Chapter 10

Avan stumbled back home after getting a call from his mother, drunk and wasted. He still didn't believe that Laura went ahead with her threats and got married to Chris of all men. He couldn't help but think that she was actually the one who'd been cheating on him behind his back all along. If only he hadn't accidentally locked himself in after getting drunk the other night, then he wouldn't be in this whole mess.

He removed his clothes after getting to his room and wanted to put on his nightwear when his father banged in. He charged forward towards him and hit him hard on the head.

“You bastard!” he yelled angrily while Avan staggered in pain.

“Just to handle a little girl is so hard for you to do; after all these years of being together with her you are still unable to get her married to you and watch another man do so in a few days,” he yelled at him in anger.

“Dad... Dad,” he stammered, not knowing what to say.

“You allowed someone out of nowhere to reap all I’ve been laboring for you, fool. How can I trust you with the company if you…”

“They're two different things, Dad!” Avan yelled, not allowing him to finish.

“What?”

“You promised to hand over the company to me once I sealed the deal months back; are you trying to go back on your word now?”

“If you wanted the company then you should have done better at your assignment,” his father retorted.

“She is not a thing; she is human. If you have a problem with her father then resolve it yourself — why do you have to…” His words were cut short by a slap from his father.

“Don’t dream of getting anything from me, you idiot,” he said and walked out.

Avan screamed in anger and threw the vase beside him against the wall.

“I am going to kill them both,” he said with anger in his eyes.

He left the room and headed to the place he got for Clara to ease his anger; he felt like exploding and needed some comfort. He arrived there in about thirty minutes and entered the PIN to the door.

Clara walked out from the bedroom talking to someone on the phone and was shocked to see Avan in the sitting room. She quickly ended the call and put on a smile as she walked over to him.

“You didn’t tell me you were coming over; I thought you wanted to meet with Laura,” she said cheerily and threw her phone on one of the chairs.

Avan closed up the gap between them and held her closely, then kissed her hurriedly; he kissed her hungrily and with anger, trying to swallow her whole and at the same time trying to remove her clothes.

Clara was taken aback by the kiss and felt uncomfortable; she tried to push him away but he wouldn't stop and continued to nibble on her neck.

Clara yelped out in pain and that brought him to his senses, so he stopped and pulled away from her.

“Have you gone crazy?” she shouted at him and held her neck.

“I'm sorry, sweetheart, it's a...” he tried to explain and calm down at the same time as he started to tear up.

Clara noticed the tears in his eyes and her face softened instantly; she drew him closer and used her hand to wipe them from his eyes, then started to nibble on his lips slowly.

Avan responded and reciprocated the kiss; they continued to have a wet kiss and soon their clothes were off and they made their way to the room.

Both of them fell on the bed and continued exploring each other's bodies; he took the bedsheet and used it to cover their bodies…

Avan rested his head on Clara's bosom. Clara tried to look around the room for her phone and remembered she had left it in the living room earlier. She sighed as she remembered what she had done to stop him from getting married to Laura.

She could bear the fact that they were both engaged while he was dating her, but to watch them get married wasn't something she could stand. She had invested a lot in their relationship to just let go. What if after getting married to her he decided to break things off with her? She had to find a solution and that was to make sure Laura got married to someone other than him.

Seeing Avan's wallow in sadness pricked her heart and she felt guilty; she had just wanted to prevent him from getting married to Laura and didn't expect that he might end up losing the company too.

Now that the deed was already done, she was never going to tell him about it and would just focus on getting him to marry her; she was going to prove to him that she was a better wife than Laura could be and help him to own the company too.

“I am going to kill two birds with one stone,” Clara thought and continued to caress his face so he could fall asleep.