Averie did not take his words to heart because Mike was not a person who could keep secrets. He always had a strong urge to tell her whatever secrets he found out. He would tell her at the first moment.
At night, after Layla and Hayden had fallen asleep, Averie came out from the children’s room.
Mrs. Cooper was carrying Robert in her arms, standing outside the door of her bedroom.
Averie walked over.
Mrs. Cooper said, “Averie, you have been playing with Hayden and Layla the entire afternoon, I’ll look after Robert tonight.”
“I’m not tired. I can look after him for a while.” Averie took over Robert from Mrs. Cooper.” He’s great. He won’t make a fuss.”
Sometimes, she could put him on the bed with a toy and he would play alone for a long time. Robert did not know how to flip over yet, so she was not worried that he would fall to the ground.
Averie returned to her room with Robert. After putting him on her bed, she went to the shower to fetch some water. She planned to give Robert a bath.
After fetching some water, she returned to her bed and looked at the time on her phone.
A message appeared. It was from Elyette.
(Has the kids arrived home safely?]
Elyette called Mike. Mike’s phone was turned off.
He was worried about the children’s safety, so he could only ask Averie.
Averie replied, (Hmm.)
After replying to Elyette, she placed her phone down and took Robert’s clothes off.
She wanted to pretend that she did not care about him, but after taking Robert’s clothes off, she could not help but pick her phone up again to see if he had sent any new messages.
Naturally, there were none.
Averie disappointedly placed her phone down and carried Robert to the bathroom. An hour or so later, Mrs. Cooper came to take Robert away.
Averie picked up her phone once again. She went through Elyette’s messages once more, also going back through their chat history.
The more she saw the more upset she was. She was indeed a little selfish and impulsive.
Shea’s passing was a huge blow to him. Perhaps, she should have been more patient and forgiving to him and not gotten into a fight with him and then brought Robert to Bridgedale.
She wanted to send him a message, but she did not know what to send. She accidentally opened the calendar. Two days later, it was the New Year in Aryadelle. She would send a message to him then!
In a blink of an eye, the New Year arrived.
Once Averie got up, she got her children into new clothes before decorating the house together with Mike.
Layla saw how lovely they were before secretly sneaking into Averie’s room. It was the New Year that day, Layla thought about how lonely Elyette was, so she thought of sending him a message with Averie’s phone.
Averie’s phone was placed by the side of her bed. When Layla entered her room, she picked her phone up and easily unlocked it, and opened the chat. Although she did not know how to spell Elyette’s name, she could roughly recognize it.
She sent Elyette a voice message.
At that moment, it was eight in the evening at Aryadelle. Ben and Chad were over at Elyette’s to spend the New Year’s Eve together.
The courtyard was filled with fireworks. Ben was about to light them up.
Elyette had just finished a call when he saw Averie’s voice message. His eyes darkened and his chest constricted tightly. He played the voice message with slightly trembling fingers.
“Daddy! Happy New Year! Mommy is decorating the house, so I’m secretly sending you a message with her phone!”
Layla’s clear voice could be heard.
Chad heard the message and immediately went over to Elyette. “I heard Layla’s voice.”
Elyette smiled mysteriously and played the voice message once more. Chad heard what Layla said. He was happy for Elyette. “Mr. Foster, do you plan to give Layla some money as a New Year’s gift?” Chad reminded Elyette.
Elyette keyed in a series of numbers and transferred some money.
Chad coughed and reminded him once more. “Although the other two children didn’t send you a voice message, they are your children too. You should treat them equally.”
After Averie finished everything, she returned to her room to grab her phone. She was about to call Tammy to come to have dinner.
Although they had fought a few days ago, Averie was worried for her.
Averie unlocked her phone. Elyette’s chat appeared in front of her! There were three huge transfers from him.
Averie was stunned for a while. Her heart was beating fast! On an impulse, she dialed him.
The call soon connected. Elyette’s low and mesmerizing voice came through.
“Layla?”
“It’s me,” Averie said awkwardly, “Why did you transfer money to me?”
Elyette said, “Those are for the children.”
Averie was even more awkward. “If you want to give them money, can’t you give them in person? Why do you have to send it to me?”
Elyette explained, “Did you not see the message Layla sent to me? She sent me a voice message greeting with your phone.”
Averie was speechless. She wanted to dig a hole for herself and hide in it. She only saw the transfers. She did not scroll up.
She tapped open their chat and scrolled up. She saw that she sent a voice message over. It must have been Layla.
Averie took a deep breath. She was feeling so awkward she was blushing. She did not know what to do.
“Mommy!” Right at that moment, Layla ran into her room. Seeing Averie holding her phone, Layla immediately covered her mouth with her hand.
Averie looked at her and passed her the phone. “Your father.”
After all, Elyette answered the call by saying Layla’s name. Their father-daughter relationship was moving
Layla took over the phone and asked, “Daddy, did you see the message I sent?”
“I saw it. I sent you some money, it’s on your mother’s phone.”
“Oh, only for me? Does Hayden have some?”
“Yes.”
“What about Robert?” Layla continued.
“Yes, there is.”
“Hehe, what about Mommy?” Layla asked cheekily, “Mommy has been taking care of us. It’s tiring.”
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