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“I have to talk to her…at least try,” he said nodding in determination.
He could not just let her go like this. At least not without telling her how he really felt. This was Ava he was talking about. The woman who gave her life for others, the woman who had barely touched a dollar of her allowance during their whole marriage.
“I will be out for the rest of the day,” Benjamin hollered to his secretary as he stormed down the hallway off to the biggest battle of his life—to save his marriage.
Ava heard her name being called from outside the house. It was Benjamin's voice; she could recognize it from miles away. At first, she thought she was hearing things, but then she heard him call out for her again, this time loud and clear.
She gasped and stood, carefully peeking out the window. Benjamin instantly saw her and shouted, “I really need to talk to you!”
Ava pursed her lips.What could he possibly want?She had already signed the papers.
“Please Ava! I beg you!” He shouted again.
Ava debated for a moment longer, but then decided that she at least owed him that. After all, they had shared a life together, and so much more.
Every step as heavy as if she was chained to a metal ball, she slowly descended down the stairs, slowing her pace even further as she drew closer to the door.
She opened it and no matter how much she had demanded from herself to not feel anything when she would see him, her heart stopped beating, nonetheless. An ice-cold shiver shot though her veins when she saw Ben standing there in flesh and blood, looking more handsome than ever. He was wearing a dark business suit in immaculate condition, just like the rest of him.
"Hey," he said, smiling softly.
"Hey."
“Can we talk?”
“If it is about the money, I have already signed—”
“It is not about the papers.”
“Oh,” she said, opening the door wide enough to let him in, but still not wide enough to make him feel welcome. She didn’t want him there for too long, couldn’t bear looking at him a moment longer.
Benjamin stepped in and had barely made it a few steps when he turned and blurted out: “I don’t care about the money, Ava. I care about you, and I want us to be together.”
Ava’s eyes started burning at those words.Was is possible? No! He would hate you!She shook herself back to reality. “Ben, that is what you think now, but—”
“Not what I think, Ava, but know. The last few days have been hell for me. I am not eating, not sleeping, all I can think about is you!” He looked desperate now. “When I first heard my grandfather’s will, I thought he was insane. Had lost his mind. But the more I got to know you, I got to remember us and how we were before the world had turned on us when we just children, I started to realize that he was that genius old man just as I remember him. He wanted me to love again, make me realize what life is all about. I was just too blind to see it.”
Ava looked at him, her forehead wrinkled in doubt. “Benjamin. I—” She froze as he grabbed her hand. His touch felt amazing, warm, sent shivers down her spine.
“Please don’t send me away. If you don’t love me, then say so. But please, I beg you, don’t walk out on what we have because you think it’s the right thing to do.”
Ava looked him deep into his eyes. They looked desperate, truthful. Could it be? Was he really choosing her over a billion dollars?
“But…” she muttered and closed her eyes. “You can’t, no… your inheritance—”
“Can go to my mother or burn to ashes for all I care. I don’t want it without you.”
He squeezed her hand and reached for her chin, gently nudging her face up. “You once asked me if I’m happy. Remember?”
Ava nodded; her eyes filled with tears.
“As long as I’ve got you, then yes, I am.”
Without wasting a second, she threw herself into his arms, burying her face inside his chest. He held her, squeezed her tight, as if he would never let her go again.
“Are you sure you’re ready to be a normal person?” she chuckled and looked up at him.
Still holding her, he answered, “I wouldn’t go that far. There are a lot of crazy poor people out there too.”
They both smiled as if there wasn’t a worry left in the world. He brought her closer and gently kissed her.
“I love you,” he whispered against her lips.
“I love you too.”
