Ex-Husband's Regret (Ava and Rowan) novel Chapter 78

"Perfect" She doesn’t say anything else, just picks up her tablet and begins typing something on it.

“Hey” Emma begins. “Isn’t that Caleb Kingstone of Kingstone technologies? What’s he doing with Ava? Does he know her?”

I look at where her gaze was directed. It was on the young man with Ava. No wonder he looked so familiar.

Kingstone technologies started about two years back. He is the youngest CEO and already has made a name for himself in the business world. At only twenty, he was already a success story. His techs were increasingly popular and he had earned himself a spot at the big boys table.

If I was vain, I would have been worried about him taking my number one spot as the top entrepreneur in the country. The boy was giving a lot of the other business men a run for their money.

“Oh yes…he is a beneficiary of the Hope Foundation. He’s an orphan and Ava took him under her wings. She’s the one who noted that he’s a tech genius. She encouraged him to start something with his talent. When he came up with the idea of having his own company, Ava backed him up. She gave him the startup capital he needed. No one believed in him back then, except for Ava. Now his company is fast growing and it's earning him millions. As a thank you to Ava, he gave her shares in Kingstone technologies. Ava is the second largest share holder after him”

Another shocking revelation. We stare at her. Each of us trying to absorb what she just told us.

Emma interrupts the moment by snorting. “So in other words you’re saying she’s taking advantage of the kids under her care to make herself rich?”

This time I’ve had enough of her.

“Will you stop with the fucking snide remarks” I growl, hitting the table in anger.

People turn to us but mind their business when I glare at them. Emma looks at me like she’s never seen me before, but I was just so fucking sick and tired of her venomous mouth.

“Which hole have you been living?” Mary asks Emma in a sneer. “Ava doesn’t need anyone to make her rich, the woman is a millionaire.”

Among all of us, she’s the one that has looked down Ava more. That much I can fucking tell. Now the truth was hitting her and she didn’t like that Ava was wealthier than her.

“I’m telling the truth…seriously, shouldn’t you all know this about boss lady given you’re her family?” Mary asks frowning.

We all look down in shame. She’s right, she was family and yet we excluded her and treated her like shit. No wonder she never told any of us of her status.

We were drowning in our shame when a commotion caught my attention.

Ava was standing head to head with Brenda. She was a socialite and an influential one. She was the self-appointed head of the women in our social rank.

Ava was pissed off, but that isn’t what had us in a trance, it’s the fact that she raised her hand and in front of everyone, slapped Brenda right on the fucking cheek.