Chapter 169 - Zillionth times

"I definitely will and that too without any sort of hesitation, you are my savior Charlotte and I don't know what I would do without you." Giving her a big hug, Ava inquired, "So what is the plan?" 

"There is no plan, I mean there is but it doesn't include you. Now if you excuse me, I need to make a few phone calls to find out the origin and source of the rumor." Without waiting for her reply, Charlotte walked out of the room to do her own little research and mission.

Trusting Charlotte and believing that she would handle everything, Ava crashed on the bed to take a short nap until her angry boyfriend arrived home but little did she know that there was a big problem all ready to knock at the door.

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Approximately fifteen minutes later, Charlotte entered Ava's room again. "Girl I did find out something but I don't want to give me a half full information so I'll step out for a bit to meet someone. I won't be gone for long, okay?" 

When Ava raised her thumb at her, she chuckled, "I think you should think of something that will help in calming your boyfriend down."

Resting her chin on her elbow, Ava sighed, "Well, I do have plans of giving him whatever he wants later."

"So your ultimate idea of coaxing your boyfriend to have s.e.x with him with some BDSM?" When Ava nodded her head, Charlotte grinned, "That is awesome, you go girl. That literally and always works like a charm." 

"I know," Ava beamed.

Glancing at her watch, Charlotte sighed, "Alright, I need to go now and since it's gonna be a wild night for the two of you, I'll feed you in with the details tomorrow morning."

"Alright, I'll see you later then." 

After Charlotte left, Ava was about to call Calvin when the doorbell rang. Since both Calvin and Charlotte had access to the apartment, Ava wondered who it was before making her out of the room, towards the main door.

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Living room.

As soon as she opened the door, Ava widened her eyes in shock when she saw the least expected person standing right in front of her holding a basket in her hand.

"M-Mrs Lewis—" Ava stuttered.

Raising her brows, Naomi Lewis, Calvin's mother doubtfully inquired, "Aren't you Ava Stewart, Rebecca Stewart's daughter?" 

Vigorously nodding her head, Ava bowed down like she was a pleasant who was greeting a Queen which made things even more awkward. Cursing herself for doing that, she was thinking of a way to rectify her stupid movement when Naomi curiously inquired, "Does your back hurt honey?"

"Oh yes, absolutely yes and it's getting terrible as I am growing….old," Ava explained.

Scrunching her brows, she scoffed, "Old? But aren't you just twenty-four?" 

"Yes, I am twenty-four but my back makes me feel like sixty." Realizing that they were still standing at the doorstep, she quickly invited Naomi in. "Oh please, come in." 

Without saying anything, Naomi stepped into the apartment and started looking around. "Where is Calvin?" 

"He stepped out for a bit, I should go call him." Without waiting for her reply, Ava rushed towards her room to get her phone but only if things were meant to be that easy.

"What is the rush? I mean why don't you and I do some catching up first before calling Calvin over. What do you think?" Naomi asked before sitting on the couch. 

Left with no other choice, Ava reluctantly and nervously sat down before giving her a very weak smile.Though she had met Calvin's mother before, that was a long time back when Sebastian and Calvin were in college. And apart from the fact that she was dating her son, she had also happened to find her in her son's apartment which made things even more weird.

Opening the basket, Naomi said, "I baked Cal's favorite cookies, he says that they help in calming him down so maybe it will work for you too." 

Not wanting to anger or make her feel sour, Ava immediately did what she was asked to. Taking a cookie from the basket, she took a bite. "They are really delicious."

"Thank you so much honey but I am still not very sure why I am giving you this cookie in my son's apartment. Will you please take the trouble to explain a few things for a better understanding? Why don't we start with the reason behind your presence here?" Naomi curiously wondered.

Contemplating for a while, Ava stammered, "C-Can we wait for Calvin?" 

Pouting her lips, she thought for a while before completely disregarding the idea. "Yeah, I don't think so I want him here."

Gulping in nervousness, Ava quickly got up and rushed towards the kitchen. "I'll get some warm milk to go with the cookies."

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Inside the kitchen.

Pacing back and forth for the zillionth time, Ava took deep breaths to calm herself down, Naomi's presence was freaking her out and Calvin's absence was making things worse. She was not ready to face all of this all by herself but she had no other choice. Her phone was in the bedroom so calling Calvin wasn't an option and going out to actually talk to his mother all by herself wasn't something that she preferred. 

After a lot of thinking, she poured a glass of milk for herself, calmed her soul down and stepped out of the kitchen, leaving everything on her guardian angel to handle.

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Living room.

"Ahh there you are." Placing the magazine down, Naomi smiled, "I was wondering if you got lost while looking for the milk."

Before Ava could say something awkwardly stupid, Calvin unlocked the main door from the outside and entered the apartment. 

"Mom? What are you doing here?" Without waiting for his mother's reply, he looked at Ava and frowned when he noticed the big glass of milk that she was holding. "Ava are you drinking milk at night? You know that it gives you a really bad hyperacidity, right?"

Raising her brows, Naomi inquired, "You two sound very close."

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