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Ava's P.O.V
I anxiously tugged at the material of my black pencil skirt my brown eyes scanning my appearance looking for anything that was out of place. From my glossy black red bottom pumps to my black pencil skirt I paired with a simply matching long sleeved round neck t shirt and a black and white striped blazer. I look good yet that didn't help soothe my racing heart and ragged breathing. Tightening my grip on my black handbag I turned with a sigh making my way to my destination.
The chilly December air casually brushed against my exposed skin twirling my freshly cut hair in its fingertips temporarily soothing me. "Good evening Mrs. Johnson I'll lead you to your table Mr. Johnson is already here." A brunet waiter chirped smiling largely at me once I walked into the air conditioned restaurant. "Great!" I said mockingly following behind her. Walking into a secluded room of the restaurant where it gave a beautiful view of the bustling streets below it through thick glass.
"Thank you." I said politely to the retreating figure of the waitress avoiding the burning gaze of the seated blue eyed devil I call my husband. "Are you going to sit or just stand there gazing at the carpet?" He asked causing my eyes to snap to his. With a sigh I took my seat adjacent from him averting my eyes out the window at the busy city. "What'd you do to your hair?" Bentley asked causing me to roll my eyes. "You don't like it?" I asked patiently waiting for his comment on my medium length brown and blonde bob. "No I don't like it nothing was wrong with your natural hair Ava-Marie." He said running his fingers through his neatly combed hair.
"But baby I thought you liked blondes and brunettes so I thought maybe if I did a little of the two you'd love it." I mucked in a high pitched voice earning myself a low growl causing me to smirk successfully. "I'm not in the mood for games Ava-Marie." He said lowly choosing to remain silent I waited for him to continue. "You have a lot to explain." He said going into business mood which only added to my irritation. "I have a lot to explain?" I asked cocking my head to the side stressing my every word knowing fully well that I was whining him up.
"Ava you fucking moved out of our house without my permission!" He barked his face turning a bright red. "I wasn't aware that I needed you're permission to make decisions Bentley." I said firmly maintaining eye contact with the visibly angry man. "You need fucking permission when your decisions include our children Ava." He grated out through clenched teeth. "I don't get why you thought you'd just waltz back here after three weeks and our lives would go back to normal." I said looking at him confused as to why he thought he could tell me what to do.
"You asked for space Ava I gave you twenty one days worth of space while I was fifteen thousand miles away. I didn't think that you'd pick my kids up and move out of our fucking house to God knows where!" He shouted causing me to flinch not because he raised his voice but because of the hurt that flashed in his eyes which was quickly masked with burning anger. "You could come visit them whenever you want to Bentley It's not as though I'm keeping them away from you." I said matter of factly.
"Don't sit there and act all innocent as though you don't know what you're doing to me Ava-Marie." He whispered causing my heart to swell with guilt an emotion I quickly pushed aside. "You can't come here and play the victim Bentley for crying out loud I'm the victim! You cheated on me and got another woman pregnant. That gives me all the right to want to get as far away from you as possible. What'd you expect me to do go home cry for three weeks then welcome you back home with opened arms?!?" I screeched feeling my pent up anger blossom spewing out of my mouth coating my words with hurt and rage.
"I get that I hurt you but honestly I could care less if you wanted to run away from our problems but dragging our children along with you because of a decision you made out of pure emotion gives me the right to get angry." He stated firmly folding his arms over his chest as though he'd won the argument with that simple statement. "You don't have to worry about it though you're stuff is being moved back home as we speak. By the way where are our children?" He asked before casually taking a sip from his coffee. "Skyler's at ballet and Tyler's at soccer practice." I grumbled silently fuming at his boldness.
"You don't get to tell me what to do Bentley!" I shout back after a moment of silence my words causing a smirk to tug at his lips. "Ava I respect your feelings and I'll give you your space but there's no way in hell I'm going to allow my children to live in another house it's that simple. So stop pouting like a damn kid before I give you something to pout about." He said firmly his eyes glossing over with lust which caused me to squirm in my seat uncomfortably when his heated gaze ran down my body.
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"Mommy!" Skyler screamed running over to me with opened arms dressed in her pink tutu and matching pink long sleeved top and a silly pink bunny ear head band she refused to take off. "Hi sugar." I sang kissing her on her cheek lifting her I left the studio walking toward my parked navy blue SUV. "I have a surprise for you." I said my voice breaking even though I tried to sound excited. "Oh! Is it the doll I wanted or the sweater for Chester?" She asked excitedly bouncing in my arms. "I think it's better than that." I said smiling at my daughter's expression pure happiness causing her cheeks to turn a soft pink.
