Don't Leave Me, Mate (by AlisTae)

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When Ava returned home, it was afternoon.

The maids rushed toward her when they saw her clothes were drenched.

"I am fine," Ava said to them.

She went to her bedroom and changed her clothes. She rubbed her hair with a towel and sat on the bed.

She was very upset. Her eyes were red after crying for a while.

"I am a crybaby," she murmured to herself.

Why would she not cry? Just when she thought fan was hers, he once again went back to himself. For what? Thinking that she would accept him doing anything?

She was not like other girls who would stay quiet and let him do anything he wanted, just to gain the position next to him. She did not want anything except pure love.

She remembered how special lan had made her feel last night. Then why did all of this happen today?

It felt like whatever happened last night was a dream that he had broken today.

She spent the whole day in her room. The maids kept telling her to eat something, but she rejected their requests.

She was lying in her bed when her phone rang.

She received the call without looking at who had called her.

"Ava?"

"Mom!"

Ava sat up on the bed after hearing her mother's voice.

"Mom, are you okay? What about Dad? Is he fine?"

"We both are alright. How are you, Ava?"

Ava bit her bottom lip. If her mother had called her yesterday, she would sound like the happiest girl ever. But today, she was not happy.

"Just fine, Mom."

After a brief pause, her mother asked with a worried tone,

"Ava, are you hiding something from me? Are you really okay, my child?"

Ava took a long breath and tried to ease her mother's worry.

"Mom, I am fine. You and Dad left the future Gamma to protect me. He is protecting me well."

"Stephen is really a good child."

"Yes, Mom. By the way, how about Dad's treatment?"

"We are processing the treatment. He will be fine, but it can take some time."

"I hope he will be alright. About time, you both have time for your whole life. No worries about other things."

"You sounded like a mature girl. Not bad."noveldrama

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She chuckled and mumbled, "Thanks, Mom."

"Ava, since we are not there, please try to stay closer to Stephen."

Ava sighed and replied,

"Mom, he always stays at home. In fact, he invited his friends at home. So they are also here for a few days."

"Oh, yeah. He talked to me about it. I told him that it's a great idea

Ava lowered her head. "Mom, why are you so worried about me?"

Her mother remained silent. Ava could understand her silence. So she said,

"Are you worried about the Thunder Howl Pack?"

She remembered how her mother warned her about that pack. She specifically told her to stay away from that pack's people.

"Mom, I am assuring you. No one is going to harm me. I am totally fine and good."

"Yeah, that's a relief," her mother replied after a while.

Ava ignored the topic of that pack and talked to her mother for a long time.

When it was night,

The maids came to ask Ava for dinner. But she opened the door and refused to eat like before.

She sneezed when she tried to talk to the maid.

"Miss, are you having a cold?" they asked.

"No, I am fine."

She closed the door and went to lay on her bed.

Her eyes were getting close slowly. She felt a headache. She began to feel a shiver in her entire body..

After a while,

The door of her room opened. Ava glanced at the door and saw Stephen.

"My little sis, are you okay?" Stephen asked with concern in his voice.

He sat beside her and reached out to touch her forehead.

"Shit! You are running a fever!"

"Fever?" she mumbled, coughing a little.

"Did you get wet in the rain?" he asked.

Ava nodded her head, realizing that she got a fever because of it. She closed her eyes, trying to sleep.

"You should eat something. You haven't eaten anything the whole day," Stephen said, stroking her hair.

"No, I don't want to," she murmured.

"You will have to take medicine to get rid of this fever. But you have to eat something before taking it."

"Brother, plea-"

She was interrupted by another voice.

"Call the doctor. I will stay here."

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Stephen turned his head only to find lan, who entered the room. Ava ignored tan,

and her eyes remained closed.

"Brother, tell him I don't want him to be here."

Stephen gave her a confused look. He got up from the bed and said

"But why? You two were good yesterday. Hey, you went to uni with him, right? So,

what the heck just happened?"

Ava coughed and replied,

"Tell him to be with the other girl."

After saying that, she turned her back to lan,

"The other girl? Wait what? Are you talking about Lily? Bro, come on. She is Paul's girlfriend."

Ava's eyes flung ope. "She is Paul's girlfriend?"

Stephen shook his head with a laugh. "You two! I can't believe it. I bet he did that

out of jealousy. This man! And you? How could you get jealous so easily? Do you even know how loyal he is to you, sister?"

Ava wanted to slap herself right now.

'So she is not one of the girls who lan... Oh sh*t!' she thought and felt regret.

Stephen bent down and patted her head.

"We don't hit on our friends' girlfriends. You can rest assured, okay?"

Ava blinked her eyes, not knowing how to react. She misunderstands lan.

She could not ignore the fact that lan was standing near the bed, watching and listening to everything.

"But he doubted me. He doesn't trust me," she said to Stephen.

Stephen frowned at her. "It's not the case. He trusts you but not-

lan cut Stephen off as he approached the bed and said,

“Stop wasting time on this. Now call the doctor and go tell the maids to prepare

her food. I am here to see about the matter."