Chapter 251

Ava's POV I pulled my jacket tighter around me as I walked out the back door of Harbor Bay Mall. The night shift had been exhausting. All I wanted was to collapse into my bed. "Ava! There you are." My stomach dropped at the sound of Isaac's voice. My ex-boyfriend came out from the shadows. His tall frame blocked my path. "What do you want, Isaac?" He moved closer. His familiar cologne that I used to love now made me feel sick. "Why didn't you come home last night?" "Home?" I let out a bitter laugh. "We broke up, Isaac. That's not my home anymore." "Come on, babe. You still have all your stuff there." "I told you I'd come get everything when you weren't around." I tried to step around him, but he shifted and blocked my path again. "You're not moving out." His voice became hard. "We belong together." "No, we don't. You made your choice when you decided to sleep with Cybele while I was working overtime to pay our rent." Isaac reached for my arm. "Look, Cybele was just... convenient. She d