บททั้งหมดของ You Broke Your Vows, So I Replaced You: บทที่ 31 - บทที่ 33

The car carrying Ava and Maverick pulled away from the mansion, the atmosphere far calmer than it had been just half an hour earlier. The city streets were beginning to fill with people on their way to work. Through the window, Ava watched the rows of buildings pass by one after another, though her thoughts occasionally drifted back to what had happened in front of the mansion.The marks on her wrist no longer hurt much thanks to the ointment Maverick had applied, but the image of Jackson's face, filled with anger, still surfaced in her mind from time to time."Does your hand still hurt?" Maverick's question pulled her out of her thoughts.Ava turned to him and gently shook her head. "It's much better now.""If it starts hurting again, let me know."Ava smiled faintly. "Okay."Their conversation came to an end once again. The silence inside the car didn't feel awkward. Maverick wasn't the type of man to fill every journey with endless conversation. Strangely enough, Ava found that com

Eleanor's words left everyone staring in disbelief. Whispers immediately spread through the room, and all eyes turned toward Ava. Some looked at her with open curiosity. Others seemed unsure whom they should believe.Meanwhile, Bellicia could only stand there, her face growing paler by the second. She had never wanted this to happen because Ava would never do anything without considering the consequences. And what Ava had feared most all this time had finally come to pass.She continued looking at Ava, her concern becoming harder and harder to hide. She had worked alongside the woman for years. She knew exactly how much effort Ava had poured into building her reputation at this museum. Yet within a matter of minutes, everything she had worked so hard to achieve was being torn down by the words Eleanor Langham kept throwing at her.And what the woman was saying was truly cruel.Ava, however, remained standing with her back straight. Her expression was just as calm as before, though ben