Mr. Wesley hurried home, leaving in the middle of a meeting. He was in a bad mood. Why did he come back after an hour?

"What's the matter? Why did you come back so soon?" Mrs. Wesley asked. He had told her this morning that he would be coming home very late because he had too many appointments today.

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"Where is Ava?" Mr. Wesley asked, ignoring his wife's question.

"Ava should be in school right now," Mrs. Wesley replied. She found her husband's behavior a little bit weird today.

"Oh, let us all hope she is in school right now," Mr. Wesley hissed.

"Call her and tell her to come home immediately," Mr. Wesley ordered his wife.

Mrs. Wesley called Ava, asking her to come home immediately. "She said she has a class this afternoon and will come home as soon as it's done," Mrs. Wesley said to her husband.

"Tell her not to go to her afternoon classes. She needs to come home right now," Mr. Wesley snapped.

Mrs. Wesley made an excuse. She told Ava there was an emergency so she agreed to come home right away.

"What happened to you today? Tell me, why are you angry?" Mrs. Wesley asked, confused.

"As soon as Ava comes home, I want to talk to her. I'll have a word with her first," Mr. Wesley said sternly.

As soon as Ava got home, she went to hug her parents.

"Dad! I missed you so much," Ava said, hugging her dad.

"If you really missed us, you would have visited us more frequently," Mr. Wesley said.

Ava felt that her father was indifferent today. He usually called her princess, and he would pamper her if he hasn't seen her in a while.

"Don't mind him, he just misses both of his daughters," Mrs. Wesley said, and she hugged Ava. She wanted to make her feel better. 

"Dad, why did you ask me to come home urgently? What happened?" Ava asked.

"Ava, is there something you want to tell me?" Mr. Wesley demanded.

"No dad, I can't think of anything," Ava answered, she was clueless.

"Then what about the movie you went to yesterday?" Mr. Wesley barked.

"Dad, I ….that…. ," Ava was scared, she didn't know how to answer.

Mrs. Wesley has never seen her husband look so angry before. She did not understand what he was saying.

"What's wrong about going to see a movie?" Mrs. Wesley stated.

"There is nothing wrong with going to the movies, but the problem lies in with who she went to the movies with," Mr. Wesley roared.

"Ava? What is he talking about?" Mrs. Wesley asked her daughter.

"Mom…I…..," Ava, was stunned, she was speechless.

"Let me tell you. She went to the movies with Tristan Ambrosio last night," Mr. Wesley grunted.

"What? Why?" Mrs. Wesley was confused.

"And this is not the first time they went out for a date. They've been dating for some time now," Mr. Wesely said, raising his voice.

"Ava sweetheart, please don't be nervous, tell mama everything," Mrs. Wesley said.

"Mom, Tristan is my boyfriend," Ava blurted out, her eyes darting between her mom and her dad.

"Ava!" Mr. Wesley screamed, hearing the truth from his daughter's mouth even though he has guessed it before.

"Oh my god! Ava, what are you saying?" Mrs. Wesley was stunned.

"I went to the office, and one of my business partners said that he spotted Ava with Tristan Ambrosio at the movies yesterday. I didn't believe it at first. I kept on thinking our daughter was never going to do that, she's so young and innocent. 

But my business partner showed me several pictures of Ava and Tristan being cozy in the theater," he was very angry, and disappointed with Ava.

How can she date an aristocratic heir? He was much older than her. Ava was naive. What if Tristan plays with her and discards her. Her daughter's heart will be shattered. She is way too young to take on something this serious.

"Ava, break up with him as soon as possible, and never contact him ever again," Mr. Wesley ordered his daughter.

"What? no way, I love Tristan, and I'm going to marry him," Ava refused to obey his request.

"Ava you are my precious daughter, and I do not want to get angry with you. I am giving you a chance to rectify it, but you are trying to anger me to death," Mr. Wesley screamed.

"But I love Tristan! And there is nothing wrong with our relationship!" Ava tried to justify.

"Don't you see what's wrong? Tristan is so much older than you. What if he's just playing with you," Mr. Wesley said.

