To Hate My Stepbrother

Mason’s POV

Before I could ask what her idea was, Ava stood and I watched as she made her way to the front. Raising an eyebrow, I adjusted in my seat and watched as she bowed respectfully and introduced herself.

“I know how much you all want to see the plan on the big screen but come on, who are we kidding?” She asked and I widened my eyes in shock but wanted her to continue.

“You have the plan in front of you already, showing it on the big screen would be extra and also boring,” she continued as the board members murmured between themselves but she doesn’t seem to care about that.

Everyone stared at her confusingly and Ava sighed as she told them she would explain bits by bits.

“Okay, look,” she started as she picked up a marker and asked that I turn the projector off so she could explain with bars and charts instead.

“I’ll show and explain everything to you this way.” She continued as she turned to look at me and I could see that she was nervous but she seemed to have it all under control.

Ava drew the charts on the board and explained like a teacher would to their students. The board members looked at her weirdly and some would even ask questions that couldn’t be answered using graphs but Ava took us all by surprise.

Although, her plan was working and the meeting had gone from being boring to being interactive and fun because even I was already enjoying it.

The board members were already getting engrossed in the presentation but some of them still looked dissatisfied because they were already used to staring at the plan on the projector.Nôvel(D)rama.Org's content.

“You don’t have to do all these, we can just wait a while and let Parker get the files.” I managed to tell her but she only shook her head.

“They waited long enough already and we can’t keep them waiting anymore. I’ve studied this method and it works, just trust me.” She whispered to me before going back to her presentation.

Listening to her explain the past year sales and how our new plan would affect the sales and help our company grow even more.

I watched the board members’ interest grow and they soon started getting interested in all Ava had to say. None of them interrupted her process as they listened keenly.

Impressed and smiling to myself, I was floored by how she’d presented everything and how she took control of the meeting room.

The hall that was once filled with dissatisfied board members that wouldn’t even listen to what I had to say because the file went missing soon filled with interactive members.

They asked lots of questions and Ava answered it all perfectly, leaving no room for doubts and as I stared at her I could feel the love I have for her increase and all I wanted to do at that moment was kiss her but I couldn’t.

The meeting was soon over and Ava earned a round of applause from the board members before they agreed that we go on with the plan as they trusted me and my assistant to handle it well.

“Thank you, Thank you so much. You have no idea how scared I was that this wouldn’t go well.” I grinned as I lifted her off her feet and spun her around before smothering her face with kisses.

“You really did good out there, how did you know all that?” I asked, still impressed with her and the presentation.

“Well, something similar to this happened at my former place of work and my boss was able to use this method to get us, I studied it and figured it would be of good use now.” She explained and I nodded before kissing her again.

“Thank you so much, really.” I repeated and Ava smiled as she told me that my success was also her success and I could feel my heart go even higher than it already was.

“And I’ll do anything for you.” She finished as she pulled me closer to her again as she kissed me.

“After work, we will both go out for dinner so we can celebrate.” I smiled and she nodded happily as she agreed with me.

These past weeks, we haven’t gotten enough time to go out alone since Khalid was always around so it would be nice for it to be just us.

I’d already made reservations at one of the most expensive restaurants in town and after work, I drove Ava down there.

Getting in there, it felt as though everyone was around for us because the stare got intense as we entered and I instinctively held Ava by her waist.

“So anyone looking at you would know you’re mine.” I whispered and she blushed as we made our way to our seats.

The waiter came and I ordered but Ava seemed to need more time, “I’m sorry, I just haven’t taken a good look at the menu.” She apologized.

“It’s fine, I understand if you need more time.” The waiter replied and I swear that I could hear a hint of flirting in his voice.

“I’ll have the side salad.” She smiled as she handed the menu back to him.

“And what would that be on the side of, pretty lady?” He asked and the redness of Ava’s cheeks sent cold chills down my spine.

“Okay, look, you stay here one minute longer and I will have you fired. You don’t want that, do you?” I threatened and he left at once.

We finished eating and I took her to the back garden so we could sit and watch the stars together. Holding her face gently, I guided her lips to mine and kissed her.

One kiss always left me yearning for more and pulling her closer to me so that she was sitting on my lap, my fingers found their way under her dress and the sound of her hushed moan made me go crazy as we made out.