“Mommy! I want you to love me even more!” Layla suggested this as her present.
Hayden replied, “Mommy, you have to love yourself even more.” Averie took a deep breath and smiled. “You two make me feel like the happiest person on earth.
“Mommy, will there be a lot of people at our birthday party?” Layla started looking forward to the party.
“Do you want to invite your classmates?” Averie asked. Layla shook her head. “I’m not close to them yet! Let’s invite Hayden’s classmates!”
Averie looked at Hayden. “Hayden, I heard from your teacher that you are close to Daniel. Let’s invite him!”
Hayden said, “I’m equally close to all of my classmates.” Averie thought for a while before saying, “Then, let’s invite them all! After all, your class isn’t that big.” Layla exclaimed, “Oh yeah! It’s more fun with more people!” Hayden saw how happy Layla was. He could not bear to burst her bubble.
After Eric left, Averie and Mike set the first draft of the guest list.
“Averie. Chad would surely want to come. You have to invite Jun too. If we invite Ben and only not invite Elyette, will he feel that we are deliberately picking on him?” Mike offered his opinion, “Why don’t we not invite Ben too?”
Averie’s temples hurt. It was initially a happy occasion, but because of her relationship with Elyette, it became so painful.
“I’ll let you handle this!” Averie said and left to see the children. Mike sent a message to Chad, explaining the situation to him and asking for his opinion. (Chad: Mr. Foster said that he doesn’t want to get entangled with her only because he did not want to annoy her further, right? He didn’t say anything about cutting ties with the children?] (Mike: I feel so too, but that baby face Eric kept persuading Averie to not invite Elyette.] (Chad: You better do some soul-searching. You and Eric are her patient. Why would she prefer to listen to Eric? You are the one staying with her!] (Mike: F*ck! How are you blaming me for this?] Chad was silent for a while. After calming down, he replied to Mike’s message, (Don’t invite Ben. If not, you’ve invited everyone except Mr. Foster. He would surely be disappointed!) (Mike:ed Ok!]
(Chad: Don’t spread the word about this yet! What if Averie suddenly changes her mind before the birthday party?)
(Mike: Sure, go worry about your precious boss. I never saw you being so concerned for mele before.)
(Chad: F*ck off!)
At ten at night, Averie returned to her bedroom.
The three children were asleep. It was strangely quiet.
She could hear her own heartbeat. She slept through the evening, so she was wide awake at that moment. She was also extremely confused.
She did fight with Elyette that day, but after he came clean to her, she did not say any hars h words to him. She merely said that she needed time to digest what he told her.
Did that hurt him?
Did he think that she did not forgive him immediately because she could not accept his past, so he thought they were incompatible? Averie sighed. They ended too abruptly!
She was a little disappointed as if she was in a dream. Since it was Ben who said it, then it would not be wrong.
.
It was as if her bones were removed. She lay on the bed like jelly.
She opened her eyes and looked at the ceiling. Her mind was blank. Nothing could pique her excitement.
A long time later, her phone rang. She was pulled back to reality.
She found her phone and answered the call. Sobs came from the other end of the line!
Averie’s heart constricted tightly.
It was Tammy’s voice. Did she not reconcile with Jun already? “Tammy, what happened? Don’t cry. Tell me what happened.” Averie got off the bed and put on a coat. She planned to go look for ‘Tammy.
“Averie, L…I can’t…I’m…afraid…” Tammy choked up and stuttered.
“Don’t be afraid. Are you and Jun still there together? Do you need me to look for you?” Averie was worried.
She could roughly guess what happened to Tammy. Just like how Elyette’s father brought him trauma that affected his life later on, the trauma Tammy had after being kidnapped would affect her for a very long time, perhaps even for the rest of her life. When Tammy cried and muttered the word yes, Averie immediately left her bedroom.
When she left her room, Mrs. Cooper came out because she heard movement. “Averie, it’s already midnight. Are you heading out?” No matter what time it was at that moment, she had to go. “Hmm. I’m not sure if I’ll be back tonight. Don’t wait up,” Averie said and strode off into the night.
In a European-style mansion.
Jun poured a cup of warm water. He got down in front of Tammy. “Tammy, don’t cry. Drink some water. Averie will be here soon.” Jun’s head hurt. He initially thought the hardships that he and Tammy faced were behind them. Who would have thought!
“Hubby, I’m so sorry…” Tammy hugged her knees closer to her. Her eyes were red and puffy from crying. “I don’t want to drink water. Don’t care about me. Go to bed!”
Jun looked heartbroken. “How could I not care abouted you?”
“Woo, woo… I feel terrible just by looking at you…” Tammy cried even louder.
Jun immediately got up, “Okay, babe, stop crying. I’ll go wait in the living area.” Jun placed the cup of water down and left the bedroom. He went to the living area. He was extremely glum, yet he could not tell any of his friends about this.
Soon after, the doorbell rang. Jun walked over to open the door.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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