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</span>​</div><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">“I’m not surprised, it didn’t take long for you to convince me you were good at what you did.” That was a joke of course considering that at first Rafael had been incredibly hard on Aven and after they started hooking up, he didn’t necessarily ease up. He didn’t want it obvious that they were sleeping together but he also didn’t want his business and pleasure interfering with one another. Of course, he was a fool to think otherwise and his personal life was quickly affected as well. He watched her carefully while he started mining garlic for a sauce he was working on. He wanted to see how she would’ve reacted to hearing about Danielle. He knew that it had been some time before the women chatted. They used to go out sometimes which made for the final last edge of the sword into Danielle’s back on both ends. Though perhaps it hadn’t hurt as much considering she didn’t think of Aven as a best friend, more of just an acquaintance to know considering how close she was to her then boyfriend.<br/>
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Rafael however was unaware that Danielle had certainly reached out to Aven and she had a choice of not so nice words and had she not been in the early stage of her pregnancy, probably would’ve resulted in violence. The nurse was often a beacon of joy and kindness amongst others and especially toward her patients, but she had a side of her that definitely suggested that nothing could take the Bronx spirit out of the girl. Considering she had been raised by a single father as well suggested that she had grown up to be much stronger than most females as her father was a cop and taught her early on how to defend herself. So, when he found out about Rafael’s escapades, he didn’t even bother threatening the man.. Things were still tense between Rafael and Danielle’s father.<br/>
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“Danielle is great, she’s enjoying motherhood. Violet is such a doll.” Saying his daughter’s name came naturally even though Aven had never met her. Some part of him wanted to whip out his phone and go through the hundreds of pictures he had of the six month old. Though, he resisted as though it felt like too much to push into Aven’s face. It wasn’t to say that his life was any better than hers, obviously she had moved on just fine. However, there had to be some nagging annoyance at knowing that despite the shit Rafael had put both women through and especially Aven, he still somehow ended up with everything he wanted. He knew that he was a lucky man and he would never test such boundaries again.<br/>
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Rafael couldn’t help but howl in laughter at her comment, a sound that definitely was rare when he was in the kitchen. Aven had always been able to distract him and keep him from being strict all the time. It is why he made her his sous chef, he trusted her to have the same care for the kitchen with a more delicate, but stern, manner that made others flock to her much easier than him. “That mouth of yours,” he said with a knowing smile. She wasn’t ashamed to speak up and he found no wrong in that. Aven had a pallet that many chefs ought to be jealous of. He returned his attention back to the sauce, grabbing a little bit of beef broth to add to a pan. He planned for it to simmer very low until it was time to serve. Admittedly he was trying to distract himself from the word boyfriend. He was curious of the man that had managed to capture the woman’s attention – even more so for them to move in together. “A bar? Pretty risky,” he said. Just like owning any business was hard, it seemed when it came to the food industry it was even tougher. It wasn’t cut out for everyone and he’d seen many restaurants and bars go under. Still, the city had a healthy nightlife and if the place was good it could take off.<br/>
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“I hope he doesn’t plan to steal you away so you can uh make what? Jalapeno poppers or whatever the fuck people eat at bars.” Unless it was a nightclub situation where he imagined it would put some strain on their relationship. When would they see each other? In the early mornings when she was heading to work and he was getting to sleep? Why did he care?<br/>
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Rafael added some different seasonings and placed the pot on one of the many stoves behind them before he covered the pot. “Well you know I draw a crowd wherever I go,” he said with a cocky lift of his lips. “I’ve got a spot on one of the daytime shows later this week actually. I don’t suppose you’d like to come with me?”</span></div>