He let out a breath of relief when he heard her response He didn’t want anything, he just wanted her to speak to him. “You didn’t reply to iny messages.” He felt so clumsy when he was standing before her. “Then don’t send me messages.” She gave him a cold look and got into the car. The red BNW’s engine rumbled and turned swiftly, before racing off into the distance.
Once they were on the highway, Tammy asked, “Averie, have you fallen for him again? You look just like me when I couldn’t sleep for nights in a row.”
Averie lowered her head as she was not in the mood for a discussion. “I checked Elyette out carefully just now and realized that he sure maintains himself well! He looks so handsome for his age that he doesn’t even look any different from the first time I saw him…”
Averie interrupted her and said, “Tammy, how old do you think he is?” “Forty?” “Probably not that old.” Averie scowled. “Definitely not forty. I should know if he is.” “Why? Is there supposed to be a grand celebration when he turns forty?” “No. I just don’t think he is that old.”
“That’s exactly why I said he maintains himself well. Not only his face, but he has a great figure as well. Why would you ask him to be a perfect husband when you can just take him as a lover?”
Averie was stunned. “Do I look like the kind of person who would toy with others’ emotions to you?”
“You have misunderstood. I’m not telling you to toy with his emotions; I am telling you to toy with his body!” Tammy blinked and continued, “Women’s urges rise when they turn thirty, don’t you need a man?”
It was a topic that she felt far too embarrassed to be a part of. At night, Eric sent Hayden and Layla back and stayed for dinner. “Mom, Hayden and I went to where Uncle Eric works today. Hayden helped someone control their drone and they gave him a big envelope of pocket money!” Layla said, before taking the envelope out. “What about you? What did you do today?” Averie94 asked. “I was filming the music video together with Uncle Eric!” Layla handed the envelope to Averie and said, “We had fun today!”
“It’s a music video for a non-profit NGO and there’s no pay, so I didn’t tell you,” Eric explained “Haha, do I look like someone who’s that selfish? I wouldn’t have let you take my kids out if I dicin’t trust you.” Averie’s lips curled into a casual smile. Eric, too, smiled in return. “You should smiled3 more.” “Yeah. I plan on going back to work starting tomorrow.” *That’s good. You are never meant to settle for family,” he said, “You are capable of far more meaningful things” “I just don’t want Mike to exhaust himself. It’s my company and I’ve cast it aside for so long.” Averie gave Mike an embarrassed look Mike reacted shamelessly to being mentioned and said, “If that’s the case, can I take a leave starting tomorrow?” “Sure!
“Never mind. Chad is so busy lately. I will take leave when he can do so as well.” Mike calmed down
“You can take leaves whenever you want.” Averie finished her meal and set down the utensils.
“I will go check on Robert.”
She walked out of the dining room and towards the living room, where Robert was sleeping.
She sat down by the crib and unlocked her phone to check her messages. The chat between Elyette and her was at the top of the list and she opened the chat to find that he was yet to accept the transaction she made.
According to what she knew about him, he would never accept the money unless she fixed the amount. But she wasn’t going to because she saw no reason to accommodate him. Furious, she sent him a message.
‘Take the money!’
Elyette responded swiftly once she sent the message, and soon, her phone showed that the transaction had been accepted.
Her lashes trembled as she was surprised by how obedient Elyette was.
He was never a man who would listen to her under all circumstances back when they were deeply in love with one another.
Elyette was a man of principle and he would never let her pay or accept her money for whatever they had spent outside, so she didn’t think that he would accept her money despite his principle. But he did, which meant that he was willing to forego his principles for her sake. If he continued to be this obedient, it would be extremely hard for her to not fall for him.
“Elyette, stop looking at your phone already! Averie isn’t replying, is she?” Ben tapped Elyette on the shoulder and passed him a glass of wine inside the VIP room. “She did.” Elyette set his phone down.
“Did she really? Call her out, then. If you manage to get her here, I will believe that she’s replied.” Ben stared at Elyette’s phone.
“She has work tomorrow.” “Don’t we all?” Ben exposed his lie boldly and said, “If she really did reply, would you still be sitting here, drinking with us? You would have run off to go find her. Hahaha!” The others noticed the cold expression on Elyette’s face and kept quiet. Ben instantly stopped laughing. Elyette looked at Ben coldly and said in a sarcastic tone. “You have a big mouth. Go on.” Ben raised his glass and clinked it with Elyette’s. “Don’t get upset, Elyette. Don’t get disheartened even if Averie doesn’t want you right now. Once she’s dated other men, she will surely realize that there’s no other man like you. She will come back to you then.” Elyette couldn’t tell if Ben was consoling or teasing him. “Ben, Elyette has suffered enough so stop teasing him.” Jun changed the topic and said, “Why don’t we play a more stimulatinged game?” Everyone else brightened up. Elyette set his glass down and stood up abruptly. “You guys go on. I’m leaving.” “Don’t be a buzz-kill, Elyette! Don’t you know what kind of a person Jun is? He’s been good since he married Tammy, so what exactly do you think he would do? Hahaha!” Ben pulled Elyette back
Jun flushed. “Let’s bet on whether Tammy will come to stop my94 wedding.”
Elyette sat back down at Jun’s words.
“Look at how scared you made Elyette, Jun… Don’t be so vague when you speak the next time around. I bet that she won’t!” Ben said, “Let’s bet money on this, or it’s no fun!” “Fine! I bet that she will! I still have fifteen thousand dollars in my account and I’ll place it all on the bet!”
“Just like Ben, I bet that Tammy will not interrupt the wedding,” Chad said, “I’ll place a month’s worth of my salary on thed3 bet!”
Everyone betted that Tammy would not interrupt the wedding.
Jun felt slightly defeated. “You all lack confidence in Tammy. Elyette, what about you? What are you betting on?” “Same as the others. I bet that she won’t.”
Jun’s confidence began to waver. “Why? Elyette, do you not support me and Tammy?” “I saw her this afternoon when she was out eating with Averie. She seems to be doing well.”
“At least she is doing better than Averie.”
Jun fell into despair and heartache. Not only had he overestimated Tammy, but he had also lost the remaining fifteen thousand dollars in his bank account.
The next day, Averie saw her children off and drove to the company.
She arrived at Tate Industries at nine in the morning and her employees greeted her. “Morning, President Tate! You are recovering well, one simply wouldn’t be able to tell that you’ve recently given birth!” “Yeah, you are looking great, President Tate! Looks like our company is going to do great this year!”
Averie was overjoyed at the compliments she received. Upon arriving at her office, she spotted a bouquet of red roses on her table and the smile on her face instantly froze. It was not an ordinary bouquet; it contained at least ninety-nine roses and had taken up the space of over half of her desk. Only a man would send a woman ninety-nine roses when he was trying to pursue her.
She placed her purse on the table and ran her fingers through the petals to find a hand written note, which said: ‘you are forever my goddess’.
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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