She'd dropped the large bouquet on the counter where Ava sat and said: "Is it valentine's again already?"
Ava rolled her eyes. "It was just a few months ago. Who's it from?"
"'I hope you're still considering my proposal'," Kayla read mechanically from a crisp sheet of paper. "No name at the end of the message. Who's that?"
"Adrian," Ava answered tiredly.
"What proposal is he talking about?"
"He asked me to assist him with something," Ava said. "And I said no. He thinks a few days is enough to change my mind."
"Did he ask you to be his girlfriend?" Kayla asked.
"Something like that," Ava said.
"And you refused?" Kayla asked. "It is just so perfect...with you and him and the baby. Why would you reject that?"
"I really don't want to sound like this, but it's compl
