She would never believe in his words again. She would never listen to a word he had to say again She would treat the sweetness of the past few days as nothing but a dream. Now that the dream was over, it was time for her to wake up. She was devastated, but it was better than living a joke!
When Averie walked out of the airport, the heavy snowfall practically blocked her line of vision.
She reached out, and a few snowflakes fell onto her palm. She stared as the pure white snow slowly melted in her hand, and could not help but burst into gut-wrenching sobs. Why?! Why was she able to melt snow, but unable to warm Elyette’s heart?!
By the time Averie walked her way back home, it was already evening. The weather was not great today, and it had turned dark outside earlier. Mrs. Cooper was shocked to see her drenched and in a daze.
“What happened, Averie?”
Mrs. Cooper held Averie’s hand.
“Did you not want Master Elyette to leave?
Don’t be like that. You can go back to Aryadelle whenever you want, right?”
Averie shook her head, then croaked,
“Where are the kids?”
“Robert is sleeping. Layla and Hayden are taking a shower. They were making a snowman in the front yard earlier and got soaked,”
said Mrs. Cooper.
“You’re drenched, Averie. Go and take a hot shower. Do you need my help?”
Averie shook her head, then turned away and headed toward the bedroom.
Mrs. Cooper was worried and followed behind her.
“By the way, don’t mention Elyette Foster in front of the children ever again.”
Averie stopped in her tracks, then turned to Mrs. Cooper and continued,
“We broke up. You and Mrs. Scarlet work for him…”
She could not bring herself to continue the rest of her sentence.
She wanted to send Mrs. Cooper and Mrs. Scarlet back to Elyette.
Since they were broken up, she could not continue to keep them by her side. Mrs. Cooper’s face turned pale as she could not accept what she just heard.
“This is too sudden, Averie! I… I don’t know what to say, but I want to stay here and take care of Robert.”
“You work for him, though. From now on, I won’t have anything to do with him. I like you, but I don’t want to continue to have any connection to him because of you,”
Averie said, revealing her thoughts.
Mrs. Cooper’s eyes filled with tears. She did not know what to do.
At this moment, Mrs. Scarlet walked over and said to Averie,
“I don’t know what happened between the two of you, Averie. It’s regretful, but I’ve spent my whole life working as a nanny for the Fosters. I will be leavinged tomorrow.”
Averie nodded, then turned to Mrs. Cooper and said,
“You should go with Mrs. Scarlet.”
Mrs. Cooper could no longer handle the reality at hand and walked away inie tears.
“She’s developed a liking for Robert, Averie. You should let her make her own choices. If she’s willing to stay behind and take care of Robert, then she can quit working for the Fosters and work for you instead,”
said Mrs. Scarlet.
“She’s been working for the Fosters all these years. I don’t want to trouble94 her.”
“Are things between you and Master Elyette truly over?”
Mrs. Scarlet could not understand how they were both just fine yesterday but are now broken up out of nowhere.
Averie’s lashes fluttered as she said,
“He’s going to marry Chelsea Tierney. Do you think there’s anything left to18 redeem?”
Mrs. Scarlet took a step back. She was so shocked that she could not say a word.
That night, Averie tossed and turned ind3 bed.
As the clock ticked away, her body temperature slowly rose.
Her mouth felt dry and she was very thirsty. When she threw back the covers and sat up, her head started spinning. She immediately realized that she had acb fever.
The next morning, Mrs. Cooper gave Elyette a call after careful consideration. At that moment, Elyette had just gotten off the plane.
“Master Elyette, Averie said you’re going to marry Chelsea Tierney, so she could not keep Mrs. Scarlet and me by her side.”
Mrs. Cooper had spent the whole night thinking about her final decision.
“I don’t think you’d do something like that, but Averie wouldn’t lie to me. Mrs. Scarlet will be returning to Aryadelle today, but I won’t be going with her.”
Elyette grunted in response.
“Robert is still a baby. I’d like to stay by Averie’s side and take care of Robert. No matter what happens between you and Averie, Robert is still your child. I’ll stay with Averie to repay all the years that you took care of me.”
“Alright,”
Elyette said. After she hung up the phone, Mrs. Cooper headed to Averie’s room.
Mrs. Cooper was going to Averie’s room to get Elyette’s suitcase to hand over to Mrs. Scarlet.
She figured that Averie would not want to see Elyette’s things. Instead of throwing it out, it would be better to let Mrs. Scarlet take them with her.
Mrs. Cooper knocked on the door, then walked into the room.
“I already gave Master Elyette my resignation, Averie.”
She sat by the bed, saw that Averie’s eyes were open, then continued,
“I’m here to take his suitcase for Mrs. Scarlet to bring back with her.”
Averie’s complexion was haggard, but her tone was certain as she said,
“Since you’ve already resigned, don’t contact him again from now on. Don’t even send him any photos of Robert.”
“Alright.”
“I’ve already packed his things. The suitcase by the desk is his.”
Averie had a fever the night before and took some medication when she woke up. When she saw Elyette’s suitcase, she stuffed all of his things inside of it.
“You don’t look so good, Averie. You should get some more sleep,”
Mrs. Cooper said and then quickly dragged the suitcase out of the room.
After sending Mrs. Scarlet off, Mrs. Cooper was deep in thought. She eventually called Mike and asked him to call Tammy.
“Why are you looking for Tammy? Doesn’t Averie have her number?”
Mike asked in confusion. Mrs. Cooper sighed heavily.
“What’s wrong? Don’t sigh, I was just saying casually. I’ll call Tammy right now.”
“Maybe you should come back here, Mike!”
Mrs. Cooper’s heart ached as she recalled Averie lying in bed with bloodshot eyes and a dazed expression on her face.
“Averie and Master Elyette broke up. She said he’s marrying Chelsea Tierney. Everything was too sudden and I didn’t ask too many questions.”
“What the f*ck?!”
Mike snapped as he shot to his feet.
“Elyette’s marrying Chelsea Tierney?!”
“That’s right. I wanted to ask you to get Tammy here to be with Averie.”
Mrs. Cooper did not want to talk further and hung up the phone once she was done speaking. Mike’s hand clenched tightly around his phone as he quickly digested the information he had just received in hised head. Chad walked over when he heard the commotion.
“What did you say? Mr. Foster is marrying Chelsea? Who were you talkingie to?”
“Are you telling me that you didn’t know your boss was about to marry Chelsea Tierney?!”
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
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