Chapter 41 The Last Time as a Substitute
**After finishing the call, she hung up directly.**
**...**
**Dominic finished work and drove all the way back to the Harrington family.**
**"Dominic, why are you back so early tonight?" The old lady greeted him.**
**Dominic looked inside but didn't see that gentle figure. "Mom, where's Kylie?"**
**"Kylie? Isn't she still at her parents' house? She hasn't come back."**
**She hasn't come back?**
**But she sent him such a message last night, and he thought she had already returned.**
**Without her fragrance, he always couldn't fall asleep.**
**He didn’t sleep last night either.**
**Dominic took out his phone and sent a text message to Kylie: "Why haven't you come back?"**
**At this time, Kylie in the Bennett family was startled when receiving this text message. Ava promised it would be fine. Why hasn’t she gone back yet?**
**Kylie dialed Ava's mobile number directly.**
**But it didn’t connect; instead there was an icy mechanical tone saying “Sorry, the phone you have dialed is turned off.”**
**Ava actually turned off her phone?**
**Why did she turn it off?**
**What should Dominic do now?**
**Kylie quickly replied: "Hon****e****y, something came up here. I'll rush over as soon as possible."**
**However, half an hour passed and then one hour passed; Ava’s phone was still switched off status.**
**Kylie became anxious like ants on a hot pot. At this moment Ava turned on her phone again and answered the call.**
**"Ava! What are you doing? Why did you turn your phone off? Do you know how long my hon****e****y has been waiting for me?" Kylie questioned.**
**"Kylie! Where is my gemstone ring? Give me my gemstone ring," said Ava.**
**"Gemstone ring..."**
**"Kylie, I thought what happened earlier was enough for you to understand. This game is under my control! If you don't give me the gemstone ring, I won't go and accompany Dominic!" Ava said.**
**Kylie was caught in a dilemma and felt extremely angry.**
**"Kylie, where is my gemstone ring? I can wait for you, but I'm afraid Dominic can’t," Ava continued.**
**Kylie almost exploded with anger. "Okay, Ava. Tomorrow I'll give you the gemstone ring. But tonight you must go and accompany my ****honey****; otherwise we will both die together!"**
**Kylie proposed another exchange condition.**
**Ava didn't want to go anymore. Last night he humiliated her so blatantly that she hated him to the extreme; she didn't want to be his substitute again.**
**But now she had no choice but to nod her head: "Okay, I'll go. But Kylie, this is the last time."**
**Tonight would be her last time as a substitute!**
**...**
**The Harrington family.**
**Dominic finished showering and waited for Kylie.**
**After waiting for a long time, finally came the voice of the old lady from outside: "Kylie! You're back! Have you eaten yet? Let someone heat up some food for you."**
**Dominic walked out and saw that slender figure.**
**Ava had come back; now being pulled affectionately by the old lady. She lost her mother at an early age; although she had only spent a short period of time with the old lady it made her feel like experiencing maternal warmth once again.**
**"No need mom, I've already eaten." **
**The old lady immediately took out an emerald green jade bracelet and put it on Ava's delicate wrist: "This is Mommy's gift to you."**
**"Mommy...I cannot accept this," said Ava.**
**This jade bracelet looked like a family heirloom - very precious. Ava felt guilty; she thought of herself as a fraud, deceiving the old lady's feelings.**
**She was not the old lady's daughter-in-law but an impostor.**
**"Take it, take it Kylie. This is passed down to my daughter-in-law. From now on this will be your home. If anyone bullies you, tell Dominic; if Dominic bullies you, tell Mommy - then no one in this world can bully you!" The old lady smiled.**
**Ava felt warm inside and for the first time envied Kylie.**
**This jade bracelet should belong to Kylie.**
**When Kylie comes over again, she would be the real daughter-in-law of the old lady.**
**After that night she probably wouldn't come here anymore; when she becomes Ava again, even if she sees her again the old lady won’t recognize her.**
**For now Ava temporarily accepted it and took out an aromatherapy bottle to give to the old lady.**