Elyette did not expect Averie to ask further questions, so his expression was slightly stunned.
What sort of personal matters?”
Averie continued to ask nonchalantly. She wanted to find out if he really had the audacity to marry Chelsea! Elyette gazed at Averie’s cold eyes, and his heart tightened in his chest. Did she know something? *I haven’t visited my mother’s and Shea’s graves yet,”
he said as his palms began to sweat profusely.
His Adam’s Apple bobbed in his throat as he clenched his teeth.
He did not have the courage to tell her the cruel truth. If he did not settle this matter, it would continue to haunt him for the rest of his life. He needed to deal with this to give Averie and the children a stable life.
“Is there anything else other than visiting their graves?”
Averie continued to press on, to the point of grabbing Elyette’s hand and not allowing him to escape.
As Elyette gazed at Averie’s determined face, he more or less confirmed that she knew about him and Chelsea
She was fine when they went out yesterday, If she had found out the day before, she would not have happily brought him out to take the family portraits,
Someone must have told her about it after he fell asleep the night before,
“I’ll leave tomorrow, then.”
Elyette did not know how to answer Averie’s question. All he could do was go along with her.
He would rather leave a day late than explain the real reason he was returning to Aryadelle. Averie let go of his hand, but her eyes continued to stay on him as she said coldly,
“When did you and Chelsea make up, Elyette?”
“I haven’t seen her in a long time,”
Elyette answered truthfully.
What those words meant, was that he did not make up with her.
“I see… You didn’t see her after she got hurt?”
“I didn’t.”
Elyette hung his head slightly. Averie’s gaze made him feel like he was enduring the most severe punishment.
“Do you like her, then? Did you ever like her? Answer me!”
Averie clenched the covers tightly, but she could not stop her body from trembling.
“Never,”
Elyette answered clearly and assuredly. He never had feelings for Chelsea, not even before he met Averie. If he ever liked Chelsea, then he would not have let her stay by his side all these years with nothing to show for it.
“Tell me, Elyette. Am I a homewrecker?!”
Averie ripped the bandage right off and demanded loudly.
“You are not.”
Elyette lifted his gaze to look at her.
“I know what I’m doing, Averie. I remember every single thing I’ve ever said toed you.”
Averie laughed out loud, but her eyes were tearing up.
“The ring is real, and so are your promises. Then, is it also true that you’re going back to marry Chelsea?!”
Elyette pursed his lips as he watched the tears on herie face.
“And you say I’m not a homewrecker … You’re about to marry someone else… Am I the only one in the world who didn’t know? What were you thinking? What do you take me for?”
Since Elyette did not answer her question, Averie was sure that he really was about to marry94 Chelsea.
Chelsea’s cousin would not attack her for no reason.
Elyette might have spent the past few days with her and the children, but she could not help but feel like he had a lot on his mind. It turns out that she was not overly sensitive or thinking too much. He truly had a18 problem!
Since he was about to marry Chelsea, why did he come to Bridgedale to see her? His actions were similar to him feeding her poison that he had concocted with his bared3 hands.
A knock on the door broke the awkward silence in the room. Elyette watched with an aching heart as Averie quickly wiped the tears off her face and lay back down incb bed.
He walked over to the door and opened it.
Mrs. Cooper was standing at the door with Robert in her arms and Layla by her side.
“Why are you and Mommy still in bed, Daddy? Breakfast is getting cold! It’s snowing today. Do you two want to play with me?”
Layla lifted her head and flashed a face of anticipation. She was used to her parents spending time with her the past few days. Since the moment she woke up this morning, she was already looking forward to playing outside.
Elyette turned to look back at the bed.
Averie heard Layla’s voice, but she continued to pretend to be asleep. Elyette felt even worse after seeing what a tough time Averie was having.
“I’m going back to Aryadelle today, Layla.”
Averie would only be more upset and furious if he did not leave. Layla put on a pitiful face and said,
“Okay! Why didn’t you say anything yesterday? I didn’t know you were going back today.”
“I forgot to tell you about it yesterday. I’m sorry, sweetie.”
Elyette picked Layla up, then said hoarsely,
“Your mother’s still sleeping. Let’s not bother her.”
“Mommy never used to sleep in, Daddy. Why has she been sleeping in every day since you got here?”
Layla asked with a confused expression on her face. Mrs. Cooper’s cheeks flushed and she chuckled out loud. Averie kept her back facing the door as tears escaped her eyes. The final line of defense in her heart utterly crumbled after hearing her daughter’s voice.
If Layla found out that her father was about to return to Aryadelle to marry another woman, she would be devastated!
Once Hayden found out about this, he would definitely despise Elyette even more.
Was Elyette really doing this for the sake of profit? If not, then why was he doing it?
He had said himself that he did not love Chelsea.
Was money more important than love and their three children?
Averie could not understand Elyette’s decision.
He was more than capable of earning his own money, and a lot of it at that. Her company was also steadily making a profit. How much money did he need to finally be satisfied?
Tears streamed down Averie’s cheeks and soaked her pillow.
When there were no longer any sounds coming from outside the door, she turned on her back and stared at the ceiling as she cried silently.
Downstairs, once Elyette was done with breakfast, he picked Robert up in his arms.
Robert’s glistening black eyes were fixed on his father’s face, and Elyette wondered what he was thinking in his tiny head.
He gazed at his son with a smile as he thought,
“I don’t know when will be the next time I’ll get to hold you again.”
“What time is your flight, Master Elyette? I’ll go pack your things for you,”
Mrs. Cooper said. Elyette thought of how Averie was crying in the room and then quickly said,
“It’s fine. It’s just some clothes. I’ll just leave them here.”
Mrs. Cooper beamed and said,
“That’s true. If you leave your clothes here, you can wear them when you come here again.”
She was under the impression that Averie and Elyette were stuck together and completelyed inseparable. In the room, after allowing herself to sob her heart out, Averie threw back the covers and got out of bed.
Running away never solved anyie problems. Even without Elyette, she still had the children. She must never be knocked down by hardships.
When Averie walked into the bathroom to wash up and saw her haggard complexion and hopeless expression, she suddenly realized that Elyette Foster was not just a man to94 her.
She had already engraved his name into her heart and included him in her dreams for a beautiful future.
Without him, her life would be bleak and dark
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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