Once she made that turn, he would not be able to see her.
“Averie Tate!”
Elyette’s blood boiled when he saw Averie continue walking away without turning back.
With reddened eyes, he charged toward the counter … The security guards immediately held him back.
“Averie! Turn around!” Elyette completely abandoned his pride in the bustling airport as he yelled, “Turn back! Look at me!”
Averie’s feet feltza heavy.
The short distance toward the corner in the hallway took every ounce of energy she had.
Once she was out of Elyette’s line of vision, she leaned back against the glass wall and sobbed.
“Make him leave, Mike!” Averie cried as she buried her face in her hands.
Mike frowned and said, “He won’t listen to me. You shouldn’t go to him the way you are right now, either. I’ll call Chad!”
After his call to Chad, Mike grabbed Averie’s hand and dragged her away.
When Chad arrived at the airport, he spotted Elyette amongst the crowd.
He was standing at the counter at Gate Four.
Averie’s flight had already taken off.
Elyette’s heart and soul had flown off along with her.
This was not the first time he was left behind.
Five years ago, Averie had left the same way. She did not waver no matter how much he begged her.
He did not expect the same thing to happen again five years later.
Although their separation this time did not mean the end of their relationship, he was hurt all the same.
He had run through several red lights to rush to the airport to see her, but she did not even turn back to look at him once.
How could she be this heartless?
Chad walked over to Elyette, then said softly, “It’s late, Sir. I’ll take you home/”
Upon hearing Chad’s voice, Elyette’s rigid body finally reacted.
His eyes were bottomless pits of darkness when he turned to Chad and asked, “Do you know why she left?”
Chad froze.
Mike had texted him earlier to tell him everything before he turned his phone off, but Chad did not have the courage to tell Elyette about it.
When Elyette saw the hesitation in Chad’s eyes, his heart immediately froze!
Even Chad knew the reason why Averie left, but she only refused to tell him.
The vein on Elyette’s forehead pulsed as he grabbed onto Chad’s collar and roared, “Don’t make me hit you!”
Chad could barely catch his breath from being choked.
“Wesley… Wesley is… In trouble…”
Elyette raised his brows, and the sharpness in his eyes slowly subsided.
He released his grip.
Chad rubbed his throat and lightly coughed a few times.
“Let’s get you home for now, Sir! There are no flights to Bridgedale left tonight. Besides… I’m sure Averie did not tell you about this because she did not want to get you involved.”
Elyette took a deep breath, then said through gritted teeth, “Why wouldn’t she want to involve me? Did something dangerous happen?”
“I’m not too sure on the details, but I’m sure it’s something serious if they both rushed off to Bridgedale like this,” Chad responded.
“She’s pregnant with my child… Now, she’s risking her life for another man… If she can throw her life away for that man, then what about my child’s life?! She refused to discuss this with me at all. She doesn’t feel an ounce of sympathy for me! What am I to her?!”
Elyette’s eyes filled with tears as he clenched his fists tightly.
Chad deeply understood Elyette’s feelings.
He was on Elyette’s side in the same way that Mike was on Averie’s side no matter what happened.
It was two in the morning when the black Rolls-Roice pulled up at the Foster mansion.
The living room lights were still on.
When Elyette got out of the car, Mrs. Cooper immediately emerged from the house.
“Did something happen over at Averie’s, Master Elyette? Hayden called Shea around 10 p.m. just now asking her to go over there.”
The moment Elyette heard Hayden’s name, his frigid heart began to ache once again.
Averie did not only abandon him, he also left behind her two children.
“It’s late, Master Elyette. You should get some rest!” Mrs. Cooper saw the darkness on Elyette’s face, and did not say more.
Elyette dragged his heavy body and walked into his bedroom like a zombie.
When his reddened eyes landed on the bed, the memory of Averie cruelly walking away from him entered his mind.
He could not help but suspect that they had not made up at all, and that everything that happened that day was his ownza imagination!
It was only in his dreams that he had ever seen Averie make the first move like that.
That’s why, he was sure that none of it was real!
However, the pain in heart was more real than any of the times he had woken up from his nightmares.
Time went on through the night, and dawn quickly showed its face.
A car pulled up in front of the Foster mansion at seven in the morning, and Shea emerged from it.
When Mrs. Cooper saw Shea return, she rushed up to her and asked, “What happened, Shea? Isn’t Averie home? Where did she go?”
“Averie went to Bridgedale,” Shea said. “Is Elyette home?”
This was the first time Mrs. Cooper heard Shea address Elyette by his name, so she was stunned.
“Yes, he is. He got home late last night, so he might still be sleeping.”
Shea made her way upstairs.
When she arrived on the second floor, the door to Elyette’s room suddenly opened.
Elyette did not get a wink of sleep.
At this moment, his eyes were bloodshot and a strong wave of tobacco seeped out of his room.
Fear rose inside of Shea as she looked at the haggard yet eerie man standing before her.
“Shea, how are Layla and Hayden?” Elyette said, breaking the silence.
His voice was hoarse from staying up all night.
“Oh…” Shea mustered up her courage and said, “Big Brother, let’s fly over to find Averie!”
“Did the kids tell you to say that?” Elyette’s eyes were cold, and his voice was even frostier.
Of course he had thought of going after Averie.
However, the desire to do so vanished every time he thought of how heartless she had behaved toward him.
He had abandoned his pride, but she refused to even give him one last look!
Shea knew she could not hide it from Elyette, so she walked over to his side and held his arm.
“Big Brother, I feel bad for Hayden and Layla… Layla fell asleep last night but woke up crying again… She wants to go find her mother… She only calmed down after I promised to take her.”
Layla’s adorable little face instantly popped into Elyette’s mind.
His frigid heart wavered.
“Where are they right now?” he croaked.
“They’re in the front yard.”
Elyette’s heart tightened in his chest. He turned back into his room and washed up.
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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