Chapter 269 – Love Entangled with Her Unconscious Husband Novel Free (Volume II)

When he woke at noon, he stared at it hanging from the ceiling, his spirits sinking further.

Perhaps there was a psychological problem and an element of illness.

Without the bond of a child, he might have allowed himself to be sick.

Evening

Mrs. Cooper picked up a call and did not know what the other party said. Mrs. Cooper immediately took out her phone and handed it to Averie. “It‘s Mrs. Scarlet. She‘s looking for you.”

After Shea‘s accident, Mrs. Scarlet started to take care of Elyette‘s daily life.

Averie took the phone from Mrs. Cooper and walked toward her room.

“Averie, Sir asked a psychiatrist to come to the house today,” Mrs. Scarlet said in a choked voice. “He thinks there‘s something wrong with his mind. But I don‘t think a psychiatrist can open his heart. He might as well look for you.”

Averie’s heart sank. She understood what Mrs. Scarlet meant.

However, she might not be able to help Elyette recover from his grief.

She had no confidence in herself.

“Averie, since Sir is unwilling to visit Robert, why don‘t… why don‘t you bring Robert over for him to take a look?” Mrs. Scarlet hesitated for a moment before saying.

Averie‘s fingers tightened around the phone.

Forty minutes later Averie carried the child to the Foster family.

In truth, Averie felt uneasy. Her senses told her that so long as Elyette‘s issue wasn’t resolved, bringing the child over to pressure him would only make things worse.

She regretted it as soon as she stepped foot into the living room of Elyette‘s mansion, but Mrs. Scarlet was extremely pleased to see Robert.

Mrs. Scarlet accepted Robert from Averie’s arms and played with him for a while, before passing him back to Averie.

“Averie, Mr. Foster is upstairs. He‘s only had some soup tonight. That can‘t possibly be enough, but he won‘t even take another bite of food. I‘m not sure if he‘s resting or in the study room right now,” Mrs. Scarlet said as she led the way, “watch your steps while you are carrying the child.”

“Mrs. Scarlet, maybe it‘s best that I don‘t disturb him,” Averie said hesitantly, “i‘m worried that it would only increase his burden if he sees Robert.”

Mrs. Scarlet was slightly stunned at her words, but then proceeded to say, “but what if he finds relief in seeing Robert? He is Robert‘s father and he is going to have to face his own child one day. Is he supposed to just stay away from his son if he never manages to recover from the psychological trauma?”

The reason Mrs. Scarlet had asked Averie to bring Robert to visit Elyette was because she felt sorry for Elyette for being left alone.

Elyette‘s mother had passed away, Shea was gone and he had broken ties with his eldest brother as well; he no longer had a family.

Anyone would have had to suffer the same as Elyette would have been traumatized as well, so Mrs. Scarlet wanted Averie and Robert to remind Elyette what it was like to have a family.

“Give it a try, Averie! If he acts out, you can just leave with the child,” Mrs. Scarlet said.

Averie nodded and thought to herself, ‘I‘m already here anyway, I might as well give it a try. What if it actually works?‘

Once they were on the second floor, Mrs. Scarlet went to take a look in Elyette‘s bedroom.

The door to his bedroom was left open with no one to be found inside.

“He should be in the study room,” Mrs. Scarlet said to Averie, “go ahead and knock on the door directly. I won‘t follow you inside.”

Apart from a bed, there wasn‘t much in Elyette‘s bedroom. Mrs. Scarlet would clean the room every day and hence, had so reservation in entering the bedroom; on the other hand, Elyette had a lot of belongings in his study room. The servants would normally stay away from the study room unless Elyette asked for it to be cleaned.

Averie stepped towards the study room with Robert in his arms. When she reached the door, she took a deep breath and knocked on the door, before listening carefully to the sound coming from inside.

Shortly after, the door was opened.

Averie froze at the sight of the towering figure that appeared before her. Robert, who had been asleep in her arms, seemed to have sensed something and opened his eyes.

As soon as the child opened his eyes, Elyette‘s attention was drawn to his bright, shining eyes.

It was the first time the father and son met one another‘s eyes.

Elyette‘s heart was instantly overwhelmed by emotions at how much Robert resembled him. He couldn‘t tell if he resented or loved, or felt nothing for the child, but he had yet to find a way to accept Robert‘s existence.

“Elyette…” Averie called out to him when she saw the dazed expression on his face.

Elyette snapped out of it and looked away from Robert. “Take him away.”

His voice was hoarse and his tone was mild; for a moment, Averie couldn‘t tell what he was truly feeling from the words alone.

Elyette did not want to see their child, but did not seem to resent Robert as well.

Averie felt slightly disappointed. Robert was not at fault, so why did he have to treat their child with indifference?

Averie turned around with Robert in her arms and was about to leave, when she heard Elyette coughing

She immediately stopped on her track.

Elyette didn‘t cough all that often and would only do so when he was ill.

She strode to the stairs where Mrs. Scarlet was waiting and handed Robert to her, before turning around to head back into the study room. She strolled towards him and studied his flushed cheeks resulting from the constant coughing.

There was a strong emotion in the air that no one could label, but it felt like something would explode at the softest touch.

“Are you sick?” Averie asked and reached up to touch his forehead to test his temperature.

Elyette took a few steps back. “It‘s just a cold. I don‘t have a fever.”

Averie closed in on him and asked, “did you ask me to take Robert away because you are sick and don‘t want him to catch it, not because you don‘t want to see him?”

He stared at her with dark, brooding eyes and answered honestly, “both. Who asked you here?

“No one asked me here. I‘m just here because I want to,” she said wilfully, before circling around his desk and turning off his laptop. She then took him by the arm and dragged him out of the study room.“A cold might not be that big of a deal, but your recovery will be really slow if you don‘t rest. I know that maybe you just want to keep being sick so that you won‘t have to have Robert, but running doesn‘t solve any problem.”

“And you are here to solve the problem,” he summarized and guessed at the same time, “you want me to welcome the child with joy like everyone else and raise him together with you, is that right?”

“I did think of that before, but I know it‘s too hard for you. I don‘t want to put you on the spot, so I will raise my own child, but you don‘t have to act like you can‘t even look at him, like he is a murderer!” Averie instantly lost control of her emotions.

She let go of his arm, her chest heaving rapidly. “If Shea was still alive, she definitely wouldn‘t want your relationship with Robert to be so weird because of her!”

Provoked by the mention of Shea‘s name, Elyette‘s expression darkened and he started walking back to his bedroom.

Averie followed closely behind. “You have a mild fever, Elyette, your temperature can go up at

Knight if you don‘t take medicine now.”

“I already took pills.”

“What kind of pills? Show me.” She followed him into his room.

Elyette paused and tensed his back; he was breathing heavily as though he was trying to contain himself.

Ignoring his anger, Averie strode towards the nightstand and picked up the box of medicine on it. It was a type of normal cold medicine; four pills were missing from the box, which Averie assumed had been consumed by him.

Out of habit, she glanced at the manufacture date and expiration date. After that, she tossed the box into the trash can.

“Elyette Foster, are you too old to think straight?”

She couldn‘t believe that an adult would take medicine without checking the expiration date. It was sheer luck that all he took was normal cold medicine, but why if it was something else?

“Where did you even find expired cold medicine?” Her heart sank as she couldn‘t decide whether he did it by accident or on purpose.

“I don‘t get sick that often.” He swallowed hard as though he could read her thoughts and said, “I didn‘t take the expired pills on purpose.”

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