The 200 Grand

Ava was very happy and excited after buying the piano, she wanted to start practicing right away but after getting home she was feeling so tired and even drowsy so she decided to take a nap for a while then practice in the afternoon. However, what she didn't expect was she would sleep until dark.

Oliver came home from work and when he entered the living room he was a bit surprised to see a new piano there. He asked Mrs. Lee and she told him Ava went to the shop and bought it. He was a bit puzzled why Ava suddenly bought a Piano.

Oliver went upstairs to his bedroom and saw the room was completely dark. The curtains were closed and the lights were off. He knew Ava can't sleep with the lights turn on so he realized she must have done that to sleep at the noon. He didn't want to disturb her sleep so he didn't turn on the lights but the light noise he made when he entered woke Ava up.

"Oliver, is that you? Why are you back so early?" Ava rubbed her eyes and asked in her sleepy voice. She thought it was still afternoon. These days she was always so sleepy, the moment he hit the bed she would sleep like a pig.

"Early? Baby, it's five o'clock, I am off from work." Oliver turned on the lamp and looked at Ava in the warm light. She looked confused and clumsy, but he thought she looked lovely in that state.

"What? How could I sleep till so late?" Ava quickly sat up on the bed. She was thinking of practicing after the nap and now it was so late. She even got some music chords from Mr. Lu. But before she could even look at them she fell asleep.

"What are you doing?" Oliver saw Ava was getting out of the bed in a rush, he held her and asked confused.

"I have to practice piano, I thought of doing it in the afternoon but I overslept," Ava said with a pout.

"You can practice tomorrow. What's the rush?"

"No, I have to practice. I don't have enough time." Ava said as she got out of the bed.

"Why? And how come you suddenly thought of playing piano? Didn't you say you didn't want to play again?" Oliver took Ava's hand and asked in a soft and caring tone.

"Actually, Oliver I want to participate in "the midsummer night's dream" piano competition again. I thought I had no chance but now that they have postponed the competition, I think I should give it a try." Ava said in a serious tone and her bright eyes were full of hope.

"Really? But why?" Oliver asked lightly.

"Well first, because I am idle since I am pregnant and I can't work, and second, I thought no one remembered me but today I saw the comments on Weibo. There were many netizens who still believed in me, so I thought I should believe in myself too and give it a try." Ava said with a confident smile.

"OK, do whatever makes you happy, I'll support you but baby you have to remember that you are pregnant, so you can't tire yourself. You need to eat and rest properly in between of your practices, OK!" Oliver said in a domineering tone.

Ava nodded and followed Oliver downstairs.

"Oliver, have you thought of a name for our baby?" Ava suddenly asked.

"Yes, I have. It's a boy then it's Avon from Ava and if it's a girl then Olivia from Oliver. But we can call them Qi as well."

"Why Qi?" Ava asked confused.

"Well, your due date is in July that's why Qi could be a nickname," Oliver explained.

Ava's heart was warm. She liked the names very much. She never thought Oliver would give so much thought about their baby, it's only been a couple of months. But looks like he has already thought of everything.

They sit down on the living room couch. Oliver held Ava closely as they quietly watched TV. Ava suddenly thought of something and looked at Oliver then said in a hesitant tone, "Oliver, can you lend me 200 grand?"

"Lend? I don't like this word." Oliver said with a frown. Everything he has was hers, when she will start to accept it?

"Then If I want to borrow what will I say?" Ava asked confused.

"You should have said give me 200 grand."

"But how can I just ask you to give me money?"

"Fool, have you forgotten I'm your husband. What I have all is yours too. Whether it's 200 or 2 million, all yours."

Ava felt so warm she felt like crying, must be the pregnancy hormones. She leaned over and put her head on Oliver's chest and said in a low voice, "Thank you, Oliver, you are so kind to me."

"Honey I am your husband if I won't be kind to you then whom I will be kind to? Silly girl! But why do you need 200 Grand all of a sudden? Are you in some kind of trouble?" Oliver asked with concern. He knew Ava well, she wouldn't have asked for the money if it was not something serious.

Ava immediately shook her head and said, "No, no trouble. This morning, Liam came to our house to give me wedding gifts, and then he accompanied me to buy the piano. I wanted to buy a cheaper one, but he bought this one for me and it costs 200 grand so I want to pay him back."

Oliver's face got hard. This Liam always finds new ways to cause trouble. He didn't like Ava to be close with Liam, he didn't trust him at all. Moreover, Liam knew about Melody so Oliver was very uncomfortable with the thought of Liam being in contact with Ava. He is a snake, what if he tells her everything? He will have to find a way to keep Ava away from him.