Elyette’s lips curled into a smile.
The person in charge smiled back.
“Of course, you do.It’s just that we have to be even more careful if you are acquainted with Miss Tate.”
Elyette took a box from the hands of his bodyguard and took two tubes of blood out of it.
“I want to get a DNA test.How soon can I get the results?”
“Usually a week, but we will usually get a rough estimate within 24 hours.We usually need to perform various checks before we can deliver the precise results to our clients.”
“I want to get the rough result tomorrow at the same time.”
The person in charge nodded.
“No problem.”
“Also, don’t tell Averie that I’ve been here.Nothing is to be said about the blood samples, who they belong to, and what the results are.If anything gets out I will raze this place to the ground.”
Frightened, the person in charge sweated profusely.
“Don’t worry, I won’t tell unless she asks.”
“You are not to tell her anything even if she asks.”
“Well, as long as you don’t tell Miss Tate that you’ve been here, she wouldn’t come asking me about it, would she?” the person in charge said gingerly.
Elyette could not find an issue with what he said.
Meanwhile, Averie and Robert were at Tammy’s house.
They were there to keep Tammy company, and because it was that time of the month, Tammy was in a rather foul mood.
Averie’s other reason for visiting Tammy was so she could find out who Elyette’s drinking buddy was.
“Elyette was drunk?”
No way! I’ve never seen him drunk before!”
Jun seemed a bit excited upon hearing what Averie had to say.
“I know most of Elyette’s friends, but I didn’t hear that he was hanging out with friends last night!”
Tammy was playing with Robert and said, “Averie, it’s either that Elyette has lied to you, or Jun is not as close to Elyette as he thinks he is.”
“Let’s go with the second one then!” Jun immediately said.
“I’d rather admit that I’m not as close to him as I thought I was than to see you two fight again!” Averie chuckled.
“I won’t fight with him.I’m just a bit worried because he said that he was coming over to see Robert last night but was caught up with something else at the very last minute.Mrs.Scarlet called last night and told me that he was drunk…Jun, why don’t you ask Ben and see if he knows who Elyette was drinking with last night?”
“Oh, I’ll ask him now.”
“Don’t tell him that I’m asking.”
“I get it.You just want to care for him in secret,” Jun said before dialing Ben’s number.
Ben picked up immediately.
“Didn’t he leave a bunch of managers to go home and see his son?”
Ben was confused by Jun’s question.
“Who told you that he went drinking with friends? I haven’t heard about that.”
Jun had placed the call on speaker and based on Ben’s reaction, they had all come to the conclusion that Elyette had lied about last night.
“It’s fine, Ben.I’m just asking.”
Jun hung up.
Tammy looked at Averie and could not help but reiterate the truth.
“That guy lied to you again.”
Averie’s lips curled into a smile.
“Maybe he is just trying to keep me from worrying! I could sense that he was in a bad mood when I was on the phone with him last night.”
“Why don’t you go speak to him, then? I’m just having my period.This happens every month so you don’t really have to keep me company.”
Tammy simply felt reluctant to part with Robert.
“Baby Robert is so sweet.Do not become a liar like your dad in the future!”
“Elyette probably ran into some kind of trouble after getting drunk.Averie, you should go find him!” Jun said.
Averie took Robert from Tammy’s and said, “I’ll go now.”
After exiting Tammy’s house, Averie made a call to Elyette to get his location.
“I’m in the office.What’s wrong?”
He sounded composed.He sounded like a completely different person last night.
“Were you drunk last night? Doesn’t your head hurt?”
Averie was amazed.
“It’s hurting a bit, but it’s tolerable,” Elyette said casually.
“Did I say anything weird to you last night when I was drunk?”
“You mean to say that you don’t remember a thing about last night?” Averie gasped.
“I don’t remember much.I just remember talking to you on the phone.I asked you to come over, but you refused…” Elyette furrowed his brows.
He had deliberately eased into a lighter part of last night in order to put Averie at ease.
Averie scowled.
“People say weird things when they are drunk, and you just flip the whole story around? I was the one who wanted to come over, but you didn’t want me to…”
“Really?” he said guiltily.
It’s my bad.Come over tonight!”
Averie carried Robert back into Tammy’s house after the call with Elyette.
“Why are you giggling? Everything is fine?” Tammy asked.
“Yeah. I called him just now.
He said that he doesn’t remember what happened last night, so I didn’t bother asking.I’m about to marry him.If I don’t trust him, how are we supposed to spend the rest of our lives together?”
Jun sighed a long breath of relief at Averie’s words.
“Averie, I was just talking to Tammy, and I was wondering whether you were planning to take Robert with you when you went to confront Elyette.Tammy said you won’t.She told me that you will send Robert home before going to see Elyette.”
Jun was not sure whether to laugh or cry, as they had both been wrong.
Averie chuckled.
In the past, she might have gone straight to find Elyette upon catching his lie as Tammy and Jun had predicted.
“I can be understanding and forgiving to others, but I somehow lose my temper all the time whenever I’m with him.”
Averie reflected on her actions and said, “After confessing everything to one another the last time, I realized that all the things he had kept from me were his darkest secrets.He hid them from me because he knew that I wouldn’t be able to help him and that they would only burden me.He did not keep them from me out of a lack of trust.”
“It’s great that you think like this now, Averie,” Jun said.
“I believe that you two must have given it a lot of thought before deciding to get remarried, so you will definitely treasure your relationships from now on.”
“Aren’t you going to work?” Tammy asked.
“I’ll get going now.”
Jun pinched Robert on the cheek gently before leaving.
“Uncle Jun is going to work now! Let’s play next time!”
Tammy shed all pretenses once Jun left.
“Averie, Jun really likes kids.”
“Most people do when they reach a certain age,” Averie said.
“He has a box filled with his collectibles from the past, which he wouldn’t let me touch.I opened the box yesterday and found a love letter inside.”
Tammy’s expression darkened.
“It was a love letter that he had written for a girl, he was fantasizing about having children with that girl.”
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.
Leave a Reply