Perhaps their will for something to happen was too strong, and as they wished, the situation began to spin out of control.
”Ding!’
The alarm on the heart rate monitor around Elyette’s wrist went off as his heart rate rose from eighty to a hundred and twenty.
Elyette, who had not reacted to videos of beautiful woman, handsome men, adorable babies, kiss scenes or sex scenes, had lost all control over his heartbeat within two minutes of Averie sitting beside him.
‘How curious!’ Everyone was surprised at the sudden turn of events.
The alarm struck both Elyette and Averie like a hammer to the head.
Embarrassed , Averie blushed and put her hands over her face, not daring to face the others; whereas Elyette swiftly took the monitor off his wrist and threw it away.
‘Damn that bracelet!’ He thought.
Elyette’s expression was both stern and awkward, and everyone around him was trying to suppress their laughter; but Ben, who sat next to him, started laughing and everyone started laughing as well.
Instantly, the living room was filled with deafening laughter.
Averie desperately wanted to hide and flung Elyette’s hand away, before escaping the room. After leaving the couch, her eyes locked onto the culprit, Tammy.
She dragged Tammy with her and the two went into a guest room. As soon as she closed the door, Averie questioned angrily, “Tammy Lynch! Are you crazy?!”
Tammy couldn’t hold back her laughter and said, “I did it on purpose. Don’t you want to know why he showed up out of nowhere? I thought that he came here for you, but couldn’t be sure, so I ran a test… And well, here’s the result!”
Averie was completely rendered speechless.
“Don’t be mad, Averie. I wanted to test him for your sake. Now that you know he still wants you, you will have to avoid him by all means! That man is just terrifying! How can he not give up even after you stabbed him? I have to say I’m impressed!” Tammy explained her action.
Naturally, Averie’s anger couldn’t be appeased that easily, because she didn’t want to know how Elyette felt to begin with.
It took a lot of effort for her to finally find peace and everything turned into a mess after what happened earlier, and she didn’t know how to face him from now on, unless they were to never see each other again.
“I’m sorry, Averie! I went ahead of myself. Why don’t you rest in this room tonight?” Tammy said, “I will let you know once they are gone.”
Averie was in a horrible mood, but it was Tammy’s wedding the next day and she didn’t want to ruin it for her.
“Yeah, I’m not mad. Go play with them! I will go shower.” Averie opened the door and let Tammy out.
Meanwhile, in the living room.
Elyette had failed the challenge, so both him and Ben had to finish a bottle each.
Ben had a glass in his hand and drank the bottle glass by glass; while Elyette, on the other hand, held the bottle and drank the entire bottle in one-go.
However, no one was forcing Elyette to drink. Once he finished the bottle, Ben looked at him and asked, “is your injury completely recovered? Didn’t the doctor tell you to stay away from alcohol for three months? It hasn’t been three months yet, right?”
Jun heard them and hastily brought over a bottle of fruit juice.
“Elyette, drink some juice!” Jun cleared all the wine bottles in front of Elyette. “There’s still food left in the kitchen, do you guys want some?”
Ben finished his own bottle and dragged Elyette towards the kitchen. As soon as the two left, the mood in the living room had lightened up instantly.
Ben went to pour a glass of juice and passed it to Elyette.
“If only I knew that it’s going to be this awkward, I wouldn’t have brought you here,” Ben said with a bitter smile, “why don’t I send you back?”
Jun stood beside them and said, “you both drank, so neither of you can drive. I booked an ambulance today, so maybe you guys can go back by ambulance?’
Both Ben and Elyette were rendered speechless by the notion.
Seeing how shocked they were, Jun said, “um… If you don’t want to head back, you can just rest here. I booked a total of eight mansions, so there should be enoughza rooms.”
Confused, Ben asked, “why did you book an ambulance?”
“…Averie skipped lunch today and needed Tammy’s help going upstairs. I was worried that she might faint, so I called an ambulance here to standby,” Jun explained, “this place is miles away from the closest hospital, after all.”
Ben felt even more confused. “Why didn’t she eat?”
“I don’t know! Tammy won’t let me ask about it and said that I am on Elyette’s side… It’s not that she hates Elyette, but she is very protective over Averie. I can understand, since they have been friends for many years…” Jun said while peeping at Elyette.
Elyette’s face was slightly flushed from the wine he drank earlier, but he wasn’t sure if he was in the right mind. “Did she eat at night?”
“I think so! Tammy drove and bought some spicy chicken soup for her. Averie seemed quite energetic when she came downstairs, so she must have eaten,” Jun said.
Elyette picked up the glass of juice and took a sip. Jun suddenly remembered something and added, “Averie ate a lot of fruit this morning, though! She hadn’t touched any other snacks and only ate fruits. Tammy had ordered those fruits from overseas beforehand, and I was wondering why she had ordered so many; I didn’t realize it was for Averie until I saw how happy she was when she was eating those fruits this morning.”
Both Elyette and Ben remained quiet thoughtfully.
After a while, Ben narrowed his eyes and concluded, “I guess she is really trying to lose weight, then. My last girlfriend tried losing weight by eating nothing but fruit back then. She won’t even touch anything that has gluten in it because it contains high sugar content.”
“Isn’t that the case for fruits as well?” Jun asked in confusion.
“Still better than gluten. They will have to calculate the calories of their food intake precisely… “Ben explained, “my ex-girlfriend went on a diet to please me. She wasn’t fat to begin with, just slightly chubby. But when she found out that all my exes were skinny, she went on a crazy diet… In the end, I was just too worried that her body would collapse from the diet, so I broke up with her.”
“So… Can Averie be on a diet to…please a certain guy?”
Ben glanced at the dark expression on Elyette’s face and said, “probably for Eric’s sake!”
The temperature in the air instantly dropped.
To ease the tension, Jun picked up a wine glass and said, “Ben, if you guys are not going back, then let’s drink.”
“It depends on whether Elyette wants to head back. I’ll go with him if he wants to; if he is not going, then I’ll stay and drink with you.”
“You two go ahead!” Elyette said in a dark expression, before getting up from the chair and heading towards the stairs.
Sensing that something was wrong, Jun followed him. “Do you want to rest, Elyette?”
Elyette only hummed in response.
“I’ll take you to the guest room next door, then.” Jun took his arm and tried to lead him outside, as the guest rooms in this mansion had been assigned.
Elyette scowled. “Leave me alone.”
“I’m going to find Averie.”
‘So scary! This is terrifying!’ Jun thought. He had not been there to watch Averie and Elyette fight one another the time before, but his heart still cringed at how long Elyette had to remain in the ICU ward afterward; yet now, Elyette wanted to go look for Averie again, when their last conflict was not even resolved. Was Elyette trying to make the same mistake?
Jun was terrified. Unable to stop Elyette, he ran to find Ben and Tammy.
“He had only had one bottle,” Ben analyzed the situation calmly, “he can’t be that drunk.”
“But Averie doesn’t want to see him!” Tammy retorted anxiously, “Averie told me this herself! No way, I need to stop him!”
With that, Tammy tried to head upstairs to stop Elyette. Jun and Ben grabbed onto each one of her arms and stopped her.
“Relax, Tammy. I’ll go up to check on them.” Ben was concerned that if he let Tammy go up, everyone in the mansion would become aware of what was happening. Elyette had embarrassed himself once, so Ben wanted to preserve some of his friend’s pride.
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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