"What could be better than a sweater for Chester?" She asked running her fingers through my hair. "I am princess." Bentley's voice rasped earning him an eager squeal before she leaped out of my hold and into her father's awaiting arms. "I missed you pumpkin." He mumbled into her hair the scene causing the sickening feeling of guilt to creep back into my mind one again. With a huff I climbed into the car distracting myself with the irrelevant text that floated on my screen from the workers at my new store about the completion of the project.
"Are you going to explain to me when you graduated from college or is it necessary for me to run a background check on my own wife?" Bentley grumbled while driving to get Tyler from soccer practice. "I...I did my classes online I had nothing to do at home so why not do something proactive." I explained keeping my eyes focused on the blur of green that constantly painted itself onto my window as be sped down the highway. "And you didn't think it was something I may want to know?" He asked earning himself a shrug of my shoulders.
The truth is I didn't talk about it with Bentley because I didn't see the need too. I wanted to get a further education to show my children that even though I had a lot of obstacles in my way I still made the extra effort and got it done. I wasn't going to use the lame excuse of having children early. They didn't hold me back instead they motivated me to want to do better not only for myself but also for them. "So you go around crucifying me for keeping secrets from you yet you have secrets of your own you kept form me for years." Bentley growled causing my anger to instantly flair.
"I graduated from collage Bentley compared to your sin it's quite minute don't you think. It's not like I slept with my professor and ended up pregnant for him instead of you. Unlike your horny ass I respected my vow and kept my promise staying loyal to your cheating ass no matter how many sexy men threw themselves at me." I lashed back calmly not wanting to startle Skyler who was quickly falling asleep in the backseat. "How many sexy men threw themselves at you?" Bentley asked his grip tightening on the steering wheel. Even though it was the furthest thing from the truth I decided to irritate him a bit he deserved the treatment after all. "A lot Bentley and now that I'm single...,""You're not fucking single don't test me Ava-Marie." He seethed slamming his hands against the steering wheel.
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"Thank you Barbra." I croaked smiling sadly up at the mature woman grabbing the slice of cherry pie. "Hunny although I don't agree with what Bentley did he was right. You just need to suck it up for the sake of the girls for now and decide what you want to do either try to make it work in the marriage or just call it quits. He hurt you Ava, you do whatever makes you happy." She said lovingly tucking a stray strand of hair behind my ear.
Without saying another word I made my way up the winding staircase to our bedroom finding a half naked Bentley sprawled out on the king sized bed.
"You're not sleeping here so get out." I grumbled glaring at him. "Babe could we not do this right now I'm tired." He mumbled turning so his back faced me. "I could care less if you're tired Bentley get out now!" I screamed frustrated. He acted as though nothing happened, as though he did nothing wrong! "You need to calm the fuck down Ava-Marie we don't need your dumb ass going into complications because you can't keep calm!" He growled sitting up in the bed. "You know what I'll leave I won't want my dumb ass to go into complications because I just realized I fell in love with a complete jackass." I said calmly before marching out of the room and down the dark hallway.
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Bentley's P.O.V
The doors to my office slammed open causing me to sigh silently waiting to hear the voice of my angry wife. Who, not to mention had made it her duty to remind me daily how much she hated me which hurt honestly but I wasn't going to say that or show it. It took everything in me not to sneak into the guess bedroom she slept in and pull her body against mine. I missed her scent, the warmth her body radiated, feeing her curly hair tickle my face. God did I miss her beautiful inky curls that were now straightened and colored a ridiculous brown and blonde. She looked beautiful with her new hair style though but it was unsettling that she thought she should change herself because in her mind I was more attracted to blonde women which was furthest from the truth.
"I'm going to kill your dumb ass!" Stacey's hate filled words snapped me out of my thoughts. "Why?" I asked looking into her darkened emerald irises. "Ava refuses to speak to me claiming that I knew about your infidelity and hid it from her!" She screeched. "It's not a lie Stacey. She just needs time although I think this time I've successfully messed up and I may have lost the love of my life forever." I said staring into space my voice cracking with all my hidden emotion. "Are you...going to cry?" Stacey asked a deep frown settling on her face. "No." I muttered before grabbing my keys and leaving my office.
