Then, he turned and stormed off.
Shea held the trophy in her arms and continued to apologize as she ran after him.
“Don’t be mad, Hayden! Forget about the elite class! I won’t make you mad again! I’m sorry!”
The one that Hayden was most upset with was not Shea, but it was Elyette.
“I hate Elyette Foster!”
Shea was perplexed, but she did not know how to make Hayden like her brother.
The only thing she could do was make sure Hayden did not hate her.
“Let’s go get some ice cream, Hayden,” she said with sparkling eyes as she took his hand in hers. “We don’t need to care about what others say. They don’t matter at all! They called me a crazy lady, but I’m not mad at all. To me, you’re the best of the best! Even if you don’t join the elite class, you’re still a genius!”
The iciness in Hayden’s heart slowly melted away upon hearing those words.
Earlier, Shea had forced the boy who said there was shady business involved to apologize to Hayden.
The boy was so terrified of Shea that he reluctantly apologized.
“I want ice cream,” Hayden said as he no longer wanted to recall the events of the day.
“I’ll go get some right now! Wait here for me!” Shea said, then strode off with the trophy still in her arms.
The bodyguard left along with her. As Hayden watched them leave, he had the urge to leave himself.
He wanted nothing more than to be alone at that moment, but Shea would be disappointed if she returned with the ice cream and found him gone.
He did not want to hurt Shea.
She was completely different from Elyette Foster.
He should not treat them as equals.
A black Rolls-Roice came to a halt outside the park.
Once Elyette entered the park, his dark eyes instantly fell on Hayden who was standing by a bed of slowerd.
Perhaps it was because his gaze was so sharp, but it made Hayden lift his head and meet his eyes.
The moment Hayden’s eyes met Elyette’s, he felt the blood in his body freeze!
His mother had told him to stay far away from him.
Hayden immediately walked off.
“Hayden Tate!” Elyette called out when he saw Hayden avoid him like the plague.
Hayden’s footsteps slowed down, but he did not stop walking.
Elyette had to quicken his steps and run after him.
He blocked Hayden’s path, then demanded, “What are you doing here alone? Where’s Shea?”
“Stay away from me!” Hayden did not want to speak to him, nor did he want to see his face.” Didn’t you owe me a wish? I want you to grant it right now. Stay away from me! Never come close to me ever again!”
A peculiar sense of frustration surged inside of Elyette as he watched the conflicted expression on Hayden’s face.
He did not want his relationship with Averie’s son to be this horrible!
Breaking ties with Hayden would have a severe impact on his own relationship with Averie.
If he did not mess up and almost strangled Hayden to death back then, Averie would not forbid him from entering her home.
“I’d like to apologize,” Elyette said as his Adam’s apple bobbed in his throat. “I’m sorry.”
Hearing his apology made Hayden think he was hearing things.
How was it possible for someone as prideful as Elyette to admit he was wrong?
“I don’t need your apology!” Hayden said, not giving Elyette any room left for his dignity.
Hayden then picked up his backpack and stormed towards the park entrance.
Elyette was concerned for his safety, so he ran after him and said, “I’ll take you home.”
“I don’t want you to!” Hayden refused loudly.
Elyette swiftly picked him up and said, “I’m taking you home! There’s no use in throwing a tantrum! I’ll leave once I send you home!”
Over at Tate Industries, Mike pushed open the doors to Averie’s office, then yanked her out from behind her desk without a word.
“What’s wrong?” Averie asked as her eyebrows twitched.
“There’s trouble!” Mike said with a heavy face. “I wouldn’t have found out that Big H did something this big behind our backs if I hadn’t read the news! He competed in the National Youth Programming Championships! He won, but someone’s causing trouble.”
Averie’s brows furrowed tightly as she asked, “What kind of trouble? Is Hayden okay? Where is he right now?”
“Elyette Foster sent him home!”
“What does this have to do with Elyette?!”
“Shea was the one who took Hayden to the competition,” Mike said in disbelief as he led Averie into the elevator. “She was the one who got him straight into the finals! The other participants felt suspicious after the competition and caused a ruckus.”
Averie was stunned.
“How did Shea pull that off?”
“What’s even scarier is that she hid it from Elyette, too. She’s definitely not just an idiot now!” Mike said with certainty. “With her current mental abilities, she shouldn’t have any trouble taking care of herself at all.”
Averie felt relieved, but still asked with concern, “Is Hayden okay?”
“He should be alright, but he hates Elyette to the core… They’re together right now… I don’t want to imagine what that’s like,” Mike said as he shrugged.
Cold sweat began to form on Averie’s back.
When Hayden was sent back to the Starry River Villa, he immediately locked himself in his room.
Elyette sat in the living room and waited for Averie to come home.
He was surrounded by pin drop silence, but he could not calm his chaotic mood.
He had always thought that Hayden looked a little like him.
However, he found out today that Hayden’s looks were not the only thing that resembled him, but his temper was also as bad as his!
Elyette could not stop himself from overthinking. Did Averie really adopt this strange, temperamental boy? Was Hayden really not his son?! Averie arrived home about half an hour later.
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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