Once the call was connected, Elyette briefed through Shea’s situation and asked, “is it true that she can recover herself without further surgery?”
On the other end, the family doctor didn’t dare to make any guarantees. “It’s a good thing, but I can’t say for sure if she can continue to recover. One thing that’s certain is that going through with further surgery will damage her body.”
Elyette was aware of that. He had taken Shea to other doctors after the two craniotomies Zoe had performed on her. Shea had gone through a couple of other procedures since then, and Elyette was at a crossroad.
“Mr. Foster, have you consulted with Doctor Sanford?” The family doctor asked.
“No.”
“Oh… If you don’t intend on letting Doctor Sanford continue Shea’s treatment, perhaps you can try asking Averie Tate. I had a look at Eric Santos’s performance after he came back from his break, and he was doing great …Apart from not being able to dance like he did before, he could sing just as well, which means he is recovering well. It’s a miracle,” the family doctor exclaimed.
The reason that the family doctor mentioned this was because he was not aware that Averie was related to Elyette’s injury at the time.
the time.
Elyette’s mood took a sudden turn, because he had discussed this with Averie before.
Averie once said that she would never treat Shea even if she could, so he was not going to seek help from that merciless woman.
Meanwhile, inside a grand European-style mansion, Zoe did not leave immediately after dinner like she usually did, because Wanda’s plan did not go as planned.
Wanda had thought that Eric would lose all his fans once the scandal between him and Averie went public; but in reality, Eric did not lose many fans after explaining his relationship with Averie on social media.
Perhaps there were indeed a lot of fans who gave up on Eric, but because of the insanely large fan base he had, the scandal did not truly affect him; on the contrary, his discussion about him had placed him on the top news. With his new songs selling out rapidly on all platforms, many people had become new fans of his and he was as popular as ever.
“Aunt Wanda, what do you plan on doing next?” Zoe asked calmly after taking a sip of her tea. “I heard that Tate Industries’ sales rate has reached a new high… With how expensive their drones are, all they need is to sell one of their drones and it would bring them the profit equivalent to a hundred of ours. They gain a hundred percent of their profits, whereas we are still putting capital on marketing… If this goes on, there won’t be enough money for you to carry on!”
“You are really not suited for managing a business if you are this impatient,” Wanda mocked sarcastically, “Tate Industries belongs to Averie, not Eric. Eric’s fans can’t keep buying her product and once the trend passes, their sales will naturally drop.”
“But you need to find a way to make it difficult for Averie!” Zoe set her teacup down and said with a dark expression, “I can’t stand seeing how smug she is!”
Wanda, on the other hand, was at ease. “I’ve already come up with a new plan! Just wait and see.”
Just then, Zoe’s father decided to intervene. “Zoe, Wanda already has her hands full with the company, you need to be more polite when you talk to her.”
Zoe glared at her father. “I am her major stakeholder and it’s my right to make sure that she does her job! I can listen to you if you can find a way to invest 300 million as well!” :
With that, she stormed out.
Time flew and soon it was the end of April.
It was the night for the bachelor and bachelorette party for Tammy and Jun, and they arrived at Starry River Villa early in the morning to pick Averie up.
It had been a while since Jun last saw Averie and was stunned when he saw her. “Averie, why have you grown so thin? Are you ill?”
Tammy glared at him. “Shut up if you don’t have anything nice to say! Averie looks great! She is slim!”
Averie had lost three kilograms since she got pregnant. She had not been able to eat anything apart from soup and some fruits. She looked even better after losing weight, but appeared fragile due to the lack of energy.
Tammy helped Averie into the car and Mike followed closely behind to remind her, “try talking some sense into her, Tammy! She refuses to eat because she is on a diet! It’s not right, but she doesn’t even recognize the severity of the issue! Look at how thin she’s gotten! She used to take walks around the area and now she won’t even move…”
Tammy patted Mike on the shoulder. “I’ll talk to her. Don’t worry. She wants to go on a diet now, but maybe she will change her mind after a while.”
“Oh… Why didn’t you guys invite me out as well today?” Mike was jealous.
“Because you need to take care of the kids!” Tammy said.
Once Tammy was inside the car, she waved at Mike. She closed the car door and the car took off.
Averie laid in the backseat and asked, “did you invite Chad?”
“Why would I? He is Elyette’s assistant… I didn’t invite anyone related to Elyette, including my husband’s senior Ben…”
Averie couldn’t help but chuckle.
“It’s not entirely for you… I just don’t like them… I’ve already told my husband to stay away from them,” Tammy explained, “you know that saying, birds of a feather flock together? Elyette is a scum and so anyone around him couldn’t be any better. If only I met my husband a little later, he might just fall under their influence asza well.”
From the rear-view mirror, Averie saw Jun pursing his lips, not daring to object.
“Averie, when did you buy this dress that you are wearing? It’s so pretty!” Tammy’s attention was drawn to Averie’s clothes. “This white jacket looks nice, too!”
Averie’s morning sickness had been intense and so she had stopped going to the office. Feeling bored about staying home, she started enjoying online shopping and the clothes she was wearing were purchased online.
“Let me send you the link later!” She said.
“Sure! It’s been a while since I shopped online.”
Jun couldn’t help but join the conversation from the passenger seat. “Averie, if you really want to lose weight, you can go shopping with Tammy more often! Shopping is a kind of exercise as well, and it’s better than not eating.”
Averie was about to respond, when Tammy seized the chance and said, “it’s up to Averie how she wants to lose weight. Stay out of it.”
“Don’t be unreasonable, Tammy! I am only concerned for her health because she is your best friend.”
“Averie doesn’t need your concern. She only needs mine.”
Jun pursed his lips and sighed in his mind. Tammy didn’t usually speak to him in such a defensive manner, but would often become very protective when it concerned Averie.
‘It’s bad enough that she won’t talk some sense into Averie for trying to lose weight like that, now she won’t even let others do it. What’s her problem?’ He thought.
They arrived at the seaside mansion in an hour. The weather was great and the sun shone bright, with the temperature going up to twenty-five Celsius.
Tammy and Averie got out of the car and walked towards the mansion hand in hand, while Jun took out his phone to snap a picture of them from behind.
Once the photo was taken, he sent it to Ben with a message.
‘Guess which one is Averie?’
Ben had not paid much attention to news concerning Averie since he last went to eat at Elyette’s house; after all, Elyette said that he didn’t wish to hear anything about her at the time.
Ben narrowed his eyes at the photo he received from Jun and zoomed in. Tammy was very recognizable due to her ashy-gray coloured hair. The woman next to her was dressed in a flower dress with a white jacket on the outside.
One could hardly tell that it was Averie from behind, because of how thin she looked. It was almost as though a breeze could easily lift her off the ground.
Ben replied, ‘don’t tell me that the woman in the flower dress is Averie.”
‘That’s her! She went on a diet to lose weight and got so thin! I don’t know why she has to torture herself like that. Could it be for Eric’s sake? Otherwise, it doesn’t make sense.
‘It’s a shame that you can’t see it yourself. She got so thin that she looks different! I could barely recognize her when I first saw her this morning!’
‘Aren’t you exaggerating?
‘No! But she looks good after slimming down as well. She looks kind of fragile and weak from the diet and seems so vulnerable! If she looks the way she does right now back when she was with Elyette, those two wouldn’t have fought.’
Intrigued by Averie, Ben took a moment to think before sending a message to Jun.
‘Snap a photo from the front and send it to me.”
‘You can’t be thinking of sending it to Elyette, can you?’
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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