All Chapters of The Scorned Wife’s Revenge: Claimed By His Ruthless Uncle: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

The same day, Lauren was having a busy day. Her office on the fourteenth floor of Meridian Legal Partners building had a view of the city that she had earned one difficult case at a time. She was mid-sentence on a call when her door opened and Ava walked in, closed it behind her, dropped her bag on the chair across the desk and sat down looking tired.Lauren held up one finger, finished her sentence and ended the call while Ava didn't interrupt till she finally looked at her."Talk," she said and noticed Ava had come straight from the fashion house. She was still in her work clothes, pencil mark on her forearm, hair slightly escaped from where it was pinned showing how stressed she was."I’ve told you this before but it's still there, I can't stop thinking about him," Ava said while Lauren waited."Every single thing," Ava continued, pressing her fingers to her temple. "The way he stands when he's reading something. The exact sound his footsteps make on the stairs when he comes home

By seven on Friday evening, students were dressed stylishly to attend the Freshers Night party for Silver Crest Academy which had been organized by a group of senior students whose collective ambition and their parents' collective wealth had combined to produce something genuinely impressive. They had taken over the rooftop of the Elara Boutique Hotel, two blocks away from the school, and filled it with fairy lights and a DJ and the kind of atmosphere that made everyone feel temporarily like a better version of themselves.Gavin came with April as his date, he had asked her four days ago and she had said yes because he was her friend and saying no would have required an explanation she wasn't ready to give.April was dressed and ready, she had silver earrings on and a black dress that she'd borrowed from Ava's wardrobe the last time she visited and had never quite returned. She looked good and she knew it and she told herself that had nothing to do with the fact that a certain subst

Ava stood there, chest still heaving, her words were already out and floating between them.She has confessed her feelings and it was impossible to retrieve it now.She watched his face for something, anything, a reaction she could read and prepare for. But Damien's expression did what it always did and gave her nothing, and then he laughed."Crazy?" She askedAva’s chest caved. The humiliation was already spreading cold and fast. She stepped back because she needed to leave the room right now, she needed to…but Damien's hand caught her wrist making her stop."You know nothing about crazy, Ava." He muttered, his voice was different...softerIt was low as he spoke and the careful distance she had grown used to was simply gone, she felt completely rooted to the spot and couldn't move till he pulled her closer.The gasp she released was quiet and involuntary. She was close enough now to see exactly what was in his expression. Close enough that there was nowhere left for either of them to

The Cole mansion in the evening carried its usual quiet. Amber stood at the window in the sitting room with her phone in her hand and her arms crossed. She looked disturbed, like she had been trying to ignore a feeling for days but it was going nowhere till she officially ran out of patience with herself.She paced around nervously, after trying Adrian's number four times today.She tried once more but it went straight to voicemail so she lowered the phone."He still hasn't answered?" Albert appeared in the doorway, his reading glasses pushed up on his forehead the way he wore them when he had given up on whatever he was reading."Not since Tuesday," Amber said, worried.Albert came further into the room. "He's going through a lot. Give the boy space.""I've been giving him space." Amber's voice was quieter than usual. "Albert, he's been through a divorce, he's been publicly humiliated, he was deceived about having a child and he lost the woman he…" She stopped. But she started again

The next week was harder than April had imagined. She tried to speak to Lucas on Monday, after making preparations of going to him immediately after class so that Gavin won't be suspicious, she promised to be calm and direct to tell him that he needed to stop making advances towards her, that Lauren was right as there were too many obstacles and she was not willing to make things complicated for everyone around her.She stood at his desk when the room emptied and He looked up."Do you like me or not?" He asked, noticing she didn't look like she was with good news.She blinked. "I'm the one who came to talk…”"I know. Do you like me or not?"he interrupted "That's not the point…""It's the only point," he said simply, “I have another class, excuse me” he walked away while she pressed her lips together and left.—She tried on Wednesday. She found him in the corridor after his last period, walking toward the car park, and she matched his pace and started talking before she could lose th