“How about I go and talk to him?” He cut Averie off mid sentence. “If I don’t settle the grudge between us, we’ll have more problems when I move in.”
Averie raised her brows and looked directly into Elyette’s burning eyes.
“Do you think you can settle the conflict between you two? Being confident is a good thing, but you’re obviously blindly confident in yourself.”
“What do you think I should do?” Elyette’s mood turned cold after being insulted. “He won’t accept any of my good will and avoids me every time he sees me. I’m out of ideas.”
This matter was tricky. He did not blame Hayden. This was all because of his own doing.
“All you have to do moving forward is not make any mistakes.” Averie could not think of any good ideas, either.
“Hayden takes a while to warm up to people. You need to be more patient.”
“Okay.” Elyette took a mental note of her words. “You haven’t taken an afternoon nap today. Do you want to go lie down now?”
“It’s a little late now. I’ll definitely not be able to sleep tonight if I take a nap now,” Averie said, then yawned.
“Whatever. I think I’ll go lie down for a bit anyway. Didn’t you say you were busy? Go ahead and work.”
“I’ll leave once you’re asleep.”
Elyette helped Averie up the stairs.
He left about half an hour later.
Once Elyette was gone, Hayden walked out of his room.
He already found the darknet website that Nora visited before.
He used a fake identity to register as a member, then got to know one of the other members.
Through chatting with this member, he basically came to the conclusion that Nora was not a person, but a product.
This was because the function of this website was to provide its users with the type of person they wanted
Users could customize the person’s figure, looks and voice.
It sounded unbelievable.
Hayden would not believe it if he had not seen it with his own eyes,
That night, Averie went to have a heart-to-heart with Hayden.
Hayden spoke up first and said, “I’m going back to school next week, Mommy.”
Averie had prepared a long script in her mind, but her son brought the subject to a close before she could say any of it.
“Did you get enough rest?” Averie blinked.
“Yes, I did.”
Hayden handed over the information he found to Mike and left the rest of the investigation to him.
They wanted to catch Chelsea Tierney through the darknet website.
Nora was merely a pawn.
The one who was controlling her was definitely Chelsea.
They needed evidence to bring down Chelsea.
“Sweetie, when Elyette Foster came over today, he said you hid in your room when you saw him, “Averie said worriedly. “This is your home. You don’t need to hide from him.”
“I wasn’t hiding,” Hayden said as his brows furrowed. “I just don’t want to see him.”
“He’s planning on moving in to help with your little brother once he’s born.” Averie was in a dilemma and let out a sigh. “Would that make things hard on you?”
Hayden’s brows furrowed even more tightly as he said, “I’ll just ignore him, then!”
“Thanks, sweetie.” Averie patted her son’s shoulder with a pained expression on her face. “I don’t want him to move in either, but he thinks your little brother will need his care. The baby doesn’t belong to just me, so I couldn’t refuse him.”
Hayden took a deep breath, then promised, “Don’t worry, Mommy. I won’t acknowledge him! Layla also won’t! I won’t let our little brother acknowledge him either!”
Averie was stunned.
What was the initial reason for having a heart-to-heart with Hayden again?
It was to mitigate the relationship between father and son, and not to deepen the conflict between them!
It seemed like Hayden misunderstood her meaning.
It was fine. They can settle in once Elyette moves in!
Two weeks later, Nora’s bandages were removed from her face. She was being discharged from the hospital today.
Chelsea helped her over to the bathroom.
Nora felt like her legs turned heavy. She did not dare look in the mirror,
However, Chelsea forced her to face her ruined face.
The moment Nora stood in front of the mirror and saw the hideous scars and twisted nose bridge on her face, she could not hold back her shrill cry of shock.
“Monster! Monster!”
She buried her face in her hands, but Chelsea did not let her cover her face.
“Averie Tate was the one who made your face this terrifying.” Chelsea gritted her teeth and shoved Nora’s face closer to the mirror. “Look at how hideous you look right now. Nobody will ever love you again! There’s no longer any meaning to your life other than getting revenge on
Averie Tate!”
Through reddened eyes, Nora mumbled softly, “Revenge…”
“That’s right. Revenge.” Chelsea said in her ear, “I’ll give you one last chance. If you succeed, I’ll pay for you to get a new face. If you fail…”
“I’ll definitely succeed! I won’t keep this ugly face for the rest of my life!” Nora clenched her fists and cried, “I want a new face!”
Over at the Starry River Villa, Averie was looking through the calendar and discovered that she was exactly thirty weeks pregnant.
The baby would come to full term in another month.
Full term meant that the baby had reached a point in its development where it could be born at any time.
Mike had asked Averie the night before if she wanted to throw a baby shower.
She was feeling a little excited, so she sent a text message to Elyette to ask for his opinion.
In the end, she mistakenly sent the text to Tammy.
Tammy immediately called her after receiving the text.
“Averie! Great minds really do think alike! I was just about to text you! I just got a positive pregnancy test! I might be pregnant!”
“Congratulations, Tammy!” Averie exclaimed happily.
“I’m so nervous right now! I haven’t thought about how to tell Jun about this!” Tammy cried out in excitement.
“You’re thinking about throwing a party, right? Maybe I’ll wait until the party to tell him! I’m coming over to see you right now!”
Averie waited the entire afternoon for Tammy to arrive, but she never did.
When she dialed Tammy’s number, she received nothing but the cold sound of a prompt telling her that the phone was turned off.
“Why’s her phone off?” Averie mumbled softly to herself, then walked out of the house.
“Are you going out, Averie?” When the nanny saw her on the move, she quickly followed behind her.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
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