Tristan was in the office and having a meeting with the shareholders. Mr. Wesley was there as well because they were collaborating on a project.

In today's meeting, they were reviewing the progress of their project. It had gotten better results than they expected. It had been a successful launch, and everyone was happy.

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Suddenly Tristan's phone beeped. He usually kept his phone silent during the meetings but nowadays after he started talking to Ava, his phone was never silent because he did not want to miss a single call from Ava.

Tristan saw that it was a message from Ava. He smiled as he opened her message.

"I have a question," Ava's message said. They've been in constant contact with each other ever since their study session. She would either call or text him all the time. He suggested they meet, but she was studying for her other subjects.

"Tell me, what is it?" Tristan texted back. The shareholders were surprised to see Tristan texting someone in the middle of the meeting, and on top of that, he was smiling too.

They whispered amongst themselves, wondering who he was texting with. No one had any idea except PA Jack. Jack was loyal to Tristan and did not betray his confidence.

Mr. Wesley was curious to know about the person on the other end, but he had no idea that it was his daughter. He would never imagine that Tristan would be attracted to his daughter.

Ava had sent him the question, and he replied that he would call her back in ten minutes.

"Everything is good. Can we conclude this meeting?" Tristan said. The meeting was almost done anyway, so everybody had agreed.

"Wait, I have something to say," Mr. Wesley interrupted.

"I know everyone has contributed to the success of this project, so I wanted to invite everyone for a party at my house," he said.

"Mr. Ambrosio, would you please come to the party?" He invited Tristan personally.

"I will definitely come," Tristan said without hesitation. He rarely comes to any of these events, but Ava's father was inviting him, so how could he reject him. He had to make a good impression with his father-in-law because when he learns about their relationship, then it wouldn't be too hard to accept him. Plus, Ava will definitely be at the part, so how could he miss this chance to meet his little one.

Mr. Wesley was happy with Tristan's response. After doing business with Tristan Mr. Wesley found out that Tristan was not as scary as the rumors say he was. He can say that he even liked Tristan.

But he did not know that Tristan was very cold and cruel when it came to his business deals, he only treated Mr. Wesley well because he was Ava's father.

After Tristan went out, the shareholders asked PA Jack if Tristan was dating anyone. Jack lied and said that he didn't know. They were curious because they have never seen Tristan with any women before and they wanted to know what type of woman can make an iceberg like Tristan fall in love.

He had called Ava, and as soon as she picked up the phone, she started asking her questions one after the other.

"Calm down, now tell me your questions slowly, one by one. Get a paper and pen so you can write down the important points," Tristan said.

"Okay, I understood everything now," she said after Tristan was done explaining everything. He was happy that Ava was starting to depend on him. It showed that she trusted him.

"You have one more day before the exam, take lots of rest, and eat properly," Tristan advised.

"But I am scared, I think I have to review some more. I feel like I got some areas wrong," Ava complained.

"Ava, if you do not get enough rest, then your memory might fail you and affect your performance," He said.

"Okay Mr. Topper....," Ava teased, and Tristan chuckled. After ending the call, he had a huge smile on his face.

It was getting difficult to keep away from her, every call or text message made him long for her more each day. He was wondering how he can make her take the next step towards their relationship.

It was Sunday, the day Jack and Kelly were supposed to meet for lunch. Jack was there even before the designated time.

He had put on his best shirt and got a flower bouquet to give Kelly.

When Kelly got there, Jack stood up and waved his hand, it was a very small restaurant, and it was easy to spot people. So she thought offhand that he was weird to do that.

She was wearing jeans and a very old shirt that looked very soft and comfortable, her hair was tied up in a ponytail, and no makeup. He felt overdressed.

Jack saw their meeting as a date, and he put in a lot of effort to look good, but for Kelly, she was just having lunch with an acquaintance.

"Tell me what you want to order," Kelly passed the menu to Jack.

"Oh I forgot, these flowers are for you," Jack gave the bouquet to her.

"Why are you giving me these?" she asked, suspiciously

"Because you invited me to lunch," he replied.

"I don't like flowers," she said, rejecting his flowers.

"But I already bought it for you, I cannot throw it away," he said.

"Well, that's not my problem," she said indifferently.

"Please take it this time. These are such pretty flowers, you should not waste them," he insisted.

She took the flowers and placed them on the seat beside her without even looking at it.

Jack had ordered a few dishes for them to eat. "I sent you a lot of messages, and you never replied back," he said. As soon as he got her number, Jack started texting her very long messages.

"You sent me messages? I did not know you did," she said, confused.

"Why don't you check your phone, you'll see," he said.

Kelly checked her phone and saw there were a lot of messages from one number that she had been ignoring.

"Is this your number? She asked as she showed her phone to Jack.

"Yeah, why haven't you opened my messages?" he questioned.

"I usually do not check messages from unknown numbers and you were texting me good morning every day and the good night before I sleep. I thought it was spam, or it was intended for someone else," she said, shrugging her shoulders.

Jack was angry that she dismissed his messages just like that. He spent a lot of time typing those messages, and she thought they were spam messages and didn't even bother to open them or ask who sent them.

"Save my number so that you will not miss my message next time," he said.

"There's no need to. I think we won't be in contact after today's meal," she said, and it made him sad. He thought that getting her number was the most important part because he thought it was going to be smooth sailing from there.

They say finding someone you like is difficult, but it's more difficult to make them like you back, but he will not easily give up. Sooner or later, Kelly will warm up to him. For now, he will try to enjoy their lunch together and will worry about the future later.