Chapter 49 - [Bonus ]Ava's Heart Broken Once Again...

The girls enjoyed themselves so much over dinner. But, by the time they got back to their villa, they were all so tired.

Jeff wanted to check the girls' villa, but they all whined that they were too tired and just wanted to go to bed already. Since they had class the next day, Jeff didn't push it. Instead, he told them that he would be back the next day.

The girls happily bid him goodnight. Jeffrey, who was about to pass out from tiredness, also decided to call it a night, "Dad, girls… I'll go ahead, I haven't unpacked my things yet, and I feel like I'm about to pass out." He then hugged his sister, waved at his father and the two other girls before briskly disappearing from their sight, followed by one of Jeff's personal bodyguards.

Jeff did the same thing; he bid everyone goodnight, pulled his daughter in a tight embrace before planting a slight kiss on her forehead. "Take care, my sweet angel, be good, and I'll see you tomorrow." He whispered.

"You too, dad! Be careful on the way back to the resort." Ava then tiptoed and kissed her father on his cheek.

Akira and Pearl said goodnight to Jeff as well before running off to their villa to start working on their projects.

Chupsy and Mary followed the two girls while Pisces stayed with Ava as she watched her father leave.

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Pearl rushed to her room, ready to upload all the pictures she had taken of all the food in the Royal resort to show to her followers, while Akira went to her bedroom to start drawing.

Ava bid Pisces goodnight before going straight to her room. She decided to take a shower first to clear her mind. Big brother had been occupying her teenage mind the whole time they were having dinner and strolling around the resort. She now firmly believed that Ashton was actually her 'big brother' in the game. She figured she would find out after she took a shower and logged in to her video games.

After taking a shower, she sat down in front of the computer while drying her hair just to check if 'big brother' had logged in. To her dismay, he did not. So she decided to leave the computer on while she was doing her nighttime beauty regime. However, after she was done and checked thirty minutes later, big brother still hadn't logged in.

She grabbed the book that she was reading before they left for dinner and tried to read, hoping that it would provide some distraction from overthinking about her 'big brother'. For fifteen minutes, she just stared at the open book, seeing the letters but not understanding a word. Her mind couldn't stop wondering why big brother stopped playing games all of a sudden.

She could feel her eyes getting heavy, and she could no longer resist the tiredness she was feeling and was about to doze off. So she decided to check once more. She thought that maybe there was a chance that big brother had logged in, and she missed it.

Nothing! She was very disappointed and decided to turn off the computer and went to bed.

Unknown to her that James decided at that moment to log in, just as she clicked shutdown.

They had missed each other once again...

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James stayed up all night waiting for her to log on. He left his laptop running until midnight and kept checking for her name to pop up, but she never did. He had fallen asleep in front of the laptop, waiting.

Ava woke up from a beautiful dream in the middle of the night. She dreamt that she and Ashton were playing video games. In her dream, Ashton was big brother… not James. They were having so much fun that it felt so real, only to find out that it was only a dream.

She quickly got up and decided to turn on her computer. She wanted to check one last time if he was online. If he still hasn't logged on, then she will go back to bed. She still had school the next day and she didn't want to have panda eyes the next day.

Ava's eyes widened when she saw James's in-game name and the word 'online' next to it, she quickly sent him an invite to play solo. Her right hand was shaking while holding the mouse, while her left fingers were rapidly tapping on the top of her desk.

"Come on... Big brother... Accept my invite please!!!!" She pleadingly mumbled while she kept staring at the monitor's screen while holding her breath.

A second... A minute... fifteen minutes later, still no sign of James accepting her invite. She was very disappointed and hurt at the same time. It would have been fine if he wasn't online, but he was, and he was clearly ignoring her. That thought hurt her tender young heart as much as she was hurt when she was five years old...

She suddenly remembered that time. She had buried it in the back of her mind for so many years, but now it suddenly resurfaced. She didn't realize that tears began flowing down her face, while she was slowly logging off. After clicking the button to shut down her computer, she got up and jumped on top of her bed, and continued sobbing her heart out.

There was daylight already when she woke up, her eyes were from the lack of sleep and from all her crying all night long. She slowly got up and went to the bathroom to take a shower and get ready for school. The whole time she was preparing, she was like a zombie.

When Akira came to her room to fetch her, she couldn't believe her eyes because of the mess Ava was in. Her uniform missed some of the buttons, and It was crooked. Her hair was untidy, and the socks she was wearing didn't match, and her face...

"Ava!!! What's wrong? What happened to you? Did you not get any sleep? Oh, my God! Come here... Let me fix you up." Exclaimed Akira while half dragging and half pulling Ava to the chair in front of her vanity.

Once Ava was seated in front of the vanity, she saw her reflection in the mirror, and she felt disgusted. She couldn't believe that she was acting that way, and for what? A boy she didn't even know?

She needed to do something, or her father would see right through her when he came to pick them up later. She took a deep breath before letting out a heavy sigh.

She then took the brush in Akira's hand. "Let me do it; you and Pearl can go ahead. Tell Jeffrey if he comes that I overslept and will catch up with you guys later. Please!" Her eyes were on the verge of crying once again. Tears were fighting to pour out of her sad-looking eyes.

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Author's note:

As promised, we reached 100 summoning pens. Here's 1 bonus chapter.

Each time a goal reach, I promise I will release a bonus chapter.

I hope you all enjoy it and continue supporting the story.

Thank you!

AJZHEN