“Sir, I watched the video again. I zoomed into the woman’s belly button and printed it out!” Chad pulled out a photo and handed it to Elyette. “You must know what Averie’s belly button looks like, right? Take a look and compare them.”
When they first watched the video, they only focused on the woman’s looks, voice and pregnant belly. None of them noticed the shape of her belly button.
They overlooked this point. Everyone’s belly button was shaped differently.
Whoever was impersonating Averie may be able to copy her looks, voice and appearance, but since Averie had never exposed her body in public, that person had no way of copying her belly button.
Chad especially admired Layla.
A child was able to observe certain things that adults would easily overlook.
Elyette glanced at the photo Chad handed to him, then put it down.
“What do you think, Sir?” Chad thought that Elyette had figured it out.
However, Elyette’s brows furrowed as he asked, “Why do you think I would remember what her belly button looks like?”
He might have slept with Averie, but who would go out of their way to notice someone’s belly button?
“Are you telling me you remember what Mike’s belly button looks like?” he asked as he stared at Chad.
Chad let out an embarrassed cough, then said, “I remember, because his belly button is pretty sexy…”
Elyette was speechless.
The atmosphere in the room instantly turned a little delicate.
“She has a C-section scar on her abdomen,” Elyette said after a moment of silence. “My attention is always drawn to that scar, so I never noticed her belly button.”
Chad nodded in understanding, then said, “It’s too bad that the woman in the video had the area below her belly button covered in cash… Sir, if you go see Averie right now and take a look for yourself, then wouldn’t you have your answer?”
Elyette clenched his fists as a chill washed over his eyes.
“Do you think she’d let me see it? Do you have too much faith in me, or do you not know her that well?”
Chad’s lips pursed into a thin line.
He knew that Elyette and Averie had a fight over the video, but now that they have a clue, Averie could use this to prove her innocence. Why wouldn’t they want to quickly solve this mystery?
“I don’t need to verify it,” Elyette said in a low, hoarse voice moments later. “I believe Layla.”
If Layla said that the woman in the video was not her mother, then it was not her mother.
Layla would not lie.
Over at the Starry River Villa, Averie was watching the live stream the entire time.
When Eric mentioned her, she felt slightly dizzy.
If the matter with the video had not happened, she would not mind people finding out that she was Layla’s mother.
She was not mentally prepared to let the children know about this right now.
However, Eric had brought up the matter during the live stream without discussing it with her. Not only that, he even showed Layla that kind of video!
Averie was so furious that her blood pressure was rising. She turned off the live stream on her phone, then dialed
Eric’s number.
The moment Eric saw that Averie was calling, he immediately moved out of the camera shot.
Averie took a deep breath, then could not hold back and snapped loudly, “Eric Santos! What are you doing?!”
Eric glanced over at Layla, then whispered softly, “I’m sorry I didn’t talk about this with you first…”
“That’s not it. Why did you show Layla that kind of video? She’s still a child! You’ve been getting more and more insolent these days! You’ve been using the fact that Layla likes you to do things before any type of discussion!”
Averie complained.
She was right.
Eric was relying on Layla’s fondness of him, so he stopped discussing everything with Averie beforehand.
This was because the result of any discussion with her would likely end up limiting his opinions.
He wanted to help her. If he discussed it with her, she would definitely refuse his help.
Since that was the case, Eric could only take action first, then let Averie find out about it.
“Don’t take Layla for an ignorant child,” Eric argued. “Even if she didn’t know about this now, she will find out about it later. Didn’t you notice that her mental capacity is way beyond your expectations?”
“She will forever be a child that needs to be protected in my eyes.” Averie refused to accept his reasoning
“I’m sorry,” Eric apologized once again. “Averie, I just wanted to do my best. With Layla’s current popularity, someone would definitely dig up her family background. Instead of letting her find out about this from an outsider in the future, isn’t it better to make things clear now?”
Averie felt like there was a lump in her throat and could not say a word.
“The live stream is almost over. Let’s talk when I send Layla home later,” Eric said, then hung up the phone.
Averie held onto her phone and sat on the couch.
Layla’s words during the live stream echoed in her mind.
Ever since Averie’s belly grew, Layla liked lying on it to listen to what was going on inside. She also liked talking to her little brother who was inside of Averie. So, Layla would know very well what Averie’s belly button looked like.
She never noticed it before herself.
Naturally, she did not pay attention to the belly button of the woman in the video either.
Averie rushed up the stairs with her phone and returned to her room.
Two hours later, Eric arrived at the villa with Layla.
Mike and Tammy were also there.
“Why didn’t you go to work, Uncle Mike?” asked Layla. Then she flashed a sweet smile at Tammy and said, “Aunt
Tammy, are you here to see Mommy?”
“I am!” Tammy said. “I watched your live stream earlier, so I came to see your Mommy’s belly button! She’s still sleeping, though.”
“Oh, I’m tired, too! I feel like sleeping,” Layla said as she yawned.
Eric immediately carried her upstairs.
At that moment, Averie appeared at the bottom of the stairs.
Mike and Tammy approached her together and helped her over to the couch.
“Is what Layla said true, Averie? Surely you’ve made a comparison with the woman in the video?” Tammy peeled a banana and handed it over to Averie.
Averie took a bite of the banana, then turned to Mike and said, “Don’t tell me you came back because of this, too?”
Mike’s pale blue eyes blinked.
“That’s right! This is way too interesting! It’s more important than work, so I came home to take a look.”
“Leave,” Averie said mercilessly. “I definitely won’t show it to you.”
Tammy pushed Mike toward the front door and said, “This should tell you who Averie’s true best friend is, right?”
Mike was disgruntled as he said, “You’re breaking my heart, Averie!”
“I’m not an exhibitionist,” Averie said.
Once Mike left, Tammy returned to the living room.
“I compared it, and it was indeed different. My daughter’s observational skills sure are meticulous,” Averie said, answering Tammy’s earlier question.
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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