A Lifetime With You

Chapter 58

Chapter 58
“What…what are you doing?”
Damien was as still as a statue.
He merely stared into her eyes. The seconds ticked by… for about half a minute. Her lashes cast a shadow on her cheeks. The lamp above her head was rather glaring, and she was feeling a little light-headed.
She nearly lost her rationale. Finally, Damien stood up. He turned around and started taking off his jacket.
Ava subconsciously retreated deeper into the comforter.
Damien threw his jacket aside and told Ava, “I received news today that Beth may have fled abroad.”
Hearing about Beth made her heart ached once again.

Her half sister from another mother had repeatedly caused her agony. Ava had been thrown into a dark abyss of despair numerous times because of her, and she had even lost her unborn child because of Beth.
Even the police had been unable to pin her down. Ava never had high hopes that Beth would ever be caught. But Damien never gave up the chase. “I’ll be going abroad in two days. If we’re lucky, I’ll be able to catch her,” he told her. “Do you intend to capture her on your own?” Ava was in disbelief. He nodded. This made Ava feel bad, so she muttered softly, “Damien, you don’t have to do this for me, you know…” Damien cracked his knuckles and replied in an icy tone, “That’s my unborn child that Beth murdered too, not just yours.” “Is that why you’ve been extra nice to me lately? Is it pity or mercy that’s driving your actions?” Damien did not reply. He only looked at her solemnly for a moment and patted her shoulders as if to comfort her.
“Just rest,” he said.
……
True to his word, Damien left the country with a few of his staff two days later. The world was infinitely vast and full of people. Ava did not know what were the chances of finding Beth, but if there was even a slim possibility of bringing her to justice, she thought it would be a form of condolence for her dead child. She took a day off and locked herself in her room. She did not feel like going anywhere. The loss of the child was so sudden that she never got to find out if it was a boy or a girl. Even if she wanted to create an altar to commemorate her child, she did not know where to begin. “I’m sorry, I failed to protect you…”
She whispered and her body trembled as she sobbed. Her phone picked this untimely moment to ring. The caller was her boss so Ava answered hurriedly. On the other end of the line, Mr. Hemsworth smacked the table angrily, “Ava, what’s the matter with
you?”
“What’s wrong, Sir?” “How dare you ask me? Are you trying to bankrupt our company? Just what have I done to deserve this?”
Ava collected herself and hurried to the office.
At the office, the situation was a literal sh*tstorm. Over the phone, Ava had found out that the raw footage of Kelly’s promotional trailer had been leaked to the public, even though the final cut had not been released yet. Worse still, initial investigations by the company had revealed that Ava was the sole handler of the raw footage, which meant to say that she was the only suspect! When Ava arrived at the office, Mr. Hemsworth was on the verge of smacking her head with his cellphone, if not for the fact that she was still the missus in the Radbury family. “Ava Nagel! Looks like you’ve outgrown our tiny company! “Please calm down Mr. Hemsworth, we haven’t sorted out the facts yet, so let’s refrain from pointing fingers,” Ava tried to advocate for herself.
However, the internet was littered with clips of Kelly’s new trailer video by now. Usually, the timing of video launches was discussed and coordinated with the marketing department. Any unplanned leaks could lead to massive losses for both parties.
“You’re the only person in this company who deals with this stuff. The final cut isn’t even released yet, and your computer is the only place we store these director’s cuts and poster shots. So tell me, who else can I blame but you?” Mr. Hemsworth roared at Ava.
“Actually, the photographer and Kelly’s agency also have a copy of these items, so they’re just as culpable as I am. How could you pile all the blame on me?” Ava retorted.
The photographer was incensed upon hearing this, he responded sharply, “Miss Nagel, what exactly are you insinuating here? Do you think I would leak my own work, and put my own professional reputation at stake?” The photographer had a point. He had no reason to do such a thing, and neither did Kelly’s agency. Ava had just stacked the odds against herself.
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