A wave of anxiety flashed across Averie’s eyes.
Her cheeks flushed as she said, “What’s there to look at? I already tossed it on the floor.Do you want to look for it there?”
Then, she yawned.
Of course, Elyette would not get down on the floor to search for the strands of gray hair.
He felt Averie’s behavior toward him return to normal after she plucked the gray hairs out.
“You didn’t say you were coming over yesterday.Why are you here so early?”
Averie said as she walked toward the master bedroom.
“I’m going to change.Wait here in the living room for me.”
Elyette got up from the couch with the glass of milk still in his hand.
Mrs.Cooper walked over to him with Robert in her arms.
“Robert woke up at five in the morning and played till seven, so he’s pretty wiped out right now.”
Mrs.Coope chuckled said, “He knows how to flip over now.I’m guessing he’ll start to learn how to walk in a couple of months.
Elyette gazed tenderly at his son’s chubby face, then asked, “Do you think Averie was acting a little weird earlier?”
Mrs.Cooper was taken aback.
“I don’t think so! She probably got you some milk because she was worried you’d be hungry!”
“She even called me handsome.”
Averie was not such a straightforward person.She rarely praised Elyette like that at all, so he was stunned and over the moon.
Mrs.Cooper laughed out loud and said, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.Now that you’ve made up, of course, she finds you handsome.”
Elyette felt embarrassed and took a sip of milk.
“Have you had dinner yet, Master Elyette?” asked Mrs.Cooper.
“Not yet.I’ll have breakfast with Averie once she comes out.”
“Alright.I’ll put Robert in his bed for now.”
Mrs.Cooper placed Robert in the crib, then walked toward the kitchen.
Averie emerged in changed clothes very quickly.
“You cased the place before you came in, didn’t you?” she teased.
“You arrived right after the twins left for school.”
“I didn’t want Hayden to be unhappy to see me.”
Elyette walked into the dining room with Averie, then said, “I brought the sketches for the ring that the designer sent to me.I also wanted to discuss our lives together.”
“The sketches are already done?”
Averie was a little surprised.
“You kept emphasizing that you wanted a simple design and nothing showy yesterday.Even I could come up with something that simple.”
“Ha ha! Design something for me, then,” Averie teased.
“If your design turns out even better than a professional designer’s work, then I’ll go with yours.”
“Let’s have breakfast first.We’ll look at it after we’re done eating.”
“You mentioned talking about our lives together.Did you have any special requests?”
Averie took a seat at the dining table, then lifted her gaze at Elyette.
Elyette shook his head and said, “I’m worried Hayden would feel uneasy about me moving in.”
“Well, I’m definitely not moving into your place! The kids wouldn’t move there, and I can’t be apart from them,” Averie said without hesitation.
“I don’t want you to be upset, but the kids take priority over you in my heart.”
Elyette had no words.
Even if Averie had not said it, he knew the reality of things.
Hearing it said out loud just stabbed at his heart.He could not come up with a perfect plan, so he turned silent.
Averie thought that her words were too harsh and hurt him.
“How about we don’t think about this for now? You could move in here or we could move into your place.As long as we don’t make it an issue, it isn’t something that would trouble us,” she said comfortingly.
“I’ve given it some thought.I want to give the kids some time to accept the fact that we’ve gotten back together before the wedding.I won’t move in before that,”
Elyette said, expressing his thoughts.
Averie could not help but praise him and said, “We wouldn’t have had to go through so many wrong turns to get here if you were this mature and considerate in the past.”
Elyette mocked himself and said, “My hair’s already turning gray.Could I not be mature?”
“Don’t worry.I only saw one.It’s not a big problem,”
Averie consoled.
“As long as you keep working out, nobody would think you’re my father.”
Elyette was speechless.
After breakfast, Elyette showed the sketches to Averie.
One of the sketches was by the designer, while the other was by Elyette.
After studying both sketches, Averie ended up going with Elyette’s.
“It’s not that your design is better.I just thought that if I wore a ring you designed yourself, I could show off and tell people my husband designed my ring for me.This isn’t just a ring, it’s proof of his love for me.”
Elyette was overjoyed from receiving her flattery.
“Are you going to the office today or staying at home to rest?” he asked.
Averie froze for a moment, then asked, “What about you?”
“I’m stopping by the office for a bit, then going for a meeting with the wedding event company.If you’d like to come with me…”
“I need to go to the office today.You settle things with the event company!”
Averie did not feel like spending her energy on such matters.
With Elyette’s perfectionist personality, she was sure that he would be able to give her a satisfactory wedding.
“I’ll take you to your office, then,” Elyette said.
“It’s fine.I’m not in a rush.You should go!”
Averie walked him to the door.
Once Elyette was gone, Averie immediately returned to her room took a look at Elyette’s hair samples.
The two strands of hair that she plucked out earlier were not gray hairs.She had said that to not worry him.She was suspicious of his identity.She wanted to check and see if he truly was Shea’s twin brother.
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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