“As long as they’re a place to stay, I’m fine. It’s okay if it’s small.” A hint of disappointment flashed across his eyes, but he quickly collected his emotions.
“I’ll bring you to go have a look.” Averie headed for the door.
Elyette carried his suitcase and followed Averie to the small room. This room was indeed a little small. Other than the bed and a nightstand, there was no space for other furniture. Even the bathroom was small enough only for one person.
This was the mansion’s default design for the nanny’s room. However, Averie did not want to feel like she was mistreating the nanny, so she got the nanny to stay in the guest room.
At that moment, she could not just get the nanny to move to the nanny’s room just because she had a guest.
If it was only meant for staying one night, like Tammy being drunk for one night and leaving the next day, it would be fine.
However, Elyette was not only staying for one night. He was there for a few days, so Averie was a little embarrassed to bring him to the small room right from the beginning.
“I’ll stay here.” He placed his suitcase in the room. “As long as there’s a place to rest.”
Averie nodded. “Then, I’ll go get you some toiletries.”
“Okay.”
Although he brought a suitcase, it could only fit a few sets of clothes. One was because he left in a rush, he did not have the time to pack more thoroughly. The other reason was that he rarely did such tedious matters.
A moment later, Averie arrived with a full set of toiletries.
Elyette’s suitcase was already open. Averie could not help but sneak a peek at it.
“Did you not bring pajamas? She noticed that his suitcase was filled with formal wear.
“I forgot to bring them.” Elyette took his clothes out from his suitcase, planning to hang them on the rack
“Oh. Mike should have an extra one. I’ll go get it.” Averie said and left.
A moment later, she returned with a clean set of pajamas.
“Go rest after your shower. The children get up early. It would be noisier at home during the day,” Averie reminded him.
Elyette nodded. “You go to bed too!”
Before she left, she glanced at the room once more. She finally understood Mike’s worries during the day.
Elyette was such a towering figure. He looked out of place standing in such a small room. It felt as if he would knock into the wall if he was not careful.
“Thinking back about his mansion back in Aryadelle, his living area alone was larger than an entire commercial flat. Since when has he stooped to such a low level?
However, he would not stay in her bedroom. He insisted on staying in the nanny’s room! She could not possibly have forced him to stay in her room, right!
Returning back to her room, Averie lay in bed but could not sleep.
She found it unreal. Elyette came just when he said he would. Before seeing him, she always felt that they wo’ld surely get into a huge fight every time they met.
Although they did not have any obvious conflicts at the moment, in the past, they could take any single matter and fight for three days non-stop!
However, after seeing Elyette, Averie calmed down. He was not there to fight with her. Perhaps the children were there, so they were not like before, losing their temper at any moment.
In the nanny’s room, Elyette finished his shower and walked to the bed to sit.
He picked up his phone and saw a message from Chad. It was a message regarding the hotel.
(Mr. Foster, I’ve booked you into a hotel closest to Averie’s house. The hotel provides transportation too. It takes less than 10 minutes to and fro. It won’t take up much of your time with the kids.]
Chad could not accept that Elyette would be treated this way!
It was fine if Averie did not love him, but could she not torture him?
Elyette replied, (I’m staying at her place. Cancel the booking.)
(Didn’t she put you in the nanny’s room? Why doesn’t she let the nanny stay there? It must be small, right? How could you possibly stay there?]
Chad’s reaction made Elyette feel as if he was being arranged by Averie to stay in a dog cage.
Although the nanny’s room was a little small, the bed was at least one and a half meters. To Elyette, as long as he could sleep, that would be enough.
He was there to see Averie and the children, not on a holiday.
Elyette did not want to explain much. He merely replied, (I’m going to bed.]
Then, he put his phone down. What was strange was that he had already slept on the plane, but when he lay down in bed, he soon fell asleep.
He even forgot to take his medication.
Usually, when he was home, if he did not take his medication, he would surely lose sleep.
Did that mean that Averie was much more effective than medication?
The next morning, after Averie got up, she immediately went to look for Layla to ask her to be quiet. Elyette had sat a more than ten-hour flight over. On top of that, he needed to adjust to the time difference. Averie wanted to let him sleep in longer.
Just when she was combing Layla’s hair, Mrs. Cooper hurriedly rushed in.
“Averie, Mr. Foster knocked his head on the wall! He has a huge bump on his head! Go help him deal with it, please!”
Mrs. Cooper blamed herself very much.
She initially brought Robert to Elyette’s room to show him. When she knocked on the door, Elyette knocked himself against the wall because he was too anxious to open the door.
At that time, he was washing up in the toilet. He knocked on the wall when he came out of the washroom. Mrs, Cooper heard a loud sound from outside the door!
Averie never thought that the thing she worried about the night before would happen so fast.
She immediately went to take her medical suitcase and rushed over to Elyette’s room.
Elyette was sitting by the bed, clutching his head with one hand. His face seemed peaceful enough.
When his eyes met with Averie, he avoided her a little, because he felt a little embarrassed. Not only did she have to care for the children, but now she had to care for him too.
“Let me have a look.” Averie walked to him and placed her medical suitcase on the bed, opening it up.
Elyette hesitated for two seconds before moving his hand away. He explained, “I’m not bleeding. It’s not that painful anymore.”
“Don’t think that just because you’re not bleeding it’s not serious. There are bruises on your head, which means you knocked too hard. We’ll go do a CT scan at the hospital later.”
Elyette lifted his head and looked at her. “I’m sure that’s not necessary?”
Averie lowered her gaze. “I’m the doctor, listen to me.”
‘Elyette instantly lost all bravado. Not only was she the doctor, but he was also at her place.
“You’ll sleep in my room tonight,” Averie said in a commanding tone while disinfecting his wound with a disinfectant.
Elyette let out a muffled harrumph. Averie did not know whether it was in response to her, or he was in pain.
There was some shuffling coming from the door.
Elyette looked over to see Mrs. Cooper carrying Robert while Mike carried Layla. Four of them stood outside the door, peeking into the room to check out the situation.
They could actually just enter the room to have a look. Eliot did not know why they had to stand outside the door.
Although it was a little embarrassing that there was a huge bump on his head, it was not that awkward that he did not dare to see anyone.
Averie dressed for his bruise and kept her medical suitcase.
“Go have breakfast. After breakfast, I’ll take you to the hospital,” Averie said.
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