Destined to Love

The Award

Ava's POV

As we make our way in Alex doesn't let go of my hand. He ensures that I am close to him. All eyes are upon us especially on Alex. I see ladies drooling over him and their partners scowling. A pang of jealousy hits me, but when I look towards Alex, he has a very cold and aloof expression over his face. One could even pee in their pants seeing him. This is what I have been thinking lately. He seems dangerous and cruel to everyone else apart from his family, but when me met he didn't give me any cold shoulder. I have been meaning to ask this since long, but guess I have to wait.

I am in my own thoughts when his grip tightens.

"Care to explain you little stunt out there?" he smiles and asks.

I explain every bit of the detail, amusement was all over his face. "I never want you to be embarrassed because of me" I whisper and soon I am pulled up in his embrace "Trust me I would never be embarrassed because of you. It's just that I was sad that you won't be able to make it to be here with me today". At this I hug him even tighter not caring about the people at our PDA. I kiss him on cheeks "So are you happy now?" "You can't even imagine the extent. I even enjoyed your adventure as much as you did". He chuckles. I give him that scared look "I had my heart in my mouth during all this" he pats my head "You did great handling all this, thank you".

As if it was the queue he's invited on stage to take the award. All eyes are set on him when I look around. And I am all swelled up proudly. "I would like to thank all my employees for their hard work and constant support, this award is for you all. I am happy to receive this in front of my beautiful wife. Ava, I love you!" this is all he says and starts walking off the stage.

I stand at my place stunned at his confession. I can feel all eyes on me, some cheering and some filled with jealousy and disgust. Did I hear it correctly? What should I do? How should I react? Should I tell him about how I feel? I was focused on my thoughts and Alex, to see if he really meant what he said. But he is all calm and composed as if it was a normal thing to say. I guess it was because of the crowd? My trust issues! I am not sure! I don't know, I am all messed up now!

Alex hands me his trophy which I happily take coming out of my stance. "Ava, on the stage whatever I said..." he isn't able to complete his sentence when a group of men join us. After greeting me they pull Alex to their side "Hey Man! You have to come with us to the after party" "You can not ditch us this time" "We did nothave one after your marriage" "Don't get too busy with your wife and forget us" to this Alex says "I am not sure guys" and looks towards me and I give him a nod just to let him know that I am okay with it. "Just give me a moment" he then walks towards me. Before he could say anything I tell him "Alex, I think you should go, I don't want anyone to think that I am a clingy wife" I say this humorously. At my comment he starts laughing "You sure about that?" "One Hundred percent" I smile. He hugs me "I will tell Uncle David to drop you home" "No, I will call Ethan to pick me up, take uncle David with you. And one more thing, please don't mind and think otherwise" I ask him chewing my inner cheeks "Go ahead Ava, I won't" he says seriously "Please don't drink too much. It's not that I am stopping you, but I am just scared of this drink and drive that is why I told you to take Uncle David with you" I say in one breath lowering my gaze and closing my eyes. I wait for him to say something instead I feel my chin being pressed up with his smooth fingers. The mere touch is enough to send shivers all over. I still don't look into his eyes. "Look at me, Are you alright?" I nod looking at him but a lone tear escapes my eyes. I see his faces darkens, he wipes off the tear "I won't go with them, I'll take you home, come" he holds my hand starts moving towards the exit, all his business partners calling for him and he just raises one hand to sush them down. Cold as ever! I stop him "No, you should go with them. I am okay. I just got a bit carried away, no one in my family drinks, it is prohibited after my Aunt's husband died. Both him and his driver were drunk and crashed on the highway" I tell him "I won't drink ever, I promise you this. But now let's go home" he hugs me and start dragging me again "Alex, I am fine, trust me, Please, pretty please. See I am smiling also now" I don't want to hinder his business relations, moreover I am strong enough to handle all the emotions which clouded me for few minutes. "You sure?" Alex sounds unsure, I nod while tightening my grip on his hands just to be honest. "Okay, I will be back in 2 hrs, but don't wait for me and sleep, you must be tired because of this happening day" he smiles a little and places a kiss on my temple.

I call Ethan to pick me up, Alex waves me bye until I am out of sight. I sigh to myself, now I will get some time alone to think about his confession and how should I react to it. Though I wanted to be with him tonight, but it's better this way too.

As I enter the house I see files sitting on the table seeking my attention. Guess I won't get my me time today! There's a lot to finish and I forgot that I had asked to get these files delivered to me. I take a quick shower, change into something comfy and start going through the files.