“Uncle Eric, I wanted to call Aunt Tammy.” Layla passed Averie’s phone to Eric. “Call her for me.”
Eric smiled. “I have Aunt Tammy’s contact, put your mother’s phone back.”
“What if she doesn’t answer your call? She is the closest to Mommy. If we call her using Mommy’s phone, she will surely answer.” Layla insisted. She even unlocked Averie’s phone herself.
Eric gave in to her. He accepted Averie’s phone from Layla. Before he opened her contacts, he noticed a red dot on her message icon. He wanted to open it to have a look, but reason told him that it was wrong to look at other people’s private messages without their permission.
He found Tammy’s number in her contacts and dialed. He put the call in loudspeaker mode.
Soon, Tammy picked up. “Aunt Tammy! It’s me!” Layla’s tone was crisp and sweet. “Mommy is asleep. I just wanted to know if you’re doing fine?” When Tammy heard Layla’s concerns, her eyes reddened immediately. “Layla, I didn’t love you for nothing.”
“Hmm! I wanted to go with Mommy, but I didn’t want to see Uncle Jun! He has crossed the line. He made you sad. He is a bad person!”
On the other end of the line, Jun was almost in tears, “Layla, babe. I’m very sad to hear you say that. I have reconciled with your Aunt Tammy.”
Layla was a little stunned.
Tammy chuckled. “Layla, I’m all good with Uncle Jun. Although there are some places where he was wrong, I made mistakes too.” “Oh.” Layla quickly adjusted her mood. She smiled. “Aunt Tammy, as long as you’re happy! If Uncle Jun bullies you again, tell me! I’ll call him and scold him!” “Okay.” After the call, Layla looked at the phone. She tapped on the message icon. When she saw the name Elyette Foster, she immediately clicked to see the chat. Eric smiled and said, “Layla, do you always secretly play with your mother’s phone likeed that?
“Hehe, I only look at it occasionally! I just want to see if she is chatting with Daddy.” Layla smiled widely. “She is chatting with Daddy again. Although I don’t know what they are talking about, at least they are still talking with each other. That means they haven’t cut ties.” Layla entered the bedroom and secretly placed Averie’s phonele back. When Averie woke up, it was dark outside. She sat up in alarm and picked up her phone to look at the time.
She slapped her forehead! She slept until seven in the evening. She quickly got off the bed and went to the living area.
The children were playing in the living area. Sounds were coming from the dining hall. “Mommy, Uncle Eric is having dinner with us. He bought Hayden and me a lot of presents today.” Layla pointed at the shopping bags. Averie nodded and headed to the dining hall. Mike was chatting with Elyette. “Averie, you’re up! Go have your meal. The food’s probably cold. I’ll go reheat it.” Mrs. Cooper saw her and immediately went to reheat the food. Averie sat down by the dining table. She said to Eric, “He didn’t force you to drink right?” Eric shook his head. “He’s drinking. I’m having fruit juice.”
“Averie, what happened to the most basic trust between us?” Mike said in dissatisfaction. “If I were to force him to drink, Layla would be the first one to say no to it.”
Averie was relieved. “Right, about you and Elyette, I heard what Ben said.” Mike looked at Averie pitifully. “Don’t be too sad. Out with the old and in with the new. Elyette is not the only man on this earth…”
“What are you talking about?” Averie furrowed her brows. Her heart constricted tightly. Mike said, “Ben said that Elyette has thought about it. He feels that you two are incompatible, so he has decided to not be hung up on you anymore.”
Averie’s heart san k
They were incompatible with each other.
Did Ben say that or Elyette?
Elyette decided not to get entangled with her. In that case, it must be him that felt that they were incompatible with each other which was why he told Ben that!
“Averie, why are you in a daze? Did I say something wrong again?” Mike was a little nervous.” Chad was there too. He could be the witness that Ben really said that.”
“I do believe you.” Averie picked up her utensils. She quickly collected her thoughts, “Since he finds us incompatible, then I’ll respect his opinion!” “Oh, why do I sense a hint of disappointment in your tone? Don’t you hate him? Since he has decided not to get hung up over you, shouldn’t you be happy?” Mike never knew when to hold his tongue.
It was not like he had never been in love. Of course, he knew why Averie was disappointed.
Averie hated Elyette because Elyette did not relieve her of her anger. If Elyette were to continue coaxing her, once her anger subsided, she could continue to be in love with him.
Averie never expected that Elyette would decide to give up on this so-called mistaken relationshi p
“Whether she is happy or not, this is her own private matter. Mind your own business.” Eric said to shut Mike up.
“I’m just worried she will regret it, okay?” Mike raised his wine glass and took a sip.
“Since Elyette has decided not to get entangled with her, what could Averie do if she regrets it?” Eric hit the nail on the head. “You don’t have to mock her. If you think that Elyette is great, you can still keep in touch with him.”
Mike was suddenly at a loss for words.
“Averie, don’t let men affect your mood.” Eric looked at her tenderly and consoled, “Hayden and Layla’s birthday is coming up soon. I asked Layla just now. She said she wants a party.”
Averie nodded. “When are you free? Let’s find a time when you’reed available.” “I have already kept the date of their birthday free.”
“Eric, you’re so considerate and meticulous. If it wasn’t for your reminder, I would have forgotten that it was almost their birthday.” Averie was touched.
“Layla was the one who told me. She said her birthday was coming soon. Don’t think that the children are still young, she actually knows a lot,” Eric said, “They also know about how you and Elyette constantly fight.” Averie lowered her gaze. Her lashes fluttered. “Hmm, perhaps we are really incompatible . I f not, we would not have always gotten into fights. Him and I this way would indeed affect the children.”
Mrs. Cooper served the reheated dishes and placed them in front of Averie.
Averie had a few bites when Mike asked, “If you’re sure about holding a party, I’ll go make some reservations.”
Averie replied, “Hmm. I didn’t throw a birthday party for them last year. Now that they’re in school, I have to do a proper one for them this year.” “Leave this to me! But…are you going to invite Elyette? Although you two have already split up, he still is the children’s father,” Mike had to get to the bottom of this. If not, Chad would ask him about this later. “So what if he is the father of the children? Has he ever cared for them one day in his life?” Eric said, “Since he has decided not to get entangled with her, then he should cut ties completely.”
Averie said, “Eric is right. Since he has already made up his mind. He is surely prepared not to contact us anymore. If I invited him, it would only annoy him further.” Mike thought to himself, ‘Elyette said that he doesn’t want to get hung up over you, surely that doesn’t mean he would be so cruel that he wouldn’t even acknowledge his kids, right?’
After her meal, Averie went to the living area to ask the children what they wanted as their birthday presents.
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