I Hope You Will Never Regret

In the blink of an eye, three months had passed since Avery last saw Jordan. She stopped sending text messages or calling him because he told her that her love was suffocating him.

On the 30th of December, Avery had a difficult surgery. It lasted twelve hours. At 1 pm, Dr Lambert told the doctors who were involved in the surgery to go home and rest. Avery’s apartment was five minutes’ walk from the hospital.

When she arrived home, she took a long bath, then she went to bed. She was mentally and physically exhausted. She quickly fell asleep. She thought she was dreaming when she heard her phone ringing. She rubbed her eyes, and then she took her phone, but it stopped ringing.

She was about to go back to sleep when her phone started ringing again. She looked at the caller ID. She was surprised to see Jordan’s name. She ignored his call and switched her phone off. She didn’t want to talk to him, then she went back to sleep.

Jordan was fuming with anger when his calls were not picked up by Avery. He decided to go to the hospital to look for Avery. He had a bouquet of red roses in his arms. He knocked on Avery’s office door, but no one opened the door.Content © NôvelDrama.Org.

The nurse approached him and told him that Dr Martins had gone home early. Jordan thanked the nurse and gave her the flowers. The nurse was over the moon to receive the red roses from the handsome man.

Avery woke up at 5 pm. She was very hungry. She walked to the bathroom to wash her face and brushed her teeth. Then she headed down to the kitchen to prepare food. She quickly made a cup of tea. She placed two muffins on the plate, then she sat on the sofa and started eating.

While she was eating, someone knocked on the door. She was puzzled, but she walked to the door and opened it. She was surprised to see Jordan standing outside her apartment. She stared at him, but she didn’t utter a word.

Jordan smiled and said, “Aren’t you going to ask me in?” Avery asked him to come inside, then she closed the door.

Jordan was annoyed by her behaviour and asked, “Why didn’t you take my calls?” Avery knew that Jordan had come to her apartment because he wanted something from her and replied, “I was sleeping.”

Jordan decided to let the matter slide and said, “There is a Spaghetti Junction tender, and it is closing tomorrow at 12 pm. Please prepare a tender proposal for me.”

Avery looked at him strangely and replied, “Mr Bennet, you don’t have enough workforce to tackle the stadium project and Spaghetti Junction project at the same time. The construction workers will be stretched thin. They have been working tirelessly for the past four years without rest.”

Jordan was fuming with anger and sneered, “Who do you think you are to tell me how to manage my employees? I didn’t ask for your opinion on how to run my company.

Please don’t involve yourself when you are not needed. Prepare the tender proposal and bring it to my company tomorrow at 10 am.” Then he looked at her coldly and left Avery’s apartment.

Avery laughed out loud, then she went to her study room. She took her laptop and opened the government website. She saw the advert for Spaghetti Junction tender.

She looked at the requirements, then she started preparing the proposal.

She finished her proposal, then she called her father. Her father was at home. Avery told her father that she was coming to see him. She drove her Aston Martin DBX, and she went home.

She parked her car outside the gate and told her father that she had arrived. Her father went outside to meet her daughter. He asked her to come inside, but she told her father that she was in a hurry.

Her father sat in the passenger seat and asked, “Sweetheart, do you need something?” Avery smiled brightly at her father and replied, “Daddy, I need your signature.”

Her father signed without even looking at the document. He trusted his lovely daughter with his life. Avery thanked her father, and then she hugged him tightly.

Avery looked at her father and said, “Daddy, I have to go. I will visit you at the company when I get a chance. Take care, Daddy.” Then her father got out of the car and Avery waved at her father and left.

On the way, she called Siyabonga Cele and asked him where he was. Siyabonga was still at the company finalizing his work. Avery told him that she was on her way to see him.

Siyabonga went to the parking lot to fetch her. He beamed when he saw her. He kissed her on both cheeks and said, “What a pleasant surprise, my dearest Avery. Why didn’t you ask me to come to your apartment? You didn’t have to drive all the way to the company.”

Avery flashed him a bright smile and replied, “Let’s go to your office. I have something to tell you.” Then they walked to the Executive lift hand in hand. Avery was laughing at something he had said to her.

As soon as they arrived at Siyabonga’s office, Avery said, “Siya, Jordan asked me to prepare a Spaghetti Junction tender for the Bennet Group. I did prepare the tender, but not for the Bennet Group.

I prepared it for the Martins Group. It is a huge project; the government offered a hundred billion rand to the winner.”

Siyabonga had a deep hatred towards Jordan Bennet and replied, “Wow, well done Avery. When is the closing date?” Avery told him that the closing date was the following day at 12 pm.

She gave Siyabonga the tender proposal. Siyabonga was grinning from ear to ear and stamped the tender proposal.

Avery said, “Siya, please submit this tender proposal tomorrow morning for me. This is our secret, even my father doesn’t know about this tender.

He signed without reading the document. This is my repayment to him for being naïve. It is clear to me that Jordan doesn’t love me. So, why should I continue helping him?”

Siyabonga took the tender application and put it in an envelope, then he said, “Let’s go home, Avery. I will drop this proposal tomorrow morning before work.

Who told Jordan that you were his secretary? Can he afford you? Why don’t you break up with him?”

Avery smiled and replied, “I know that he doesn’t love me, but I can’t help it. I love him deeply. Also, he promised me that he would propose to me on my birthday.”

Avery hugged Siyabonga, then she walked to her car and drove away. She was grinning from ear to ear. Jordan had been taking her for granted for a long time, and she was tired. Their love was a joke.