She pursed her lips and nodded.
Elyette placed his hands on her shoulders. He studied her with his dark eyes, “When has she treated you? Was it when you were lost?“.
When Shea was around, she always had a nanny to look after her. Elyette could keep track of Shea all day. Thus, it was easy for him to figure out that shea had met Averie only when she went missing!
Shea knew she could no longer hide it, yet she was afraid as her brother looked so serious and stern. So, she lowered her head and said nothing.
At the Starry River Villa, Mike was in the hall boasting about how great his alcohol tolerance was, and how easily he had gotten Chad drunk!
He also paraded how easy it was to lie and fool Chad.
“Averie, I’m great, right?” Mike was looking for praise. “Chad definitely reported it to his boss! Don’t worry. Elyette will not suspect you.”
Averie was peeling some apples. She passed them to him. “You finally have some brains.”
“Hey! That was uncalled for! I always have brains, please!” Mike angrily accepted the apple and took a hard bite. “I just don‘t like to think. Once I do, even Sherluck Helmes is no match for me.”
At that moment, Layla brought an album over.
“Mommy, who is this man? He‘s so handsome! I like him very much!”
Layla had come out of Averie‘s room. Averie looked at the album in Layla‘s hands. She immediately placed her knife down.
“Layla, why are you going through my things again?” Averie took the album and shut it.
Eric‘s photos were in the album. Averie was a fan of his.
“Mommy, if you didn‘t want me to see it, you should have locked it up!” Layla looked aggrieved. “Why won‘t you let me see it? I like that handsome man too!”
Hayden glanced at the album and said, “Infatuated fool.”
“Mommy likes him too! If you‘re calling me an infatuated fool, that means you‘re calling Mommy a fool too!” Layla retorted logically.
Hayden could not win, so he turned around and returned to his room.
Layla lay in Averie’s arms and said sweetly, “Mommy, if you‘re going to find a boyfriend in the future, use this handsome man as a benchmark. If you can bring such a handsome man home, Grandma and I won‘t object to it.”
Laura could not help but laugh when he heard what Layla said, Averie’s head hurt. She was just about to lecture her daughter when someone rang the doorbell.
It was nine at night. Other than Tammy, no one would usually come over to visit. However,
Tammy never comes at night.
Mike was already at the door. He looked through the peephole.
“Damn! Averie! Your ex-husband is here!” Mike did not dare open the door. He quickly returned to the living area. “He has even brought someone over.”
Who?
Averie passed Layla to Laura. Laura immediately took Layla to the room.
“Shea is here too,” whispered Mike.
Averie furrowed her brows. Why did Elyette bring Shea over here so late at night?
She walked over to the door and opened it. Before she could say anything, Elyette asked Shea,” Is It here?”
Shea walked into the room. When she saw Averie‘s cold expression, Shea pursed her lips not daring to make a sound.
Elyette held on to Shea‘s hand and walked past Averie, entering the living area.
“Elyette—“Averie took a deep breath, turned around, and went after him.
“Shut up!” Elyette barked. He interrupted her and said, “Averie, when Shea went missing, was she here with you?”
Averie was speechless. He had still found out about it in the end.
Elyette saw the reaction on Averie‘s face and got his confirmation.
An ice–cold feeling rose from the bottom of his heart.
“How did she end up here? Why didn’t you tell me?” Elyette approached Averie and looked at her coldly. He enunciated each word, “Were you happy looking at me going crazy looking for her!”
Back then, Elyette had spent one hundred and fifty–five million dollars looking for Shea. The entire county knew of his search for her. He had not believed that Averie had anything to do with the matter.
Averie’s face flushed from Elyette’s questions! The tone of his voice made it clear that he thought that Averie had abducted Shea and had taken Shea to her house.
At that point in time, Averie had not even had the time to think. She had a high fever! If she had returned Shea to him while Shea still suffered from a fever, he would think that she had not even cared for her while Shea had been with her.
“Yes!” Averie yelled, agitated. “I was extremely happy to see you go crazy!”
Suddenly, everything went black! The lights in the house went out!
“Ah!” Shea was so frightened she immediately found someone to hug.
Mike jumped. “Why are you hugging me? Let go!”
“I‘m scared! Scared!” Shea continued exclaiming in alarm. Mike gave in and exhaled. It was just a hug! He did not lose anything by it! Why should he argue with a mentally challenged woman?
Furthermore, Elyette would soon take her away.
Just when Mike thought that Elyette would reclaim Shea, he said, “It‘s your son that took Shea out of school, right? You were the one who told him to do it!”
Mike was perplexed. What the hell was going on with Elyette? Shea was yelling in fright, yet he did not care. Instead, he was pursuing his argument with Averie.
“Yes! I told my son to do so!” Averie‘s voice was louder than his. Her emotions overpowered his. “I deliberately got my son to take Shea home. I wanted to see what type of woman you desired; I wanted to see how powerful she was! Who would have thought that she‘s an idiot!”
Elyette could insult her all he wanted, but she would not stay calm if he had dragged Hayden into the argument.
His string of questions made Averie lose it.
He wanted her to become that evil woman, so she was going to show him how evil she was!
After what she said, the entire world went silent. Suddenly, the lights came back on!
Averie saw Elyette’s dark expression. His eyes were red, and his fists were clenched tightly. It felt as if he was about to hit her the very next second!
Averie’s heart was beating wildly. She quickly came to her senses. How could she call Shea an idiot? Even if it was out of spite, she should not say that in front of Shea!
Averie looked around in search of Shea, trying to locate where she was.
Laura and the two children were in the children‘s room, staring at Shea. Shea looked at the ground. They had all heard what Averie had said. At that moment, despite not liking her, all they could feel for her was sympathy.
“Shea, what my mommy said just now is not true,” Layla said in her childish voice. “My mommy didn’t ask my brother to take you home. My mommy is lying. So, she‘s also lying when she says you’re an idiot.”
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