“What does your engagement have anything to do with me?!” Averie mocked. “Are you actually using that to negotiate with me? Do you think I still love you?!”
Her words pierced through Elyette’s heart.
He had a strong feeling that Averie definitely knew Eric Santos!
Otherwise, he would not come out of hiding just to stand up for Tate Industries!
However, Averie was not willing to help him.
If she was in trouble and went to him for help, he would give it his all without hesitation.
They may be divorced, but they still once had a relationship.
Why was she acting this heartless?
She was a cruel woman!
Elyette fought through his aching heart and dialed Zoe’s number on his phone.
The disappointment in Zoe’s heart saw a glimmer of hope when she saw Elyette’s name light up on her phone screen.
“Where are you, Elyette? I’m at the hotel with Aunt Rosalie and the others. We couldn’t reach you this morning. All the guests were already here, so we didn’t wait for you.”
“I can’t go through with the engagement, Zoe,” Elyette said in a calm, restrained voice. “I’m with Averie right now. I realized that I still love her.”
Averie sat frozen in the passenger seat in utter shock!
Was he insane?
He must have lost his mind!
Otherwise, how could he be doing this right now? How could he say those things?
He was making a fool out of everybody!
Zoe instantly burst into tears upon hearing Elyette’s words.
She did not expect this to be the result of her waiting an entire morning!
Averie Tate was a homewrecker!
She actually seduced Elyette away on the day of his engagement with her!
How was she supposed to explain everything to the guests now?
How would everyone look at her?
They would surely be laughing behind her back!
“What’s wrong, Zoe?” Rosalie asked frantically when she saw Zoe crying uncontrollably. At that moment, Henry walked over after answering a phone call.
“Elyette said to cancel the engagement. He’s not coming,” Henry said, then quickly held on to his mother.
Rosalie was dumbfounded.
“What’s wrong? Did something happen?” Henry shook his head and said, “I don’t know. He hung up the phone right away. Maybe something happened! I’ll get the driver to send you home for now. I’ll explain everything to the guests and send them home after lunch.”
The entire thing was an embarrassing mess!
However, nobody dared speak up about it.
All of the guests’ eyes fell on Zoe’s crying face.
She had never been through anything as humiliating as this in her entire life! She did not want to stay there for another moment. She picked up her gown and ran out of the banquet hall in tears.
She was not going to let Averie get away with this!
Over at the Starry River Kindergarten, Hayden was watching the engagement party venue when Zoe suddenly ran out!
This made his little brows furrow.
If Elyette Foster was not at the banquet hall by now, did it mean that he was not going?
Otherwise, why would Zoe Sanford leave?
Was the engagement called off?
Hayden’s chest tightened, and he steadied his breath.
He despised Elyette, but he could not change the fact that he was his biological father.
He said that he did not want a dirtbag for a father.
However, if his father was not a dirtbag, then how would he be able to refuse to acknowledge his biological father?
At noon, the luncheon proceeded as scheduled in the banquet hall.
The guests quickly finished their food, then hurried out of the venue.
Hayden did not have a chance to play the video he had prepared.
“Layla,” he said suddenly.
“What’s wrong, Hayden?”
“Dirtbag Dad isn’t getting engaged.”
“Huh? Why not?” Layla asked in confusion as she walked over to her brother.
“The dirtbag didn’t show up,” Hayden said bluntly.
“Is he trying to humiliate all womankind?” Layla asked sternly.
Hayden had no idea what had happened, so he did not have an answer to his sister’s question.
In the black Rolls-Roice, Elyette took Averie’s phone and charged it in his car.
Averie’s emotions had slowly simmered down.
He would not let her out of the car if she did not calm down his anger.
Elyette was adamant on finding proof that Averie knew Eric Santos.
She could only allow him to search for it.
Once Averie’s phone was charged, Elyette opened up her call history.
He glanced through it, then asked, “Why are there so many initials in your contacts?”
“They’re my classmates from abroad.”
Her answer made him frown.
If Averie was not lying, then Eric Santos’ name would not appear in her phone.
“I’m asking you for the last time, Averie. Do you know Eric Santos?” Elyette asked as he held onto her phone and stared at her with his hawk-like eyes.
“You can ask me a thousand times and I still wouldn’t know him,” Averie answered without batting an eyelid. “At least not anytime before today.”
Elyette returned Averie’s phone to her.
Averie took her phone back, then teased, “Aren’t you going to woo your Doctor Sanford? What if she decides not to treat your precious Shea 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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