I Hope You Will Never Regret

A week had passed since the passing of Xavier’s wife, but Avery was still overwhelmed with sadness. Her heart was in turmoil. Was it because she loved Aunt Caroline? Surely, it couldn’t be because of Xavier. They had not officially met yet.

Avery had been avoiding Jordan’s calls and text messages since last week. Aunt Bridgette hugged her and asked, “Are you still angry at Jordan?”

Avery shook her head and replied, “I am no longer angry at him, Aunt Bridge. Sometimes we take life for granted forgetting that tomorrow is not guaranteed to us.

Look at young Mrs Taylor, she left her husband and their daughter a year after they got married. I am overwhelmed by sadness. I don’t even know where it is coming from.

My heart aches when I think about Xavier. I believe that he is more devastated. Daddy told me that when young Mrs Taylor was two months pregnant they discovered that she was in the last stage of stomach cancer. Life is so unfair.”

Aunt Bridgette comforted Avery and said, “I heard that Xavier married Miss Moore because she was the daughter of his mother’s friend.

Maybe the Lord took Miss Moore away because she was not Xavier’s soulmate. After he went through this pain, the Lord is going to bless Xavier with an amazing wife.

Don’t forget that the Lord works in mysterious ways.” Avery nodded her head and replied, “I hope he will be able to move on.”

At that moment, Avery’s phone started ringing. When she saw the caller ID, she wasn’t as excited as usual and said, “Hello Jordan.”

Jordan smiled and replied, “Baby, I have been calling you for the past week, are you still angry with me?

I am sorry my love, it is my fault. I shouldn’t have threatened Director Evans. I will apologize to him when I see him. Please forgive me, my love.”

Avery sneered, “What do you want, Jordan?” It was clear to her that Jordan was calling her day and night because of her properties. Jordan was taken aback by Avery’s question.

Jordan laughed out loud and replied, “Since when is it a crime to call my girlfriend if I am missing her? You have been avoiding me for the past week and it hurts. I missed you so much, Baby.”

Avery replied, “If you don’t have anything to say to me, I am hanging up.” Jordan was frustrated and replied, “Baby, you promised me a Penthouse and the mansion but to date you haven’t given me the set of keys.

I promised my parents that I would move them to the suburbs this weekend. Please, my love, don’t bail on me now. You are my last hope.”

Avery smiled but the smile didn’t reach her eyes and asked, “Are you free now?” Jordan smiled and replied, “I am just sitting in the office waiting for Director Evans and the team to come back from vacation leave.”Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

Avery said, “Please fetch me. I will send you my home address.” Then she hung up the phone.

She laughed out loud and said to Aunt Bridgette, “I wish I could see Jordan’s face right now. I bet he is fuming with anger because I’ve asked him to fetch me.”

She quickly sent Jordan her home address then she walked to her closet and changed her clothes. She then took the set of keys of the two properties.

Twenty minutes later, she received a call from Jordan indicating that he was outside. Avery went outside but she didn’t see Jordan’s car. There was a white car parked outside the gate.

Avery took her phone and dialed Jordan’s number. When it was connected, she said, “Jordan, I am at the gate, but I don’t see your car. Where did you park your car?”

Jordan replied, “Something came up at the last minute and I decided to request Uber for you. Please send me the directions to the mansion and I will meet you there.”

Avery was so angry that she laughed and replied, “Jordan, let me make it easy for you. When you have time to fetch me, please give me a call. I have never used Uber in my life, and I am not going to start now.”

Then she hung up the phone and walked back to the house. Jordan was taking her for granted and she was tired of it. Aunt Bridgette was surprised to see Avery walking to her bedroom and asked, “What happened, Sweetheart?”

Avery told her that Jordan had requested Uber for her. Aunt Bridgette was dumbfounded and said, “Does Jordan know that you are going to the university tomorrow?”

Avery shook her head and replied, “Jordan is not interested in me but the benefits I will give him. How could I fall in love with such a person? I need divine intervention. Lord, please help me. I want to take my heart back.”

At that moment, Avery’s phone started ringing. She picked it up and opened the speaker and said, “Hello.” Jordan was fuming with anger and asked, “Avery, why are you throwing tantrums?

I explained to you that something urgent came up. You need to get rid of your Princess Syndrome when you still want to date me. Go outside, the Uber is waiting for you.” Avery laughed out loud then she blocked Jordan’s number.

Aunt Bridgette laughed out loud and said, “Princess Syndrome! Sweetheart, you have to think hard about your relationship.

Jordan doesn’t respect you and he doesn’t care about your safety. What if something happened to you on your way to meet him? He doesn’t want to fetch you with the car you bought for him?”

Avery took out the set of keys from her bag and put them back in the drawer. She looked at Aunt Bridge and replied, “My love for Jordan is a joke. However, I don’t want to break up with him while I’m still in love with him.

I will give him a space. I think he started looking down on me because of my father’s money. I know that he will wait for me to call him and coax him. I will just ignore him. I am glad that I am going to university the following day.”

Jordan tried to call her several times, but it didn’t go through. It was clear to him that Avery had blocked his number. He decided to give Avery a few days to calm down. Unbeknownst to him a few days would turn into three months.