“Perhaps God saw how tired Professor Hough was, so He let him rest early. Averie, let‘s think you.”
“I should be the one visiting you,” Averie said. “I‘ll take my kids along too.”
“Okay! I‘m free after the second day of New Year‘s. You can come any time.”
“Okay!”
After hanging up, Averie carried Layla back to the dining table and sat down. Laura passed her a bowl of ravioli.
“Mom, your ravioli sure is huge today.” Averie looked at the ravioli in her bowl, smiled, and said, “Did you give me the ravioli with the coin?”
Laura merelv smiled.
Laura merely smiled
Averie carefully put the ravioli in her mouth and gently bit down. She bit into something hard. Taking out the coin, she said with a grin, “I knew that you love me the most! I will be very lucky in the coming year!”
Mike sneered and placed a ravioli in his mouth too. Then, he took out a coin from his mouth.
“Laura placed coins in all the ravioli. I saw her do it.”
Averie said, “Mom, it won’t come true that way.”
“Why not? I hope that every one of you has good luck!” Laura retorted.
“Then, if there was only one ravioli with the coin, who would you give it to?” Averie was deliberately making things difficult for her mother.
Laura looked at how childish Averie was being. She gave in. “Of course, it would be you! Once you‘re lucky, you can take good care of Layla, Hayden, and Mike.”
Averie was pleased with the answer. After the pleasant meal, Averie got her mother to rest.
Mike stayed in the kitchen and helped Averie with the dishes.
Soon, it was the third day of New Year‘s.
Laura returned to her old home early in the morning. Not long after Laura left, Averie took her two children and left.
Chad would be having Mike over that day, so she chose that day for her visit with Wesley.
“Averie, let‘s go skiing!” Wesley suggested. “They made a snow palace over there. It‘s gorgeous. I‘ll take a photo of you three.”
“Okay!” Averie agreed when she saw how excited her children were.
At the same moment, in the back of the black Rolls–Roice, Shea was looking out at the snow in excitement.
Elyette had booked the snow palace for the day so that Shea could play. Shea liked to play, but she was afraid of crowded places. So every time Elyette took her out, he would reserve the place beforehand. Zoe was with them today. This time, it was Elyette who had asked her out.
Elyette rarely looked at Zoe, but even so, he realized that she was much weaker than before. He did not know whether she had found him exhausting or whether Shea’s treatment had taken a lot out of her.
Soon, Shea would undergo her second surgery. He hoped that Zoe would be able to stay in good shape.
There was a large crowd at the ski area.
“Where is the snow palace?” Averie asked Wesley. There were too many people there. She was afraid for her children‘s safety, so she wanted to head to the snow palace to have a look
“Behind the ski area,” Wesley pointed her in the direction of the palace.
One of the tourists overheard their conversation and said kindly, “Are you heading to the snow palace? It’s not open to the public today. I heard that someone has booked it for the day..
“The huge snow palace has been booked?” Wesley was a little surprised.
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“Yes! Death to the rich! Why did they have to book it during the New Year‘s! How terrible! The ski area is filled with people today because the snow palace has been booked,” the tourist said angrily
Wesley said to Averie awkwardly, “Why don‘t we head over and have a look. I can try talking to the person who booked the area.”
The trip would have been in vain if they did not at least try. The journey had taken close to two hours, but the children had been in good spirits throughout the journey. If they could not enter the palace, they would be extremely disappointed.
Averie nodded. She smiled and tried to smoothen the situation, “It‘s fine if we can‘t go. We can see it from the outside! The surrounding scenery is gorgeous too! We can just take photos around us.”
Wesley nodded. “Averie, I‘m sorry! I should have checked online before coming.”
“It has nothing to do with you. We can still come here again next time.”
“Hmm.”
At the snow palace, Shea was happily wandering around the dreamy castle made of ice and snow.
Elyette held the camera, capturing her smiles. Zoe stood by the side, watching this warm and sweet scene.
“Elyette, let me take a photo of the two of you!” Zoe offered. Elyette passed the camera to her and walked toward Shea.
Wesley, Averie, and the kids stood outside the gates of the snow palace. Just when Wesley was about to talk to the bodyguards guarding the snow palace, Averie pulled him back.
“Wesley, we can‘t go in!” Averie’s expressions suddenly turned cold. She had recognized Elyette‘ s bodyguard.
The person that booked the snow palace was Elyette. He was never into funfairs, so did he book it for Zoe or Shea?
Pulling Wesley along, Averie turned around. Right at that moment, while the bodyguards were distracted by Averie and Wesley, Layla, pulling Hayden, dashed past the gates.
“Mommy! We’re inside!” Layla said excitedly.
Averie was speechless. The bodyguards were baffled too.
Just when the bodyguards were about to catch the two children, Averie immediately ran after them.
“Don’t hurt my kids! I‘ll take them out right now!”
The two bodyguards saw Averie and Wesley entering. They were even more baffled.
One of the bodyguards came to his senses. “It’s fine. That‘s Miss Tate. Mr. Foster won’t blame us.”
“But they are divorced!”
“They are divorced but that doesn‘t mean they are enemies. Also, Miss Shea seems to be close to that boy.”
“Oh, I heard that the boy is Mr. Foster‘s son. Say, why do you think he won‘t acknowledge his son?”
“Who did you hear it from?”
“… I came to that conclusion myself. Don‘t you think that boy looks like Mr. Foster?”
“Mind your own business.”
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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