She shook her head frantically with tears in her eyes.
“No…Elyette, it’s not you…It’s really just a nightmare.”
Seeing how desperately she tried to explain, he nodded and asked, “Tell me then, what nightmare did you have?”
She took a deep breath to slowly calm herself down.
“I dreamt of the day of our wedding.We were standing in the church surrounded by guests and I was really excited.Suddenly, the roof of the church was lifted and following a blinding ray of light, a gigantic black monster appeared and reached its enormous claw out, before taking you away with it…”
She couldn’t help but start sobbing once again.
Elyette believed her and studied her empathetically, “Averie, it’s just a dream.It’s not real.There’s no gigantic monster in this world.Even if there was one, I would kill it before it can take me.”
She sighed a breath of relief after seeing his face right next to her.
“Yeah.That dream just seemed so real, so I couldn’t help myself.I feel much better to see you next to me now.”
“i will hold you while you sleep.”
He turned off the light and lay down next to her, before pulling her into his arms.
Averie leaned against his chest and the sorrow she felt slowly faded as his familiar scent surrounded her.
She had come to Elyette’s house tonight not only because she missed him, but also to see if he was affected by Nathan’s threat.
If Elyette felt troubled by Nathan, he wouldn’t have been able to conceal it, but she had not been able to pick up the slightest hint of fear or anxiety from Elyette.
Did that mean that Elyette did not view Nathan as a threat at all? She drifted off to sleep, but Elyette remained awake.
The sound of her crying still lingered in his mind; it sounded so helpless that Elyette wondered if it was a sign of insecurity.
Was it the normal premarital anxiety, or had she been hiding something from him? He thought back to the recent events of her life.
She did not take part in organizing the wedding, so apart from working at the office and meeting up with Tammy occasionally, all she did was keep the children company.
“No…there’s Adrian White” he thought, ‘She said that Adrian was in Aryadelle she’s looking for him”
Adrian had the same condition as Shea, and Averie had mentioned that his family was cruel to him though she didn’t know his family in person.
Elyette had paid Adrian no attention so far, but he suddenly started getting suspicious.
The day he was brought into the Foster Family, the real young master of the Foster Family was taken away.
Where was the young master Foster in the present? Adrian’s family name was White and so was Nathan.
A schilling premonition rose within him.
The next morning, one of the Seeker Series drones rose into the air from the ground steadily.
Mike had rented a room in the area where Adrian was in to set up the control panel.
He had made a promise to Averie, and he wanted to deliver it properly.
Chad heard of his plan and took a day off to come help.
“This place is so close to Mr.Foster’s house, why don’t we just borrow his guest room?” Chad asked.
“I am looking for a guy for Averie, do you think it’s appropriate for me to go to your boss’s place?”
After testing all the equipment, Mike controlled the drone and flew it towards the residential area swiftly.
“Who’s Averie looking for?”
“A patient of hers from Bridgedale.White…I think.”
“Oh, how are we doing this? Teach me and I’ll help you look.”
Chad stared at the screen without sparing a moment to blink.
“Averie said that she told her patient to leave something red by the window.Just check to see if you find any red objects next to anyone’s window, and I will go find him,”
Mike said and took out a photo, “Here, this is a photo of the guy.”
Chad looked at the photo for a few moments and exclaimed, “Why does this person look so familiar?”
“I knew you were going to say that.Don’t you think he looks like Shea?”
Mike said, “Averie agreed to treat him because of that.”
Chad took the photo into his hand for a closer look.
“They do look kind of similar, but up close, not that alike.”
“Let’s discuss when we find him! He’s a poor guy, being locked in the house without any freedom.” Mike scowled.
“Averie is just too nosy, but that’s what I like about her.”
“It’s not like it’s affecting her own life.It’s nice to do good deeds that are within one’s capability.”
In a certain residential area, Peter’s sister spotted a drone in the sky when she was hanging the clothes and called out, “Peter, there’s a drone out there!”
“What’s so strange about a drone?”
“That drone is going really slow.I wonder what it is doing.It’s coming over here.”
Peter scowled at her words and strode towards the window.
When he saw the drone approaching, he was instantly alarmed and hurried over to Adrian to push the door open.
Adrian was standing by the window, staring at the drone outside while waving at it with all his might.
Peter gasped and rushed over to pull Adrian back.
“You called for that drone?! That drone was sent by Averie, right? Averie’s company manufactures drones! I was wondering why a drone would be seen here, so you two have been plotting all along!”
Provoked, Peter shoved Adrian down to the ground and shut the window hastily.
As he was doing so, he spotted the flashy red t-shirt outside the window and opened the window to take it inside.
“Haha! You fool, how dare you play games with me? I was wondering why you’ve been so obedient, so you have been waiting for Averie to come to find you! It’s a good thing that I found out in time!” Peter said kicked Adrian.
Adrian dodged the attack and crawled up to run towards the window.
“Stop running away!” Peter grabbed him.
“You are not getting any food today if you don’t listen to me! Starve yourself to death and see if Averie can revive you!”
Adrian painted angrily as he attempted to fight, but he was no match for Peter.
