Moments later, she rushed down to the living room. She saw Mrs. Cooper and Mrs. Scarlet folding the laundry. Robert was in the crib while Layla was playing withd3 him. If Elyette was at home, he would be by the children’s side.
“Where’s Elyette?”
Averie askedcb worriedly.
“He left. He’s going back to Aryadelle today. Didn’t he tell you?”
Mrs. Cooper was confused.”
He said you were sleeping and asked me not to wake you.”
Ha!
Did he not say he was only leaving tomorrow? Was he afraid that she would beg him to stay, so he could not wait to escape?! The more Averie thought about it, the more unwilling she was to accept this entire debacle! She picked up her car keys and immediately ran out of the house. Mrs. Cooper watched her leave and wondered out loud,
“Did Averie’s eyes look puffy to you?”
“They did!”
answered Mrs. Scarlet.
“They were red and puffy. Maybe she didn’t want Master Elyette to leave and cried in the room by herself.”
Mrs. Cooper suddenly realize something and exclaimed,
“No wonder Master Elyette asked me not to bother her!”
Once Averie drove the car out onto the road, the snowfall outside turned heavier. She hated this fluttering blizzard! It was also snowing heavily the last time she and Elyette separated. However, today’s snowfall was obviously heavier than the one back then. When she reached the city center, traffic was backed up because of the weather.
Averie was frantic with anxiety as she saw the unmoving traffic in front of her. All she wanted was to make Elyette stay! Did life really have to go against her like this?!
Averie never believed in fate.
Even if life wanted to stop her, she would never give in that easily. She opened the car door then stepped into the cold winter snow without hesitation, She ran frantically toward the airport. There was only one ending she wanted. She was not going to let Elyette go just like that! At the VIP waiting lounge at the airport, Elyette lifted his wrist and checked the time on his watch.
His flight was one in the afternoon. There was another hour until the plane would take off. He stood by the giant windows and his heart felt as cold as the fluttering snowfall outside. If there was any other way, he would never do anything to hurt Averie and the children. Being cruel to her and the children was the same as being cruel to himself. He would be in more agony than them.
Charlie had something on Elyette and was now forcing him to marry Chelsea. He had no other choice.
If he did not act out this play, there would be no end to the torment he would have to endure in the future.
He did not want the children to be ridiculed because of his scandal. He also did not want Averie to find out about this.
He could allow his reputation to be ruined and not care about how others viewed him, but he cared about what Averie thought of him.
If it were not for Averie and the children, he would not be pinned down even if Charlie found evidence of his murder case!
Elyette was never a good man. It was Averie and the children who made him want to become a bettered person.
He was never a coward, but he was terrified of Averie and the children distancing themselves from him out of fear after finding out about this. He needed to take a gamble. If he won, he would never have to worry about being threatened again. Averie ran all the way into the airport departure hall. She did not have time to brush the snow off of her body or catch her breath. She found the flight to Aryadelle on the flight information display system, then immediately rushed toward the designated securityie checkpoint. She squeezed through the crowds and finally made it to the security checkpoint.
“Elyette94 Foster!”
Averie immediately recognized Elyette’s silhouette in the crowded airport.
He had already gone through security. If she was even a minute late, she would not be able to see18 him!
“Elyette! You can’t leave!”
She stood on the other side of the security barrier and begged miserably,
“I still need to talk to you! You can’t leave!”
When Elyette saw how Averie had abandoned her pride and dignity to come to him, he felt like he had a bitter taste in hisdz mouth.
He clenched his fists, then strode toward her. When Averie saw him heading in her direction, tears finally escaped her eyescb uncontrollably. She knew he was not that heartless. As long as she pleaded with him, he definitely would not leave.
Elyette hurried over to Averie. Before he could stand still, she reached out and held his hand.”
