Which meant that she could go into delivery at any moment; however, what had happened was a rope around the baby’s neck that could potentially kill it.
If Averie was living such a messy private life, it can’t be certain if Elyette would still want the child.
Chad stood before the office door, unable to summon the courage to step in, as he couldn’t bear to witness Elyette’s reaction.
On his way to find Ben, he spotted Ben stepping out of the elevator.
“Ben, have you seen the news? Chad asked awkwardly, “the news about Averie.”
“What do you think?” Ben scowled furiously. “I found out a week ago! Why else would I be that angry?”
Chad was taken by surprise. “How did you find out, Ben?”
“Why don’t you go ask Mike? Considering how close he is to Averie, he must have known everything!”
Chad felt slightly dazed. Every time Mike mentioned Averie to him, he would make it sound as though Averie was a little girl that needed to be taken care of. Mike couldn’t lie, which meant that not even Mike knew that Averie had been fooling around in private.
Chad returned to his own office and called Mike.
Mike picked up the phone immediately and blurted out, “I know what you are about to say. I saw the video. F*ck it, that’s definitely not Averie! That woman’s moan was too lecherous! Averie couldn’t possibly do that!”
“Have you heard her moaning before, and if so, how? Have you slept with her before?!” Chad deadpanned.
“F*ck! What the f*ck do you think you are talking about? Do you have a death wish?” Enraged, Mike desperately wished that he could throw a punch at Chad through the phone.
“Well, then what proof do you have that says that woman isn’t Averie? I watched the video and that looked and sounded exactly like Averie,” Chad said in a tortured tone, “where is Averie? I want to hear it from her.”
“She took Layla to Bridgedale this morning! They haven’t even landed yet!” Mike was breathing heavily. “That’s not
Averie. I’m sure of it. Averie isn’t that kind of woman. I trust her and so should you!”
Chad massaged the bridge of his nose in despair. “‘This isn’t something that can be resolved even if the two of us believe in her. The main issue is my boss… He is going to find out about this soon. If he doesn’t believe Averie, then she’s done for!”
“What do you mean, done for? So what if that woman in the video was indeed, Averie? Averie isn’t married to him, and he has no rights to get involved!” Mike said casually.
“But Averie is still pregnant with his child! Mr. Foster is definitely not going to let her go. Just tell her to hide for a while in Bridgedale and don’t come back until after she gave birth!” Chad suggested
“What are you talking about? The woman in that video is not Averie!” Mike repeated the same sentence over and over again.
Just then, Chad heard noises from the president’s office and hung up, before striding up to the office and leaning against the door to listen.
Inside the office, Ben found the video and shoved his phone towards Elyette’s face to force him to watch it.
“This is the woman that you have been treating like your treasure,” Ben sneered sarcastically and gritted out, “I came across the scene where she was fooling around with this man a week ago in the hotel. I heard with my own ears when she said that she went out looking for other men because you can’t satisfy her in bed.”
Elyette froze as though someone had pressed on the ‘stop’ button; though his expression was calm, darkness had filled his eyes.
After a long while, he swallowed hard and argued in a hoarse voice, “Averie wouldn’t betray me! That’s not her!”
“Wake up already! That is her!” Ben shattered all hope for Elyette and said, “you can keep the baby she is carrying, but do not ever touch that skank ever again!”
Anger was boiling within Elyette’s eyes. The word ‘skank’ was like a sharp blade that was sent piercing through his heart. To him, Averie had always been the purest, most innocent person in the world, so she couldn’t possibly be the woman in the video.
However, no matter how reluctant he was to admit it, the woman’s face and voice, along with her pregnant belly were all proving Elyette wrong.
“I’ve known you for almost twenty years now, Elyette, do you think I would hurt you?” Ben saw the pain in Elyette’s eyes and felt sorry for him. “If you don’t believe me, you can go ask Chelsea. We ran into the scene together that night.
Do you know why we held back from telling you about it? It’s because we wanted Averie to give birth to your child and we didn’t want to cause any trouble at this time… But it turns out that Averie is shameless enough to record a tape like this!”