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Walking into the kitchen Ava stood on her tippy toes stretching for a box of cereal that was placed on the top shelf. Walking behind her body I grabbed the box causing her to instantly stiffen. Resting the box on the counter I leaned forward pressing a kiss onto her head before stepping away. "Thank you." She whispered turning to face me where I stood leaning against the adjacent counter. I didn't say anything just looked at her temporarily allowing eyes to drink up her appearance seeing that pretty soon she may leave me for good this time. I didn't miss the permanent from that seemed to settle on her lips whenever I was around something I would have to get used to it seems.
"You know we have to talk about it right Ava." I whispered not wanting to upset her keeping my eyes focused on her rounded stomach so I won't see the hurt flash in her brown orbs. "I...I know but I'm not ready too." She mumbled her voice cracking causing my eyes to snap to her face to see a stream of tears run down her caramel cheeks. Walking over to her I pulled her body against mine rapping her in a tight embrace repeating a chorus of apologies into her messy hair. "I'm sorry I broke us baby." I mumbled feeling a salty tear of my own slide down my pale cheeks.
I wasn't going to lie and tell her what I thought she needed to hear even though most likely the child wasn't even mine I still had sex with Beth that being a fact. A fact I only learned of the morning I woke up with a banging headache and her bringing breakfast to me in an unfamiliar bed. Yes it hurts to see Ava like this but I had a shit load of things to figure out before I could come one hundred percent clean to her. "One thing's for sure though." I mumbled my fingers stroking her stomach through the material of her top. "What's that?" She asked pulling away from my embrace to look into my glossy eyes.
"I'll still love you even if you decide to leave me. I'll never stop fighting for us." I said stroking her cheek lovingly. "Bentley you can't expect me to forgive you this quickly when you hurt me that bad." She mumbled pulling away from my embrace. "I don't expect you too baby I know that I hurt you and I'll be eternally sorry for that but all I ask of you is to give us another chance before you walk away from everything we have together." I pleaded looking deeply into her glossy coffee colored eyes.
"You don't have to answer me now just know that I miss you. I miss how you smiled at me whenever I said that I loved you. I miss kissing your lips in the morning and before I go to sleep. I miss hearing you say my name and not out of anger. I love you Ava-Marie and I'm sorry I hurt you baby." I said stepping forward so I trapped her body between the counter and my body leaning forward so my lips brushed her cherry colored ones. "I asked for space Bentley and clearly you can't respect my only request so I have no problem with taking my children back to my apartment where you're free to visit anytime you'd like!" She said firmly jabbing her manicured finger to my chest.
"Ava-Marie." I warned not liking where she was going with this. "Don't even try! Who do you think you are to tell me that I have to move back into the same house as you? Bentley you don't call the shots in this relationship anymore baby boy I do and clearly you don't want to find divorce papers in your mail so if I were you I'd play nice not rough." She stated folding her arms over her chest.
Defeated I took a step away from my silently fuming wife waiting for her next instruction. If I thought my world was flipped upside down when she left the island clearly this was going to be much worst when I couldn't even force her to stay under the same roof as me for a full twenty four hours. "You're going to call the movers and have them move all my stuff back into my apartment first thing in the morning. It's just fifteen minutes away and the girls think we're staying there because...we are going to start renovations on the house. They seem to like it but they'll enjoy it more now that you're back." She said the edge to her voice no longer there remaining silent I allowed the new information to sink in.
"It's not that I don't love you Bentley it's just that I always suspected that you'll hurt me this way but now that it finally happened I just feel...pathetic. Being pregnant, emotional and not to mention fat isn't helping either. I just need time to find me again that's all before I could face all this drama." She explained causing my heart to swell painfully with guilt. Moving so I stood in front of her body again even though it took everything in me not to kiss her soft lips I settled for pressing a chaste kiss onto her forehead.
"You're beautiful baby and you're not fat just gracefully carrying another one of our beautiful children. You've always been beautiful Ava I just made one drunken mistake that I'm now paying for and even though it's a hard pill to swallow I'll give you your space and anything else that'll make you happy. Anything except a divorce that is." I mumbled feeling a lump form in my throat stepping away from her and walking away not wanting her to see the wet salty stream that raced down my reddened cheeks.
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A/N
Hey guys I'm very very sorry for the late update but I had writers block plus I had a death in my family so I was pretty torn for these past few days. I really hope you guys liked this chapter I finally finished writing it at 2:30am so yah 😌 I really love you guys and don't want to disappoint y'all!
‼️Note- Tyler is a girl she's four years old and she plays soccer which is also called football at least where I live but I'll go back to the later chapters and change football to soccer⚽️ to prevent anymore confusion. I'm sorry for the mix up I guess I tend to write in my local slang at times 🙃🙄
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