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In the meantime, Ava is still learning how to shoot. The progress she has shown in her self-defense lessons has been great. She’s picked up everything quickly. It helps that she’s a natural.
She has also taken a step back from House of Beauty. My father and Cillian are still out there, so it is better that she stays close by. I also haven’t told Oliver or Ava about the kill order. There hasn’t been time.
Today we’re celebrating Aisling’s first birthday. The celebration has created a much-needed distraction. Ava wanted something to celebrate Aisling but didn’t want anything big, so we’re hosting an intimate gathering at the mansion.
When I enter Niko’s bedroom, Ava is feeding him.
“This is a beautiful sight.” I join them near the rocking chair she feeds him on.
“Don’t you have something to do?” Ava asks.
I let my eyes drift from watching Niko fight sleep to his mother. “Be with my wife.”
Her narrowed eyes widen from my confession. “Besides that.”
I shake my head. “Not that I know of.”
“How about you check on the birthday girl while I lay her brother down for a nap,” Ava suggests, almost winning the battle.
“You’ve become very demanding. You bark orders as if you’re the boss.”
She smiles. “Iamthe boss.”
“I don’t know about that.”
Ava pushes her knee against mine. “Either way, you’re stuck with me.”
“That I am.”
She shakes her head to hide her smile. “I’ll be done in five minutes. Check on Aisling, then meet me in our bedroom. Perhaps we can enjoy fifteen minutes alone before people get here.”
She scoffs when I murmur, “Fifteen minutes isn’t even a teaser.”
“Out, if you want any minutes.”
I hold my hands up in surrender, smirking when her smiles return. “I’ll see you in five.”
She nods.
I rush to our bedroom to avoid being dragged into something I don’t want to do. Once inside, I stride over to the chair facing the window. Although it is a beautiful sunny day, life isn’t so perfect. The secrets I’m keeping are beginning to weigh on me, but I need to do what needs to be done.
“What are you doing?” Ava asks from behind me.
I turn to face her. “Waiting on my wife.”
She fans her hands across her tiny hips. “Is that so?”
As she comes toward me, she kicks off her flats and pulls her maxi dress over her head.
I don’t waste any time.
“Don’t,” Ava orders before I can push off my feet.
The moment she reaches me, I pull her to sit on my lap. I don’t get the chance to kiss her because her lips are already on mine.
I won’t have it.
She isn’t in control.
