Chapter 188

Chapter 188

-Ava’s POV

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Isabella once called what was happening between Grayson and me a story. A story that had been told countless times before, but maybe ours, with the constant ups and downs and endless back–and–forths, was just a little longer. Maybe a little more

tedious.

And I would know because I was the one living it.

So, what was happening right now? It was that inevitable breakup part–the one where we separate, realize we’re meant for each other, and come back together for the happily ever after.

But a few things didn’t match the usual rhythm of the tales told and written.

Like how Grayson and I, no matter what the world wanted or what destiny had in mind, weren’t meant for each other.

How it was over between us, and absolutely nothing would bring us back together.

And how this most definitely wasn’t a story.

“This came in for you today,” My mother’s voice cut through the stillness, making me slowly raise my head. My eyes landed on the envelope in her hand before I looked back down at my clasped hands, saying nothing.

“I read it.”

Of course, she did. Like she read everything that came here when I lived under her roof, making sure only the things she deemed acceptable made it into my hands.

“Dr. Griffin fired you.”

‘Well, that makes writing my resignation letter easier,‘ I thought to myself but didn’t say it. Just like I hadn’t said a single word for two days. Ever since I cried in her arms. Ever since I collapsed into this couch. Ever since my entire world imploded. I hadn’t eaten. I hadn’t moved. I was simply…here. Existing.

Well, I did move once yesterday. The nausea had crept up on me, and I’d barely made it to the bathroom before vomiting everything I’d barely eaten the day before.

“Ava.”

Her voice brought me back to the present. Slowly, I forced myself to look at her. But the moment of softness I thought might remain was gone. Instead, I saw that look. The one I’d grown up with. The Evelyn Pierce look. Cold. Calculating.

I let out a soft laugh. It was kind of catchy. The Evelyn Pierce look.

snapped again.

least try to. Maybe this wasn’t real. Maybe I’d wake up

that nauseating

“Ava Lilian Pierce!”

fully into reality. Every fragmented thought vanished. The smell disappeared.

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though the words barely felt like my own. My voice sounded foreign,

down across from me. “It wasn’t even that good of a hospital anyway,” She said, her

working there? That it wasn’t “just” a hospital. It was where I’d seen the first glimpses

none of that mattered now. None of it. Because my life was a disaster

Grayson hadn’t even let the guards come with me. He’d dismissed me so thoroughly, so completely, that he didn’t even care about the threat hanging over my

“The Queen is Next.” But I’m not his queen anymore, so problem

escaped

only I’d been this smart when I met him.

man has driven my daughter to insanity,” I heard

before realizing I was smiling. M

dropped instantly, the pain rushing back in full force. Her gaze lingered on my disheveled appearance, her eyes narrowing ever so slightly as they flickered to my stomach and back to

her tone softening just slightly. “At least take a shower and change your clothes. It’s

I thought it had only been

didn’t respond. I

by looking for you yesterday,” She said, trying another tactic. “I asked her to leave.” For once, I was thankful for my mother’s disdain for Isabella. I didn’t want to see her. I didn’t want her pity, her reassurances

unrelenting, excruciating pain that only seemed to grow worse with every passing

wanted to cry. I wanted to march back to Grayson and make him listen to me. I wanted to find whoever planted those

wanted Grayson to see past the lies and believe me. I

“Ava?”

me the hell alone!” I screamed, the force of it tearing through the air,

like the walls themselves vibrated with the echo, a ripple of power bursting outward.

her face. The next moment, something slammed into me–a force. so strong it felt like the weight of

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