Chapter 686: A Confrontation
Ava was heart broken to say the least. She’d been so sure that Erasmi would never... She stifled the sob that almost escaped her before she tried to get a control over herself. What a fool she’d been. He didn’t love her. They were not even attracted to each other and had come together only for the sake of this relationship. Even their friendship had been formed out of a need. Her need to make sure Cai was safe if something happened to her. And Erasmi’s need to be with his son.
She should have accepted the truth sooner, instead of being carried away in her own fairytale. She’d let herself be influenced by Autumn, Olivia and Nora’s love stories. They hadn’t started out with love but they’d ended up that way, hadn’t they? But she’d forgotten, in each of those cases, both parties had choice to choose or reject each other. In their case, they did not have that option.
And Erasmi had been so sure that he would not love her that he’d mentioned it repeatedly that if they were to fall in love then they would break it off. He’d seemed to want to assure her but she’d even seen it as a reminder, that she should not cling to him when such a time comes.
Even when she’d been shaky about the marriage, it had not even taken him a moment to propose an annulment. She just had not expected that their time together would be so short.
But even as she walked away from Hannah’s home, she felt a surge of anger. Had Erasmi really fallen for Hannah and her fake self? Could he not discern the difference between real and fake. Or had his ’love’ made him blind to the ’fakeness’ of that woman?
She stopped then and almost turned around. She should go and confront the two of them! So what if Hannah revealed her past? She would reveal Hannah’s past too. Which was even worse than hers. After all, she had done what she needed to do to survive and then later escape. But Hannah, she’d even enjoyed doing what she did and stealing money from unsuspecting people.
A bitter smile came over her face then. What would she do if he chose to forgive Hannah’s sins? That would make her double a fool and double her heartbreak. She turned back then. If he chose to jump into a valley and hurt himself that was upto him! She would just refuse to divorce him. It wasn’t as if she’d signed some pre nup that she would divorce him if he fell in love foolishly. He could wait forever to get a divorce. She would take the Frost brothers’ help if need be! She’d even ask them to pound some sense into him...
She stumbled then. For standing in front of her was Erasmi...
"What are you doing here?"Ava asked sharpky which
"Following you." Erasmi answered giving her a smile as he pushed his hands into his pockets.