Chapter 21

Ava could not stop twisting the diamond stone ring on her finger. It had been only three hours since they returned back to Las Vegas and she could still not get the thought of the text out of her head. Amidst her confusion was grief that her father was no longer there to tell her the right thing to do. She fidgeted on the soft king-sized mattress in their bedroom.

“Ava.”

She looked up at Lucas who was standing in front of her, sighed at him and fixed her eyes back on her ring.

Lucas made his way beside her on the bed. “Ava,” he called her name again. “Please give me a chance to explain what happened.”

She still did not feel the need to acknowledge his request. What could he possibly explain? She had seen the text with her own eyes.

“She texted me after our dinner last night.” You mean after we had sex? “She wanted to help with my company’s promotion and we were supposed to meet only for a