Ava entered the bathroom nervously as she held the hem of her dress, and sank before the washer before the mirror with her hands. She was so stressed out of her mind at everything that she had just witnessed, and the turn of events that were playing by slides in her life. She ran a shaky hand through her hair and shut her eyes so tightly to draw in a deep breath, with her heart hammering hard against her ribcage alongside her unstable breath. No matter how she tried to brush away the taunting past, the pain and repercussion effects could not be taken away. Ava struggled to breathe properly as she hiccupped for air, and she opened the tap immediately to let water flow endlessly into the porcelain tub. She splashed the water onto her face numerous times with her palms to calm herself down, without even minding that it could ruin the makeup on her face. It was glaring that even if she had moved on and had become a better version of herself, many parts of her past could never be eras
Unable to sleep well the entire night, Ava woke up earlier than her kids and started getting ready for work with a positive mind for the day. She had decided to put the events of the previous day behind her like it never happened, because there was a lot of work to get done in preparation for her first fashion show in New York. Cassey had sent some business proposals to her since dawn to go through, and she knew that she had to start getting everything done without delaying time. For the cloth designs and styles that were going to be the theme of the show, she had been sketching them out for a while and finally perfected them at dawn. Jace also called to know if she was feeling well. She walked down to the dining area after she was done dressing up for work, and made a cup of coffee for herself while she went over some pending e-files on her email. Soli, the model she met with the previous day had agreed to be the face model for her brand, and she knew that she owed it to Lee Chan'
Ethan had not felt good ever since he left the banquet the previous day, and the only thing that he was left with was the piece of her snapped bracelet that he had with him. He had retreated to the small, congested room that he slept in at his suite, which covered a shield against the outside world as he succumbed to the numbing embrace of apathy.After Ava stormed out of his sight from the hallway, he still had her bracelet which had snapped with him. He shook his head as he looked at the shining ornament for a while, before turning back to the direction of the banquet hall in forlorn. Jesse arrived a few minutes later to pick him up with a chauffeur, and he left for the usual suite he normally went to at night, still unable to return to his mansion. The entire night, the weight of despair settled upon him like an unyielding boulder as he battled with the grief of his melancholy. It was glaring that Ava who used to look at him with so much tenderness and care, now loathed him with
Ava strode into her living room in the night when she came back from work, and pulled her heels immediately to slouch on the nearest couch that she could lay on. She felt so exhausted from working all day with little time to take a break, as she let out a weary sigh which was a sound heavy with the weight of accumulated exhaustion. Her muscles ached with a deep persistent soreness, with every fiber protesting against the demand of continued exertion. It was evident that her bones were tired from working so much. A heavy fog suddenly enveloped her mind and shrouded her thoughts in a gray haze, while trying to distort her perspective of every good thing that she had been experiencing so far. Every decision that she had to make by herself for a couple of days suddenly felt overwhelming, and she was feeling so paralyzed by indecision and a pervasive sense of helplessness. She had been trying so hard to get so many thoughts out of her mind, but it was difficult because her bad memories
A beautiful melody of classical music settled into the serene atmosphere of the five-star restaurant, and no one but Jace Scott was sitting comfortably on one of the tables there. He was waiting for Ava, who told him that she would be with him in few minutes after his call. He told her that he had a business proposal for her that would sustain her upcoming fashion show even better, and it was something she could not afford to not check out, because he always had good options. However, he had booked the entire restaurant for the afternoon, and got to the place minutes before she arrived. "I'm sorry that I am late. Had to go through some impromptu paperwork during lunch hours," she apologized immediately as she took the seat before him, but Jace could not utter a word for a few seconds at the stunning sight of her. It was a short wine dress made out of velvet fabric and decorated with pearled fur, and cut to a low V-neckline that amplified her beautiful neck and collar. Her long dar
Anna sat in her car that was parked miles away from AVARSON fashion company, and she could watch everything that was happening around the axis of the company, through the heavily tinted windows of her car. Regardless of how terribly she had blamed Nina for misdirecting and giving her wrong information, she wanted to come back and meet Ava one-on-one if possible. However, she had been waiting in her car for over ten minutes, thinking of the perfect move to pull without getting harassed amidst everything. She didn't want to tell a lie that wouldn't be perfect when told, and she wanted to be sure that the person she had come for was actually in the building. While contemplating in her mind about the next step to execute, she decided to call the one person that had promised to help her confirm every information about the AVARSON fashion company in Singapore. It was her mother's personal assistant in Germany, Alex, and he was willing to help her since her mother had told her not to as
Ava's face clouded with a mixture of disapproval and disappointment after she settled into the backseat of the taxi, and the look in her eyes became desolate and became etched with sadness. An ache pushed against her heart and a lump formed in her throat, as the tears that had welled behind her eyelids threatened to spill from her eyes. Her face burning with redness contorted as though she was struggling not to cry, and she sniffed incessantly to prevent the tears from coursing down her cheeks. However, it was really hard to control, as she continuously dabbed her face with a handkerchief. She resorted to dry, juddering sob without tears, because of the despair that her heart was subjected to. It was painful for her to know that she had loved a man like Ethan, who still had the mentality that everything was easy for him so far he wanted it and tried so hard. It hurt to know that even if she knew that she could never trust words that came from his lips, and that the shield of being em
AVARSON fashion house was buzzing with the preparations for their new fashion show the new week, and there was so much to put in order before the date that had been announced. The online seat booking tickets that were meant for the fashion show sold out in less than an hour mostly amongst elites after it was announced, which even put more anxiety in Ava that there were people waiting to come and watch her work. Therefore, they had no excuse to mess it up. The fashion hall that they were going to be using for the fashion show was set already, and the PR team was already working with the planning of the stage team and other things included. The planning and choreography team were busy getting each model ready for the collection fitting with different outfits, to determine the perfect models that will wear and present each clothes according to their look. The factory that was to make the clothes for the new season were almost done with the job, and Cassey had gone with Gianna, her as