“Okay,” The police said, “The complete evidence is at the station. Please follow me back!”
“Okay.” Richard, of course, believed his daughter, but if the police said that Averie did not do it, he had to see the evidence for himself.
At Starry River Villa, after running about the entire morning, Averie finally returned home.
She had a fever the night before. Although the fever had subsided, she was still feeling weak. She was listless.
In the afternoon, after returning home, she immediately went back to her room and lay down in bed.
Mike pushed her door open. He saw that her eyes were open. He said, “I’ve made some porridge. Do you want to have some? Wesley said that you have not had anything since morning. Don’t starve yourself.”
Averie responded and asked hoarsely, “Has Wesley left?”
“He left after sending you home. He asked him to take care of you today.” Mike brought the bowl of porridge over to the side of the bed and sat down. “Averie, when I returned home last night, I saw our door wide open. You were just lying on the sofa like that…”
Averie covered her mouth and coughed.
“This morning you went to provide evidence to prove your innocence. Did someone come last night to talk to you about Zoe’s incident?” Mike placed the bowl down. He patted her back
Averie pushed his hands away. “I’m not choking. It’s the sickness that makes my throat uncomfortable.”
“Oh, then have some food.” He passed the bowl to her. “Wesley said that if you’re feeling unwell, you can have some medication. It wouldn’t affect the child much.”
“Hmm.” Averie had some porridge. She replied to Mike’s previous question, “Before I fell asleep on the sofa last night, I wanted to go close the door, but I was too tired. I couldn’t get up.”
“Last night’s rain was pouring, why did you open the door?” Mike has actually already guessed it, he just did not want to put it explicitly.
If Averie still did not want to talk about it, he would not ask her anymore.
“Zoe said that when her eyes were gouged, she heard my voice.” Averie’s expressions were cold, her tone even colder. “What a poor lie, yet someone believed her.”
Mike said, “Thank goodness Wesley could be your witness. But what did you do at Wesley’s yesterday?”
“I was doing some work,” Averie brushed it off and said, “But if I said that to others, they would never believe me.”
“What is there to not believe about you? That you are in a relationship with Wesley? If that was the case, you two would have long been together,” Mike teased, “But seriously, I really like men like Wesley. It’s only those men like him usually would only be liked by terrible women.”
Averie retorted, “Wesley will not be together with bad women.”
“I’m not saying that he would be together with them. I’m saying that those women would likecd him.”
“Don’t say that! Good women would like Wesley too!”
“Okay, okay! I’m wrong! Wesley would surely be able to find a very good woman,” Mike said. Averie let himge go.
After finishing the porridge, Mike accepted the empty bowl from Averie.
“If Elyette knew that you were at Wesley’s house for the entire day, he would surely not believe you as I do,” Mike said, “Now that you’ve handed in the evidence, I’m afraid he might know about this!”
“He knew about this since yesterday.” Averie lowered her gaze. “Not only did he suspect me of harming Zoe, but he also doubts my relationship with Wesley.”
“Can’t you just explain it to him? I don’t understand. You’re not in the wrong. What is there to argue about?” Mike sighed.
“I’ve already handed in the evidence. Unless I tell him specifically what I was doing in ey’s house yesterday, only he will believe me, but I can’t tell him. It has to do with the patient’s confidentiality. Even if I told him, he would get angry at me. He has warned me not to take on any private engagements.”
Mike was stunned. “Since when did you take on private engagements again? Averie, you’re so pregnant. Why would you dare to do it?”
“See, even you have this reaction, let alone him.”
Mike said, “No, even if I have a huge reaction, I can’t do anything about it!”
“He can’t do anything about it either, but he will get angry with me,” Averie’s head started to hurt. “Please leave, I’ll nap for a while.”
“Oh. Let me measure your body temperature.” Mike placed his hand on her forehead to test.
Thankfully, her body temperature was normal.
Averie, Hayden will have a break the day after tomorrow. If you’re not feeling well, rest at home. I’ll go to Bridgedale tomorrow to take care of him,” Mike stood by the side of the bed, telling Averie.
“I’ll go there myself.” Averie did not forget about this matter. “My body is fine.”
“Then, I’ll go with you.” Mike’s tone was firm. Even if she refused, it was pointless.
After coming out of the Starry River Villa, Wesley was rather distracted, so he stopped the car by the side of the road.
He took his phone, found Shea’s contact, and dialed her.
A moment later, the call was connected, but it was not Shea’s voice.
“Shea doesn’t need you to teach her in the future.” Elyette’s cold voice came over. “Don’t look for her again.”
“Why?” Wesley furrowed his brows. “Pass the phone to Shea. Unless Shea tells me this herself, if not, I won’t accept it.”
“You won’t accept it?” Elyette thought he had heard a joke. He swallowed his saliva and said sternly, “I also won’t accept that you and Averie are keeping things from me!”
“So, it’s because of this.” Wesley’s tone softened. He pondered for a few seconds before saying, “Elyette, if I tell you this, can you stop torturing Averie? She had a fever last night and she kept muttering your name…”
“I’m torturing her?” Elyette murmured. He suddenly raised his voice. He said coldly, “Wesley, don’t you think you’re shameless?”
“I’m shameless. All of it is my fault, but please don’t use your narrow thinking to view Averie.” Wesley’s tone was calm, but he was honest. “Averie came to look for me yesterday. One is to look for the notes Professor Hough left behind when he was still alive. Two, to show me her treatment proposal so I can give her my suggestions. Although my medical skills are not as great as hers, theory-wise, I can still make do.”
Elyette’s breathing turned heavy.
“Averie took on a surgery,” Wesley continued, “If you think that she’s doing this just for the money, you’re too shallow. If you love her, can you learn how to respect46 her!”
Wesley rarely raised his voice at others. He was well-mannered and knew how to control himself. However, at Elyette, he could no longer remain calm.
After a short moment of silence, Elyette retorted, “Your so-called respect is just giving in without any limits! If I didn’t love a woman, I could do that to her too! I could just not care about her!”
Wesley said, “You grab a handful of sand. The tighter you grab it, the faster it flows out of your hand. You can never tie Averie. She does not belong to you alone.”
Elyette suddenly yelled in rage, “She iscd mine!”
“I do not want to fight with you on this!” Wesley could not defeat him, so he changed the subject. “You have no right to stop Shea from interacting with whoever. She is no longer the idiot that you could control. Please respect her and pass her phone back to her!”
Elyette hungge up
Wesley placed his phone down and held the driving wheel tightly. He tried to collect his thoughts
Elyette had a stubborn personality. He had a strong desire for control, whether it was Averie or Shea, it was the same case
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
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