A Lifetime With You

Chapter 56

Later, Ava shifted her arm quietly because the sore and numb feeling was making her very uncomfortable. She moved lightly and tried not to make any noise. Yet, she forgot that she was holding the ring box before she slept and it was stuck in between Ava and Damien at that moment. So, her elbow hit the box when she moved and she inhaled sharply in pain.

Damien wasn’t sound asleep, so he woke up instantly. He touched the little box that was under the blanket and chuckled, “It seems that you really value this ring. You even held it to sleep.”

“That’s… that’s because…”

“You don’t have to return it to me since you like it so much.”

“Pardon?”

Ava thought she misheard it, but he had already closed his eyes as if he was asleep again. She held the box with mixed feelings in her heart.

The next day. Ava went to the office for work. She was about to go to Mr. Hemworth’s office and inform him that Damien had promised not to claim any penalty from Ava’s company. However, the Radbury Group would definitely not collaborate with Ava’s company in that advertising project anymore. However, Mr. Hemsworth looked very pleased, “The advertising department from the Radbury Group called me early in the morning. Ava, this is all because of your help! After all, we will still have other clients even if we lost that project!” Ava was a bit confused when she saw her boss’s excitement even though he had lost a big project, “Mr. Hemsworth, did you just get another new project?” “Absolutely! The studio of the female star, Kelly, had come to us, and they said that they need our help to plan a promotional video. Furthermore, they even offered me this price.” Mr. Hemsworth lifted up a single finger with a secretive expression on his face. Ava was taken aback, “So much, huh?” “Yes, it’s

basically twice the production cost of an ordinary artist’s promotional video. Ava, we have to work hard this time!” Ava didn’t expect that Kelly’s studio would hire her company for the production of their promotional film.

Although this business was nothing compared to the previous projects from Radbury Group, Ava’s company could still earn a lot since Kelly’s studio was willing to offer a high price. The shooting of a promotional video would definitely require liaising with other departments. Therefore, Ava needed to complete the logistic and administration tasks properly. But, she had never thought that she would face so many challenges on the first day of shooting. Kelly was rather picky towards her filming requirements. Firstly, she complained about the bad

location, then she showed her displeasure towards the props. After that, she criticized the creativity of the planning and also the filming effects. She even nagged the logistics staff, who bought her coffee.

Ava, who was the administrative and logistics supervisor, had to solve all these problems.

Ava had expected that Kelly would be in a bad mood because she had just broken up with Selden. Therefore, Ava reminded her colleagues to be more patient.

However, Kelly heard Ava’s words.

“What does Ms. Nagel mean? What do you mean by tolerating my temper? Are you upset because I’m hot-tempered?” Kelly’s remarks were very spiteful and she even rolled her eyes. As the main character in the set, it was a given that everyone had to tolerate her. Meanwhile, Ava could only smile wryly and said, “Don’t get me wrong, Kelly. I just asked my colleagues to be cooperative.” “Kelly? Am I close to you? Do you think that you can make up for your mistakes just by acting friendly to me?”

All of a sudden, Ava’s face burned with embarrassment and she didn’t know how to react in this awkward situation.ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

Dozens of people in the studio cast their eyes on both of them. Everyone obviously realized that Kelly was targeting Ava deliberately. But, Kelly addressed Ava as Ms. Nagel very affectionately just a few days ago. It seemed that after she broke up with Selden, she also vented her frustrations on Selden’s friend, Ava.

“Sorry, Ms. Hensley, I will have someone change the props now, please wait for a moment,” Ava could only say politely. “Not only the props, the lighting, the backdrop, and also the cameras, replace them with the best ones!”

The entire day of filming was was basically futile due to Kelly’s importunate and unreasonable requests. However, Kelly only gave them two days to shoot the video, so it was uncertain whether the video

could be finished by the next day. After everyone wrapped up the set and returned to the office, they didn’t clock off tacitly and they worked overtime automatically. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be able to finish the task by tomorrow. Ava hesitated before she sent a message to Damien. She informed him that she would be working overtime tonight, so she might be going back late. Even though he couldn’t be bothered with whether she would go back home or not. However, after the message was sent, Damien actually replied to her within a few seconds, “Don’t be too late.” Those short and simple words startled her. She looked at the small ring box beside her hand. She felt that Damie had been acting strange recently, but she couldn’t figure out when did his

abnormal behavior begin. E Why did he want her to wear this ring? Ava put down the mouse and opened the box subconsciously. There was a crystal clear diamond ring inside, and it looked extremely pricey at first glance. She didn’t dare to wear such a flashy diamond ring on her finger all the time. But Damien had deliberately reminded her to put on the ring before she went out this morning, so she just kept the box in her bag.

Two years ago, he told her in the coldest and most disparaging tone she had ever heard in her life, “You don’t deserve this ring.” So, what did his actions mean now? Ava gave a wry smile. She put the box back in the drawer and locked it. Then, she got up and went to the pantry to get a cup of coffee. However, she heard her name being mentioned when she was just about to enter the pantry. Two of her colleagues from the design department were standing there.

“Look at Ms. Nagel, I’m really surprised that she has such a strong background. Besides, she’s so lucky that she married the Radbury president from the Radbury Group. Indeed, you can get anything in this world if you’re beautiful!” “Did you see the box on her desk? The diamond ring inside is so big! Tsk tsk tsk, does she mean to show it off by intentionally bringing it to the office? Ugh, there’s no point for her to act superior in front of us!” “Did you know that Kelly was continuously targeted Ms. Nagel in the studio this afternoon?” “What’s the reason behind it? Do they know each other?” “My friend, who works as an assistant in Kelly’s studio, told me that Ms. Nagel snatched Kelly’s boyfriend away!” “What? Isn’t Kelly’s boyfriend a rich doctor? And, Ms. Nagel is married, right?”

Their conversation became even more exaggerated and illogical. Ava sighed quietly, but she didn’t stop her colleagues from gossiping. Then, she turned and went back to her desk. After her relationship with Damien was publicized, she knew that many colleagues would talk about her behind her back. Anyway, she should just let them be since gossiping was like second nature to them.