It’s quite close.”
Tammy said, “I’ll drive you there!”
Averie replied, “No need.
You have been with me for the entire day.
Go on your date with Jun!”
After Tammy left, Ayery immediately hailed a taxi.
Once she got in the taxi, she told the driver the address of the hospital.
A moment ago, a doctor called Averie said that a patient called Adrian White was looking for her. The doctor wondered if she could make a trip to the hospital.
When Averie heard Adrian’s name, she did not even think about it before agreeing to it.
She was worried about it during the journey there. Was Adrian sick? If it was not serious, he would not have been sent to the hospital. Why was it the doctor who contacted her but not Nathan?
Who told the doctor to contact her? It was not Nathan. If Nathan wanted to contact her, he did not need to go through the doctor.
At that thought, Averie furrowed her brows tightly.
At the hospital, Adrian was transferred to a normal ward. When Nathan found out that Adrian deliberately swallowed his antihypertensive drugs to poison himself, he was furious.
That idiot knew how to swallow pills to take his life! Nathan was not going to let Adrian die, even if Adrian wanted to!
If Adrian were to die, how could Nathan use him to threaten Elyette? How was he going to extort money from Elyette?
No matter what, he had to get another lump sum of money from Elyette.
Even if Elyette did not acknowledge him as his father, Nathan could ensure that he did not need to worry for the rest of his liedfe.
Forty minutes later, the door to the ward was pushed open. A strong, burly man walked in and chased Nathan away.
“What are you doing? Who are you?” Nathan yelled. He was frightened. “That’s my son! Have you mistaken me zafor someone!”
The bodyguard looked impatient. “Is the patient called Adrian? My boss got me to come to protect him!”
“Who is your boss? Adrian is my son!” Nathan yelled gofuriously yet helplessly..
If he was younger by twenty years, he might have fought the bodyguard. However, at that moment, he was old. His bones were not that strong anymore. He did not dare to fight with the bodyguard.
“My boss, Averie Tate!” The bodyguard stood next to the bed and yelled at Nathan. “She is in the doctor’s office right now. Go and look for her!
you dare to touch her, I will make sure you won’t live to see the night!”
Nathan gritted his teeth and rushed to the doctor’s office with a sinister expression.
Once Averie found out about Adrian’s condition through the doctor, she came out of the office and bumped into Nathan, who went there looking for trouble.
Seeing him, Averie stopped in her tracks.
″Nathan, let’s talk!”
“Bloody hell! Averie! Are you trying to take my son away from me?” Nathan barked, “Adrian is my son! It is illegal!”
“If he is your biological son, you would not have said the word legal,” Averie said, “Adrian is not your biological son. He was adopted, wasn’t he?”
“So, what if he was adopted? He is still my son!” The facial muscles on Nathan’s face twitched. “If you’re not going to ask your bodyguard to leave, I’ll call the police!”
Averie was not afraid of his threats. “Okay, call the police right now. When the police come, I can tell them that you abused Adrian!”
Nathan was stunned for a while. “Abuse? What abuse? I have never abused him! He was the one who swallowed the pills, trying to take his life…”
“If you didn’t abuse him, why did he try to take his life? Nathan, you better think this through before coming at me.” Averie pushed Nathan away. “Adrian is not an idiot anymore. Once he gets discharged, I will take him for an intelligence test. If he is not an idiot and he doesn’t want to stay with you, he gets to decide on his own! I will not let you bully him anymore!”
Averie’s words intimidated Nathan so much that he remained dazed in the same spot.
Intelligence test? Letting Adrian decide? If he were to do what Averie said, Adrian would surely not want to stay with him!
How could that happen?!
“Averie, hold up!” Nathan chased after her and grabbed her by the arm. “Don’t you dare bully me! Don’t back me up against a corner! I know all of Elyette’s secrets! If you don’t want me to go up against him, don’t force me! I want Adrian to be with me only so I can get some money from Elyette! I don’t want his life! I don’t want to kill Adrian too!”
Averie clenched her fists tightly. She said coldly, “If you want to look for Elyette for money, go look for him, but I can’t hand Adrian back to you. What if he continues trying to take his life when he is back with you? I treated him with such difficulty. I can’t let him risk this.”
Her words made Nathan have murderous intentions against her.
However, it was the hospital. There were many onlookers. Nathan could not do it there.
At the South Devotion Plaza.
Elyette has prepared everything. He only needed Averie to arrive. Jun sent him a message saying that Tammy and Averie have parted ways. Averie should reach him soon.
He looked at the time. It was already five-thirty in the evening. Jun sent him the message at five o’clock
Technically speaking, Averie should have arrived in half an hour.
The proposal scene was on the balcony on the second edfloor.
