Tom agreed immediately, took out his phone, and was ready to take photos of them.
Raegan glanced at Neil a little nervously, then asked Ava, “Ava, do you think it’s okay?”
Ava gently put down the plate in her hand and nodded. “Of course.”
Raegan and Neil were overjoyed by Ava’s quick answer.
Tom also quickly took a few satisfactory photos of their family of three.
In the end, Tom turned on the self-timer and tooka photo of the four of them after standing beside the family of three.
Tom sent the photos to Ava, and when Ava looked at the photos, the rhythm of her heartbeat changed subtly.
Mom and Dad.
She had parents.
She also had a home.
It was just that this comfort and warmth had been delayed for a long time, and because of their abandonment back then, she was left alone in the rain for so long. It had been so many years and her heart had become cold. It was difficult to warm it up again. As it was late at night, Tom offered to send Ava back to her apartment.
Neil and Raegan were worried about Ava going back alone as well, so they asked Tom to send Ava back. Ava did not reject. She got into Tom’s car and went back to her apartment.
She wanted to go in by herself after she got out of the car, but Tom insisted on sending her upstairs.
It was because what had happened back then almost threatened Ava’s safety, so Tom was very cautious this time.
Plus, Naya’s mother had just caused trouble for Ava not long ago. He could not be sure whether she would come and make a fuss again.
Ava also felt that it was reasonable for Tom to have these worries. Even so, she felt that Naya’s mother would not be as cruel as Naya.
However, when she walked to the door of the apartment building, Ava suddenly felt that she might have underestimated Naya’s mother.
Naya’s mother might be even crazier than Naya.
Ava looked in surprise at Naya’s mother, Esther. She was standing at the door of her apartment. It was hard to imagine how long Esther had been waiting here.
When Esther saw Ava and Tom walking together, she immediately let out a sarcastic chuckle. “Tsk tsk, Ava. I really underestimated you. No, everyone has underestimated you.”
Ava smiled when she heard that. “Oh, really? Mrs. Mendez, you might as well be direct and just say what you want to say.”
Esther was extremely pissed when she saw Ava’s arrogant attitude, but she still pretended to be calm and sneered.
“Because of your slander, my daughter was accused to be a ruthless vixen who tried to destroy other people’s relationships. Everyone thinks that Naya is an unruly person, but Ava, what qualifications do you have to slander my daughter like that? You hooked up with Daniel and now you’re with Tom, so why are you still pretending to be innocent?”
“Mrs. Mendez, I won’t split hairs with you for the sake of our families’ relationship. But don’t slander my relationship with Ava. I only sent her home because it’s on the way back to my place,” Tom emphasized with a serious look on his face.
Of course, Esther did not believe it. “The boss deliberately sending an employee home in the middle of the night? I won’t believe it even if you say there’s nothing going on between you two.”
“Yeah, so what if my boss sent me home? What does it have to do with me whether you believe it or not? I advise you not to come to my apartment to trouble me again. The next time I see you, I’ll definitely call the police.”
Ava’s warned sternly before turning to give Tom a friendly smile.
“Mr. Lowe, thank you very much for today, and thank you for sending me back. See you next week.” After Ava thanked Tom politely, she went straight to the door of the apartment and pushed Esther, who was blocking the door, away.
“Don’t stand in front of my food. If you have time to do these meaningless things, it’s better to request for a few more visits to the prison and enlighten your precious daughter who’s filled with distorted thoughts and wrong world views.” 2
After Ava said that, she quickly opened the door and got inside the house.
Esther looked at the tightly closed door and glared at it angrily. Then, she heard footsteps behind her. She quickly turned her head to look.
When she saw Tom leaving as well, she quickly chased after him.
“Tom, stop right there!”
Tom did not want to pay attention to Esther, but Esther ran directly in front of him and blocked his way.
Tom was a gentleman, but he was also a gentleman with a temper. Facing Esther, who was so uncivilized, annoying, and rude, he did not want to be polite with her atall. :
“Mrs. Mendez, what Ava just said isn’t wrong. If you have spare time, why don’t you go back and reflect on why your precious daughter ended up like this? Ask yourself whether Ava is really the reason why Naya ended up like this. Ava is just a lucky victim.”
“Victim? Did you seriously just call that b*tch a victim?” Esther pointed at the door of Ava’s apartment and glared fiercely. “Tom, your sister and my daughter used to be good friends. After Ava appeared, not only did she ruin the friendship between your sister and my daughter, but she also made you side with her now. Heh, she’s really something else.”
