The Queen's Back

Chapter 73

Quinn nodded hastily, willing to agree with anything Teddy said. After all, she felt a little guilty for leaving him behind the previous night.

Once that matter was cleared up, Quinn returned to her usual role as Teddy's lover, eagerly cutting fruit and feeding him The atmosphere between them became peaceful again. Meanwhile, Ava, after leaving the hospital, was eager to meet up with Mona. Ever since Mona and Maxwell had shown up late at night to visit her, she had been bursting with questions.

When Mona received Ava's call, she was still in bed, enjoying a rare weekend morning to sleep in. The interruption, so early in the morning, was not welcomed.

"Ava, this better be important, or I swear I'm going to break your head," Mona grumbled as she answered the call.

Ava wasn't fazed by Mona's grumpy tone. Glancing at her phone, she realized it wasn't even eight o'clock yet, a time she usually spent sleeping in as well. "It's definitely important. Get up, get dressed, and meet me at our usual spot," she insisted. "Why can't it wait until I wake up? You're disturbing my peaceful morning, you know?" Mona muttered while reluctantly getting out of bed.

"It's important! Hurry, I'll be waiting. Ava replied before hanging up,

Thinking it might be about Soren bothering Ava again, Mona quickly threw on her clothes and rushed downstairs.

As she reached the bottom, she made eye contact with Maxwell, who was sitting in the dining room having breakfast. "Ava needs me for something. I'm heading out," she explained.

She was justifying why she had woken up so early, especially after she had confidently declared the day before that she wouldn't get out of bed before ten and even asked him to keep the noise down when waking her up

"Alright, but have some breakfast first. Drive carefully and call me if you need anything." Maxwell said.

Mona gave him an "OK" gesture, gulped down a bit of milk, grabbed a piece of toast, and waved as she headed out the door. Her mind was too preoccupied with whether or not Soren was still bothering Ava to sit down for a proper meal.

their regular coffee shop, Mona hurried over to their usual spot. Ava was already there. As soon as Mona sat down, she asked, "What's going on? Is Soren giving

"No, I've practically forgotten about him. I wanted

you."

wasn't about Soren, Mona relaxed. "About me?

her expression serious. "What's going

her eyes. "What do you mean?

the other night, when you both came to see me I saw you two holding hands. So, are you two really together? Like, for real? Is it because of love?" Ava asked, sounding

better option than Teddy. At least Maxwell didn't have lovers' or close female friends, and he wasn't sleeping

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better than Teddy in every way. But tell me. Have you two... you

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know. Ava asked, eyes

implying and quickly shut her down. "Stop your

bothering Mona for a while now, and finally sharing it felt like a huge weight off

to believe her ears, slammed her hand on the

Maxwell didn't seem like the kind of man who had any issues in that department. He

Mona rushed over to cover her mouth, gesturing for her to quiet down. "Why are you so loud!

her hand, still glancing nervously around to make

you himself? If he's aware of it, why would he marry you and