Beyond Us- Book Three

•••Chapter Eleven•••

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<Thora Violet> I woke up with a fractured rib and a deep grey eyes boring into mine. That wasn't Ava's eyes. These ones had a cocky smile on and I perfectly remembered who this belonged to. "Chris,"

"Hey," he smiled and brushed off hair out of my face. "You had a long sleep."

"What are you..."

"Mom! Dad is here!" Ava opened the door and ran in. "And Mr' Brady too." she smiled.

"Hi there," he waved at her and she put her hand up for a high five. He high fived her and she smiled.

"He is so cute mom." she screetched and I smiled. "Can I get your pictures? I'll have them on my walls in my room and look at them when I miss you."

"Okay," he laughed.

"I thought I should let you know that Aiden has been coming to class now and he's behaving. Did you turn him that way? I like this type better. Everyone has been wondering about him and he's getting popular than the monster principal." she laughed.

"I taught him few things."

"Can you teach me too? Oh wait, my dad is here. Thanks for checking up on my mom. I'll get back to you." she waved at him and ran off the ward.

"Sorry about her." I said.

"It's alright. She can talk for hours like you."

"I don't talk for hours."

"You do with that same voice."

"I do?"

"Yeah. I thought you were dense when we first met but you weren't at all at that party."

I closed my eyes, taking deep breaths. That was when my heart started beating for him. I couldn't help myself when we stood in the pool, staring the lives out of each other. I remembered his cold hands on my body, giving me strange shivers and he smelt so damn good.

"Don't remind me." I said. He gave that cocky smile and nodded. I sat up on the bed, holding my ribs and groaned. "How did you know I was here?"

"I met Ava here and figured you'll be here too. She was here with her... dad." I took my eyes off him. He'll detect the lie in my eyes and ask me dozens of questions.

"I see."

"Is he..." he stopped. "Are you feeling better?"

"Yeah. Thanks for visiting. This should be the last." I held out my smile and he wasn't buying it. "Don't look at me like that. We've no business together."

"I know." he smiled. "Do you know who Jared's dad is?"

How should I answer this? I'm not sure Hillary will be happy about this if she gets to know I told Chris about who Jared's dad is.

"Yeah," the drip on my hand was very uncomfortable and Chris' eyes were making it much uncomfortable for me. "It's some guy she met a long time ago."

"Like how you met Gabby and had Ava?" his voice was intimidating. What the fuck does he know? "Anyway," he sighed and held my hand. "Your Gabriel is a nice man. Ava is lucky to have a nice dad like him. Whom does she take after?"

"Me." he smirked and looked at me.

"Yeah, I guess that explains the grey eyes." he smiled again and I really wanted to ask him what he knows but I didn't want to take the fall for it. "So you met him while Lana had you kidnapped in that shitty house?" I shifted on the bed and took my hand away. "Should I call the doctor. You just turned pale."