He despised Elyette a lot, but the injuries on his body reminded him that Elyette was not someone he could afford to offend.
He failed to seize the opportunity when he had Adrian, and with Adrian gone, he no longer dared to act on an impulse.
Nathan looked at Henry with disdain when the latter arrived. “Why did you want to meet with me?”
“Who beat you up like this? Didn’t you say that your son is at the top of the food chain in Aryadelle?” Henry sat down on the sofa and joked, “Or was it your son who beat you up like this? I don’t think anyone would have the guts to beat you up like this, other than your son of course.”
Nathan was furious when he heard that. “What does it matter if my son beat me up? It’s none of your business! Don’t make me ask you twice. Why did you ask to meet?!”
Henry was not amused by his rudeness.
Judging from Nathan’s appearance, he would probably not say anything bad about Elyette in public even though he had been beaten to a pulp by the latter.
“I heard some rumors about you and Elyette…”
“Oh, so you know about that? Like I care. Who’s going to get to my son when he’s in Aryadelle? Are you here to threaten me, you good-for-nothing? Get the hell out!” Nathan got up from the sofa and strode aggressively to Henry. He had a fierce expression that looked a little like he was going to devour Henry
Henry was so frightened that he immediately ran for the door.
After Henry ran away like a chicken, Nathan paced back and forth in the living room.
He wondered if it would be bad for Elyette if Henry found out.
Nathan was fine with asking Elyette for money, but he could not tolerate it if someone else did that to Elyette
After his dilemma, he reached for his mobile phone and dialed Elyette’s number.
Over at the Sterling Group, Elyette frowned when he saw Nathan’s call.
What else could that man be calling for? Was he going to ask for more money after spending everything?
Elyette did not want to answer the call, but he was afraid that Nathan would cause trouble after failing to reach him.
After answering the phone, Nathan’s coarse voice came blaring into Elyette’s ears. “You little brat! How could you be so cruel? Were you seriously planning on shutting me up for good? All I did was take some money from you, and now you have taken Adrian away from me too. What else did I do to offend you?!”
Elyette frowned because he had no clue what Nathan was blabbering about.
“Did you drink too much, Nathan?”
“Me? Drinking? How am I supposed to drink when I’m badly hurt?!” Nathan said angrily and planned to tell him what Henry discovered.
However, Elyette had already hung up!
Elyette called the bodyguard and asked, “Did you beat up Nathan behind my back?”
“No! I wouldn’t dare to do something like that without prior instruction from you.”
“Nathan called and said that I wanted to ‘shut him up for good’,” Elyette said. “Find out what happened.”
That evening at Central University, Averie came to pick up Hayden from school.
He had an important test earlier in the morning, and she hoped that he would not make that big a fuss over his result and accept it calmly regardless of whether he got first place.
“How did you do in the test, Hayden?” Daniel and Hayden came out of the classroom together.
Aside from being best buddies, they were also the top scorers in the class.
Hayden was very satisfied with his efforts but answered in a rather modest manner, “Let’s wait and see the score tomorrow!”
“Okay! I think I did well.” Daniel cocked an eyebrow. “I know you want to go too, so if you ask nicely, I might consider giving my spot to you. But my dad might not agree though.”
“I’ll rely on my abilities to get the spot. I don’t need you to give it to me.”
“But you’re not as good as I am! We might be good friends, but that’s the harsh truth. I got first when I took the final exam, remember?”
Hayden corrected him, “I just scored a little lower than you in the art and culture subjects. I’m just as good as you in the core subjects, you know.”
“Okay! Let’s stop arguing. When the scores come out tomorrow, you’ll know that I’m still better than you,” Daniel said. He then spotted Averie at the school gate and yelled, “Your mom is here to pick you up, Hayden. She’s becoming more and more beautiful!”
Hayden glanced at the school gate.
Averie waved to him as soon as she saw him.
When Hayden saw the smile on his mother’s face, the unhappiness he felt in his heart faded considerably
He knew that he had no control over the kind of man his mother chose, which left him little choice but to accept Elyette.
At the end of the day, all he wanted was to live with his mother.
“Auntie!” Daniel walked up to Averie right away and greeted her warmly.,”We had a test for the qualifying round of the competition today!”
“I’ve heard. How did you do?”
“I think I’d definitely get the spot. I’ve already told Hayden earlier. Please comfort him when you’re back home. I don’t want to make Hayden sad, but I can’t make my dad sad either. He really wants me to participate in the Hacker Cup competition. Winning an international award will help me a lot in the future,” Daniel said solemnly.
Averie wanted to congratulate Daniel but she could not.
If what Daniel said was true, then Hayden would be utterly crushed.
That competition was very important for Hayden. “Let’s go home, Mommy!” Hayden took Averie’s and led her away.
After getting in the car, Averie uncapped a bottle of water and handed it to Hayden
“Hayden, it’ll be fine even if you don’t get the spot. You’ll always be the best in my eyes.”
Hayden took the water bottle and drank a sip.
“The results won’t be released until tomorrow.”
“Oh, but Daniel seems to be very confident.” Averie frowned. “Don’t feel too down if he does get the spot, okay? It’s just one competition. There will be other competitions in the future.”
“Trust me, Mommy” Hayden’s expression, and his tone more so, was calm.
Her nervousness disappeared when she saw his confidence.
“Of course! I’ll be waiting for your good news tomorrow.” Averie then added, “That goes for second place too!”
“I’ll get first place.” Hayden frowned.
“We’ll go out and celebrate if you do!” Averie started the car and dialed Elyette’s number.
‘The number you have dialed is busy. Please try again later.’
Elyette was actually on his way home when he received a call from his bodyguard.
“You were right, Mr. Foster. Nathan was beaten up. The person who beat him said that you sent him to beat him.”
Elyette frowned. “Could you find out who was using my name?”
“It won’t be easy. Nathan already forgot what that person looked like,” the bodyguard said. “He said that Henry came to him today, and he told me to warn you that Henry was going to cause trouble.”
Elyette’s expression became slightly gloomy when he heard that. “Why did Henry, meet with him?”
“Henry knows about your relationship with Nathan.”
Although he knew that it was not something he could hide for long, he did not expect Henry to find out that quickly. He had no idea what Henry would do next.
Henry knew everything about him, and things were going to get ugly if Henry were to have a severe falling out with him.
After he hung up, he saw Averie’s call and immediately called back.
“Are you coming back for dinner tonight, Elyette?” Averie asked in a gentle voice.
“Yeah. I’m already on the journey home, but there’s a bit of a traffic jam here. Did you pick up the kids?”
“Yeah.’ Averie glanced at Hayden and smiled, “Get a cake on your way home! Hayden did well in the test today, so let’s celebrate in advance.”
“Sure thing. What flavor?”
“Chocolate, but don’t buy one that’s too big.”
After the phone call, Averie looked at Hayden again. “I asked your father to buy a cake.”
Hayden sighed in response.
The next day, the test results came out.
Hayden got first place in the test with a three-point advantage over Daniel, which meant that he qualified for the Hacker Cup.
After the teacher announced the results in class, Daniel collapsed and cried.
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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