Bound To Him

Tristan was in the office. Nowadays, he had a happier disposition, he was not as cold and unapproachable as before. PA Jack and the other employees have been noticing the change in him, and they really appreciate the change.

He never forgives people for their mistakes, they usually get a scolding, but these days he just instructs them to rectify their mistakes. He seems calmer and happier since he met Ava.

He took out his mobile phone and stared at Ava's contact number, he was desperate to talk to his little one, to hear her voice, ask what she was doing, so he could tell her how his day had been

"There," Tristan texted her.

First, he thought of calling her and then decided not to because she may be in class.

Ava didn't have any classes today, so she opted to study for the exams. She heard her phone vibrate and saw it was a message from Tristan, she got excited then saw the text. "There? What does that even mean?" she wondered.

Tristan has never sent too many text messages in his life. He usually responded to business emails, so he did not know the etiquette for sending text messages to someone you like. 

He would usually give one-word replies to his friends, and Ava being younger, obviously expected longer and warmer messages from him.

Among the four aristocratic heirs, Aiden was the only guy who texted in complete sentences, sending out very long and colorful messages to their WhatsApp group.

Blake and Dimitri replied in shorter sentences to their group chat, but Tristan would use it only for emergencies.

"Hey! What are you doing?" she texted.

"Nothing," he texted back. He wanted to say that he missed her and that he wanted to see her but did not want to scare her.

Not expecting Ava to text back so soon, he became very happy, smiling at his phone, he sent, "You?" to ask what she was doing. 

"Oh, I'm studying for my exams," she answered back and saw that he again texted back only one word. "Why is he so stingy with his words?" she wondered, "He could text me something longer, does he know that they don't charge per word?"

"I'm here at my dorm, trying to figure out what to do with this problem," she volunteered because he was not asking her anything else. 

"Okay," He replied.

Ava got a little pissed seeing his one-liners. "He's probably not interested to talk to me, why is he wasting my time, I just got excited for nothing," she thought, so she just continued studying.

He was waiting for her reply, but it's been ten minutes, and there was nothing, he frowned and wondered why she stopped texting.

PA Jack was in his office to drop something off, so Tristan asked him, "How do you text your girlfriend?"

Jack wondered if he heard him correctly, "Did he just ask me how to text my girlfriend? When did he start taking an interest in texting, and girls too… hmmm..."

"What did you say, boss?" Jack asked to confirm.

"Do I need to repeat it again?" Tristan asked angrily.

"Sir I haven't dated anybody in my life," Jack said.

"Oh, so there's no use asking you," Tristan said, staring at his phone again to see if Ava had responded.

"But, Sir I know how to text girls," Jack said.

"Then tell me," Tristan said sternly.

"Girls love long conversations. Even if they ask what you are doing right now, you should always give a detailed account of what you've been doing since you last talked to them. You should never answer directly to the point or give short sentences, if you do, they might think you are not interested in them.

You should text them good morning and good night, every day, and you should always tell them that you miss them.

Always resort to sweet talk, complimenting her about her looks, and you should always let them know where you are, or where you are going," Jack explained like he was a master in love.

But who knows, all this advice he's giving Tristan now won't be of help to him when he meets his destiny.

"Hmm…," Tristan nodded, he looked at all the messages he sent, and it did look like he was not interested.

"When are your exams?" Tristan typed.

Jack was trying to get a peek at his boss's messages.

"Why are you still here? Do you not have work to do?" Tristan asked.

Jack thought his boss was really ruthless, burning the bridge after crossing it.

His boss asked him for advice, and now he's blaming him for not working, so he left Tristan's office.

Ava didn't want to look at her phone but she saw that it was Tristan again, and this time he had sent her a longer text.

"Next week. I have some questions about Economics, and I don't know who to ask," she texted.

He suddenly had a bright idea, "Oh I was a topper in my class, I might be able to help you," he bragged.

"I know," Ava replied. Tristan's achievements were all over the media, she thought he was boasting about himself just because of what she said.

Seeing her message, he felt that Ava did not understand that he was offering to help her, then he remembered that Jack said you should be detailed and specific when talking to women.

"I can clarify your questions," Tristan volunteered.

Ava never expected that he would volunteer himself, she did not know how to reply, so she waited.

Tristan was getting impatient, "Why is she not replying, I just offered her my services," so he checked his calendar and saw that he only had one meeting tomorrow that did not require his presence. So he thought of meeting Ava tomorrow.

He got tired of waiting, so he called her, and she picked up after one ring. "I can meet with you tomorrow to clarify your questions," Tristan said, without beating around the bush.

"But, aren't you busy?" Ava asked.

In his hurry to get his point across, and in his eagerness for her to agree, he forgot to say hello.

���No, I don't need to be at work tomorrow," Tristan said. He would have postponed any meeting just to see his little one.

"Okay, but where do you want to meet?" Ava asked.

"Get ready at nine, I will come and pick you up from your dorm," Tristan said.

"Okay, nine will be fine," Ava replied with a smile.

Tristan was excited. He couldn't wait for tomorrow.