“He is busy with the wedding, I’ll find it myself!””How do you plan on doing so? Let the bodyguards find it.”
Mike was afraid that something bad might happen to her.
“Just stay put and count down the days to you becoming a beautiful bride.”
“Mike, I know you’re worried about me,” Averie said to him.
“He’s not in danger for the time being, and I didn’t say I would go to him immediately.Now that I know where he is, I feel much more at ease.”
“Oh, then I’ll get back to work.” Mike walked out.
After Mike left, Averie unfolded the drawing once more.
She was familiar with the layout of the neighborhood Elyette’s villa was located in.
Elyette’s villa was a bungalow surrounded by trees for hundreds of feet.
The main road was a mile away from his villa.
The drawings Mike made showed that the phone signal came from a large stretch of land that was next to the main road.
There was a small community living there.
Trying to go door-to-door would be akin to trying to find a needle in a haystack.
Besides, she thought of something even creepier.
When Nathan White and his family had relocated to Aryadelle, they had chosen to live right next to Elyette’s villa, and that could not be a coincidence.
It seemed that she had to find a chance to have a good talk with Nathan White.
Nobody knew if he had been discharged from the hospital.
After dinner at dusk, Averie took Layla out for a walk in the neighborhood.
Averie pushed the stroller, and Layla held her arm.
As they walked, Layla told her mother what had happened to her in school today.
“Mommy, we all had counseling this week. Classes will only officially start next week.”
“Got it.I know that you had counseling this week.Your teacher notified us about it in the class group chat.”
“Mom, I think the psychology teacher looks like Grandma.”
“Do you still remember what grandma looked like?”
Averie thought of her mother and said with a hint of melancholy, “If she were still alive, she would be very happy to see how beautiful and brave you are.”
“Of course, I remember what my grandma looked like.Mommy is my grandma’s daughter, and Mommy looks just like grandma!”
Layla grew silent after that declaration, and they heard a tiny voice come from the stroller.
“Mommy!”
Averie and Layla were taken by surprise.
“Did Robert just speak his first word?!” Averie thought.
Had spoken his first word, and it was Mommy! Elyette was at the Sterling Group headquarters.
In the morning, he had gone to their wedding venue, where the wedding banquet will be held.He had not returned to the company till late in the afternoon, so he was now working overtime.
The executives accompanied him.
The phone on the table beeped.He saw that it was Averie and answered.
“Elyette! Robert just called me Mommy!”
Averie was not able to contain her excitement.
“Hold on, let me see if I can get Robert to do it again! He is very soft, and he sounds just like a little girl!”
Averie turned to Robert, ”Baby, can say mommy again.”
Robert looked at Averie’s gentle face and said, “Mommy!”
Elyette heard the tiny voice and the word ‘mommy’.
Elyette was so excited that he got up from his chair and walked out of the conference room.
When he reached the door leading out of the conference room, he stopped, turned around, and looked at the bewildered group, “My son can talk! He just said mommy! I’m going back to see my son!”
After saying that, he left.
The executives looked at one another.
“Mr.Elyette’s son knows how to call for his mother, but what does that have to do with him?” said one of the people in the room.
“Well, it has nothing to do with him, but this is his first time experiencing fatherhood.You should understand that,” said Chad as he pushed his glasses higher up his nose.
When Layla and Hayden appeared in Elyette Foster’s life, they had already known how to ride a bike.
Robert truly gave Elyette the complete experience of being a father.
“Oh, okay! It’s indeed exciting to be a dad for the first time.”
“Let’s get on with the meeting!” Chad glanced at the time.
“I’ll send the meeting minutes to Mr.Elyette’s email later.”
The Sterling Group Building pierced the clouds, and even at night, it was a magnificent sight to behold.
Elyette came out of the building and walked toward the parking lot.He saw a familiar figure out of the corner of his eyes.
With his eagle-like eyes, he looked at a group of dark shadows not far away— Nathan White!
“How dare this scoundrel come here!” Elyette thought.
Nathan White did not come alone this time.
There was a tall man beside him.
Although the man was tall, he did not have a strong build which meant he was probably not a bodyguard.
When Elyette stared at them, they stared back at Elyette Foster.
This time, Nathan White did not grin at Elyette.
The last time they had met, Elyette had beaten him to a pulp and was hospitalized.
That memory still lingered in his mind.
“Peter, you go and speak to him.I’m afraid if I went over, he would beat me up,” said Nathan to his son.
“Do you see the building in front of you? Elyette is your brother.As long as he recognizes us as his brother, we will have a share of this building! “
Peter took a deep breath and lumbered toward Elyette.
Elyette stood his ground, itching to see what tricks they had up their sleeves! When Peter finally stood in front of Elyette, he could not squirm under Elyette’s piercing gaze.
He unintentionally lowered his voice,”Elyette my dad wants to talk to you.It is private, so let’s speak somewhere else.”
“In what way is it private?”
Elyette looked at Peter with his sharp eyes and said without a hint of patience, “If you people had something on me, you would have used it as blackmail a long time ago.I’m in a good mood today, and I don’t want to dirty my hands.I’ll tell you this one last time: Piss off!”
Peter’s eyes were red with anger.
“Elyette Foster, you have been a master for a long time.Do you really think you are master of the Fosters? The old hooligan you had beaten up last time is not only my father, but he is your father too! The blood that flows in your veins, flows through the body of that old hooligan too.That’s not the blood of the Fosters! That is his blood!”
Bang! Elyette Foster punched Peter in the face! After Elyette Foster made his move, his bodyguards rushed over and pinned Peter down.
Seeing this, Nathan came rushing over! Another bodyguard subdued Nathan! Elyette’s eyes were scarlet.
Looking at the men on the ground he recalled what Peter had just said.
“The blood that flows in your veins, flows through the body of that old hooligan too.That’s not the blood of the Fosters! That is his blood!”
Those words played on repeat.
“Damn you, Elyette! Let your brother go!” said Nathan.
“What you have today, it’s all thanks to me! Without me, there would be no you, you little sh*t!”
He heard those words clearly.
“This is not a dream! How can a dream be this real?” thought Elyette.
Elyette felt the crushing weight of reality.He clenched his hands into fists.
“Am I really not the master of the Fosters? Am I really the son of this old rascal?”
Averie was at Starry River Villa when she received the message from Elyette.
[Something came up.I will see our son tomorrow.]
[Alright.] replied Averie.
After sending the message, Averie looked at her daughter.
“Dear, Dad won’t be coming tonight.You don’t have to get all dressed up.”
Upset, she put down the new dress in her arms.
“Why isn’t he coming?”
“Something came up.He said he will come tomorrow.”
Averie comforted her daughter.
“Your father— besides being your father— has to manage his company and our wedding.He has been really busy.”
Layla nodded with puffed cheeks.
She resented Elyette a little.
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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