The point was that Elyette supposedly had the same illness as Shea when they were little, but he was miraculously cured during a time when medicine had yet to advance.
If there truly was such an incredible miracle worker, then they would not be able to hide from the world.
Averie had to confirm Elyette’s identity.
Now that she had his hair samples, all she needed was a sample from someone in the Foster family to carry out the tests.
Shea was gone and Henry was difficult to approach.She was now left with nobody else but Cole.
Averie grabbed her bag, left the house, then gave Cole a call.
“Come and meet me, Cole! I have some good news for you.”
She had to get Cole to meet up with her no matter what.
“Good news? You not driving me to my death is good news enough for me,”
Cole teased with a cold chuckle.
Averie stayed silent for a few seconds, then hit him right where it would hurt and said, “Are you that spineless? If your uncle was the one asking you out, would you be so scared that you would lose your soul?”
“Averie Tate! Why are you provoking me? I’ve already lost everything.Why are you still looking for me? I don’t want to know about you and my uncle, nor do I care.Even if you get married one day, it would have nothing to do with me! My uncle would never invite me to the wedding!”
Averie waited for him to finish speaking, then calmly said, “Your uncle and I are actually getting married.I’m the one who gets to decide if you’re invited or not.Your uncle will listen to me.”
Cole was stunned.
“Come out and meet me, Cole.There are some things I’d like to talk to you about face-to-face.”
Averie used Elyette as bait to get Cole to meet her.
“Your uncle isn’t as heartless as you think.Meet me, and we’ll talk it out.”
Cole felt relieved and agreed to meet.
The two met at a cafe about forty minutes later.
Once they sat down at a table by the window, Averie ordered a latte.
“Are you and my uncle really getting married, Averie?” Cole asked as he gazed at her face.
“why would I lie about something like this?” Averie said.
“Where have you been living since you and father sold the old mansion? I’ll send you an invitation if you want to come to the wedding.” Cole was slightly flattered.
Are you genuinely inviting me?”
“What else would I be doing? If you and your father came to the wedding, it would simply be two extra mouths to feed.It’s not like you can eat to a point where you bankrupt your uncle, right?”
Then, Averie pestered, “Where are you living now?”
“We’re renting a place right now.We haven’t decided on a new place yet.My dad wants to leave this place, but I don’t, so we’re still arguing over this.”
Cole’s mood turned gloomy at the mention of this.
“I admit that I’m not a good son caused harm to my dad.I’d like to treat him better from now on.”
“It’s a good thing that you have that intention.” Averie’s eyes unconsciously landed on his hair.
“By the way, what are your future plans? In terms of your career, I mean.”
“I’m thinking of starting a business and opening up my own company.”
Then, Cole said dejectedly, “I’ve never worked for anyone before, so I won’t be able to handle something like that.It’s impossible for me to ever work for anyone in this life.”
“I see.”
Averie expected this answer.
Cole grew up with a silver spoon in his mouth.
On top of that, his elders had spoiled him rotten and turned him into someone who could not suffer a day in his life.
Elyette had a similar upbringing, but because of Shea, Elyette and Cole grew up in completely different environments and went through separate life experiences.
“Did you mean it when you said that my uncle doesn’t actually hate me that much?”
Cole spent every single day in regret and wanted to get back on his uncle’s good side.
At that moment, a waiter brought over two cups of coffee.
Averie took a sip of her coffee, then looked at Cole’s hair once again and asked, “When did you start getting gray hairs?”
Cole was startled.
“You’re kidding, right?”
Averie immediately stood up and walked to his side.
”Don’t move.I’ll get it for you.Otherwise, you’ll get more of them.You haven’t gotten married yet.It’d be hard for your to get a girlfriend in the future if all your hair turns gray.”
Then, she quickly plucked a few strands of hair from Cole’s head.
“Ouch! Ahh!”
Cole grabbed his head and howled in pain.
“Averie! What are you doing?! You didn’t just pull a few strands out! It was more like a whole bunch! It really hurts!”
Averie felt the strange looks around them as she quickly put the strands of hair away in a little bag that she prepared beforehand.
At the same time, she thought to herself, “Cole really is a wuss! Elyette didn’t even make a sound when I plucked his hair out earlier!”
She was certain that even if she pulled out a whole bunch of hair off of another adult’s head, they definitely would not cry out as dramatically as Cole just did.
“I never said there was only one strand of gray hair.”
Averie returned to her seat and sat down.
After the pain subsided, Cole released his grip around his head, but the expression on his face was hurt as he said, “Where are they? Let me see them!”
“What’s so interesting about gray hairs? They’re just hairs that are gray.Can’t you just imagine it in your mind?”
Averie’s answer left Cole speechless.
“Why do I feel like you’re messing with me on purpose?” Cole mumbled.
“I’m not complaining about your oily hair, but you’re saying I’m messing with you? If I really wanted to mess with you, I could just get your uncle to do it.He won’t just pull your hair out.He’ll pull your whole head off instead.”
The color drained from Cole’s face as terror took over.
“Didn’t you say that my uncle isn’t as heartless as I’d thought?”
“That’s right.Otherwise, how would you still be alive? If you weren’t his nephew, you’d be dead a long time ago,” Averie said.
“I’m leaving after I finish my coffee.”
Cole was stunned for a moment, then said, “Didn’t you ask me out to talk? What did you want to talk about?”
“We already finished talking!”
Averie took a sip of coffee, then looked up at him.
“I just wanted to know how you were doing.Now that I know how pitiful things have been for you, I can’t bring myself to talk anymore.”
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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