When Ava heard lan’s question, she was completely taken aback. It appeared to her that this man had completely
“lost his mind.
With a frown on her face, she asked him, “Are you ever real?”
lan did not move his gaze away from her. While looking at her, he took his phone out of his pocket.
Ava saw him doing something on his phone. When he turned his phone to her to see something, Ava was taken aback.
The video played a scene in which she and Dane were getting closer to one another. It looked very intimate.
She remembered what happened that night. They had not kissed. She remembered that there were some girls there. It dawned on her that it was possible that they were the ones who uploaded the videos to the internet.
The scene of her and Dane’s noses brushing against each other caused Ava’s cheeks to flush.
When lan noticed that she was blushing while watching the video, he clenched his other hand.
A stab of pain went through his chest. A restlessness gripped him. His heart ached at her reaction. It seemed that she did not look surprised to see the video.
He locked his phone and put it back into his pocket.
“So? You two…”
Ava raised her head and looked into his eyes. “Well, we didn’t kiss…”
lan let out a breath that he had been holding for a long time However, his breath caught in his throat when he heard her again
“But
“But we were about to.”
His jaw clenched while his eyes turned cloudy, hiding his emotions and rage.
“I don’t know what you want, Mr. Dawson. Don’t tell me you have come here just to ask me if I had kissed my boyfriend or not. I mean, come on.”
Ava spoke with a bored tone. He saw her eyes brighten as if she had something on her mind.
She folded her arms again and asked,
“Are you not happy with your fiancée? Why are you so eager to know about your rival’s love life? Why don’t you just go and kiss your fiancée instead? I bet you have done that with her and other women countless times.”
lan stared at her, without replying to her.
He did not know why he could not express his feelings to her while looking into her eyes.
He had already shown her his emotional and vulnerable side on the night of the reunion party.
“Are you happy with him?”
Out of nowhere, he asked the question that shocked Ava. Her folded arms loosened as she blinked.
“W–What?”
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He softened his tone, calming himself, and asked again.
“Ake you happy with Dane? Is he treating you well?”
Ava gritted her teeth. She got mad at his question.
She unfolded her arms and stepped close to him.
Her scent touched his nostrils, yearning to hold her in his arms. But he controlled himself. He tried his best not to react or do something to make her mad at him.
“What is with the sudden good boy behavior, huh? You came to my office, entered my boyfriend’s room, and are now asking me silly questions. What is on your mind, Alpha lan?” She inquired with a chilly tone.
He gave her a sad smile and replied truthfully.
“You.”
She glared at him. “Me? Really? Until that night, I was a prostitute in your eyes. Now that you have realized the truth, you are thinking I am a gold digger, too?”
This time, lan could no longer mask his emotions. His face appeared to be painful as he shook his head. “I didn’t mean that.”
“Then what? Why are you here? There is no way you care who I kiss or sleep with, as you have already created an image of me in your head,” she muttered, averting her gaze from him.
She stepped aside and walked past him. He turned around to see what she was doing.
He noticed that she walked toward the desk and tried to open some drawers. Upon discovering that all the drawers were locked, she exhaled with a sense of relief.
Her actions hurt him even more. “Did you think I came here to steal something?”
Ava nodded her head. “Of course.”
She moved toward the bookshelf near the desk. She began to shift the books, trying to see if they were placed appropriately or if someone had touched them to find something.
Ian could not stop his mouth anymore as he scoffed at her.
“Do you really think I need to do such a cheap thing to get anything from that man?” he asked with disbelief.
“Alpha Dane,” she uttered, turning her head to him.
“What?” he asked, thinking that she was so lost in Dane that she had forgotten his name.
“Mr. Dawson, he is Alpha Dane. Don’t refer to him as ‘that man‘ when my man has a very attractive name,” she said with a grin, winking at him.
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