Chapter 657: Second guesses
Erasmi sighed as he signed the deal, watching the woman walk away and wondering for the nth time if he had made the right decision. It wasn’t like him to second-guess everything, but he was unsure of what to do next as this was new territory to him.
Being a parent was hard. Even though he had gotten the hang of it over the past year and Caius was probably the easiest child to get along with, he couldn’t help but question his own decisions.
It wasn’t as if he had a problem with living here but he wanted to be closer to his brothers. Gabe’s incident and the time it had taken for him to reach there, had made him realise that while this place had given him a break, he was now ready to move back.
He had tried to broach the topic of moving with Avaon return, but she had shut it down completely, much to his shock. In the past, she had been willing to consider it when he proposed that they go back and live in the house that had been left to him by his grandfather.
And so, here he was, having bought the biggest building in town, not for himself, but to give to his soon-to-be wife as a wedding present. But he didn’t understand why she wanted to stay here. From what he’d seen, she’d come to love everyone in the family. So why did she insist on staying here? It was a mystery to him...
Grabbing the file, he smiled. Let it be a mystery then. If she was comfortable here and felt happier here, then they would stay here. Having adjusted his mood, he looked at the file again. Time to give his wife to be a gift.
With a feeling of excitement and apprehension, the file clutched in his hand, ready to present his soon-to-be wife with the gift he hoped would make her as happy, Erasmi walked home. But as he entered the house, he immediately sensed that something was off. Ava was standing in the living room, her posture rigid and her expression distant.
"Ava," he greeted, trying to keep his voice light. "I have something for you."
She jumped as she whirled, making his eyesbrows rise. Why was she so jumpy? It reminded him of the time when she’d been ready to run away with Caius but he shook his head. That couldn’t be. That was more than a year ago and they had come a long way since then.
"Whats up, Ava? You look like a cat on a hot tin roof."
Unexpectedly, instead of rolling her eyes at him as she would have done in the past, she looked away and instead extended a file to him. Placing the file in his hand on the side, he walked forward and took the one she extended, without opening it," What is this? A prenup? Ava, what is this about?"
"I don’t want anyone to think I’m marrying you for your money," she replied, her voice firm but with an underlying tremor. "I want to make it clear that I’m not after your wealth."