Listen, Elyette. I know I have a bad temper and that I’m always picking a fight with you. I’m always making things hard on you, but I can change… As long as you don’t marry Chelsea, I’ll change! You know Chelsea and I don’t get along at all. If you marry her, I’ll never forgive you! Don’t push me and the children to stand against you…”
Averie’s emotions were in chaos.
She sobbed as she poured her heart and soul out to Elyette. What if he left if she did not say everything? She believed that he would change his mind once she made the stakes clear. He loved her and he loved the children. There was no way that he would abandon them for Chelsea unless the past few days were nothing but an act! However, Averie could not figure out why the man standing before her would pretend to be a good man and father.
“Give me some time, Averie.”
Elyette’s voice was hoarse. He withdrew his hand from her cold grip, then brushed off the snow from her hair.
“Go home.”
As Averie watched his cold demeanor and heard his familiar voice, she thought she was imagining things. He told her to go home… He told her to go home without a moment’s hesitation! If he did not go home with her right now, then he was choosing to abandon her and the children!
“Are you absolutely sure, Elyette?”
Averie asked as she gazed into Elyette’s eyes in disbelief.
“You want me to go home, then you’ll go back to Aryadelle and marry Chelsea… Is that it?”
After Averie spoke, the security personnel reminded Elyette that it was time to board the plane.
“I need to head back to Aryadelle to settle some things, Averie. Please give me some time…”
“I won’t! If I give you time, then you’ll go and marry Chelsea! I won’t accept you marrying another woman, Elyette! It doesn’t matter if it’s with Chelsea or anybody else! As long as I’m not the bride, I won’t allow it!”
Averie clenched her teeth, then said,
“If you leave today, you can forget about ever seeing me or the kids ever again!”
Since her begging did not work, she could only resort to threatening him. If the Tierneys were using something to threaten or lure him, then she could threaten him, too!
She refused to believe that the Tierneys had a bigger bargaining chip than she did.
Elyette’s eyes were reddened and glistening with tears as he gazed at Averie with a pained expression on his face.
He had gone from being forcibly calm to teary-eyed in a matter of seconds.
Averie had pushed him to tears. She did not want things to become this ugly, but she absolutely could not accept him going off to marry Chelsea.
“If I was the one who was about to marry another man, would you also be this nonchalant about it? Would you be able to understand my feelings?”
She lifted her chin and did not allow her tears to escape.
“I’m only giving you one chance. You can come home with me now, or we’re over!”
Elyette’s heart ached so badly that it was hard to breathe. Averie wanted to end things with him!
He understood why she was doing this, but it was hard for him to accept it.
There was no way he could agree to end things with her, but it was also impossible for him not to marry Chelsea.
Living was sometimes more agonizing than death. Right now, he was better off dead than alive.
The woman that he loved the most was standing before him with tears in her eyes. He wanted to pull her into his arms and make her smile again. Not only could he not do that, but he was also breaking hered heart!
“You b*st*rd!”
Elyette cursed himself in his head.
He held Averie’s face in his hands and planted his thin lips on her coldie ones.
There was a mountain of things that he wanted to tell her, but it was not the time yet.
After knowing each other for so many years, there was unspoken chemistry between Averie and Elyette.
She could easily pick up what his every gaze and action meant. She shoved him away with all of her might, then turned and left without giving him another18 look
He had already chosen Chelsea. What did he think a kiss would change? She refused to completely lose her pride and reason for him. She would not be a mistress and she absolutely refused to be hisd3 puppet.
As Elyette watched Averie leave, he felt like his heart was shattering into a million pieces. This was broken trust and the end of ancb obsession.
“Are you still boarding the flight, Sir?”
asked the airport staff.
“If you are, then you’re going to have to hurry!”
When Averie arrived at the airport’s entrance, something inside of her was calling out to her and she froze in her tracks.
She spun her head around as tears streamed down her face. Back at the security checkpoint, there was nobody else there apart from the airport staff. Elyette left. He left unwaveringly and determinedly! It looked like he did not take anything with him, but he had left with all of Averie’s love and trust.
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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