Chapter 71: Chapter 71

Chapter Seventy - One

Ava's POV

I told him everything. Everything that the doctor had told me. How my baby could be born with a disease and how I might need Daniel's blood to save him, If my baby did end up with this disease.

Jasper heard everything without saying anything. He did not force me to continue when I took a break from speaking. Did not interrupt me when I spoke. He let me explain everything as I felt.

After I told him everything. I quieted down.

"This much had happened to you, and you never told me anything. You did not bother to tell me anything. I thought yesterday, we made some progress. I thought that you started to trust me. But I just realised that it was all just in my head." He said.

"No, Jasper. It's not like that." I tried to explain myself but he began shaking his head.

"Then tell me why you left yesterday? Why didn't you stay for me to come back and finish the conversation that we had started. Why did you make an excuse of working and leave like that?" He asked me. This question caught me off guard. For him to tell me that he knew, I made an excuse to leave, made me speechless. Both of us knew that I made an excuse but I was not expecting him to call me out on my lie.

I remained quiet. Unable to answer his question. Not being able to tell him the truth. What was I supposed to tell him? That yesterday, Charlotte showed me the mirror and pushed me to face reality? That no matter how much I wanted to be with him, I can't? Because, he would never be mine? Because, no guy would ever accept another man's baby? Or more so, that he won't be able to forget her?

What was I supposed to tell him?

Jasper shook his head, as he began backing up.

"You are still not saying anything. You don't trust me." He said.

"I thought, I thought what happened between us was more than just - I thought it would mean the same for you, but now ... yesterday, I was going to ask you ..." He said, almost talking to himself.

I took a step forward, raising my both hands to hold him and force him to stay but he raised both his arms and gestured to me to stay where I was. I halted where I was standing.

"I need some time." He said, then he turned around and disappeared from my view, like he never was standing there. I stared at his back until I could not see him anymore. I did not call him back or even tell him his question's answer, that I had the answer to. No, I just stood where I was and wondered how things changed so much in just a few minutes.

I stood on the spot, unable to move but after a few minutes. I did move. I forced myself to go back straight into the hospital and back into the room where Daniel should be. When I saw my doctor coming out of the opposite side of the hospital. I stopped her and asked her where Daniel was.

"He's gone." She said, giving me a polite smile.

"He's gone?" I asked her disbelief. She nodded.

"Um mm. He had the blood test then he left." The doctor told me. I gave her a small smile.

"Ok. Thank you." I told her and backed off.

"You're welcome." She replied and then disappeared from my sight. Going back to work.

I was surprised to know that Daniel left just like that. Without any questions but then I realise that it was better for me that way. So, I left the hospital as well. One thing that I realised that Daniel did not come out in the parking lot, where his car was parked so how could he leave? But, then I realised that he must have gone somewhere else or must have called another one of his drivers. So, I just shrugged it off.

I reached home and realised that Jasper was not at home. I asked Maria where he was or if he even came back home. Maria told me that he never came home after he left and didn't know where he was. And that only saddened me more. Because I knew that he was angry, angry because of me. And knowing that I could not do anything about it, made me even sadder. I respected his demand to have his time alone and think.

Therefore, I decided not to bother him by messaging him or asking where he was. Instead, I made a plan. When he comes back home late at night, I will make dinner for him. There we will talk. Calmly and peacefully, like adults should.

With that thought in my mind, I got to work.

I left the house to buy all the groceries that I needed and was not at home. Later in the evening, when I told Maria that I was going to make dinner, she gave me a once over before she asked me the most unexpected question.

"For Jasper?" She asked. She did not put in the formality to say 'Sir' and that surprised me. However, that was not what surprised me the most. What surprised me the most was the side glance or The glance she gave me. I knew that look and what it meant, but I did not want to indulge into the meaning of it. More importantly, I wanted to fool myself into thinking that I was oblivious to it.

"Yes and for you too ..." I answered her, drawing out the 'you' in answer. I was pretty sure my expressions were of defence because I certainly guarded them from inside.

"Why did you ask?" I questioned her, even though I knew the answer. It was written all over her face. She was looking at me like she had caught a thief, stealing something.

She, while still giving me the look that I wanted to avoid recognising, shrugged.

"Nothing. I was just wondering." She said,

For a weird reason, I felt that I needed to explain further.

"Why were you wondering? It's not like that I had not made meals before in this house." I reminded her. Remember the time I made breakfast.

"Humm. You are right." Maria answered with a nonchalant shrug. However, anyone would notice that it was for show and that she was not convinced at all. And that made my doubt turn into a fact.

She knew.

She knew that I had feelings for Jasper. She knew what was going on between us. Between Jasper and I. And then I felt stupid. Of course, she knew. How could one not know about my feelings for Jasper? Especially someone, who lives in the same house as us. How could she not notice?

I bowed my head as shame washed over me. Embarrassment tinted my cheeks and I felt like I needed to escape. How were things going so out of place? How were things so out of my control?

I felt a hand on my shoulder. I raised my head to find Maria kindly smiling at me.

"If you want to make dinner then you better start right now. Otherwise, it will be too late for dinner." She told me, kindly. I felt an ache in my chest and my eyes pricked with tears. I swallowed harshly to drink down my emotions, not wanting to give into the things that I was feeling at the moment. It was exceptionally difficult, especially when she reminded me of my mother.

I nodded eagerly, with a smile on my face.

"Yes. I will get started right away." I replied and did just that.