‘You have to be joking, Miss. Tate. If it’s indeed true, why hasn’t he sued you?’
‘Because Mr. Foster is far too rich and 1400 million means nothing to him. If anyone of you want to become rich overnight, all you need to do is lie to him. He’s easily fooled.’
Elyette’s expression immediately darkened. Had he not seen her face and heard her voice from the video, he would never believe it to be true.
The door was pushed open and Ben walked in laughing.
“Elyette, have you seen the video? Hahaha! Did you piss herza off?”
Elyette set his phone down and took a sip of water out of the glass.
“She seems to be doing fine.” Ben walked towards him and said, “you two haven’t met since she came back, have you?”
Indeed, they hadn’t met in person, but they had already gotten into an argument.
“Do you want to see her?” Ben asked, “I can figure something out if you do…”
“I don’t want to.” Elyette put the glass down. “If we meet, it’s either she pisses me off, or I piss her off. She is pregnant right now, and I don’t want to get her angry.”
Neither did he want to get angry, so it was best for them to not meet.
“Can’t you two communicate properly?” Ben sighed. “Do it for the baby, at least! You can’t let the kid come into this world without a father, can you?”
“She doesn’t want me to be the father of her children.”
“Then be more forceful! You can’t let her get whatever she wants.”
Elyette gave Ben a look. “She won’t accept me even when I’m not being forceful; she is going to resent me if I try to be more forceful.”
“…But you can’t just let her be. Her belly will begin to show in a month or two and people will start to guess who the father is.”
“Let’s wait until then. My head is hurting.”
“Hahaha! She is a piece of work, but because she is different from other women that you can’t give up on her.”
Outside the office, Chelsea’s expression darkened as she listened to their conversation.
Elyette had admitted that he couldn’t give up on Averie and that he was going to take the responsibility to care for Averie and the baby once her belly showed.
‘Haha!’ She thought, ‘what if Averie’s belly never gets to show?’
Chelsea didn’t dare to directly harm Averie in any way, but there were indirect ways to cause a miscarriage. After all, if the mother was extremely emotional, the embryo would suffer greatly as well.
After attending the summit, Averie stepped out of the hotel with her bodyguard. Suddenly, her phone started to ring and she took it out to answer the call.
The caller said something and she smiled, before hanging up.
Confused, the bodyguard asked, “Who called, Miss. Tate? Why didn’t you say anything?”
Averie put her phone back into her purse and said, “you will find out later.”
Once they were in the car, Averie gave the bodyguard a name of a restaurant.
The bodyguard drove and guessed, “did Elyette Foster ask you out, Miss. Tate?”
The smile on Averie’s face froze at the mention of Elyette’s name. “Why would you mention his name? Do you think I’d be this happy if he is the one asking out?” The bodyguard quieted down.
A while later, the car stopped outside a restaurant.
Averie went inside and walked directly into the VIP room.
“Eric, is this your day off?”
Eric had booked a private room in a restaurant near Averie’s company and invited her to meal.
“Yeah, I am free this morning.” Eric pulled the chair for her. “Thank gods you came back safely. I was so worried.”
Averie sat down and before she could respond, her attention was caught by the card resting on the table. “What’s this? Is this your bankee card?”
Eric sat down next to her. “Yeah. Take it and pay Elyette back.”
Without a moment of hesitation, Averie pushed the card back to him and said, “I don’t want it, Eric. I might owe him money, but he is not forcing me to pay him back. I pay him back when I want to and I can just stop whenever I feel likeof it.”
Eric pushed the card to her stubbornly and said, “now that you have broken up with him, it’s best to pay him back as soon as possible! Averie, you saved my life and I can give you every penny that I earn.”
His eyes glammed and every word he spoke was incredibly sincere. “I didn’t resurface as an idol because I love my job, but because I want to be someone useful so that I can help you in times of need.”
Tears welled in Averie’s eyes at his words.
“Eric, I really can’t accept your card. I am so happy that you are treating me a meal, but I can pay the money I owe Elyette back on my own. Have faith in me, okay?” Sensing that the atmosphere was slightly heavy, she forced a smile and said, “you look even more handsome after a while!”
“Don’t change the subject.” Eric shoved the card into her hands. “Just hold onto this for me and give it back when I get married.”
Averie didn’t know how to reject such a request.
“The password is your birthday,” he added.
“Why are you telling me the password?”
“I have poor memory. Just memorize it for me.”
Three days later, the foundation had been established, so Chelsea proceeded to send the bank account details of the foundation to Averie.
Averie immediately transferred 300 million upon receiving the details.
Chelsea was stunned for minutes when she saw the massive transaction, thinking, ‘why does Averie have so much money? She paid 155 million before and now 300 million… Does her business profit that much?!’
Chelsea immediately told Elyette about it.
Elyette scowled.
‘Where did she get this much money from?! Who did she borrow it from? Who has the money to help her? Can it be Eric Santos?!’ He thought.
Instantly, he was enraged.
Averie set her phone down after completing the transaction and starting working. After twenty minutes, she noticed that the screen on her phone lit up from the corner of her eyes. She picked it up and noticed a new message.
It was from the hospital she went to in Bridgedale and the result of the screening test had been released.
Her heart sank as she opened the message.
‘Down Syndrome: Low Risk; 18-trisomy syndrome: Low Risk; Deformity in Nervous System: High Risk
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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