“What for?”
“To confirm if there’s really something wrong with the baby,” reluctant to continue the topic, she responded quickly, “the results will be out in two weeks, so you can come ask me about it two weeks later.”
Elyette looked up and spotted three pairs of eyes watching them from the dining room, so he
grabbed Averie by the wrist and took her upstairs.
“What are you doing?!” Averie pulled her hand away, not wanting to be alone with him.
Elyette hated being pushed away by Averie, but she did so frequently. He grabbed onto her wrist once again and as a punishment, he tightened his grip forcefully.
“I need to talk to you. Do you want them to hear everything?” He took a glance at her flushed face and led her upstairs.
They went into Averie’s bedroom once they were on the second floor.
Averie was reluctant to let Elyette into her bedroom, but Elyette didn’t consider himself a guest after entering her house and acted as though he was the owner of the mansion.
“Averie, if the results come back two weeks from now and show that the baby is still unhealthy, what do you plan on doing?” He closed the bedroom door and asked.
“Terminate the pregnancy,” she responded without hesitation.
His blood ran cold at her answer. “Didn’t you say that you are going to give birth to it even if something is wrong with it? Why are you changing your mind now?”
“Why should I give birth to it? So that it can suffer?” She was confused by his question.” Didn’t you desperately want me to get rid of it? Should you be pleased now?”
“That’s my child! I can’t possibly be happy to learn that it’s sick or killed!” Tears welled up in his eyes. “Did you have to hurt me, Averie?”
Wanting to cease the meaningless argument, she turned around and said, “leave if there’s nothing else you need! I need to rest now.”
“What’s with that 300 million?” He strode up to her to force her into facing him. “Where did you get that much money? Who did you borrow it from?”
“I didn’t borrow it from anyone.” She felt pressured when his towering figure loomed over her and couldn’t help but take a few steps back. “I earned it myself.”
“You are telling me that you earned 300 million within weeks? Why don’t you explain to me how you manage to earn that much?” He didn’t believe her and stepped forward when she backed away until they were standing by the bed.
“Why do you care how I earned it? You have a say with the baby, but you have no right to control me!” She shoved him by the chest.
“Monitoring you is the same thing as monitoring the baby!” He stood still as the looks in his eyes darkened. “As long as the baby is still inside you, I have the right to control you!”
Averie felt that he was being ridiculous, but couldn’t quite argue with his logic, so she responded with a half-truth, “it’s the payment for a surgery I performed on someone!”
The 300 million was the payment Elyette gave Zoe; however, Zoe was not the one who treated Shea, so all Averie did was take back what was hers and she did not feel guilty about it.
“Who?” He couldn’t quite believe her explanation. “Who gave you that much money as payment?!”
“It’s okay for you to pay Zoe that much, but not when others do the same? Or is this just you having a hard time accepting that there’s someone else richer than you?” Averie mocked,” what an arrogant man you are!”
“Averie, does it hurt you to not piss me off for just one day?” He grabbed her by the nape and leaned forward until their faces were almost touching.
She could feel his unique scent and it ignited a fire within her.
“What are you doing?” Her lashes trembled and she started to breathe heavily. “If you try anything, I’m going to scream!”
As soon as she made the threat, his thin lips landed on hers. She tried to fight him off, but he had wrapped his long arms around her body and she could hardly move.
…
After some time, he was finally content and let go of her.
Averie’s eyes reddened and could no longer conceal her anger and grievance. She shoved him again and said, “do you know what you are doing?!”
To her surprise, he fell backward towards the cloth rack behind him after being shoved. He immediately grabbed onto the cabinet next to him to steady himself. Though he didn’t fall to the ground, the rack did at the impact and Averie’s purse fell along with it.
The contents of her purse were instantly scattered on the ground, so he immediately squatted down to pick up her purse and everything else.
There weren’t many items in her purse; apart from tissue paper, headphones and makeup powder, there were only a few packets of medicines.
While he was putting everything back into the purse, he caught sight of a card in one of the compartments of her purse; more precisely, a black card, so he took it out.
“Don’t touch my stuff!” Averie panicked when she saw the card in his hand and instantly started sweating
It was the card Eric had given her for safekeeping and she had forgotten to take it out after putting it into her purse. Elyette flipped the card and saw the signature on the back of the card: Eric Santos.
“Your stuff?” He held the card between his fingers and asked in a giddy manner, “why is Eric Santos in your purse? How does this become yours?”
His tone became increasingly harsh and his expression grew darker.
“I meant don’t touch my purse. I didn’t say that this is my card!” She snatched her purse back and tried to reach for the card in his hand.
He stood up abruptly and raised his arm so that she couldn’t take the card back.
“Did he give you 300 million? Did he?!” He swallowed hard and roared, “when have you two started dating?! If I haven’t come across this card, how long do you two plan on lying to me about this?!”
She stared at the pained and frustrated expression on his face and for a moment, she couldn’t say a word.
Elyette had come to the conclusion that Averie and Eric were in a relationship; if Averie was him, she would misunderstand as well. After all, under what circumstances would a woman accept a card from a man? It had to be when the two were extremely close and had nothing to keep from one another. Back when she dated Elyette and their relationship was still in the honeymoon phase, she had never accepted his card.
Her train of thoughts stopped when she saw the tears in his eyes.
Feeling as though she was being strangled, she frantically tried to explain despite the difficulty to breathe. “Elyette… He is just asking me to keep the card safe for him… I didn’t spend his money…”
“Really?” Elyette tightened his fingers around the card. “If that’s the case, I will return this to him on your behalf.”
With that, he picked the cloth rack off the ground and walked away to open the door.
The faces of Mike and the children appeared before him. With a cold expression, he walked past them without a word and went downstairs.
“Mom! Did he bully you?” Layla ran into the room and gazed up at her mother’s face.
Averie forced out a smile and hung her purse back onto the rack. “He didn’t. He doesn’t dare to when you are all at home.”
“Averie, I heard everything.” Mike stepped inside with a heavy heart. “There’s something wrong with the baby?”
Suddenly, it made sense that she was crying in the morning.
Averie pretended to be strong and said, “it’s not confirmed yet! It’s just that there’s huge risk, but we still need to wait for the results.”
“Oh, then don’t get upset too soon,” Mike comforted her, “I talked to a doctor and he said that babies aren’t as fragile as we think they are. Usually things would settle down once you are past the first three months of pregnancy.”
“Yeah.”
“I got into an argument with him earlier today and I kind of blurted out saying everything.” Mike stood before Averie and scratched his head awkwardly.
Averie scowled. “What did you say?” “Um… I accused him of appearing like he cares for Shea, when in truth, he looks down on her! “Mike said and paused before continuing, “I also told him that you still love him… I told him not to be with Chelsea….or at least wait until after you have your baby.”
Confused, Averie said, “stay quiet if you don’t know what you should and should not say! Who told you to tell him all that? He definitely thinks that I told you to tell him that! It’s no wonder that…”
‘No wonder Elyette kissed me just now! He thought that I am still in love with him after hearing what Mike had to say!’ She thought.
She covered her mouth awkwardly and desperately wanted to hide inside a hold.
“Don’t think too much. Right now, your main mission is to take care of your body,” Mike comforted her, “don’t you think he knows that you still love him? He’s no fool and neither are we.”
“Fine, I’m the fool, then. Okay?” Averie pushed Mike out of the door. “Get out! I don’t want to see you right now.”
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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