Chapter 664: A Past
"Hi, Ava. You’ve been ignoring me, hmm?"
Ava jumped at the sudden voice, her heart pounding as if it were trying to escape her chest. She turned to see a young woman gracefully slide into the seat opposite her, a confident smirk playing on her lips. The woman exuded an air of casual menace, her eyes gleaming with mischief even as she had a smile on her face.
"What are you doing here?" Ava’s voice was a mix of shock and horror, her eyes darting around the room as if seeking an escape route. She had come to this upscale café for a job interview, hoping to start fresh in her new life. After all, that was all that was left to do. Now that she had recovered from her health and Erasmi had been so supportive, she wanted to work and become independent.
But this...
"What? Are you not supposed to greet an old friend well?" The woman’s tone dripped with sarcasm as she saw Ava still frozen in her spot. "What is this attitude, Ava? You didn’t even invite me to your wedding and treating me as a stranger. What is it, Ava? Are you ashamed of your past? You look like you’ve seen a ghost."
"Look. I am here to look for a job. Please just leave. I don’t want to..."
"Don’t worry. Your job interview will not be affected." The woman leaned forward and muttered casually," See, the thing is that you’ve been ignoring me, so I thought to use this opportunity to bring you here.How will your job interview be affected when there is no job for you?So, Ava, tell me truthfully, are you ashamed of the past?"
"It’s not like that." Ava tried to defend herself but the woman shrugged her shoulders and asked, "Sure seems that way to me. Otherwise, why would you ignore old friends?"
Ava clenched her hands under the table, her knuckles turning white. "We are not old friends. In fact, we never were friends. All we had was a give and take relationship. Where I gave and you took. I’ve long left the old life behind. So, I don’t know why you’re trying to contact me repeatedly."
The woman shook her head and tsked, her smirk widening. "Come on, Ava. Do you really think you can get away with that? And are you being bitter about giving me? I took yes. But I also gave you protection! What do you think would have happened to you if I had not taken you under my wing then? And now, you’ve married a gold mine called Frost and you refuse to share the spoils?I don’t think so. Tell me, did he make you sign a prenup? Or did you use your cleverness to avoid it."
Ava’s hand clenched tighter under the table and she blanched, but the woman noticed her expression. "You’re still a cunning one. I can see from your expression that you dodged that bullet. How smart of you. First, you played the weakling and married that old man. Then, you adopted the kid of another rich man becoming a martyr. And then you used the kid’s family to get rid of your husband before snagging the kid’s biological father. I almost pitied you when you married and became a mother so young."
"But now that I look back, I can’t help but think you were far more cunning than I could have anticipated. You’re not even thirty and already set for life. You used your youth to your advantage."