“Don’t you think that the video is blurred out?” Elyette’s senses and urges were playing a tug of war within him and tore him apart as they did. “That video has to be fake!”
Ben had never seen Elyette like this.
Elyette was never afraid of adversity or failure. They had encountered dangerous situations countless times before, with the company almost going bankrupt in the most difficult moment. Elyette came close to bearing a tremendous debt, but didn’t even flinch at the time.
Who would have thought that a man like that would struggle to accept the fact that Averie had cheated on him?
“Let’s say the video is fake. So is the voice I heard in Caesar Hotel fake as well?” Ben pressed on sarcastically. “I went to the reception to check right away that night and Averie was indeed in the hotel. I called her that night but her phone was turned off. She didn’t call me back until the day after and she admitted herself that she was in
Caesar Hotel!”
Ben spoke quickly and his words were piercing. “That bed in the video is one of the beds in Caesar Hotel!”
Elyette’s eyes reddened. He supported his head with pale fingers and sank into silence as he suffered through excruciating pain.
A voice inside his head told him to believe in Averie unconditionally; but there was also another voice that told him to give up and accept the reality.
He could feel himself being torn apart little by little.
Ben didn’t want to say anything when he saw how hurt Elyette was, but he knew that if he didn’t take this opportunity to make Elyette give up on Averie, he would soon find a way to help Averie dodge the bullet.
“Elyette, Averie has never cared about your feelings. Think about all the things she has done so far, she has been placing herself first. She knows how to manipulate you and she has succeeded.”
As no one could get in touch with Averie, everyone who knew her was having a panic attack.
Tammy held onto her phone and frantically tried to explain to Jun, “that woman in the video is definitely not Averie!
Averie was in Caesar Hotel that day because the thief used my phone and messaged her! The thief tricked her into going to the hotel!”
“Yeah? Did the thief trick her into sleeping with him as well? According to the video, she seems to enjoy it though!”
“Jun Hertz! What are you saying?!” Tammy’s face was flushing in rage. “That’s not Averie!”
“Who is it, then? Nora? Nora isn’t pregnant, though. The woman in the video was heavily pregnant,” Jun tried to reason with her, “I don’t want to believe that it is Averie, but that’s her voice!”
Tammy’s eyes reddened. “The thief tricked Averie into going to the hotel that day! They even gave her sedative to put her to sleep. I was the one who accompanied Averie to a bodycheck in the hospital. She didn’t want Elyette to worry and asked me to keep it a secret!”
“I see. Then the sedative they used on her might be aphrodisiac as well.”
“…I told you that isn’t Averie!” Tammy burst into tears.
“Tammy Lynch, can you just grow up already? If you really don’t think that’s Averie, why are you even crying?” Jun said calmly, “I can believe her for your sake, but Elyette won’t, because it’s Averie we are talking about!”
An hour later, all videos related to Averie had been completely removed from the internet; screenshots and wordings related to the video were also banned. However, this could not stop the netizen’s curiosity. ‘How much did
Averie spend to stop the speculation? It sure is nice to be rich!’
‘So everyone knows that Averie went fooling around with another man despite being pregnant, right?’
A friend of mine who works at the airport told me that Averie flew overseas earlier this morning. I assume that she did so to hide until the storm passes!’
“I’m so scared! My friend posted a screenshot of Averie’s video and his account was blocked. Will mentioning Averie
Tate’s name itself become a taboo soon?’
The netizens had been correct. Half an hour later, the words ‘Averie Tate’ had been completely banned from the internet, which only provoked the netizens further and soon, Tate Industries became the top most searched 46
topic.
Mike stared at the comments on the internet coldly with his blue eyes.
He should have accompanied Averie to Bridgedale, but with what was happening in Aryadelle, he had more reasons to stay and make sure that the company operated as per usual.
“Mike, um…” Shaun opened the door to Mike’s office awkwardly and asked, “is… President Tate okay?”
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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