Till Bodies Do Us Part

Ava’s pov.“Absolutely not!” I slammed the champagne flute I was holding on the marble counter, the sound was hard enough to make the silence in the penthouse crack.My fiance Ivan Cross, did not even blink at that, which made me even angrier. He stood across the room staring at me, as his hands loosened the cufflinks on his beige suit, which probably cost more than some people's rent.I hated everything about this alliance in the form of our wedding and yet, here we were with his cold, calculating and obnoxious personality, adding to my problems.“What made you think you can just cancel the housing project?” I demanded as I walked closer to him.“I postponed it.” He placed the cufflinks on the table, with an expression that I could not read on his face.“Oh please, you fired half of the volunteers.” “Ava, they were incompetent.”“Those people were unpaid, Mr. Know it all.”“Does that make them useful?”I stared at him, caught somewhere in-between anger and pure disbelief. “Are you b

The first thing I did, once I stopped screaming was sit down on the floor.It was the only alternative I had now, because there was every possibility that I could faint and get a concussion.I sat on the cold marble of the master bedroom floor in Ivan Cross's body and stared at the wall and breathed, in through his nose and then out through his mouth.It was something my old therapist had taught me just before I stopped going for therapy, all because my future husband's schedule which was now mine could not accommodate it.I pressed Ivan's large hands against the floor and spoke to myself, even if the voice was nowhere close to mine. “You are a capable and intelligent woman, Ava. If you can handle those hostile press, your mom and charity gala's, how hard can this be? Stay calm girl.”I picked up his phone, which was lying on the floor near the bed. The important thing was to call him right away. I tapped on his phone and the screen lit up.“Who uses a logo as a screensaver in this y

Ivan's pov.‘Great lord! What the hell is wrong with her?’ I thought as I heard her response to what the priest had asked.I turned to my side and looked at the guests we had invited, their faces were just like I had imagined.My mom looked like she was going to hit the ground and faint, Ava's family were in pure shock, everyone looked confused apart from Olivia who had a smirk on her face.The priest got a hold of himself and recovered from the shock first. “Ivan?”“Yes.” I replied out of habit and forgot I was in Ava's body.He threw me a confused look. “I was talking to the groom, Miss.”I smiled awkwardly. “Oh, my bad. I got carried away.”Ava had still not realized she made a mistake and was busy admiring the bridal train's outfit, I could see it clearly in her eyes.I lifted my gown and moved it enough to cover the groom's leg, then stepped on her.“Ouch! That hurt like crazy.” Ava in my body screamed. “Why did you have to do that?”Everyone present was staring at us like a K-dr

Ava.I rubbed my eyes to make sure, it was not Ivan's blind eyes that were deceiving me. But for the first time, I had to believe Ivan's eyes.It was Chris, the one who had wished me a happy married life before I even walked down the aisle.God!! That man was so perfect and I just wanted to kiss him, but I couldn't do all of that now. I was a married man and the world would think I was gay.Ivan coughed to drag my attention back to him. “What were you trying to say?”I felt hurt, but had to respond to the rat beside me. “It's nothing.”“That's weird.”“What?”“You responded in a polite and logical way. I'm glad you're learning.”“Give it a break, will you? I just don't want to bicker with your dumb head.”Ivan laughed in my voice, causing me to feel good again. ‘Jeez! Everything about me, was so so good.’ I thought.“Ava, it's your head not mine. If you were this slow, I would have not agreed to this wedding in the first place.”I was about to say something when the chief bridesmaid c

Ivan's pov.It was 4pm already, I had taken a glance at the Cartier watch Ava had worn. For the second time that day, I was impressed with the choice she made.I had to figure out a way for us to leave this place, so she could come home with me and attend to the merger problem.But as we danced to Perfect and she placed a kiss on my cheeks, I forgot all about the deal.‘What is this weird feeling I'm having in my stomach?’ I asked myself in my thoughts.When our song was over, I was overjoyed at the possibility of going home finally when the MCs voice came on again. “Hold your position, groom and bride. It's time for the guests to join you on the floor.”Another song came on, as the guests rushed to join us. “Fuck!!!” I cursed again for the one hundredth and sixtieth time today. “Can't we just skip this part?” I asked the groom, Ava, who seem to be having a blast.“I love dancing, we're staying.” She said with a tone that gave me no room to argue.There was no way I could wiggle mys