Chapter 340 – Love Entangled with Her Unconscious Husband Novel Free (Volume II)

“Many years ago, I killed my father and my mother took me to a psychiatrist. That psychiatrist wrote me a proof of mental illness,” he said emotionlessly, “I’m not sure if I really am sick in the head or whether it was my mother who told the psychiatrist to do it so that I can escape from the consequences.” Averie felt her blood freezing at his explanation as the nightmare she had a few nights ago came to94 mind.

Charlie mentioned that Elyette was a murderer, but she had never believed that it was true. On top of that, it wasn’t a stranger that he killed, but his own father.

Averie couldn’t help but clench her fists. Her mind ran wild and she didn’t know what to say in response or what to do next.

How could Elyette be someone like that? He noticed the struggle and suffering on her face and strode up to her. “It’s too cold out here. Let’s go getd3 coffee!” She allowed him to drag her into a cafe like a puppet and once they were inside, he helped remove his jacket from her shoulders.

The two sat down by the window; he ordered a black coffee for himself and a latte for her. “Do you think I’m scary?” He reached out and held her hand.

Startled, she immediately retracted her hand, “Don’t touch me, Elyette!”

She stared at him in fear as though she was facing a monster. He said he was ill and she thought that she could accept whatever illness he had; but now that he said he had murdered someone, and that it was his father no less, she couldn’t find a way to accept it.

He felt a lump in his throat at her reaction. There was so much more that he wished to tell her, but he knew that she might not want to listen.

The waiter brought over the coffee and set the cups down in front of them.

Averie took the cup and took a big sip; Elyette, on the other hand, looked at her calmly and waited for her to calm down.

“Elyette Foster, if you are capable of murdering your own father, what else are you not capable of in this world?” She had slightly calmed down, but still felt unsettled. She had thought that she knew the man before her, but he could always surprise or scare her. “Are you going to judge me without even asking me why I did it?” He responded coldly.

“What kind of reason could you have?!” She lowered her voice furiously. “No matter the reason, murder is wrong! It’s written in law that murder is a criminal act, no matter who you kill! You could have left it to the legal system to punish him if your father had committed a great crime instead of killing him yourself!”

“But what if the law can’t punish him?” He retorted, “If Wanda continues to live her life happily after, wouldn’t you want to kill her?” “It’s different!” Averie’s eyes reddened as she gritted out, “Wanda killed my mom! What about your father? What did he do to be murdered by you?!” “He was going to beat Shea to death!” He looked directly into her eyes as he tightened his grip on the coffee cup and gritted out, “You told me not to mention Shea, and I don’t want to either, because her life had been nothing but a complete tragedy.” All the rage, misunderstanding and resentment within Averie instantly faded. She panicked to pick up her cup and took a sip of her coffee, while Elyette mirrored her motion. The two silently sipped on their drinks as they tried to calm themselves.

Averie felt much warmer once she finished her coffee, so she gazed up again to face Elyette.” Charlie Tierney knows about this, doesn’t he? The reason that you were threatened by him was because you don’t want others to find out about your mental state or that you’ve committed murder, is thated right?”

“What would you have done if you were me?” He directed the question back at her. “What happened behind the door should stay inside. My mother might have passed away, but her presence and Shea made me feel like I was not alone. Is it wrong of me to not want this to go public?”

“You’re not wrong.” Averie got up and said, “Let’s take a walk outside!” She felt as though she was burning up and was itching for a taste of the breeze. He paid the bill and walked her out of the94 cafe. Cars were racing through the roads and people were hurrying past them. “Elyette, I need some time to process all this information,” she said.

“Yeah.”

He was not in a rush. He had confessed to her so that she would stop misunderstanding him, not so that she would take pity ond3 him.

“Was I overreacting just now?” She blushed at what she had said earlier inside the cafe. “I should have asked you why instead of blindly accusing you.” “I don’t blame you. I would have probably acted that way, too, if you told me that you’ve murdered someone.”

“Oh… I’ve never killed anyone before.” She lowered her gaze. “I do want Wanda dead, but there’s too much to worry about.” “Don’t act rashly. I will find a way to deal with her.” He squeezed her hand once and let go immediately. Averie hung the jacket on her arm and he was worried that she might feel cold; luckily, her hand was warm when he touched it.

“Elyette, don’t ever do stuff like that again.” She grabbed onto his arm and stopped him. “I know that you are not afraid, but these kinds of things are quite scary.” His lips curled into a bitter smile. “Do you think that I don’t long for warmth and love?”

If only his father was an ordinary father like any other, he would not have become Elyette Foster, known for being ferocious and cruel.

Averie stared at him dazedly, unable to say a word.

She had never imagined that behind his seemingly successful life, hid such a miserable past. She had thought that she had it hard enough after her father’s affair, her parents’ divorce and being bullied by her step-mother, she hadn’t expected that Elyette had it worse than her.

Her misery was on the outside and everyone knew about it; whereas his could only be hidden away within his heart.

“Don’t look at me like that, Averie.” He scowled. “I don’t need your pity.”

She shook her head. “I’m not pitying you. I am just thinking if we would have saved all the trouble if only you had told me this earlier.”

“My personality made it impossible for me to tell you any earlier than this,” he said as he strolled forward. “My love for you accumulated day after day until it reached a certain level, before I could completely open up to you. Averie Tate, I want to be with you; not because of the children or out of impulse.”

“I hate this about you,” she complained, “I’ve told you everything about me in the first year we started seeing each other, yet you have been keeping secrets. You say that you didn’t understand the concept of true love until now, when our children are almost at my height. How ridiculous is that? Why don’t you wait and tell me all that when I am old and gray?”

He turned around to look at her. “I’m sorry.”

“Apologizing means nothing. It doesn’t make me feel any better and it only reminds me of how broken-hearted your fickleness has left me.” She handed him his jacket and continued,” The new heels are hurting my feet. I should head home now.”

She bought those heels when she went shopping with Tammy the last time. They felt comfortable when she tried them on at the time, but she just realized they didn’t fit after walking some distance in them. It was just like how a couple would attract one another with their strengths, before finally realizing each other’s’ shortcomings in the long run.

“Averie, do you really think that I am a fickle man?” He asked.

“Believe it or not, Elyette, your absence would have saved me from ninety percent of the pain and trouble I’ve suffered so far,” Averie said with certainty, “Of course, the kids are exceptions.

“You are right, but to me, I have not been heartless to you. Other than Shea, you are the one woman that I care most for.” With that, he strode off. Averie was stunned for a moment, thinking, ‘He left just like that? Is he angry? He said that he cares for me and now he is leaving me on the street? I just mentioned that the heels are hurting my feet and he intends on just letting me walk back to the hotel? Though, I wouldn’t have let him carry me back even if he proposed to doed so…’

Averie sighed a heavy breath and took out her phone to find a message from Tammy. ‘Averie, I feel like the colors have finally returned to my world. I knew the gods wouldn’t be this cruel to me. Jun is still the man I know. He didn’t abandon me. I won’t act rashly ever again.’

‘Yeah! What are you doing now?’ Averie replied. ‘We are back at our place together. I am cleaning up the room. Jun and Ben are chatting in the living94 room.’

‘You are cleaning on your own? Get the maid to do it! ‘I asked to clean myself. Regaining what I’ve lost felt like winning the lottery, you know?’

Averie could not understand the feeling Tammy was speaking of because her relationship with Elyette was stuck and rather awkward. ‘Why are you replying to my message though? Aren’t you with Elyette? You two are not together?’ Tammy asked. ‘He left and I am getting ready to go home.’ Averie replied.

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