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She rolled her eyes and got in the car. He sat in the driver’s seat.
Before starting the car, he handed her a box.
“What is it?” she asked.
“It’s for you. Open it.”
When she opened the box, she saw sunglasses.
“I thought you would wear your big nerdy glasses again, so bought them for you.‘
Ava put on the sunglasses and turned to him. “How am I looking?”
“Boss lady. What about joining my gang?“,
Ava coughed a little. “Sorry, bro. I don’t like your leader,” she replied sarcastically.
Stephen gave her a nod and started the car.
“I’m sorry, Ava, for what Ian did.”
Stephen could only say sorry to his sister. However, he knew that his apology would not make her feel good. He believed everyone should move on in their lives.
When he stopped the car, everyone began to glance at it, especially girls. The only reason he drove this car here was because he wanted to make his sister feel special.
He put on his sunglasses and got out of the car.
He went to open the door for Ava.
Ava started to feel nervous. Stephen grabbed her hand and pulled her out of the car.
He pushed the door closed and wrapped his arm around her shoulder.
“You look good. Don’t lose your confidence.”
Ava nodded her head and exhaled.
As they started to walk, everyone stared at them with their jaws dropped.
“Isn’t it Ava, the nerd?”
“Yes!”
“She is our gamma’s daughter now.”
Ava heard whispers around her. A few boys’s voices caught her attention.
“Damn! Just look at her!”
“Now I understand why she was hiding herself.”
“Stephen will hear you. Can’t you see how protective he is about his new sister?”
Ava tried to ignore their voices. Stephen whispered in her ear.
“Why are you afraid of gaining attention? Just enjoy it.”
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He led her to the cafe. As they stepped inside the cafe, her steps halted. She noticed all of his friends sitting at a table.
“Why did you stop? Won’t you have breakfast?” Stephen asked her.
Ava saw–Ian turning his head in the
direction. The moment he looked at her, she looked away from him. “I don’t want to sit at the same table with your friend,” she replied, taking off her sunglasses.
“AVA!”
They heard Debra’s voice. Ava turned around and immediately found herself in Debra’s embrace.
“Oh my god!”
Debra muttered in her ear.
After breaking the hug, she looked at Ava from head to toe. She shook her head and said,
“They are right!”
“Who is right?” Stephen asked her as he
Was still standing beside Ava.
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Debra realized that he was also there. “Oh, sorry. I forgot to notice you. But your sister looks hot as fuck!” Debra replied, winking at him.
Ava’s eyes widened. Stephen’s reaction was not different. He had never seen such a brave girl talk so openly in front of him. He assumed it was because he had become too friendly with them.
He cleared his throat and said to Ava,
“Have breakfast with your friend. I am going to mine.”
Ava was surprised by his sudden change of behavior.
“Did I say something wrong?” Debra asked while looking at Stephen’s back.
Ava laughed and grabbed her hand, then headed to an empty table close to them, paying no attention to the people around her who were staring at her.
Meanwhile,
Ian was shocked by Ava’s appearance. He had a mindset of ignoring her since the night of her mother’s wedding.
However, his heart no longer wanted to do it. He kept staring at her. The way that pair of jeans hugged her waist, showing her perfect hips, and the upper top, which revealed her perfect shape of breasts. Something clutched him inside.
He frowned at his own thoughts.
‘What the fuck is wrong with me?‘ he asked himself in his head. He had never thought of her like that before. It was like his gaze wanted to scan every part of her body.
“I thought you would welcome me today,” Stephen let out while sitting in his chair.
“We wanted it, but someone decided to ignore your sister, so we came to sit in the cafe,” Ronald exclaimed to Stephen.
Stephen looked at Ian and said,
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“Bro, I have talked to her. You both should move on with your own lives. You are my friend, and she is my sister. Both of you are my close people. I don’t want to lose any of you. Ava and I have recently become brother and sister, but I have accepted her as my own sister.”
Ian gave him a silent nod, but then once again shifted behind Ian and stopped his gaze at Ava.
All of her friends came to the cafe to join her. He did not like it when he saw Luke hugging her.
He tightened his fists. He wanted to move his attention away from them as the wedding night reminded him how close both of them were.
Ian glanced at the other boys and saw they were drooling over Ava.
His jaw clenched. He glared at them. When they carelessly glanced around but saw him glaring at them, they could not identify the reason and lowered their heads.
“Don’t you think her nerdy look was better than this?” he muttered to Stephen while glancing at Ava once more. “No way. She is damn beautiful. She should come out fully. She can’t hide herself forever.”
Ian turned his head away from Ava and pulled out a cigarette to ease his mind.
It reminded him of how he hugged Ava at her mother’s wedding night. He felt something strange that he had never felt before when hugging any girl.
He shut his eyes and threw the cigarette in anger.
“Calm down, bro. What’s
wrong?” Paul asked him.
He shook his head in response.
Stephen chuckled at his mood and said,
“He just needs a girl. Don’t worry, guys. I have arranged everything. I am throwing a party for all of the students tomorrow to celebrate my father’s wedding.”
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