“Daniel is here.” Niamh reminded Ava. Ava looked up and saw Daniel hurrying toward her with a worried look on his face.
“Ava!” Daniel ran straight to Ava and grabbed her hand. “Ava, why didn’t you tell me about such a serious thing? If I hadn’t seen it and didn’t ask you, would you not have told me?” Ava hastily explained, “I didn’t want to worry you, so…”
“How could I not worry? Ava, have you forgotten? You’ve already agreed to my proposal and I’m your fiance now.”
Daniel’s face was full of nervousness and worry. Furthermore, there was a trace of complaint in his anxious voice. He was complaining about how Ava did not tell him about this the first chance she could.
He was her fiance, the most important person in her life. He hoped that Ava would think about him the moment she needed help.
Ava saw the thoughts in Daniel’s eyes, so she hurriedly explained, “Danny, it’s not that I didn’t want to tell you about it right away. I know you’re busy with a project recently, so I didn’t want to make you upset. I figured I could look for Niamh to help me solve this first before I went to talk to you.”
After listening to Ava’s explanation, Daniel did not quibble anymore. Instead, he turned his head to look at Niamh and asked, “So what’s the solution now? Before I came here, I still saw a lot of articles and comments that are unfavorable to Ava on the internet.”
“Don’t worry, Danny. I don’t care about those malicious comments on the internet. They’ re all rumors written by people with the intention of deliberately slandering me anyway. Everything will be clarified sooner or later.”
Ava answered with a nonchalant smile. At the same time, it was to prevent Daniel from worrying about her.
“Plus, I’ve discussed it with Niamh. We’ ll let this blow up as big as possible.”
“Let it blow up?” Daniel did not quite understand. “Why?”
“Since the other party wants to play, then we’ll play with them to the end. The more they slander Ava, the bigger the price they’lI need to bear in the future. We won’t just let this matter pass lightly.”
Kendrick’s voice came from the stairs. He was walking at a lazy pace with Pudding in his arms. He approached them leisurely. °
Daniel looked up. The moment he met Kendrick’s eyes, there was no longer any sense of confrontational hostility that was between both of them before. Instead, they looked at each other calmly.
Daniel also understood what Kendrick meant. The reason they wanted to blow this up was to make the initiator behind this pay a heavier price in the future.
However, Daniel still did not know the ins and outs of this matter. Even so, he believed in Ava and was on Ava’s side.
“By the way, Danny, have you contacted Naya?” Ava asked curiously, waiting for the answer expectantly.
“Why would I contact her? Should I listen to her complaints and slander against you?” Daniel looked at Ava incomprehensibly, but there was endless tenderness in his eyes. “You’re the one I care about, so even if I want to understand what’s going on, I’1l only ask you about it.”
After hearing Daniel’s answer, Ava’s heart was filled with unlimited sweetness.
Niamh was watching at one side, and she felt glad for Ava.
Daniel was definitely a good man whom Ava could entrust her whole life to. Moreover, Ava would definitely be happy for the rest of her life.
It was soon time for dinner, so both Ava and Daniel stayed at Montgomery Manor for dinner. The harmonious scene caused Ava to start imagining her future with Daniel when they finally had a family of their own.
She could finally have a family. She would have a safe harbor that could give her warmth and protection.
After dinner, Kendrick held his youngest son and chatted with Daniel in the living room. Meanwhile, Niamh and Ava were making tea while chatting in the pantry.
However, before they could say much, Ava’s phone kept ringing. She did not pick it up, though. Niamh quickly figured out the reason why. “Is it your mom?” she asked.
Ava smiled bitterly and did not deny it. “She must have seen the news online so she’s calling to ask what’s going on.”
“She doesn’t just want to know what’s going on. She’s truly concerned about you,” Niamh said,
“Can’t you accept her even a little?”
Ava pondered for a few seconds after hearing the words. Then, she looked at the phone screen that lit up again and silently muted her phone before smiling.
“Niamh, you should know this feeling very well. In the times when you’re most helpless and aggrieved, you’ll naturally long for your parents to be by your side. You’ll yearn for your father and mother’s love. But what happens when you call out and no one responds to you? The coldness from being alone all the time can even freeze a scorching heart.” Ava’s answer greatly affected Niamh.
Did she not experience those helpless moments one after another herself? She even suffered more than Ava, but in the end, those traumas and pain finally became a thing of the past.
Of course, she also hoped that Ava’s trauma could disappear one day, but at this moment, she would not persuade Ava to understand and forgive her mother because there was no real empathy in this world.
Niamh and Ava came to the living room with the brewed black tea and some light desserts. They saw that Daniel was trying to coax and play with Pudding. At that moment, sweetness surged in Ava’s heart.
‘Danny must also love children.
‘Danny will be very gentle and warm as a father. ‘He’ll be a good dad.’
Ava thought silently, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously raised into a sweet smile. Ava stayed at Montgomery Manor that night. Since Daniel was still concerned about her, he stayed with Ava for the night as well.
