If she had gotten involved and submitted her ideas, she would only further delayed things.
“Sure.Are you heading to your company first, or to Tammy’s first?”
Elyette set down his glass of milk and took a napkin to wipe his mouth.
“I’ll go to the office first.Tammy needs to see her psychiatrist today so we set a time around noon to meet up for lunch.”
“Okay.Try talking some senses into her and get her to stop letting her mind run wild.When it comes to relationships, she needs to voice out the issues and resolve them with Jun.”
Averie lifted an eyebrow.
“Jun told you?”
“He did.He said that he has no memory of putting the love letter into the box.That’s how life works; it just surprises and shocks you once in while.”
Elyette’s lips curled into a smile, but the warmth did not reach his eyes.
Averie did not notice the look in his eyes and failed to realize the emotions hidden within.
“Just head out first if you are already done! My place is close to the office so I will head out later.”
Averie intended on trying on the jewelry he bought.
Since he had already bought them, she should try her best to change her laziness when it came to these things.
“Okay.Call me if you need anything.”
He got up to leave and when he walked past the living room, he teased Robert, who was trying the new toys.
“Darling, Daddy is going to work now.I’ll buy you more new toys in a few days.”
With that, he walked to the porch to change his shoes and stepped out.
As soon as he was out of the door, the gentle expression on his face faded, and the disgust that he tried so hard to suppress overwhelmed him.
A voice in his head screamed, “You are not Eason Foster’s son! You are not the chosen one! You are not a high-born boy…That creep Nathan White is your real father! There’s evil blood flowing in your veins; that’s why you are cruel, cold, and vicious! It won’t end well for you! Even if you change now, you are still going to have to pay for your father’s sins! He will drag you down to hell, and you will stay alongside him for all eternity!”
His stomach twisted and turned with nausea, and he raced toward the garage.He vomited the breakfast he had just consumed.
Luckily, the garage was located on the right side of the mansion and no one saw him lose his composure.
He stared blankly at his vomit, and tears welled up in his eyes when he realized that his background was as filthy as the vomit on the ground.
It was not that he could not accept that he was nota son of the Foster family; he simply could not accept the fact that Nathan was his father.
Furthermore, he had suffered too much psychological torture at the hands of the Fosters to disentangle himself from them.
“What do my bonds with Shea and mom mean, if I’m not Elyette Foster?” thought Elyette.
The truth had not only robbed him of his identity as Elyette Foster, but it had seized him of all the relationships that were attached to that name.
It pained him to think that he was not the pride of his mother’s life or Shea’s most respected brother.
No one knew how much he had given throughout the years to satisfy his mother and protect Shea.
A cold breeze blew, and his stomach twitched in response.He sweated profusely, slowly struggling to his senses.He wiped away his tears and swiftly calmed himself, before turning to open the car door and get in.
As he drove out of the garage, he sent a message to Mrs.Cooper.
Shortly after, Mrs.Cooper hurried outside with a barrel of water to clean the vomit in the garage.
Soon the ground was as good as new, it was as though nothing had happed.
The black Rolls-Roice did not move toward the Sterling Group but instead, headed for Elyette’s house.He was not in the mood for work or the upcoming wedding.He probably would not be able to sleep at night or eat properly until the issue with Nathan was resolved.
Upon arriving home, he asked Mrs.Scarlet to make him a pot of tea.
Mrs.Scarlet glanced at him.
“Mr.Foster, you don’t look so well.Did you not sleep well last night? Do you need breakfast?”
He found a pack of cigarettes and tore at it with his long fingers.
“There’s no need for that,” he said coldly.
Only cigarettes and coffee would help calm him down swiftly. He took a puff of the cigarette, exhaled a cloud of smoke, and opened the contact list on his phone.
He soon found Nathan’s number and called to arrange a meeting.
“Come alone.I don’t want to see your idiot son!”
Nathan had guessed that the results of the paternity test had been released when he received the call from Elyette, and his confidence shot up.
“Peter is my son as well.Calling him an idiot is like calling yourself an idiot!”
If it was before, Elyette would have been furious and lost his temper, however, he simply hung up with composure.
He would never acknowledge Nathan as his father or get involved with any one of his children, so the kind of people they have had nothing to do with him.
After a while, Nathan arrived with a smug smile and sat down on the couch across from Elyette.
“Well? The results are out, right? Even the gods can’t change the fact that I am your father!”
His smile grew more and more vicious as he spoke.
“All those years ago, I was the one who carried you through the doors of the Fosters’ mansion.Without me, you wouldn’t have such a glorious life!”
Nathan said arrogantly, as though he was the one who had given Elyette everything he owned.
Elyette glared at him coldly and asked with an even colder tone, “Why didn’t you send your eldest son instead?”
An evil smile appeared on Nathan’s face.
“Your brother is older and wasn’t an appropriate candidate! Besides, the lady took a liking to you right away.She said that not only do you look handsome, but you look witty and smart as well.She had good eyes! Indeed, you’ve turned out much better than your brother!”
Elyette immediately imagined the scene where he had been picked out like a commodity.
Though disgusted, he realized that if he had not been sent to the Foster family, and did not have access to the lavish lifestyle and well-established education, he would have ended up exactly like Peter White.
“Nathan, give up already.I won’t acknowledge you as my father!” Elyette declared sternly.
“Though I don’t want to give you a buck, I can consider paying you a sum of money if you agree to leave, given that you disappear entirely from my world!”
Nathan was stunned by the statement and mumbled, “You are only paying me once? Mrs.Foster used to pay me every month! Whatever, she’s dead.I can consider it if you give me a handsome amount…How much do you intend on paying me?”
“One—”
“Fifteen million? You are only giving me Fifteen million?!”
Nathan interrupted him angrily before he could finish.
“That’s way too little! This might be a large sum of money for ordinary people, you earn millions and billions each year, don’t you? How can you be so stingy to your own father? You don’t believe that I would sue you? The judge would definitely decide on an even bigger amount!”
Elyette had never seen anyone this shameless in his life.
He suppressed his anger and gritted through his teeth, “Sue me then! Go sue me right now! Let’s see which judge dares take your case!”
“Are you threatening me? If I don’t obey decide to cause a scene, are you going to kill me?”
Nathan was desperate, but he feared Elyette’s power at the same time.
After all, the wounds he got from the last beating still hurt.
“You guessed right.”
Elyette’s expression darkened into a venomous glare.
“Fight me if you dare,” spat Elyette.
Nathan’s eyes widened.
Rage burned within him, but he dared not to give voice to his anger.
“Give me the money first!”
“No matter what, I need to get the money first before he goes back on his word,” Nathan thought.
Elyette did not waver and stared down at him.
“I never said anything about giving you fifteen million.Look at yourself, do you deserve that much money?”
“Not fifteen million?” Nathan gasped.
“How much then?!”
“1.5 million, at most.Take it or leave it! Go public with our relationship and you won’t live to see the next sunrise!” said Elyette.
Nathan had not expected to get so little.
Elyette had underestimated him if he thought that Nathan would agree to such a small sum.
However, it was still money, and he decided that he needed to get his hands on the 1.5 million first.
“Give me the money first! I will go back and consider it!” said Nathan.
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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