Tom could tell what Esther wanted to express and frowned slightly. “Yes, my sister and I both like Ava. We’re all adults and have our own judgments and opinions. We all know who’s worthy of our friendship and who isn’t.”
“Tom, did you just admit that you like that b*tch?” “Please show some respect. She has a name, and it’s Ava,” Tom emphasized, feeling displeased.
He did not bother to waste his breath on Esther anymore and immediately started to leave.
Esther stared grimly at Tom’s back. A weird sneer appeared on the corner of her mouth.
After Ava entered her house, she quickly took a shower and got under the covers.
She habitually sent a message to Daniel, and while waiting, she saw that Tom had sent her a message. Tom was worried that Ava would be afraid after Esther’s sudden appearance just now, so he checked in on her.
Ava felt warm and texted Tom back.
However, when she was on the chat interface, Ava saw the photo that Tom sent to her not long ago.
That could be regarded as a family photo.
Ava quietly stared at Raegan and Neil in the photo. Their eyes were filled with so much unconcealable joy. It was the joy of losing something and then regaining it. This might be the family photo they had been looking forward to for a long time.
‘If you were so reluctant to part with me, why did you abandon me so ruthlessly back then?’
Ava asked herself incomprehensibly, but she could not find the answer.
She looked at the photos sadly and finally saw the two photos with Tom in them.
“Mr. Lowe is in these photos, but it feels strange for some reason,” Ava said to herself.
However, on second thought, Tom and Neil were friends. There was nothing wrong with taking a birthday photo with a friend’s family.
Ava smiled, then suddenly remembered that Daniel had not texted her back yet.
She felt a little worried for some reason and wanted to call Daniel to ask him what he was doing. Coincidentally, Daniel texted back.
Daniel: [I’m sorry, Ava. I’ve been busy and only had time now. You should rest early. I’m going to take a shower and sleep too. ]
Ava felt inexplicably down as she looked at the text from Daniel on the screen.
Maybe it was because Daniel had been calling her by her name so coldly.
However, what could she do? He had lost his memories and could not remember a lot of things. Despite that, he still cared about her, right?
“Huff…” Ava took a deep breath and smiled. After she sent a goodnight text to Daniel, she pulled the blanket over her and fell asleep peacefully.
After she rested for two days, Ava went to work as usual. However, the moment she got to the building of her company, she noticed that everyone around her was looking at her strangely. 1
When she got into the elevator, there were a lot of employees since it was working hours. Ava could clearly sense the people around talking about her.
Ava was curious but had no idea what happened. When she wanted to know what was going on, a voice from a video suddenly played in the silent and dull elevator. Then, someone let out a surprised gasp. “Wow, isn’t that Mr. Lowe? Does he like Ava? The same Ava who had a court case with Naya back then? I heard her mother’s a very rich woman in some country, right? Wow, Mr. Lowe likes her? Wait, doesn’t Ava have a boyfriend?”
After hearing this, Ava immediately knew why other people were looking at her like that.
It turned out that someone had spread rumors about her relationship with Tom and posted them on the internet so that people would criticize them. Moreover, Ava did not need to think to know who did this.
“Shh, stop talking. She’s right here.” It was unknown who said that, and the employee who was exclaiming just now stopped talking immediately.
Ava felt uneasy for a while, but she did not bother to explain too much.
How many people would be willing to believe her in this situation?
Ava’s phone rang while she was thinking about this. She glanced at it and found that it was Maisie. Just then, the elevator reached her floor. She did not answer and just got out of the elevator straightaway. She felt that as soon as she stepped out of the elevator, the people in the elevator would begin to discuss her impatiently.
Ava took a deep breath and calmed herself. Then, Maisie called her again.
Ava, who was already approaching the door of the office, suddenly heard a loud noise from the other side of the office.
Her intuition told her that something must have happened. Ava immediately quickened her pace, but just as she stepped into the office, a person suddenly appeared at Ava’s side.
The man took Ava’s arm and pulled her to the side. Ava found this person’s aura a little familiar, so she did not resist. After seeing the person clearly, she realized that it was Tom.
“Mr. Lowe? What’s going on? Did something happen in the office?”
Tom’s expression was a little serious. “I’ll take you down using the other elevator first.”
Ava glanced in the direction of the office again with some confusion. The doubts in her mind increased. However, she did not hesitate too much right now and just followed Tom down the elevator.
Looking at the missed calls on her phone screen, she probably understood why Maisie was calling her again and again. It was because something did happen in the office.
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