Although Ava said that the malicious comments on the internet did not affect her, Daniel was still worried. °
However, Ava really did not seem to be bothered by it. She slept peacefully throughout the night and woke up in good spirits the next day.
Raegan had stopped calling her but she sent a lot of messages. Ava had also sent a message back to Raegan before going to bed last night. She told Raegan not to be worried about her affairs and told her not to interfere. Although it was only a few words, one could still sense Ava’s estranged relationship with Raegan.
Raegan did not dare to disturb Ava anymore because she was worried that she would make Ava unhappy.
She did not go to look for Naya and Chloe either. However, she had to find out the ins and outs of this matter. Raegan would not allow anyone to slander Ava maliciously.
During breakfast, Ava got a call from Maisie. Maisie asked Ava not to go to the company today in case some people who had nothing better to do caused trouble for her at the company.
Ava knew Maisie was concerned about her, so she agreed. However, the new manager of the design department called Ava. She told Ava that she had to go to the company to give her an explanation. She wanted to know what was going on as this incident had already affected the company’s reputation.
Ava did not hide from this. After breakfast, she asked Daniel to send her to the company.
On the way, Daniel still had some concerns in his heart. He kept feeling as if something would happen.
When they arrived, Ava wanted to ask Daniel to go back, but Daniel insisted on going up with Ava. I nthe end, Ava did not reject.
However, the moment they walked to the entrance of the company, someone yelled.
“Ava is here!”
“That’s Ava!”
After that, a huge crowd appeared from one side. Some reporters who were waiting idly for Ava were also swarming over.
Daniel’s hunch earlier was right. The anxiety in his heart was because he had predicted that something like this would happen. These reporters, including this bunch of people who had nothing better to do, gathered around Ava.
“Yes, she’s Ava!”
“It’s really her. She’s so beautiful but I didn’t expect her to be so diabolical.”
“That’s right! How dare she bully our Chloe Baby’s good friend?! Hey, do you think you’re all that just because you have a rich mother? You’re so shameless to steal Naya’s fiance at her engagement party, Ava!” Chloe’s fans scolded Ava with unbearable curses. Immediately after that, those reporters also pointed their cameras and microphones at Ava.
“Miss Long, what do you have to say about the things that have been exposed about you online?”
“Is Ms. Raegan Xander really your mother?”
“Some sources say that you went to the engagement party of Miss Mendez and Mr. Graham to cause trouble in order to marry in to a wealthy family. Is this really the case?”
“Ava, please respond to these questions.” The reporters kept entangling her and questioning her.
Ava wanted to leave. She did not want to pay any attention to these people, but Daniel, who was beside her, grew infuriated.
“Enough!”
Daniel interrupted this troublesome crowd furiously, his thick eyebrows furrowing together tightly.
“Can you reporters go and cover some positive news that’s happening in society? Have you ever thought that you’ll end up hurting someone if you conduct interviews for gossip that has no factual basis?”
Those reporters were a little stunned when they heard Daniel’s rhetorical questions. However, Chloe’s fans seemed to have found a perfect opportunity and reason to keep attacking them. °
“Hey, aren’t you the scumbag who abandoned your original partner at the engagement party and then proposed to this vixen?”
“I heard that the son of the Grahams is an elegant gentleman, but it seems that the rumors are false. In reality, you’ re just a scumbag!” “Scumbag, do you have problems with your eyes? How could you like such an evil woman? Have you read the news on the internet? This vixen splashed boiling hot coffee on your original partner. She could even do such a thing! She’s so inhumane!”
At first, these people were just attacking Ava, but now, they had shifted their anger to Daniel. Ava could not bear it anymore.
She suddenly raised her sharp eyes and looked at these agitated people who seemed to be fighting for justice.
“You guys want a response and fight for justice, right? Fine, I’ll give you a response, but please close those mouths that can’t seem to say anything good!”
Ava’s counterattack silenced everyone around her. At this moment, she was so powerful that she managed to shut the mouths of all those who were agpressive.
“Since you insist on interviewing me, then listen up! ”
Ava was unequivocal.
“Firstly, I, Ava Long, have never bullied the faint-hearted nor feared the stout-hearted. I will not deny what I have done. I did splash hot coffee on Naya that day, but that’s because Naya splashed hot coffee on me first.
“Secondly, Raegan Xander is indeed my biological mother, but I’ve never thought that I have a great status because of it. The money she earns has nothing to do with me, so I won’t bully others just because I have money.
“Thirdly, I never stole anyone’s boyfriend. Daniel and I have always been ina relationship. Naya took the initiative to propose the idea of an engagement party to my boyfriend, saying that it was a way to appease my boyfriend’s grandfather.
Hence, they had no choice but to put ona performance. However, Naya just wanted to make this fake arrangement into reality. So, listen closely, the pretentious and diabolical one is Naya.
“Finally, I’m ending this with a quote. ‘The truth may be late, but it will still come eventually.’ The above is my response, so please don’t bother me again, you so-called righteous people. Otherwise,
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