“There’s a speech at a school.” Elyette swallowed his saliva. He could not help but look at her.
“I studied here for a year in high school. I’m going to give a speech in the afternoon. Do you want to go?”
Averie was a little disappointed. She did not hide it verycd well.
“I’m with Hayden today. I’m not free,” Averie said and looked toward Hayden.
Hayden’s smile has long vanished. At that moment, he was looking coldly in theirge direction.
The bodyguard was holding onto the robot that they won, standing next to Hayden. He was looking at them too.
Averie inhaled awkwardly. “I only felt that it was a little too much of a coincidence that I would bump into you here,” she paused for a while before saying, “I’ll make a move.”
She only took her first step away when Elyette grabbed her arm. “Let’s have dinner tonight.” Afraid that she would reject him, he added, “I’m returning to Aryadelle tomorrow.”
“Hayden wouldn’t want to have dinner with you, so…”
“I know you’ll find a way. He listens the most to you.” Elyette walked over to Averie and looked at her with his dark eyes. He said seriously, “Averie, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have suspected you. Although my initial intention wasn’t that way, I still hurt you.”
Averie’s face blushed red. Her body temperature shot up within a few short seconds too. She was so hot she panicked. She never thought that Elyette would say such a thing.
Was he there to give a speech or apologize to her?
Elyette did not like going to places where there was a crowd. If he did not come here to look for her, why was he there to torture himself?
“So, the lucky draw, the robot…was your doing.” Averie knew that they would not be so lucky.
“Don’t tell Hayden.” Elyette sounded helpless. “I just wanted you all to be happy.”
“I know.” Averie lowered her gaze. She did not dare to meet his eyes.
Elyette came over to apologize to her, expressing his sincerity. Even if she felt aggrieved, she did not have the mood to lose her temper at him.
“I’ve booked a room at the restaurant near your place. Let’s have a meal together tonight, please?” Elyette asked this once again.
Averie had already caved in, but she did not want to agree to him that easily. “I’ll consider it.”
She walked over to Hayden.
Elyette saw her safely back with the bodyguard and Hayden before turning around and leaving.
Averie looked at her son’s tightly furrowed brows. She wanted to cheer him up. “Hayden, the robot is so cool!”
“Mommy, what is he doing here?” Hayden asked.
“He came to apologize.” Averie did not want to keep things from Hayden. “He invited us to dinner tonight.”
“I knew that he wouldn’t have good intentions.”
“If you don’t want to, then we won’t have dinner with him tonight.” Averie smiled. She did not want to spoil her son’s mood.
Hayden looked at her. Her wishes were all in her eyes.
That night, Averie brought Hayden to the restaurant that Elyette reserved. It was Hayden’s decision to come because he saw how much Averie wanted to come.
The huge room only had three of them. The atmosphere was rather strangely quiet.
The waiter left after serving the food.
Elyette pondered for a while. He was just about to say something when Averie jumped the gun and said something first because she was afraid that Elyette would make Hayden angry.
“Hayden, didn’t you say you were hungry? This restaurant is quite good. Have more food.”
Averie placed a huge pile of food in Hayden’s dish.
Hayden lowered his head and ate. He did not even look at Elyette.
Elyette picked up a ladle and scooped some soup for Averie. “When are you planning to return to Aryadelle?”
Averie did not want to talk to Elyette in front of Hayden because Hayden was extremely sensitive to Elyette. She was afraid that if any sentence of his would make Hayden unhappy, it would only deepen the rift between father anded son.
“Let’s eat first!” Averie lowered her gaze and took small mouthfuls.
A moment later, Hayden was full. He placed his utensils down. “Mommy, I’m tired. I’ll go homege first.”
Averie immediately placed her utensils down. She wanted to go with her.
“Mommy, you’re not finished yet! I’ll get Uncle Bodyguard to send me back.” Hayden grabbed his bag and headed out.
After the little third wheel left, Elyette could finally speak.
“Hayden is going back to summer camp tomorrow. When are you planning to return to Aryadelle? We could head back together,” Elyette said.
“I don’t want to return tomorrow.” Averie politely refused to return to Aryadelle with him tomorrow.
“Then, I won’t go back tomorrow,” Elyette said, changing his mind.
Averie was speechless.
“Don’t worry, I won’t bother you.” Looking at how stunned she was, he changed the subject.” Soon, our child will be six-months-old. Time passes by quickly.”
“Is that so?” Averie did not think so because too many things had happened. Sometimes when she thought back about it, it was like she was having a strange nightmare.
“Life passes by quickly too.” Elyette’s gaze was suddenly in the distance. “Recently, I’ve been thinking about the things that happened when I was young. The past few decades have passed in a blink of an eye. It feels like in another blink of an eye, I’ll be old and white-haired.”
“Did you have an unhappy childhood?”
“What makes you say that?” Elyette smiled but he had no expression on his face.
“I guessed.” Averie took a sip of the soup and said peacefully, “You find it hard to trust others, including me.”
“What about you, then?” Elyette’s tone was peaceful too. He did not want to provoke or start any fight. “Nora and I are innocent. Why are you angry then? Averie, you can’t not trust me but expect me to trust you fully.”
In this round, he won.
Averie did indeed get angry at him because of Nora.
“All the problems between us, can we lay it out on the table once and for all tonight?” He wanted to resolve the conflicts between them.
Soon after, their child was going to be born. They needed to bring the child up together.
“There are no problems.” Averie put down her spoon. She did not want to discuss such a heavy topic. “I’m a little tired. I didn’t nap in the afternoon.”
“I’ll send you back.” Elyette got up from his chair and walked over to her. He helped her up.
“Where are you staying?” Averie picked her bag up and asked.
Elyette hesitated for a while.
Averie looked at his slightly blushing handsome face. Her heart skipped a beat. “Elyette, don’t tell me you only came here today, and you haven’t found a place to stay?”
“Hmm, I’ll just find a hotel near your place later.” Elyette seemed like he wanted to assure her, but it also seemed like he did not. “Anyway, this time I didn’t bring a bodyguard with me. I can just stay anywhere. It’s easy.” He did not bring a bodyguard with him! Averie furrowed her brows tightly.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
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