Other than being decorated with assorted flowers, there would be a beautiful light show once it was dark
Other than that, Elyette had also invited a zafamous pianist to serenade them. The kitchen was almost ready too.
It was getting darker, yet Averie was not there yet.
Elyette stood by the balcony’s railings. Looking at the cars passing by below. He hoped that the next second she would appear downstairs, looking up and smiling at him.
When it was six o’clock, he took his phone out and dialed Averie’s number.
The call was soon picked up. Averie said, “Elyette, I’ll only be able to see you in a little while soon.”
She answered his call outside the ward. Adrian had just woken up. He was weak. When he saw her, he was rather agitated. She could not leave him at that moment. She had to wait until Adrian calmed down before going to see Elyette.
Elyette furrowed his brows. “Why?”
“I…” She instinctively wanted to tell him the truth, but she was afraid that if she told him where Adrian was, it would be bad for him, so after hesitating for a few moments, she decided to lie, “I want to pick a gift for you. I’m not done choosing.”
Hearing her answer, Elyette’s furrowed brows relaxed.
“I also prepared a gift for you. Come quick once you’ve picked the gift.”
Averie heard his melodious voice. She was feeling rather apologetic. “Hmm, okay.”
When she met him later, she wanted to see if she could talk about Adrian.
After hanging up, Averie placed her phone back in her bag. She returned to the ward and sat down next to the bed.
“Adrian, don’t worry. I will get my bodyguard to protect you. Nathan won’t dare to come to look for you anymore.” Looking at Adrian’s pale face, she promised him once again, “I won’t let others bully you. Once you get discharged, I will come to pick you up.”
Adrian nodded gently. “Averie, I knew you would come to look for me.”
“I have been constantly looking for you, but I couldn’t find you.” Averie grabbed his huge palms. “You can’t do silly things like this again in the future. If you were to arrive at the hospital any later, you could have died.”
At seven in the evening, at the South Devotion Plaza. Night had arrived but Averie was still not there.
Elyette dialed her phone once more. “I’m sorry, the number you have dialed is not in service, please try again later.”
Why was Averie’s phone switched off? Did something happen to her or did her battery run out?
She said that she was picking a gift for him. It would not have taken two hours, right?
Elyette could not get to her, so he could only dial her bodyguard.
The bodyguard picked up his call.
“I didn’t hear Miss Tate’s phone ring!” The bodyguard said, “She’s at the hospital, but she’s not sick. Someone was admitted to the hospital and she’s with them now.”
“Who is it?” Elyette’s voice sounded tight.
The bodyguard hesitated for a while before saying, “It’s not for me to say, but it’s a man.”
“Even if you don’t tell me, I’ll find it out.” Elyette’s voice darkened. He said sternly, “Tell me!”
The bodyguard swallowed his saliva. He said hesitatingly, “T-The patient is called A-Adrian White.”
When Elyette heard Adrian’s name, coldness rose in his heart. Averie went to be with Adrian, which was why she did not come edfor the date.
Also, she lied to him saying that she was picking a gift for him. Turns out, she was with Adrian.
Elyette hung up and sat on the chair.
The skies suddenly started to rain. He saw the weather report that day. It stated that it was a cloudy day but did not say it would rain, which was why he arranged it on the balcony.
A server came over with an umbrella. The server said, “Mr. Foster. It’s raining. Let’s go in!”
Elyette did not want to move. He only wanted to know if Averie would still come that night or not.
“Mr. Foster, when is Miss Tate coming?” The server said, “Why don’t you have some food first, when Miss Tate is here, you can…”
“Leave,” Elyette said coldly, “Don’t bother me!”
At that hospital, after the call with Elyette, the bodyguard returned to the ward.
Adrian was suddenly vomiting violently. Averie was helping him, patting his back while passing him tissue.. The bodyguard furrowed his brows. Adrian looked miserable if no one were to care for him. However, if Averie was not there, the nurse would care for him too.
At that thought, the bodyguard went over to Averie. He reminded her, “Miss Tate, don’t you have a date with Mr. Foster tonight?”
“Hmm. How did you know?” Averie was a little frantic. She should go look for Elyette, but she could not leave Adrian in that state.
“You’re dressed up, so you must be going on a date, right?” The bodyguard said, “Why don’t you go. I’ll look after him. He’ll be fine.”
Averie hesitated for a while before saying, “Okay. Then I’ll leave now.”
Upon saying that, Adrian immediately held her arms tightly. “Averie, I feel terrible. Am I dying
Adrian felt as if he was vomiting his internal organs out. The pain made him feel terribly worried. He was not afraid of death. He only did not want Averie to leave. Averie made him feel comforted.
With her by his side. Even if he vomited to his death, he would be able to bear through it. If she left, he would feel as if he was leaving this world the very next second.
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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