“I think you’re right,” Tammy said. “Don’t say those things in front of Averie, though. She shouldn’t be triggered right now.”
“I know. Thanks for keeping her company. Your own life’s still a mess too… Would you call yourselves the unlucky sisters now?” “Shut your mouth,” Tammy said as she fired a glare at him. “Stay with her from now on. I need to go back to Aryadelle.” “Weren’t you going to further your studies here? Why are you suddenly going back?” “Heh, I’m going back to attend that dirtbag’s wedding!” Tammy said cynically. “Who knows? Maybe I’ll get a chance to stand up for Averie.”
Mike crossed his arms in front of his chest, then said firmly, “It sounds more like you’re going back to see your ex-husband’s wedding!”
“I’ll go to both their weddings!” Tammy refused to shy away. “I won’t miss out on such a once -in-a-lifetime opportunity to join in on the fun.”
“Do you have some kind of misunderstanding toward men? How is marriage a once in a lifetime thing? Both of them are marrying for the second time!” Mike teased. “After this, they might divorce again and move on to their third marriage…”
Tammy’s jaw dropped. Mike’s words might be hurtful, but they were not completely unreasonable.
“I’m still going back to watch the show. You’ve seen Chelsea Tierney’s messed-up face, right? It’s terrifying. Elyette can’t be marrying her for love! It must be chaos back in Aryadelle! I want to go back and find out why exactly he’s marrying her. That’s much more meaningful than furthering my studies!” They arrived at the house moments later. Mike opened the car door and strode into the living room.
Averie was stacking blocks with Layla. Mike walked over to her side and examined her face. “What are you doing?” Averie nudged him slightly. “Isn’t work starting soon? Who told you to come here?”
Mike tutted and said, “I wanted to come so I came. Don’t tell me that the company can’t function without me. I didn’t know I was that important.”
Tammy laughed and said, “Don’t blame him, Averie. He’s still in his pajamas and didn’t even bring a coat. He was obviously in a rush.”
Averie heard that then glanced at Mike and mocked plainly, “It’s not like I died. Can you not be so dramatic?” “I’m not as worried now that I’ve seen you like this,” Mike said.
If she was too sad, she would not have the energy to pick on anybody.
There was a pin-drop silence that night. Averie could not sleep, so she sat at her desk and opened up her laptop. Now that the holidays were over, it was time for her to get back to work As long as the sky did not fall and she was still alive, life would continue to go on a set course. She needed to quickly get her emotions together. Adrian’s upcoming surgery was no small feat. She had to succeed.
She suddenly recalled how she had woken up in the middle of the night a few nights ago and saw Elyette standing at the desk.
What was he doing at her desk at theed time? She remembered that he had hurriedly shoved something into the drawer after she called out to him.
She glanced at the drawer and took up the uppermost folder. The moment she took out the folder and saw the sagging white thread, she went into a trance. Elyette had obviously opened the folder because the white thread was wrapped around it before.
Averie opened the folder and took out all the documents within.
The documents were all of Adrian’s and Shea’s medical records. She had depended on her own memory to reproduce Shea’s records.
What was certain was the fact that Elyette had seen the files in the folder, Averie just did not know how much of it he saw.
She lowered her gaze and let out a heavy sigh.
It did not matter whether or not he saw the documents or how much he saw.
He was already back in Aryadelle and about to marry Chelsea. He did not care at all what Averie was doing or thinking.
Why should she go through the pain of thinking about him?
Averie flipped through the documents once, then put them down in frustration. Then, she turned to her laptop and searched Elyette’s name online.
News about Elyette very quickly appeared before her eyes.
The keywords on the headlines showed up in bold, red font.
(775 million-dollar marriage.]
(Disfigured but not left behind.]
[True love conquers all!) Averie violently slammed her laptop shut!
Back in Aryadelle, once news broke on Elyette Foster and Chelsea Tierney’s impending nuptials, details regarding their wedding also began to spread far and wide Everything from the wedding venue and the number of guests, to the dinner menu, wedding favors, and the bride’s jewelry were all made public online.
This grand, upcoming wedding was the pride and joy of the Tierney family. Wanda, who had once mocked Charlie at the hospital, could not help but give him a call when she read about the shocking news, “You sure are treacherous, Charlie Tierney!”
She was slightly angry. “You were the one who took the box’s contents, weren’t you? That should’ve been mine!” If Charlie had not taken the box’s contents away, the person threatening Elyette right now would be her!
The seven hundred and seventy-five million dollars should also be in her pockets!
“Would you like to attend my sister and Elyette Foster’s wedding, Wanda? Let’s talk face-to face about the question you just asked!” Charlie let out a maniacal laugh. “I’ll entertain you well if you have the guts to show up. I’ll even ask my new brother-in-law to go easy on you.”
Of course Wanda wanted to watch Elyette marry Chelsea.
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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