Ian kept feeling restless after Avery abruptly left the hospital before they could talk. We could talk some other time, he thought to himself but Eloise wouldn’t give him his phone and insisted he heal first before leaving the house or doing anything else.With silver out of his system, his wound quickly close back but Ian couldn’t rid himself of the intense fatigue and fever that followed.It was unusual since he’d been in contact with Silver before and it didn’t act that way, except, of course, it’s in his bloodstream and that should have been taken care of at the hospital so why is this happening this time?Ian found his answers after realising the pattern connecting his intense fatigue and fever. It all started anytime he had a meal, two days after he left the hospital and a day after Eloise showed up to the house with his new bodyguards, even though he claimed he didn’t need one.‘All this madness will be over once I get my strength back.’ He thought but Eloise didn’t give him
Avery woke up to a heavy knock on her door and she reluctantly dragged herself out of bed right after staring at the phone to see it was just 2 in the morning.She started wondering who in the world could possibly be knocking on her door but the hope that perhaps Ian was finally reaching out to her after four days of being apart had her going over to the door but it wasn’t Ian, and she made a terrible mistake.Some men brushed her aside, walked right into her house and checked every damn corner before she could protest.“He’s not here.” One of the guys who made his way into her bedroom declared right after he walked out.“Are you all out of your minds?” Avery demanded in total shock, unable to comprehend what was unfolding in front of her; they walked out.“We apologise for the inconvenience, ma'am, but Mrs Archer asked to come here to find Mr Archer. We’ve been looking for him.” The one standing by the door with her explained.While Avery was immediately thrown into worry for Ian, sh
“There’s no need to concern yourself about Ian’s bodyguards; I’ll pick them myself,” Eloise told Avery after she visited her office right when she was going over the contract details with the security team that was in charge of protecting Finn.“Do as you like,” Avery replied with a stoic look as she stood some metres away from her working desk.Eloise was surprised by her response and glanced up to see the indifferent look on her face.She thought she’d at least be annoyed that her offer was turned down, but she wasn’t. ‘Like I thought, she really doesn’t care about Ian. I wonder what Ian did to deserve someone like her as a mate. No, I have to find a way to make her reject him.’“What I came here to ask, however, is about the new post you demand I fill. You want me to take up the post of a director?” Avery asked, and Eloise smirked.“Yes,” Eloise replied, adjusting into a comfortable position on her expensive swivel chair preceding the president of the company.“You’re demoting me?”
“Wow, he’s so cute.”“Have you seen his dimples?”“I won’t mind gambling my job as long as I get to go out with him.” Ian was getting tired of the girls on his floor’s comments while he was counting down the minutes until he got to leave.Although he couldn’t pretend that he wasn’t fascinated by the system of his father’s company or the diligence of the people there.They all tried not to treat him too differently, but that was impossible because he was practically the only intern working on the highest floor of the skyscraper headquarters building.Also, his related field of study didn’t exactly apply to what he was doing, but his tasks weren’t all that difficult to manage since he was thrown into the planning team sector.While he was a floor below his mother and Avery’s office, he was still an intern with most advantages in all of the place, and though it’s a vividly exercised nepotism, nobody gets to say it to his face.Ian wished there were more chances for Avery to come down to
“What in the world are you doing?” Damian hurried over as Avery stilled after Eloise’s palm met Avery’s face.“This is crazy—”“Damian”, Avery called in a warning tone, interrupting right as he was about to lash out at Eloise, who looked extremely furious with fear hidden in her tear-laced eyes.Avery wouldn’t claim she understood her anger or how she must be feeling after she called to tell her Ian was stabbed after work; he was still her son after all.It also wasn’t surprising that she became the object of her blame; it would be weird if she didn’t take the opportunity to blame her, and while Avery wished she could think she was free of the blame for what happened to Ian, she couldn’t help but blame herself.Avery leaned in to whisper in Eloise’s ear after ignoring the stinging sensation on her cheek.“I’m only ever going to allow this once. The next time you lay a hand on me, Eloise, I’ll make you wish you didn’t have a hand,” Avery whispered before walking away while Damian hurri
Damian struggled with accepting that Avery was marked by Ian; putting a mark on someone who could eventually reject them in the future makes rejection even more painful.How could he be so naive? Or did he seriously think that Avery was going to be with him forever or something?While the marking established a bond that created a stronger attachment of mates to each other, Avery was still a woman prone to change.She will definitely end up loving him again after all; she did for years, so how could that little brat put his mark on her? The thought infuriated him to the point of sleeplessness.And after Avery’s interview article came out, he couldn’t be more sure things between Avery and Ian would never work.Damian decided to take it slow between them; she wasn’t someone he could rush. he needed to relax, play a little hard to get, and act indifferent before he could get Avery to look in his direction again.Damian decided to pick her up at work for dinner and straighten things out be