“I’m not going back home for now. I’ll go see a friend first.” Averie looked at her phone and found her friend’s contact. She dialed. After making the call, they agreed to meet up at a restaurant.
On the way to the restaurant, Averie said to the bodyguard, “Do not tell anyone my schedule in Bridgedale. Not even Mike. He is considered half of Elyette’s men right now. I don’t like being monitored. If anyone asks you about me, just say that I’m resting at home.” The bodyguard nodded. “Miss Tate, I will not be bought.” Averie raised her eyebrows and said in surprise, “Has anyone tried to buy you off?”
The bodyguard was stunned for a while before nodding once more. “Elyette’s assistant has tried to buy me off once, but I strictly refused.”
Averie gasped.
Mike has already been subdued by Elyette’s assistant, Chad. How dare he still try to buy off her bodyguard! Elyette was trying to infiltrate her life from all angles!
She was just pregnant with his child! Did he have to worry so badly! The more Elyette tried to do that, the more she did not want him to know where she was.
The car arrived at the restaurant and Averie successfully met with the patron from before. The patron said excitedly after seeing her, “Doctor Tate, my father’s illness is much better! Thank you so much! I said I wanted to introduce more patients to you. I brought his medical records here today. My friend asked me to do it, so I couldn’t refuse. If you’re not free or you’re not feeling well, you don’t have to do it.”
Averie said, “Since you already brought the medical records over, let me have a look!”
“Doctor Tate, I know that you are kind and noble. You won’t directly refuse. You’re pregnant now, it should be quite tiring, right? If you’re willing to take on this case, you could wait until your child is born before doing it,” The patron said concernedly.
Averie nodded. “Okay, since it’s not urgent, I’ll take the medical record back home to read up on it.”
“Sure. Doctor Tate, I prepared a small gift for you. You have to accept it.” The patron passed Averie a bag. “It’s jewelry for children that I designed. I know that you have a daughter. Give this to her!”
Averie did not want to accept the gift, but she could not refuse the patron’s kindness. On top of that, Layla was a kid who liked to be pretty. She would be delighted to receive this gift. After considering it for a while, she accepted the gift. At nine at night, Averie received a call from one of the teachers in summer camp.
The participants of the summer camp were not only Hayden’s class but also other kid geniuses from all over the world.
Averie thought that Hayden might not fit in. She did not expect the teacher to tell her that not only did Hayden fit in, but he soon got well-acquainted with kids from other countries.
Averie was relieved after the phone call. Before sending Hayden to the elite class, she always thought that Hayden might have a condition , whether it was mental or physical , which was why he was different from kids his age.
She never expected that her son was just much smarter than other kids, which was why he was not willing to go according to the lifestyle of kids his age.
Averie had to thank Shea. If it were not for Shea, Hayden would still be in an ordinary kindergarten
The next day at eight in the morning. Averie was woken up by her phone. She groggily picked up her phone and answered the call.
“Averie, isn’t it time for you to return? The summer camp teacher told me that Hayden is quite happy there.” Mike’s voice came from the other end of the call. “If you’re not going to return any sooner, someone is getting antsy.”
Averie reached out to rub her eyes. She said hoarsely, “What are you talking about?”
“I’m saying, if you still don’t return, Elyette is going to Bridgedale to look for you!” There was a little mockery in Mike’s voice. “Do you know what he was doing yesterday? Hehe. That man! He went to Konad City to secretly spy on Layla!” Averie was speechless.
Averie sat up in surprise.
“He only secretly went to look at the program department. He didn’t disturb Layla,” Mike added, “Chad told me that he most likely knew that Hayden and Layla are his children, but he did not dare to acknowledge them because the children don’t like him. Furthermore, you are not willing to let him reconcile with the children, so he has been bearing the pain of being away from them.
“Also, he does not want Layla to go into the entertainment industry,” Mike continued , “SO please come back quickly to divert his attention. If he were to make a scene at the program department one day, I won’t be able to control the situation.”
Averie’s head hurt, because of the time difference , she could not sleep well the night before. She truly did not want to take another flight at that moment.
“I can’t head back today.” Averie took a deep breath. “My head hurts. I’m planning to stay home and rest today.”
“Oh, is that so! If you’re uncomfortable, you should rest well,” Mike said, “Why didn’t you text me when you landed yesterday? I realize that you rarely like to contact me anymore. Is something going on?”
Averie did not want to break Mike’s heart, so she said, “The phone’s radiation is not good, so I rarely use the phone anymore. If you have anything you could contact the bodyguard.”
Mike said, “Oh…I’m not an idiot. You just think because I’m close to Chad that’s why I have gone to Elyette’s side? You can’t think that way! Anything that happens to Elyette, I tell you immediately. If it were not for my sacrifice, do you think that Chad would tell me that Elyette went to secretly spy on Layla yesterday?”
Averie thought that Mike made sense.
“Next time, you don’t tell him news about me, but only gather news on him. How does thatge sound?”
Mike was speechless.
Averie said, “I’m really sleepy, I’m going to sleep for a little while longer. If there is nothing important, just send a text. I only slept for a while due to the jetlag!”
“How long is your jet lag? When I called your bodyguard yesterday, he said that you were sleeping at home. Have you been sleeping for a day and a night?”
Averie was stunned for a while. “Can’t I?”
“If you’re truly resting at home, that’s fine with me. I’m only afraid that you would do something dangerous behind my back or get conned for example. Being conned off money is a small matter. I’m only afraid that you would get kidnapped again,” Mike told Averie his worries.
Averie said, “Am I that stupid? You can’t just assume that I would be in danger every time I’m in Bridgedale due to the previous incident!”
Mike said, “Didn’t they say that pregnant would make a woman dumb?”
“There is no scientific evidence for this. Women would turn dumb not because of pregnancy but because they get married to a man and have to be tortured by getting pregnant and taking care of the family,” Averie retorted and enunciated every word.
Mike said, “I’m sorry. Averie, rest well. When you have had enough sleep, please come back.”
Averie hung up. She was initially very sleepy, but after reasoning with Mike, she was instantly awake.
No matter when Averie would not let herself stop working or learning. She got down from the bed and exited her bedroom.
The bodyguard put the breakfast that he bought that morning into the microwave. Two minutes later, a hot breakfast was served.
“Miss Tate, when are we heading back?”
Averie said, “Let’s talk about it tomorrow. I’m not leaving the house today. You can rest.”
The bodyguard was rather surprised. “Then I’ll call you for lunch.”
“Hmm. If I’m sleeping, you don’t have to wake me up.”
“Okay!”
Averie took her breakfast back to her room. She placed her breakfast on the table before taking the medical records she got from the night before out of her bag. It was a thick stack of medical records. She wondered what illness this patient had.
In Aryadelle, Elyette could not sleep. It was not because of Averie, but because of Layla.
The program that Eric took Layla along with was an outdoor entertainment program. The entertainment program’s main theme was to get celebrities to live together with ordinary kids, letting the celebrities experience being a father.
They found a few non-celebrity kids, a mixture of boys and girls, but all very good-looking. Of course, in Elyette’s eyes, none of the kids were as good-looking as Layla.
The reason Elyette could not sleep was that he was afraid that by spending time with Eric, Layla would slowly treat Eric as her father!
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