He opened his eyes and looked at his screen. It was a message from Averie.
He did not read what she sent immediately but looked at the time instead.
It was eight at night in Aryadelle, meaning it was eight in the morning in Bridgedale.
He tapped into her message.
[I’ll pay you back the money, but I don’t have that much with me right now. I’ll pay you back in installments.]
He knew that she would send him a message because of this incident. She had such a strong ego. How could she bear being called a con-woman by the public?
Elyette’s grip on his phone subconsciously tightened. Their relationship has changed from a broken-up couple to debtor and debtee. Although the relationship was quite ironic, at least they still had a relationship.
Elyette did not reply to Averie. So, what if he did not agree with her? Averie would not listen to him.
After about 15 minutes or so, his phone beeped again. Elyette opened his messages and saw a bank notification.
155 million dollars was just wired to his personal account. The note said repayment.
Elyette looked at the soulless series of numbers. The light in his eyes dimmedee gradually.
This was perhaps all the money she could find at that moment.
6f…
After Averie wired the money, she looked at her phone in a daze for a while. Elyette did not reply to her message. Has he not seen it?
Forget about it. She had already sent the message. He would see it sooner or later.
Averie placed her phone in her bag and took it out with her. She contacted the police officer the day before, hoping that the police could investigate who David Grimes met up with before kidnapping Wesley.”
Although David was dead, his men were still alive. The police investigated it according to Averie’s request. They questioned a few of David’s men and they produced a detailed statement.
Averie was heading there to collect the documents at that moment.
In a blink of an eye, a week has passed. Averie previously said that she would return to Aryadelle in a week, but she did not do so.
After Mike talked to her on the phone, he was feeling extremely down. Chad guessed it correctly. Averie was indeed planning on returning the one and a half-billion dollars to Elyette. Due to not having enough money, she accepted other part-time jobs.
The fact that she was James Hough’s last pupil has spread all over Bridgedale. The wealthy hired her for consultation at a high price. Averie needed to earn the money, so she agreed to it. Which was why she could not return to Aryadelle at that moment.
“To earn more money, she’s not caring about her arm injury or the child in her but running around treating others…” Mike was troubled over this, so he called Chad. “I should have guessed that she was this type of person! She never listens to me!”
Chad furrowed his brows. “Why are the two of them so stubborn?”
Mike walked over to the bar and poured himself a glass of wine. “I’m really afraid that she would tire herself out.”
“Why don’t I talk to Mr. Foster and ask him not to take Averie’s money! If not, Averie’s body won’t be able to take it,” Chad said.
Mike said, “I’m afraid that it would be pointless even if you talk to him.”.
“I still have to try! If we let the two of them continue this way, how long is this stand-off going to last?” Chad said before hanging up.
He mustered up the courage and knocked on the President’s office’s door.
Elyette was talking to Shaun. When he saw Chad suddenly entering, he furrowed his brows.
“Mr. Foster, I have an important matter to talk to you about.” Chad walked to Elyette.
Shaun saw what was going on and left knowingly.
There was a rage in Elyette’s eyes. “You’re getting more and more brazen!”
Chad lowered his head. “Mike was telling me just now that because Averie is trying to return the money to you as soon as possible, she has taken on a lot of private engagements. She has not fully recovered yet, on top of that she is still pregnant. There will definitely be problems if she continues exhausting herself. Why don’t you stop asking her to pay back?” When Elyette heard what Chad said, his heart constricted tightly! His face turned blue!
Since when did he force Averie to return the money? It was her! She was the one that forced herself to return the money to him!
“Do you think I asked her for the money?” When Elyette said that, his voice was trembling a little.
Chad shook his head furiously. “I know that you would never ask her for the money, but you can ask her to stop paying you back.”
“Do you think she will listen to me?” Elyette said sarcastically, “Do you think she will listen to me!”
Chad was stunned.
“Did Mike get you to come and say these to me?” Elyette swallowed. He furrowed his browsee tighter.
Chad shook his head. “He knows that it would be pointless telling you this. I only feel that… even if it’s pointless telling you. At least you took a stand. If she still doesn’t listen to you, whatever happens next, at least no one would blame you.”
“I understand. Please leave.”
Elyette was not worried if he was blamed. He was only worried that something might happen to her health.
After Chad left, Elyette picked up his phone and dialed Averie. The call was connected but no one picked up. After the system automatically hung up, Elyette placed his phone down.
He felt as if he was a puppet attached to strings and Averie was controlling the strings in her hand.
He was going crazy because of her!
He picked up his coffee mug and realized that the mug was empty. He called his secretary on the office phone and a moment later the secretary knocked on the door and entered.
It was right at this moment when his phone on the desk rang.
He picked his phone up and when he saw Averie’s name on the screen, his gaze darkened. He immediately picked up the call. “Averie, what the hell are you doing? What the hell do you want!”
His roars scared his secretary half to death. The secretary remained in the same spot in a daze!
On the other end of the line, Averie was stunned too.
She just came out from the washroom and was about to go to bed. She noticed a missed call from him, so she dialed him back. She never thought that he would bark at her angrily.
“What happened to me?” Averie sat down by the bed, baffled. She muttered, “Elyette, what the hell are you mad about?”
“I’m mad? Who is the mad one here?” Elyette stood by the window, looking at the bustling city. He asked, “Who told you to take on random jobs? Was it me? Did I force you to return the money to me?”
Averie listened to the bombardment of his questions and roughly understood why he was angry.
“I did not take on random jobs.”
“You’re lying!” Elyette barked, “Have your injuries healed? Other than recuperating, who told you to do other things? Your disregard for everything and desperation to earn money. Have you ever thought about how I felt!”
The secretary was bewildered! Never have the secretary seen Elyette so mad! In everyone’s eyes, Elyette was a logical person. He was so logical he felt inhumane at times.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
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