"No! I don't care about the age difference! My Tristan will never betray me!" Ava said adamantly.

"My Tristan? My Tristan? What are you talking about? You are going to break up with him, no more arguments. That is not a request," Mr. Wesley said harshly.

Ava started bawling. She could not even think about breaking up with him. The thought of not seeing Tristan was scaring the hell out of her.

"Be quiet! I will talk to her," Mrs. Wesley said to her husband. She could not bear to see tears in her daughter's eyes.

Mr. Wesley also felt pain seeing the tears in Ava's eyes. He was about to go and console his daughter but stopped. "I'm doing this for her own good," he thought.

"Ava, don't cry. Aww... my baby," Mrs. Wesley wiped the tears from face's face and hugged her.

"Huhuhuhuhu… huhuhuhuhu..." Ava was still crying. She was hiccuping and couldn't breathe.

"Here, drink some water," said Mrs. Wesley. Her throat was getting dry from all that crying.

"Mom, Tristan really loves me a lot," Ava tried to explain to her mother.

"It's okay, we'll talk about it later," Mrs. Wesley did not want her daughter to strain herself too much.

"No, mom really, he does," Ava said.

"How do you know?" Mrs. Wesley asked helplessly.

"Tristan said he was going to marry me. I met his grandparents already, and they like me a lot. Grandma even gave me some of her family heirlooms," Ava said to make them understand that Tristan was a good man.

"You met his grandparents? She gave you an heirloom?" Mrs. Wesley asked to confirm.

Ava nodded. Mrs. Wesley looked at her husband, silently communicating with him. "Ava go to your room and take a rest. We will talk about this later," Mrs. Wesley said.

Ava hesitantly went to her room.

"Did you hear what she said?" Mrs. Wesley looked at her husband.

"I heard," Mr. Wesley said, frowning.

"If Ava already met the elders, it means that Tristan is serious about our daughter. Family heirlooms cannot be given to anyone. They probably thought of her as their daughter in law and gave her the jewelry," Mrs. Wesely said.

"But I am still not confident about this man," Mr. Wesley said.

He was doing business with Tristan and knew that he was a very calculated man, he doesn't venture into anything without due thought, but he was also very cold, and dangerous. "Does he really love my daughter?" he asked himself, not sure about the answer.

"Call Tristan and invite him to see you tomorrow. Once you talk to him you'll know what his intentions are," Mrs. Wesley suggested.

"Yes, I will do that," Mr. Wesley said, seeing no other option.

Upstairs, Ava called Tristan as soon as she got to her room. She requested a video call and hoped that he would answer right away. He was always busy, and she was not sure he'd take her call.

This time he picked up the call after a few short seconds. "Hey, little one!" Tristan was happy to receive her call.

"Tristan, I don't want to break up with you," Ava said directly without beating around the bush.

"Who is making you break up with me?" Tristan frowned.

"My dad told me I should never see you again," Ava started crying again.

"Little one, please don't cry," Tristan panicked, seeing her cry.

"Tristan, I love you! I cannot live without you!" Ava confessed in between her sobs.

"Me too…my love," Tristan's face softened, hearing her declare her love for him. He had the same strong feelings for her. She was the only person who brought warmth into his cold life.

"But dad said…," Ava said.

Tristan was angry at Mr. Wesley. How dare he tell Ava to break up with him? He made his little one cry. But since Mr. Wesley was his future father in law, he loosened his fists and tried to calm himself down.

"Little one I will talk to your father. Don't worry about it," Tristan consoled her.

"Really? You will?" Ava asked, very hopeful.

Tristan nodded.

"We'll always be together, right?" Ava asked to confirm again.

"Yes, we will be together forever," Tristan said softly. Ava smiled.

"Go wash your face and take a nap," Tristan said, he didn't want her to be so worked up.

She ended the call and washed her face. She felt hopeful. 

"Jack, cancel all my meetings today. It's time to meet my father-in-law," Tristan ordered PA Jack.

Jack felt impressed by seeing his boss's confidence.

"Yes sir," Jack went to make the arrangements since his boss was going to his in-law's house for the first time.