“I would definitely help you if I could,” he said.
“I believe you, Wesley,” Shea said. She was so moved that she held onto his hands and said, “. You’re Averie’s good friend. You must be a good person.”
Wesley instinctively escaped her grasp as he felt the gesture was inappropriate between a
single man and woman.
However, as her innocent gaze reminded him that she was not like normal people, he got annoyed at himself for having such improper thoughts.
“Averie really hopes you get better soon, Shea,” Wesley said.
“Mrs. Scarlet told me that Averie refused to treat me.” Shea’s tone was sorrowful, but the soft smile on her face remained. “She said that Averie won’t help me because she’s mad at my big brother, but it looks like they might make up soon!”
Wesley watched her innocent smile as he said bitterly, “Averie can’t cure you right now, Shea. If she could, she would not refuse to help just because of her relationship with your brother.”
“I see. Does that mean there’s no cure for me?” Shea asked, then mumbled to herself, “I think things are pretty good as they are now.”
Wesley plucked a flower from the flower bed and handed it to her.
“This is a sunflower. It represents hope. I’m giving it to you, so there will definitely be hope for you in the future.”
Back in the kitchen, Elyette was wearing a pair of gloves as he followed the instructions in a cookbook and marinated some ribs.
Averie liked ribs, so he decided to make some sweet barbecue ribs.
Suddenly, Layla walked in and stood next to him.
“You’re behaving well all of a sudden, Elyette Foster. Do you have an ulterior motive?” she huffed as she lifted her head to look at him with a frown. “Do you want to take the baby in Mommy’s belly away? The baby is ours. I won’t give it to you!”
Elyette lowered his eyes to gaze at Layla’s adorable, puffed-up cheeks, then corrected her,” How could you call me by my full name like that? That’s not very polite.”
Layla let out a huff, then said, “It’s because you’re a bad man.”
“Did your mother say that?” EHiot asked with a calm face.
He was not upset. Layla was just a child. What did she know?
She only knew things that adults told her about.
“No way! Mommy wouldn’t say bad things behind someone’s back!” At this point, Layla was worried about snitching on her brother, so she cleverly changed the subject and asked, “What
are youe8 making?”
“Sweet barbecue ribs,” Elyette replied as he showed the marinated ribs to her. “It’s your mother’s favorite. What do you want to eat? I’ll make it for you.”
Layla answered without hesitation, “I want chocolate! I also want meat! Could you hide some chocolate in the meat for me? Whatever you do, don’t let Mommy find out!”
Elyette thought about it, then said, “I can do that for you, but can you tell me what your brother’s favorite dish is?”
Layla’s sparkling eyes rolled in their sockets as she said, “Hayden likes vegetables, but he definitely won’t eat it if you made it. You’re the person he hates the most!”
Elyette had a feeling that he had to slowly make up for his past mistake.
Once Layla left the kitchen, Chad sighed and said, “There’s no need for you to stoop this low, Sir.”
With Elyette washing Averie’s feet and cooking for her, Chad wondered if this was still the same boss he knew.
If washing her feet was considered an act of passion between lovers, then what about cooking a meal?
“Aren’t you doing the same by cooking for Mike?” Elyette teased in a deep voice.
“That’s different. I like cooking,” Chad said.
“I like cooking for Averie,” Elyette responded.
Chad was left speechless.
Elyette had won.
When lunch was served, Averie tried the sweet barbecue ribs that Elyette made for her. He had added too much sugar, so it was very sweet.
“It’s a little too sweet,” she said softly to Elyette, giving him her opinion. Elyette tested a piece himself, and found that it was, in fact, too sweet.
“I won’t add in as much sugar next time.”
Averie was stunned.
“Next time?” she thought. “There was going to be a ‘next time?”
She did not dare overthink things.
She saw Layla eating a lobster tail at the smaller table in the dining room, then called out,” Why are you eating there by yourself, Layla?”
“I added some chocolate in her lobster,” Elyette explained. “She’s afraid of you finding out.”
Averie frowned and said, “Did she ask you to add chocolate?”
“She did. There were three lobster tails, but I only added a little piece of chocolate.” Elyette then leaned in and said into her ear, “Cut me some slack. It’s rare for your daughter to be willing to eat my cooking.”
With those words, how could Averie not spare him his dignity?
After lunch, Elyette went into Averie’s room to rest.
He was at his limit after staying up all night.
Once Elyette went upstairs, Tammy suggested a game of poker. Mike and Ben immediately agreed. Wesley did not like playing cards, but was forced to join in.
Averie sat behind Tammy and watched them play.
“Averie, I heard Elyette really went all out just to see you this time!” Tammy said.
“What do you mean?” Averie had not registered what Tammy was talking about yet.
“Ben said Elyette made a huge donation to the Border Security Force just so he could see you.” Tammy sighed, then said, “He’s so generous with his money! This one meeting with you cost him millions!”
It was true that Elyette was something of a spendthrift. Otherwise, he would not have paid out as much as three hundred million dollars to Zoe Sanford.
Averie felt frustrated every time she thought about this.
She despised Zoe, but she allowed her to make three hundred million dollars from doing absolutely nothing!
If Elyette Foster was a foolish man, then Averie Tate was a foolish woman!
As Ben watched Averie’s cold expression and guessed her thoughts, he decided to smooth things over and said, “That’s where you’re wrong, Tammy. Money is nothing to Elyette. However, of all the years that I’ve known him, I’ve never once seen him cook for someone, let alone…”
Averie was in a bad mood, so she cut Ben off and said, “Get on with your game. I’m going to take a nap.”
Once Averie was out of the room, Tammy said embarrassedly, “Did I say something wrong?”
Ben answered earnestly, “It’s not like you didn’t know that Elyette gave Zoe Sanford three hundred million dollars. He could give that much money to Averie as well, but it would be of a different nature.”
“I would’ve already forgotten about Zoe Sanford if you didn’t mention her.” “She’s the reason they fought this time,” Ben said. “Don’t underestimate the destructive power of an ex-girlfriend.”
“That’s true! Besides, Averie’s pregnant now, so mood swings are common to begin with… However, I think allowing Elyette to come cook for her means she wants to accept him again!”
Tammy could not really understand what Averie was thinking.
“They’re the only ones who would know if they will get back together,” Ben said nonchalantly. “As their friends, all we have to do is sit back quietly and watch!”
Upstairs, Averie pushed open the door to the master bedroom.
Her eyes followed the ray of sunlight shining in from the window until they landed on the bed.
Elyette was already fast asleep.
He was completely unaffected by all the noise downstairs, so he was probably exhausted.
Averie entered the room, then softly shut the door behind her.
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