she had said that she had blepharospasm. It wasn't anything serious that would prevent her working efficiently but Victoria wasn't taking any chances, as it already made her uncomfortable. Sorry. You have to go, Victoria said, and then rather told her that she'll hear from them soon. Sorry. Again! Shoving them aside, stacking the three CVs on top of the rest, she exhaled in deep exasperation. She had to get someone real fast before Richard's daughter gets back. Knowing she had to tell him the extent of the interviews, she gathered up the three files without looking at them and went into his office. Richard was expecting her to brief him about the success or failure of the interviews, but judging from her expre
Home is where the heart is Chapter Six
AVA "Ava! Ava! Wake up!" Nicole shook her still sleeping friend, trying to wake her up. Ava just groaned and turned on her side, shrugging off Nicole's shoving hands. "Leave me alone," she mumbled in her sleep. Her voice coming out groggy. "You'll be late for the interview." That was all Ava needed to hear. Snapping her eyes open, she swerved her head to stare at Nicole. "The interview?" She asked. She had got an email to come for the job interview and she had spent the rest of the day, picking out an outfit. She had told Nicole that the interview was the first step to her answered prayers. She was so excited that even after Nicole had left for work, she had stayed awake till 2am in the morning. Nicole was probably shocked to find her still asleep when she returned. Ava was told to show up by 9am and it was already thirty minutes after 8. Scrambling out of the bed, "why didn't you wake me up?" The sheets tangled around her legs and sent her dropping to the floor, in a heap.
Home is where the heart is Chapter Seven
RICHARD "I still think she's a bad decision. I can get someone better. She's like a child." Victoria informed Richard, immediately they returned to his office. Richard was with Mr. Xavier when she got back, she had to hold her horses and wait till the papers were signed and eventually left. She had her reservations about Xavier Co. She thought it was a bad investment but Richard was the kind of man who never gets out of what he had made up his mind about. Still, Victoria always gave him a piece of her mind. Richard, still sitting at the head of the table in the boardroom, with the papers and empty water bottles scattered across the table, met Victoria's intruding gaze. "It's good that she's like a child. At least, I won't feel like I'm in danger around her," he said, as he loosened his tie and rounded his desk to sit on the recliner. "She hates bacon egg muffins too. That's a good thing right?" Her voice sounded wary, which had Richard glancing up a
Home is where the heart is Chapter Eight
AVA Gray eyes. Bright gray eyes. That was the first thing Ava noted, the minute she turned and stared back at the man who stood at the doorway. She hadn't heard him come in, so she had gasped when she found him standing there gazing at her. How long had he been standing there for? Blinking hard against the masculine figure before her, she felt her heartbeat speed up and drum sporadically. He wasn't anything like the gigantic portrait of himself that stood at the corner of the sitting room. Gray hair. Gray beards. Fine lines. He wasn't anything like the kind of men Ava was used to seeing. For a man his age, he sure looked really breathtaking. Heck! She hadn't seen a man like that. His streaking gray hair made him all the more formidable. Raising a hand to her throat, she swallowed and prayed he didn't hear and see how nervous she was. Looking down sharply at herself, she was grateful for the apron that covered her ugly outfit. It was d
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