“I gave up on him a long time ago. I just didn’t expect him to take away my chance to earn more money!”
“I see. You already made three hundred million. That’s already a lot,” Cole said, then asked,” Where do you want to go?”
“Bridgedale.”
“What’s so fun about Bridgedale? Didn’t you live there for years? Let’s go somewhere else!”
A sinister grin appeared on Zoe’s face as she said, “You don’t really think I’m going just for fun, do you? There’s something important I need to do in Bridgedale.”
“Something important?” Cole was confused. “Didn’t you decide to settle down here in Aryadelle? What important thing do you have left to do there?”
“I’ll tell you when I see you.”
At noon, Ben walked into the president’s office at Sterling Group.
“Let’s go out for lunch, Elyette!”
Elyette finished up the last bit of his work, then shut his laptop.
“You go ahead! I’m going to the airport.”
He decided to go to Zirconia to look for Averie.
Even if she found him annoying, he still had to explain things to her face!
“Oh? Are you going to look for Averie?” Ben teased. “I knew you’d go to her. She’s pregnant with your child, after all. How could you not cheer her up? Haha!”
Then, Ben pulled out an envelope and handed it over to Elyette.
It was a ticket for that afternoon’s first flight out to Zirconia.
Elyette took the ticket from Ben.
His hawk-like eyes were deep and vast globes as he said, “Even if she wasn’t carrying my child, I would still go to her.”
It was noon in the city of Zirconia as a bulletproof car slowly made its way into the base of the Border Control Force.
Averie sat in the car and curiously looked out at the scenery outside the window.
There were no colossal skyscrapers here. They were far from the hustle and bustle of the city. The only things here were the most pristine beauty of nature and the soldiers that defended the country.
“Miss Tate, we’re far away from the city here. The environment’s a little rough, so you might have a tough time the next couple of days,” said the director of the logistics department, Sean Tennant.
“It’s no trouble at all. It’s our company’s honor that you chose our products.”
Sean laughed and said, “We compared several of the drones produced by local companies and your company’s products turned out to be the best in the end. Our deputy director, Mr. Lowe, demanded that we use your drones!”
Averie felt slightly embarrassed as she said, “It’s always been our goal to produce the best89 products.”
“By the way, Miss Tate, you mentioned on the phone that we could add some functions to drones based on our needs… When do you think is the earliest you’d be able to deliver the goods?”
“We’ll first have to see what kind of functions you’d like to add, then I’ll have to discuss it with my director of operations,” Averieec said.”
“Alright. Let’s get something to eat for now. Mr. Lowe will meet with you later.” 5a”Alright.”
After lunch, Mr. Lowe took Averie out for a stroll. As they walked, they talked and discussed their plans.
The base was massive. After a while of walking, Averie’s belly began to ache before her legs did. She had made a last minute decision to come here, so she did not inform anyone at the base that she was pregnant.
However, now that she could no longer take another step, she had no choice but to reveal her condition to Mr. Lowe.
When Mr. Lowe heard that Averie was pregnant, his eyes immediately shot to her abdomen.
She was wearing a plain pair of jeans and a long sleeved t-shirt. It was not a loose t-shirt, so it showed her flat belly. “You’re barely three months pregnant, aren’t you, Miss Tate? You’re not showing at all! Why didn’t you just rest at home? You could have sent someone else to come here!” Mr. Lowe,
puzzled.
Averie felt embarrassed to say that she had decided to come here on a whim in an effort to avoid Elyette.
“I’m just three months pregnant now. My checkup yesterday showed that everything was going well. Besides, I’m usually working anyway, so I wanted to come here personally with the hopes of improving our collaboration,” Averie explained after she composed herself. “I can tell you’re very serious about your work, Miss Tate. Tell you what, I’ll call for a car and show you around the base,” suggested Mr. Lowe. “That sounds perfect. Thank you!”
At four in the afternoon, Averie woke up from her nap and began to work. She opened up her laptop, typed up a document that included the points that Mr. Lowe had requested earlier and sent it to Mike. Mike replied to her email right away. Mike: [How much longer do you plan on keeping your phone turned off?] Averie’s cheeks flushed in embarrassment. Averie: [I didn’t notice.]
Mike: [Turn it on now, then!) Averie took a look at her phone, then put it back down.
Averie: (Why should I? I don’t need to use my phone here.) Mike: (Don’t you want to make a video call with the kids tonight?]
Averie: (I can use my laptop for that.]
Mike was completely defeated.
After a moment of silence, he sent another email.
[By the way… Elyette Foster came by this morning looking for you, then he used Chad to threaten me and forced me to tell him where you were… So… He’s gone to look for you.]
Averie: […]
Mike: [He took the 1 p.m. flight out earlier, so he should arrive at the Zirconia Airport around 4.30 p.m. in the afternoon… Then, he’d be in Zirconia in about half an hour. Prepare yourself! I don’t think he’ll be able to get into the base, but isn’t there a saying in Aryadelle about how money makes the world go round?]
Averie: (…)
The sound of someone knocking on her door drained the color from Averie’s face and left her in a daze of horror! Was he not supposed to arrive in Zirconia at 4.30 p.m. later?!
It was only 4.10 p.m. right now!
Did Elyette take a plane or a jet over here?
While she was overthinking and stuck in a daze, a loud voice came through the other side of the door.
“I’m here to send you some fruits, Miss 33 Tate.”
Averie let out a heavy sigh of relief, then quickly opened the door.
“Mr. Tennant specially asked us to take good care of you after he heard that you were pregnant, Miss88 Tate.”
The soldier was holding a bag of fruits in his left hand and a bag of snacks in his right hand, all the while flashing a warm smile at her.
While Averie was touched by the moving gesture, she could not help81 sigh.
So, men could be this nosy, too!
She estimated that the news of her pregnancy had spread throughout the entire base bybg now.
“Feel free to let us know if you need anything, Miss Tate. We’ll try our best to help!”
The soldier put down the goods, then prepared toaf leave. “Thank you! I don’t need anything else right now. Thanks for making the trip!” Averie said as she walked him out.
Once the soldier was gone, she shut the door, returned to her desk and turned on her phone.
The base was heavily guarded. It was unlikely that Elyette would be able to get in.
She was still upset with him, but she was now beginning to worry about him.
With his bad temper, he’d get into trouble if he forcefully tried to barge his way in.
It would be bad if he could not get in and ended up waiting outside, too.
It was desolate out here and it was completely secluded. Besides, it was going to be dark out in a few hours.
When Averie turned on her phone, she saw Elyette’s missed call from the night before.
There was only one missed call.
She wondered if he would contact her when he landed later.
She felt torn as she stared at her phone.
She did not want to see him, but she could not ignore him if he came all the way out here to find her.
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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