It would be difficult for Layla to move around in such a bulky dress.
Second of all, how could he keep giving in to the children?
“How could you keep going with whatever she wants? Would you act the same way if she simply picked someone to marry in the future?”
Averie had to correct Elyette’s mistaken idea of a child’s upbringing.He had not even moved in yet, but he was already giving in to Layla’s every will.
Would he not end up spoiling her rotten after he moved in?
Averie’s question made Elyette frown.
Layla was still a little girl in his eyes.He never thought about her future marriage.
For now, he could not accept his daughter getting married to anybody at all.
Just the thought of Layla living with another man in the future made him feel awful.
“Layla can’t fate before she turns eighteen, and she’s not marrying anyone before she turns twenty five.”
Elyette decided on these rules after a moment’s consideration.
“She wouldn’t be mature enough before she turns eighteen and would be easily cheated.She wouldn’t be completely mature before she turns twenty five either.I would be too worried no matter who she decides to marry.”
Averie found his rules to be absolutely absurd.
“I would completely agree if you had said that she can’t get married before she turns eighteen.How could you stop her from getting married before she turns twenty five?”
She disagreed with him and stated the facts.
“I definitely wasn’t twenty five when I first married you!”
Elyette recalled the past for a moment, then said, “Our situation was different.I was bedridden and there was no telling if I was going to live or die.I wouldn’t have married you if I wasn’t in that state.”
He had said those words in respect to the facts and held no emotion in his voice.However, his words sparked a rage in Averie.
“Are you saying that you regret meeting me?”
Elyette shot to his feet and immediately explained, “That’s not what I meant.I was just speaking hypothetically…”
“Aren’t you saying that you definitely wouldn’t have taken an interest in me back then if you weren’t in a vegetative state?”
Averie slapped away the hand that Elyette was reaching out.
“I’m the one who wasn’t interested in you! If my family wasn’t in a rut, and if your family didn’t offer us all of that money, then I definitely wouldn’t have married you!”
Elyette’s temples began to throb in pain.
“Maybe you’re not aware of the situation back then.After all, you were bedridden for so long that you probably had no idea what was going on.Let me enlighten you, then.”
Now that Averie was in a rage, she was not about to let him go that easily.
“Your family doctor said that you were about to die back then.Your mother was searching everywhere in a panic for a woman to have your child, but nobody was willing to marry you!”
Elyette was speechless.
“Even Chelsea, who was so blindly loyal to you, was nowhere to be found at the time,” Averie continued to mock him.You should be thanking me for not abandoning you back then!”
Elyette repented and said, “Thank you for not abandoning me back then, Averie.”
His acknowledgement of his mistake made the fury in Averie die down by half.
“It’s not that I didn’t abandon you.Your bodyguards were the ones who were watching me like I was some kind of criminal.I didn’t have a chance to escape at all.”
Elyette was at a loss for words.
Should Elyette be thanking his bodyguards? Once they were done arguing, the designer smiled and said, “It’s fate that you ended up together, Miss Tate.No matter how much unhappiness you had to suffer through in the past, what’s important is that your future will be filled with nothing but happiness.”
Averie smiled at the designer and said, “I supposed.You’re here to get my measurements, right? Go ahead, then! Do I need to take off my clothes?”
“Please take off your coat.It would be best if you’re wearing something fitted underneath.The measurements would be more accurate that way.”
“Oh, I’ll go to the room and change, then.”
Averie walked toward her room.
Layla quietly snuck over to Elyette’s side, then asked curiously, “What’s a vegetative state, Daddy? I know what vegetation is.That’s stuff like flowers and trees, right?”
Elyette nodded and said, “That’s right.Flowers and trees are vegetation…”
“Oh.”
Layla excitedly cut him off mid-sentence and shared her own explanation, “Someone in a vegetative state is someone who sprouts and blooms like a flower.”
Elyette was taken aback by his daughter’s remarks.
“It’s not like that, Layla.”
Mrs.Cooper walked over laughing.
“Someone in a vegetative state is someone who can’t move, just like vegetation, but they’re still alive.It’s a very serious illness.”
Layla was shocked.
“Did Daddy used to have such a serious illness? “
“That’s right.It’s a miracle that your father woke up,” said Mrs.Cooper.
In the children’s room at 9 p.m. that night, Layla was tossing and turning in bed.
She picked up her pillow and crawled into Hayden’s bed.
The siblings had been sleeping in separate beds since they turned six, but they still shared a room.
Sometimes, when there was a thunderstorm outside, Layla would be afraid and sleep in Hayden’s bed.
“Daddy used to be in a vegetative state, Hayden.”
Then, Layla put on a bragging tone and asked, ‘Do you know what it means to be in a vegetative state?”
“You don’t have to tell me.I don’t care,” said Hayden.
“Oh…Daddy used to bloom like a flower even grew fruit.That’s what a vegetative state means.”
Since Hayden did not care, Layla spouted nonsense with a serious expression on her face.
Hayden turned on the lights in the room and said, “There’s nothing funny about that joke, Layla.Go back to your bed.”
“I’m not done yet! Daddy said that I can’t date before I turn eighteen and I can’t get married before I turn twenty five.Do you think I should be angry about that?” Layla asked, confused.
Hayden considered her question seriously.
Moments later, he realized that he shared the same opinion with Elyette.
“The point is that you can’t get married too early.Otherwise, you’d end up getting tricked and cheated.”
He picked Layla off the bed, then said, “Go sleep in your own bed or I’m moving to the next room.”
Layla hugged her pillow and unhappily went back to her own bed.
Hayden turned the lights off, and the room fell into darkness once again.
The next day, Ben arrived in Rosacus City and handed Elyette and Averie’s wedding invitation to Chelsea.
When Chelsea opened the invitation and saw their names and wedding date, her expression did not waver, but her fingers turned pale.
“Why are they inviting me? Aren’t they worried that I’d scare the other guests off with my face?” she said as she mocked herself, then tossed the invitation onto the table.
“Were you the one behind what happened at Villa de Sierra, Chelsea?” Ben asked straightforwardly.
“No,” Chelsea answered without hesitation.
“Give me your phone.I’m taking it back to Elyette.”
Ben reached his hand out to her.
“He won’t touch you if it really wasn’t you.However, if he finds out that you were behind it…He won’t let you live.”
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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