He had been too reckless. He was blinded by rage and had forgotten that she was still pregnant with his child.
‘How could I say something like that to her?’
“Elyette, let’s go eat!” Chelsea opened the door to his office and reminded him that it was time to get off work.
He looked over at Chelsea. For the past year, Chelsea had been invisible and had never even spoken to him unnecessarily; it wasn’t until recently that she appeared before him out of the blue.
“You should go ahead!” He said, “I am heading home directly.”
Chelsea nodded. “You don’t look so well, so don’t work overtime for too long.”
With that, she turned and left. Elyette picked up his phone to locate Chad’s number, before making a call. “Chad, are you at Averie’s right now?”
Chad parked his car by the road and said, “no, I got into a fight with them. Everything was fine at dinner and then Tammy mentioned things between you and Chelsea out of the blue. I couldn’t help but argue. I guess I was out of line, but I’ve already left Starry River.”
Elyette massaged the bridge of his nose and said, “watch your tongue in front of Averie from now on. She’s pregnant.”
“Yeah, I regretted it as soon as I left her mansion. I will apologize to her another day,” Chad said guiltily.
The next morning, Wesley went to visit Averie.
The two couldn’t help but give each other a hug.
“Averie, forget what my mom said to you before. She is old now and is quite stubborn.” Wesley had been waiting the entire time for Averie to come back so he could explain everything to her. “I am doing fine now, how about you? How’s the injury?”
“I’ve recovered long ago.” Averie led Wesley towards the couch to take a seat and poured him a glass of warm water. “Wesley, you can’t act so recklessly the next time something like that happens.”
“It won’t happen again. You, on the other hand, need to watch out now that your identity is out in the open,” he reminded her.
“Yeah. Your hand…” She sat down next to him and lifted his hand.
“It’s okay. There’s no effect on my life.” Wesley showed her his wound and said, “Averie, Elyette has asked me to be Shea’s teacher.” She looked at him in surprise at the words.
“I accepted the offer because I feel relaxed whenever I’m with Shea and I love it,” he continued, “Elyette then gave my parents a tremendous amount of money in secret.”|
Averie’s lips curled into a smile. “You should take the money if he insists.”
Wesley shook his head. “I told my parents to donate the money. I don’t like the feeling of being a charity case. It makes me look pitiable, but I’ve never considered myself that way.”
“Maybe he doesn’t mean it like that, Wesley.”
Wesley looked over with gentle eyes and responded in a calm tone, “I know he meant well. Averie, if you can say all these things to me, why couldn’t you think the same way?”
She blushed slightly. “Can’tee I?”
“It’s not wise for you to break up with Elyette. You are pregnant and you need someone to take care of you.” Wesley studied her face and deadpanned, “after what happened, can you not tell how he feels about you?”
Averie lowered her gaze as her heart grewóf heavier.
“You are gentle and reasonable in front of everyone else; you only become rude and arrogant whenever you are with him. He’s spoiled you.”
“Wesley, how can you say that about me?” Averie felt a bit misunderstood.
Wesley’s tone softened and said, “it just pains me to watch you raise three kids on your own.”
“Hayden and Layla have grown up and they don’t worry me,” she said, “you probably think that Elyette acts as mature to me as he does in front of everyone else, don’t you? He talked about Chelsea yesterday on purpose to piss me off. He is ridiculous and childish, and I might as well depend on myself instead of hoping that he can raiseja children.”
Wesley had no experience in this regard and was rendered speechless.
That afternoon, Averie received a call from Chelsea.
Elyette had told her to contact Chelsea to pay him back the night before. However, Averie didn’t feel comfortable about it and did not reach out to Chelsea, but to her surprise, Chelsea took the initiative to call her.
“Averie, you can come to me directly from now on to pay your debt to Elyette,” Chelsea said in a professional tone, “Elyette is planning on setting up a foundation and all the money you return will be donated to the cause. I am in charge of the foundation’s operation.”
Averie scowled at Chelsea’s words and said, “send me the account details for that foundation of yours, then.”
“The foundation is not set up yet. I will notify you when it is officially established,” Chelsea said.
“Okay.”
“If you don’t mind me asking, Averie, is there something wrong with your baby?” Chelsea asked in an innocent tone.
Like a cat when its tail had been stepped on, Averie instantly became defensive. “Is that what he told you?”
“No. He set up this foundation to help children with intellectual disability. Truth is, he really hates kids, and yet he wants to set up a foundation specifically for children with intellectual disability, so I am guessing that it could be because your baby…suffers from the same issue.”
Averie’s blood ran cold. From Chelsea’s tone, she knew that she was being mocked.
That night, Averie couldn’t fall asleep.
She laid on bed staring at the canopy as countless memories flashed by before her eyes.
Everything felt as though it had only happened yesterday, when in reality, everything had changed. For the sake of her children and the people that cared for her, Averie vowed to become even stronger and powerful than she was.
The next day, Averie was invited to a business summit and she was surrounded by reporters the moment she entered the venue
“Miss. Tate, we heard that you scammed 400 million out of Elyette Foster, may I know if that’s true?”
Averie remained calm and turned to face the camera. “It’s true.”
“…” Everyone was instantly rendered speechless.
“You have to be joking, Miss. Tate. If it’s indeed true, why hasn’t he sued you?” The reporter continued.
“Because Mr. Foster is far too rich and 1400 million means nothing to him.”
“If any one of you wants to become rich overnight, all you need to do is lie to him. He’s easily fooled.”
The interview was posted online by the reporter. Soon, the video became an instant sensation on the internet
The rumors circulating that Averie had scammed 1400 million out of Elyette had already caught a lot of attention and this was the first time Averie had ever responded to it.
To everyone’s surprise, the rumors were true; what was more shocking to most was the fact that Elyette had not sued her or requested compensation. It was a wonder to everyone and they couldn’t help but wonder if Elyette was truly that easily fooled.
In Sterling Group, Elyette returned to his office after being in a meeting for an hour and found countless messages when he turned on his phone. Every message was followed by a short clip. He scowled and played the video.
‘Miss. Tate, we heard that you scammed 1400 million out of Elyette Foster, may I know if that’s true?’
‘It’see true.
“…” Everyone was instantly rendered speechless.
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