His heart twitched at the question and he immediately tried to pull Averie out of the study room.
Averie noticed he was trying to hide something and released his hand to walk toward his desk.
“How’s the wedding venue coming? When’s the rehearsal? Have you taken any videos today?” She asked as she went to sit down on his leather chair.
As soon as she sat down, the document on his laptop came into sight.
“Ahem!” Her face flushed as she cleared her throat awkwardly.
“I think your vow is too brief so I’m trying to extend it.
“A faint pink shade crept up Elyette’s handsome- looking face as he reached his arm over to close the laptop.Averie stopped him and gazed up.
“I will write it myself! I thought you needed it fast so I didn’t put much effort into it.I will be able to write a much longer vow if I try again.”
“you don’t really need a long vow.Just be sincere enough to move me,” he stated his minimum requirement.
Her brows twitched at the request.
“Why? Is that so difficult?”He asked in a hoarse voice when he noticed her frowning.
She smiled and shook her head.
“I just like that it’s so easy! I wouldn’t want to marry you if I didn’t love you, right?”
“Okay.Carry on, then.I will go take a shower.I hope to see a vow that satisfies me by the time I’m done.”
He looked at her gently and tapped her on the shoulder like he was entrusting her with an important mission.
Averie instantly felt that a heavy responsibility had landed on her shoulder.
“Take your time…”
“Sure, I will try my best to slow down.”
After he had left the study room, she found his vow out of curiosity.
Ten minutes later, she was utterly moved after reading his vow.
When Elyette came out of the shower, he spotted Averie laying on the bed, playing with her phone.
“You’re done with your shower?” She gazed up at him.
“Are you done with your vow?”
He dried his hair with a towel and stared at her in confusion through his fringe.
She took the laptop off the nightstand and showed him the screen.
“The vow you wrote is great. I am so moved that I might cry.I’m a bit worried that your vow is too long though, you will be exhausted to read all of it out, so just split five hundred words to my vow.That way, my vow is considered completed,” she suggested.
She did not write a single word down decided to get Elyette to share half of his vow with her so that her vow would be as touching as Elyette’s vow.
Elyette had not expected her to come up with such an idea.
At that moment, he wasn’t sure if he should compliment her for being smart or get angry at her for being lazy.
“What’s wrong? Aren’t we getting married? If you won’t even share five hundred words with me, why are we even getting married?”
Averie noticed that he was stunned, and teased.
Elyette tossed the towel aside and lowered his gaze.
“What brought you here tonight?”
“I just felt like it.Do I need your permission to come in here?”
She continued to tease him, “Even your bodyguard knows to open the door without needing to inform you when he sees me.How understanding!”
“Alright, I will give him a raise.”
He picked up the watch he set down on the nightstand before he went to shower and checked the time.
“Are the kids asleep? “
“I turned off all the lights, anyway.Not sure if they are really asleep, though.Those two love to chat through the night.”
Averie had not tried eavesdropping on them, but Layla had told her about it before.
“By the way, did you pass the workbooks I bought for Hayden to him?”
Elyette scowled and continued, “I thought about it and I feel like it’s not really that appropriate of a gift.”
Elyette thought back to when he was a student and realized that he would have held a grudge against anyone who gave him workbooks or study materials as gifts.
Averie smiled gently and shook her head.
“It’s fine.Just let me know the next time you want to buy something for them.I can give you some ideas.”
“Sure.”
“Your hair is still wet, let me blow-dry your hair for you.”
Averie set her phone down to retrieve the blow- dryer and soon returned from the bathroom with it.
She plugged the blow- dryer in and walked towards him.
He opened his arm and wrapped them around her waist.
Her heart throbbed, feeling as though she was being surrounded by a love that was both gentle and heavy.
She could sense the heat on his skin through his clothes, and soon, she started to feel his breath on her as well.
“Elyette, have you been feeling really exhausted?” She asked.
“Yes, but it’s worth it,” he drawled and breathed deeply as he entered a relaxed state.
“Close your eyes, then, and don’t think about anything.”
“Okay.”
She switched on the blow-dryer and ran her fingers through his hair; the warm wind was sleep- inducing and though his hair dried thoroughly shortly after, she didn’t have the heart to turn it off because she could feel like he had fallen asleep while leaning against her.
The weight of his body was pressed against her and she realized that she would have said yes if Nathan had asked for 30 million a month at this very moment, she might have agreed.
She wanted to help Elyette with his problems to relieve him of the stress; but if she paid Nathan behind Elyette’s back, he would be mad, so she was stuck at a crossroads.
At night, she laid awake dazedly through the faint moonlight.
Taking into consideration Elyette’s power, Nathan had no means to force Elyette into acknowledging him as his father even if he tried, so Nathan was not the biggest threat.
The biggest threat was Adrian.
It wasn’t that Adrian would do anything to Elyette, but once the truth of them switching identities came out, so would the truth of the murder of Eason Foster.
Even if Elyette had the power to control Aryadelle, his reputation would still suffer over the publication of scandal after scandal.
Tears rolled down her face silently, leaving behind a cooling sensation.
She took a deep breath to relieve her heavy heart.She had to protect Elyette from facing all these on his own; which was why she had to find Adrian and keep him away from Nathan.
Though Nathan was Elyette’s biological father, he only wanted money had no interest in the family.
If Elyette refused to fulfill his requirement, he could go on a suicide mission to destroy Elyette.
In the dark, Elyette instantly woke up to the sound of someone sobbing miserably.He immediately woke up from the daze when he recognized that it was Averie’s voice and sat up right away.He turned on the lights and looked over to the woman next to him, who was sobbing while covering her face.
“Averie! Averie, what’s wrong?!”
His heart ached at the sight as he pulled her hands away from her face.
“Are you hurt anywhere? Don’t cry, talk to me!”
“I…I’m fine…I had a nightmare…”
She had not been asleep at all.
The thought of the possibility that the happiness she finally found with Elyette could be destroyed at any moment had brought her to tears.She didn’t want to wake him, but she simply couldn’t help herself.
“What kind of nightmare? You seem so upset.”
He gently wiped away her tears with his fingertip and continued guiltily, “Have I been too busy and neglected you?”
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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