A Lifetime With You

Chapter 65
Damien had retrieved the wedding ring from the pawnshop! This explained why such an expensive ring was repurchased immediately. “Damien, what do you want from me?” Damien stood up with a smirk on his face and said, “You pawned our wedding ring without hesitation and I assumed you are trying to leave me as soon as possible. Am I right, Ava Nagel?” “I’ve always desperate but it was you who never care about me,” replied Ava. Damien clenched his fists and looked at Ava intensely, as if trying to stare into the depths of her soul.
Ava took a step back, but not before Damien advanced towards her in long strides. “You…what are you doing?” “I just saved you and your mother. Think twice before acting coldly towards me, Ava.” Damien was right, and she owed him a big-time now. Ava politely replied, “Fine. Thank you for helping me.” He chuckled, “What? All I get is a lousy thank you?” “Then what else do you want from me?” Damien was inches away from her now as he stared down at her. “I heard that you had lost your job at the advertising agency the other day.”. Albeit being unable to predict where this conversation was going, Ava replied, “I guess nothing escapes your watchful eyes, Damien.” “Since you’re my wife, I must care about you.” Damien lifted Ava’s chin playfully while hovering over her.

Thinking that a kiss was coming her way, Ava tried to dodge, but Damien merely brushed her lips slightly. Upon seeing Ava’s reaction, Damien teased her, “Oh dear, what should we do now? After all, you do owe me five million dollars.”
“Don’t worry, I’ll get a new job as soon as possible and pay you back in installments. It will take a while but rest assured that I will pay it all back.” “You have offended Kelly this time, and that girl has a bad temperament. Don’t tell me that you are expecting yourself to join the industry again?” “Huh?” Ava was stunned for a moment, but she recovered and retorted, “She may be a big celebrity, but I doubt she holds sway over the entire industry! Plus, I’m not even an actress, surely I’ll be able to find a job in advertising.” “Well, you can be an actress with that pretty face of yours but sadly, you are just untalented in acting.” “What are you suggesting? Just get to the point.” He poked her forehead with a finger and said, “How about working for me? Then I’ll consider your debt repayment.”
“Wait, what?”
“Be my secretary and I’ll pay you fifteen thousand dollars a month according to the market rate. Eighty percent of the payment will then go back to me, which means you are working in this company until the debt is cleared.” Ava did some quick mental calculations. With a salary of fifteen thousand dollars per month, twelve thousand dollars went to Damien. All in all, it would take her more than thirty years to pay off the debt of five million dollars! This was a rip off rather than a pure act of kindness! However, she was not in a position to negotiate. As much as she hated to admit, Damien was right. It would be difficult for her to find a job with much higher pay. Moreover, most of her job applications were rejected in these few days. The salary offered by him was considered high for the position of administrative secretary. Ava’s wages as administrative personnel in the previous smaller firm were nothing compared to this. “Alright, fifteen thousand dollars as you said then. You better keep your promise.” Damien chuckled and said, “Certainly, Ava. You’re mine, now and forever.”
On her first day working at Radbury Group, most of the employees were aware of Ava’s position as the new secretary She couldn’t escape from their curious gaze. After all, her title as the CEO’s wife was an open secret to everyone. At first, she was worried that Damien would get angry. After all, Ava was not allowed to reveal her title as Mrs. Radbury publicly previously. It was until a few days ago that she realized that Damien was probably the one who spread the rumors about her wife working in the same company. What was he thinking? In Damien’s secretarial department, there were more than a dozen staff including the chief of secretary, Quinn Davies. With a whole host of secretaries to serve him, Ava should only be handling a few simple reports (at most), yet Damien would always find something for her to do. Even menial tasks such as preparing refreshments should be handled by the interns instead of Ava. Yet Damien demanded, “You are still serving the three-month probation period. Starting now, the refreshment preparation and office sanitation are your jobs.” “Wait. Isn’t office sanitation is handled by cleaners?” “There are many confidential documents stored in my office and obviously, not anyone is allowed to enter here including sanitation cleaners.” Ava just realized that it was Miss Bradley tidying up Damien’s office all this while and now, the job was passed to her.