He stared at Ava's name, blinking across his phone screen, hesitated for what felt like forever, and finally answered the call.
Ava's shouts and sobs burst through the speaker immediately.
Arkin rubbed his pounding, throbbing temples, his voice rough with exhaustion, "Calm down first. I'll handle this..."
"Handle it when? All of this is your fault! If you'd just taken care of that b***h Pia long ago, we wouldn't be in this mess right now! She cost me my baby! I can never have children again! You owe me! If you don't shut this public backlash down for me, I'll kill myself right here, right now!"
Her sniping only pulled Arkin's expression darker and grimmer.
"Ava, I don't like being threatened. If you really want to die, do whatever you want."
Ava froze on the other end of the line for
