Dying to Love Her is back. Andre and Ava's story was originally released back in 2015. I so love their story because Ava is lost. Andre is lost. They fell in love on vacation and parted ways. But circumstances brought them back together in a way neither of them can believe.
Dying to Love Her is available exclusively on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited. Read an excerpt below:
“ANDRE, YO, you cool man? You look like you have just seen a ghost,” Scott whispered.
“Uh...um, yeah. I’m good,” Andre responded, but he wasn’t good. As he looked across the restaurant he saw the woman he’d fallen in love with. He questioned himself at first, but it had to be her. She still looked the same as he’d remembered her – short black hair cut into a pretty style that neatly showcased the beautiful features of her face – small pouty lips and dark eyes. Milk chocolate brown skin. Yes, that was her – the woman who’d broken his heart. He thought she’d fallen off the face of the earth, but now, there she was, sitting just a few feet away from him, so close he could walk over to her. Talk to her. Touch her.
He contemplated walking over to her, but something else grabbed his attention and nearly ripped the life out of him – something he couldn’t turn away from, even after Scott had tried to redirect his attention back to their working lunch.
All the associates, including Benjamin, were looking at him, trying to figure out the source of his sudden silence.
Andre grew speechless – trying to wrap his mind around the fact that the little boy sitting next to Ava in a high chair looked identical to him. He did not need a DNA test to know the boy was his son.
“Ay, Andre,” Scott said again.
Andre snapped out of his trance, looked at Scott then resumed the meeting. After all, that was the reason he was here. He cleared his throat and said, “So, as you all know, Benjamin will assume the role of chief financial officer once the merger is complete.”
Andre took out his briefcase and handed them all a printout of their new job descriptions. Then he looked over at Ava’s table again and saw her packing up. Was she leaving? Running away?
He shot her an ominous glower. He concluded she was only leaving because she saw him. She wouldn’t slip away so easily this time. And she definitely wasn’t going to take off with his son.
Turning his attention back to the meeting, he said, “Ah...those are your new job roles and responsibilities. Most are in line with what you currently do today, just a few tweaks here and there. I will need these signed and returned to me no later than Friday.” Andre was supposed to go over the job roles one-by-one, but with this discovery, his mind was no longer on work. How could he?
After noticing Ava had gotten up from the table, he wouldn’t fully take his eyes off of her. He watched the older woman she was with exit with the little boy while Ava headed in the opposite direction, probably to the bathroom.
“Hey…Andre,” Benjamin said.
“Yeah?”
“I think it will be helpful if the both of us met with everyone here individually to discuss these responsibilities in more detail, as well as salary expectations.”
“Yeah, you’re…um…right,” Andre said as he watched Ava emerge.
Andre eyed her as she walked past his table. She didn’t look at him. Didn’t attempt to speak.
Now she’s trying to make a run for it, he thought, as she walked on by like they were complete strangers. Like their paths had never crossed.
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