‘High Risk?!’ She thought as she tightened her fingers around the phone, ‘so there’s really something wrong with my baby?!”
Elyette drove to Tate Industries with the full intention of confronting Averie as to where she obtained 300 million. If she had gotten the money from another man, there was no way that he could accept it.
He barged in without any appointment and strode towards the elevator to press on the button.
The elevator door slowly opened and the first thing he saw was Averie’s flushed face covered in tears.
She glanced at him dazedly, and turned away after just one look, before stepping out of the elevator and walking past him.
“Averie!” He grabbed onto her arm forcefully.
She paused, before punching him in the chest with her free hand. “Let me go!” She yelled in a hoarse voice, “let me go!”
Elyette released her after seeing her reaction. Noticing the tears in her eyes, he swallowed and asked, “what’s wrong, Averie?”
She was clearly emotional and he couldn’t imagine what could have happened to have triggered it.
Averie stared at his face and the pain in her heart grew. If only Elyette had not asked the doctor to give her the medicine, there might be a chance that their baby would not end up like this. She wanted to blame him, but her senses told her that there was no point in doing so when he didn’t do it onee purpose.
“Don’t follow me, Elyette Foster!” She said in tears, before turning to leave.
Elyette watched as she walked away. He couldn’t stay calm and ran after her.
Just then, the door to the elevator opened and Mike stepped out.
It was the receptionist who called Mike and asked him to come.
“Elyette Foster! What are you doing here?” Mike caught up to Elyette and grabbed him by the arm. “Are you here looking for Averie? What do you want from her?”
Averie turned around from a distance when she heard Mike’s voice and when Mike saw her red, teary eyes, he instantly came to the conclusion that she had been bullied by Elyette.
“F*ck! How dare you bully Averie!” Mike swung his fist and hit Elyette on the face.
Elyette couldn’t react and took the punch. His expression darkened and immediately retaliate with a punch as well.
“President! Director Mike is fighting Elyette Foster!” Startled, the receptionist stopped Averie on her track and said, “hurry and go stop them!”
Averie stopped
“President Tate! I think Director Mike is losing!” The receptionist panicked as she watched the fight unfold.
Averie took a deep breath and strode towards them.
“Stop it!” She stopped at a spot that was a step away from them and roared, and the two instantly ceased fighting.
The receptionist gaped. She could understand why Mike obeyed Averie, but Averie had just scammed 1400 million out of Elyette, so why did he obey her as well?
“Fight somewhere else if you want to and leave me alone!” Averie said while sobbing, before leaving
Elyette wanted to go after her, but was stopped by Mike.
“Elyette Foster! What the f*ck did you do to Averie?!” Mike asked angrily while wiping the blood off the corner of his mouth.
Elyette glared at him viciously. “I did want to do something but didn’t have the time to!”
“Then why is she crying?!”
“Let go of me! I’ll go ask her!” Elyette flung his hand away.
“It’s really not your doing?” Mike grabbed hold of his arm again in disbelief.
The receptionist brought two cups of warm water and handed it to the two. “Director, Mr. Foster ran into President Tate in the elevator…and they haven’t even spoken much to one another…so I think he’s not the one who made her cry,” the receptionist explained. Unable to bear the tension between the two men, she hurried back to her post. Mike released Elyette’s arm awkwardly.
Elyette gazed outside the door and Averie had already driven off in her car. “Um… Sorry! I thought you made her cry!” Mike dragged him towards the elevator by the arm. “Let me get you a drink. She told us to leave her alone, so it’s better that you stay away from her for now.”
Elyette scowled. “You really don’t know what’s wrong with her?”
“Not a clue! She was fine when she showed up to work this morning. Why else would I think that you pissed her off just now?”
Elyette followed Mike into the elevator.
“Do you know how she managed to get 300 million, then?” Elyette asked. “She paid me back with 300 million today and according to what I know, she doesn’t have that much cash flow even with both her companiesee combined.”
“You came looking for her to ask about this?”
6f”Yeah.”
“I don’t know!” Mike was not going to tell him the truth. “She is keeping things from me now because I am close with Chad, so she feels like I’ve shifted to your side.”
Elyette’s eagle-like eyes locked onto Mike’s face.
Feeling uncomfortable , Mike forcefully changed the subject. “You are dating Chelsea to piss Averie off, right? Aren’t you worried that she might get so angry that something happens to the baby?”
“So you are saying that despite the fact that she dumped me, I still need to ‘preserve my purity ‘for her?” Elyette retorted.
“Even if you can’t do that, you don’t have to start dating Chelsea so f*cking soon, do you? Can’t you wait until she gives birth to the baby?”
“What makes you think that she cares if I date another woman”
“What makes you think she doesn’t care?”
“She dumped me!” Elyette gritted out. “If she does care, why would she dump me?!”
The anger oozing from Elyette had Mike swallowed nervously.
The elevator arrived at the designated floor following a ‘Ding!’ and the door opened.
The two stepped out of the elevator and walked towards Mike’s office.
“Elyette, have you ever tried understanding why she broke up with you?” Mike closed the office door and asked.
“She blames me for signing the surgery agreement without her consent, and that I didn’t place our child as a top priority,” Elyette analyzed the reason behind their breakup in an organized manner, “she doesn’t think that I can be a good father, so she doesn’t want to raise a child with me.”
Mike scowled. “You are both right and wrong at the same time. Though she doesn’t trust you, she still loves you! She broke up with you out of fear that something might go wrong with the baby and she is trying to take it all on by herself.”
Elyette’s lips curled into a sarcastic sneer. “Did she say that?”
“What the f*ck are you smiling at? What’s so funny?!” Mike cursed, “if only Shea’s condition hadn’t improved to the current state, she would still be kept into the golden cage you set up for her! If something is wrong with your baby with Averie, are you going to lock it up and keep it from contacting the outside world as well?!”
Elyette’s expression darkened at Mike’s words. “I was keeping Shea in a golden cage? Is that what you all think of me?!”
“What do you mean if that’s what we think of you? Isn’t what I said the truth?! Who else knew that Shea existed before she was starting to recover?! You kept her existence from the outside world because you are ashamed of her!” Mike’s tone became extremely stern.
He knew that Averie didn’t have the courage to say these words to Elyette, so he had to be the one to lay all cards on the table; otherwise, Elyette would only acknowledge the fact that Averie broke up with him mercilessly, instead of realizing how problematic he was as a person.
Elyette clenched his fists as his eyes glammed coldly.
He moved his lips to explain, but the words wouldn’t come out. Not all pain was meant to be shared with outsiders.
In the hospital, Averie laid on the bed and was getting ready to undergo amniocentesis.
The doctor had advised her to be checked since the results of the Down syndrome were not ideal. If further tests showed unfavorable results, the pregnancy would have to be terminated.
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