He had gone through surgery not long ago and because he had been kept indoors the entire time, his physical state was weaker than most.
Just then, the door was pushed open and Nathan stepped in with a dark expression.
“What are you all fuzzing over?”
“Dad! Did you see the drone out there? Averie sent it here to look for Adrian! Had I not found out in time, she would have found him by now!”
Peter blurted out, “We need to move!”
“That b*tch Averie, it’s bad enough that she refused to pay me, now she’s trying to take Adrian from me! I’ve been underestimating her!” Peter agreed.
“People around Elyette couldn’t possibly be that easy to deal with.If they take Adrian away from us, they wouldn’t have to pay us a penny! So long as they stand firm and deny your identity, no one can make them do anything!”
Nathan’s expression darkened and clenched his fists, before punching Adrian in the stomach.
“We are moving tonight!”
In Elyette’s house, Averie woke up at noon.
She walked downstairs drowsily in her pajamas, and instantly, countless eyes turned to look at her from the living room.
Averie froze.She had not expected Elyette to have guests over.
Elyette had never had the habit of inviting guests over, and because the others weren’t speaking out loud, she had not heard them at all before she went downstairs.
Averie’s face flushed three seconds after being stared at by the others and she immediately turned around to head back upstairs.
She had been quiet when she went down the stairs, but extremely loud when she headed back up.
Back in the living room, the others looked away.
“Elyette, that’s the woman you are marrying this time? “
“Isn’t that the same woman? Have you forgotten that she almost killed you?”
“I was wondering why she looked so familiar? She was the same woman from last time? Elyette, you sure are loyal!”
“It’s not like that.That woman gave birth to Elyette’s children.Three of them! That’s not bad!”
“But Elyette doesn’t like kids!”
“Hahaha! He doesn’t like others’ kids, but he’s bound to like his own, right?”
The others discussed cheerfully in front of Elyette; while Elyette blushed and listened to their comments calmly.
He and Averie had already set aside all their resentment from the past.
Upstairs, Averie had already arrived outside the bedroom door when she came to a sudden realization and stopped.
She remembered that she had seen the people in the living room before, in the mansion in the forest.
Though some of them were strangers, she had seen a few of the men in the mansion before.
‘Why are those people here? Did Elyette invite them, or did they show up on their own? What are their relationships with Elyette?’ She thought.
Instinctively, she felt that those were not decent people, because there was someone she knew in their group, but that person wasn’t in the living room just now.
That person had gone to Professor Hough for treatment before and she was the professor’s assistant during the surgery.
She knew about the man’s background: a businessman who benefited from businesses that were in the gray area of the law of Bridgedale.
As a doctor, one couldn’t choose whether to treat a patient based on their nature; sometimes, a doctor wouldn’t even get to know if their patient was a good person until after the surgery.
She was far too curious about why those people had come to visit Elyette.
She took her slippers off snuck downstairs bare-footed, intending to hide around the corner of the stairs to eavesdrop.
“Elyette, I heard that your two eldest kids are not inheriting your family name, how can you put up with that?”
One of the men raised his voice furiously, as though he was talking about his own children.
“After you and Averie get married, those kids are going to change their surname, right? How can you let them inherit a woman’s surname? Everyone is going to mock you if word gets out about this! In our country, when a woman marries a man, she changes her surname to her husband’s! It’s bad enough that you are not asking her to change her name, but you have to change the kids’ names!”
Another man protested out of concern for Elyette.
“I don’t care if my kids share my family name, so long as they are my kids,” Elyette said.
“How can you not care? You are being taken advantage of! It’s not like you don’t have money, or have issues finding another woman! Dump her and you can find other women to give birth to thirty children that share your family name!”
“..”
Both Elyette and Averie were rendered speechless.
“Yeah! What’s with your taste in women? That Averie knows no manners! She didn’t even say hi when she Saw us just now, who does she think she is?”
“She has no manners! Considering what she’s done to you so far, she has always been that arrogant! How can you put up with a woman like that?”
“Elyette, dump her and we will introduce better women to you.You won’t even have to delay your scheduled wedding day.”
“Yeah! My sister has always liked you.Not only is she prettier than Averie, but her figure is also perfect! She is definitely going to make you happy!”
“It’s fine.Averie and I have been in love with each other for many years and I don’t want anyone but her, ” Elyette refused politely.
Around the corner by the stairs, Averie squatted down and heard every word Elyette said.
She knew she should fee] touched, but all she could think of was all the hideous comments his friends said.
‘What do they mean by saying that I’m rude?’ She thought.
Was it called manners to say hi to them when she was in her pajamas and hadn’t even washed up? Someone even mentioned that they wanted to introduce their sister to Elyette and asked him to replace the bride.
‘How hateful!’ She cursed inwardly and gritted her teeth.
‘If I don’t show them, they are going to think that they can just get away with bullying me!’ She stood up and stomped on the floor on purpose to let them know that she had been eavesdropping.
As she had expected, the living room fell into silence as soon as the others heard the footsteps.
They looked away after the footsteps disappeared into the distance.
“I thought she went up.Whose footsteps were those?”
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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