Love In Between

As she flipped through the file on her desk, Ava felt dizzy—“it’s going to be a long day at the office today,” she muttered to herself, there would be a meeting with the other heads of department at the company

There was so much more to work on despite the company’s evident growth since she came back to take over and with the help of Andrew Quinn skyrocketed far more than she’d expected.

Earlier on she called the nanny to pick up Chloe from school because of the tins of work she had to attend to. Roxie called her, deviating her attention from work.

“Hello Roxie,” Ava answered her gaze still on the file,

Roxie cleared her throat “Ava, the meeting with the heads of department has been pushed forward so it’s going to hold in twenty minutes,”

Taken aback by what Roxie said, Ava glanced at her wristwatch “Really… Who pushed the meeting forward?” She wondered who was bold enough to alter her instructions in her company.

“It was Andrew who did it,” of course he was the only one who could do anything in Quinn’s and have no one question him— Ava was a bit disgusted by what Andrew did but she comforted herself.

There was a long pause and for a moment Roxie wondered if the line was caught off”Alright I’ll be in the conference room… I have to round up what I’m doing then I’ll be there,” Ava finally replied.

Maybe it was time to let Andrew know who the boss is in the company—- Yes he was of tremendous help to the company but he still needed to know there were boundaries that shouldn’t be breached. This was one of them.Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.

He wanted everything to go the way he wanted, he didn’t even like to spend time with her daughter! —- she quickly waved it off her mind, afterall he isn’t Chloe’s Dad and shouldn’t be burdened with taking responsibility for her welfare.

“Arrrgh!” She snapped and threw the pen on her hands away— having a cordial relationship with Chloe would only show how much he loved and wanted to be with her or was she being selfish with her needs?

Suddenly Ava couldn’t recollect anything, everything seemed to be happening so fast, it felt like her head was spinning she cupped her hands and rested her head on it— it’s only be a while not too long since she met Andrew but she can’t even pinpoint where her life had gone to.

After rounds of taking deep breaths, the vagueness she felt had disappeared, taking her journal with her Ava headed to the conference room by the time she got there, the other heads of department were seated—- this is one of the perks of being the head, you don’t get sanctioned for being a few minutes late to a meeting.

Andrew waved his hands, he gestured to her to take the seat beside him— he was keen on letting everyone have a hint of the relationship between the both of them, nervous for some reason she couldn’t think off Ava smiled at him hoping her anxiety didn’t show.

As soon as she took a seat beside him, Andrew pulled close and whispered into her ears”You’re late,”

Ava rolled her eyes, thankfully Andrew hadn’t seen that she was in no mood to explain things to him—-she was in the meeting his charming self thought wise to push forward.

“You shouldn’t have pushed it forward, some of us have tons of work to attend to,” she said under her breath but audible enough for him to hear the words. Andrew looked like he was fuming with anger. He tried to calm himself and rather concentrate on the meeting.

After about a few hours of listening to one of the Head of department speak, Andrew was finally called upon to speak.

He walked up to the podium and Ava couldn’t help but admire his gait— that was one thing Andrew had in check his confidence and built. He was really handsome, he messed up everything but his looks.

Andrew spoke for a while and when he was about to round up he made an announcement that came as a huge surprise to Ava, he announced that there would be a party that weekend.

Roxie shot a questioning look at Ava who was clueless about it— after the meeting Ava stormed out of the conference room to her office, Andrew was caught up in an important discussion with some of the other heads of department.

The announcement put Ava off balance— Andrew was sidelining her and she couldn’t even do anything about it.

She walked into her office angrily and didn’t notice Roxie was following her,

“Ava… You didn’t seem to have any clue about the announcement Andrew made earlier,”

Ava turned to face her and shrugged, “well that’s because I have no clue about any party,”

“Could it be the reason for the meeting all along?” Roxie asked, Ava scoffed in response she had no answer to the question.

“Maybe you could just ask him… There’s no harm in knowing what’s going on,” Roxie suggested,

“I was going to but he seemed to busy discussing some stuff with the other staff,”

Roxie squints as she looks at Ava “Then you have to talk to him as soon as he’s free,”…. Ava replied with a nod,

Andrew walked into the her office at the nick of time just as Roxie was walking out— Ava heard them exchange pleasantries curtly

He walked towards her desk folding his shirt to his elbow”Hey honey, you walked away and you seemed angry,”

Ava bent her head over her desk so he wouldn’t see her making faces at him, “I wasn’t angry,” she managed to say.

He walked over to her and lifted her head, Ava was less than half inch away from their lips touching.

His lips are hot she thought to herself”You should have told me of your intention to throw a party,” she bit the corner of her lips

“It doesn’t matter does it?” Andrew questioned whether he didn’t see anything wrong in what he had done and that made the wave of emotion Ava felt a few minutes ago disappear, she opened her mouth to say something and he put his fingers over her lips to stop her.

And that was it, he always shushed her and kept her from speaking her mind— How would she ever cope that way? he pulled her up into his embrace

Andrew put some strands of hair behind her ear and whispered to her “Get ready, I informed my assistant to come pick you up so you just get yourself ready that day,” he kissed her on the forehead before she could say a word.

“And where exactly is your assistant taking me to?” She questioned, gently pulling out of his embrace

He pulls her back and kisses her on the forehead,”it’s a surprise,” he said and left the office.