“You seriously forgot? Hahaha! Didn’t anyone around you remind you?” Averie laughed at him mercilessly when she saw his bewildered expression.
“I don’t have any experience with this.” A blush appeared on his hAXIuKD=2some face. “No time like the present right? Let’s get it done today!”
“Would you like to wait until the weekend comes so we can take the photos with the children?” she suggested
Elyette refused outright. “We’re taking wedding photos, not family photos.”
“Oh, okay! Where are we going to take them?” She looked around when she asked the question.
The resort was facing the sea and had a very beautiful sea view.
“Why don’t we do it here?” She decided on the spot. “We can do our outdoor photoshoot here, and then we’ll take a couple in the studio, and voila!”
“Okay, I’ll get in touch with a photographer right now.” Elyette led her to the villa to sit and rest.
As he was contacting the makeup artist and photographer, she reached out for her mobile phone and sent a message to Tammy.
Averie: [You wouldn’t believe it, but Elyette and I haven’t taken any wedding photos yet.)
Tammy replied with a string of exclamation marks.
[He completely forgot about them and blamed it on his ‘inexperience’. It’s like when I agreed to marry him when he didn’t even propose to me. Don’t you think it’s a little şilly? Haha!)
[Well, you might not have any experience in holding weddings, but you two have a lot of experience making babies! A lot of people who got married earlier than you haven’t even gotten a child!]
Averie sent several ellipses to denote her speechlessness. Tammy then replied: [I really look up to you both. Hayden can get married in a few years too.]
Averie then said: [Elyette and Hayden are arguing again. Elyette was supposed to stay at my house but he’s now gone back to his mansion.)
Tammy replied: (All kids argue with their father. Get Hayden’s teacher to give him more homework.]
[He has a lot already. I don’t think he’ll attend my wedding since he needs to be out of the country for a competition.]
[Respect his choice if he doesn’t want to attend! His relationship with his father will be better once he’s a little older.]
[Yeah. Would you like to watch my wedding photoshoot? It’s at the resort.]
[Kays. I’ll sort my things out and head there in a bit!) After sending the message, Averie looked at Elyette and asked, “Have you found a photographer, Elyette?”
“Yeah.”
“Would you like to take some photos in the water? I’ve seen other people’s wedding photos being taken in the water. They’re so beautiful!” Averie allowed her imagination to run wild. “I also saw some couples doing their photoshoot on a cliff.”
“Let me guess, you want to do one in the clouds too?”
“Omigosh, how did you know?! You have a plane, right? We can take to the skies with the plane and use a drone to take photos of us.”
Elyette frowned slightly. “Are you serious?”
Averie thought for a few seconds and decided to give up. “Nah, forget about it. Let’s just have a quick photoshoot and get the wedding over with. We’ve already given birth to three children. If we don’t get married any sooner, Hayden might get married before us”
“Do you really think he’ll get married that soon?” Elyette sat down beside Averie. “I don’t think he’s interested in women at all.”
“He might not seem that way because he’s not yet an adult.” Averie trusted that her son was a normal boy. “He’ll start to understand his feelings once he’s an adult.”
“That might not necessarily be the case. You said he was like me, right? Well, I had no interest in women before I met you,” he said bluntly. “If I did, I would’ve gotten married long ago instead of waiting until you came along and picked me up.”
“Me? Picking you up? There should be a limit to your narcissism, Elyette.” Averie’s cheeks were slightly red AQInvB<3 she instantly recalled the scene of their first meeting. “Okay, fine. I was the one who picked you up. If you hadn’t turned into a vegetable in that car accident, your mother wouldn’t’ve married a random woman to you. I’ll admit that you were better than me when we both first met, but now I’m on par with you.”
He gazed intently at her reddened face.
“You’re better than I am now,” he complimented her without hesitation. “What you do is so much more meaningful than what I do. Your future offers you infinite possibilities.”
“Doesn’t your future offer infinite possibilities too?” she retorted.
“I don’t really know what else I can do aside from just making money.” There was confusion in his eyes.
She leaned her head on his shoulder. “Aside from making money, you can spend your days taking good care of your family! Spending more time with your wife and children is a very meaningful thing too.”
“Okay. Let’s go on a honeymoon after the wedding!” He wanted to give himself a long vacation. Averie did not expect him to get the gist so quickly. “Sure thing! Where do you wanna go?”
“Didn’t Wesley send you a postcard?” he asked. “Don’t you want to look for him? Perhaps we can go and have a visit.”
“You’re thinking about finding Shea, aren’t you?” Averie lifted her head from his shoulder.
His eyes were slightly red. “Do you think there’s a possibility she might still be alive?”
Averie shook her head. “Wesley has no reason not to tell us if she is. It goes without saying that I would give anything for her to be alive, even if it is only in the medical sense of the word. At least there’s still a chance.”
“If Shea was still alive, she wouldn’t have left me even after knowing that I wasn’t her brother,” he said sternly. “Adrian chose to go with Henry.”
Averie’s calm heart felt cold all of a sudden.
“He’s extremely afraid of me,” Elyette said, “So he would rather go with Henry than stay with me.”
“Don’t bring that up, Elyette.” Averie felt a little uncomfortable. “We’re having our wedding photoshoot today. Let’s not talk about unhappy stuff, okay?”
She pondered over it briefly. Even though it was still not a good idea for Adrian to return to Henry’s side, it was still much better than remaining with Nathan.
Adrian was Henry’s younger brother and Henry would not go so far as to abuse his younger brother.
Not long later, a team of photographers arrived.
Tammy arrived at about the same time too.
With Tammy’s help, Averie chose three different themes. The weather was quite good that day and the outdoor photoshoot went very smoothly.
They originally decided to do one outdoor scene and two studio scenes, but the outdoor scenes were quite relaxing so they did an extra set.
Time passed by in a flash and it was already evening.
It was dinnertime at the Starry River Villa.
“Let’s go ahead and eat! Your mom is busy at her wedding photoshoot today and she won’t make it in time for dinner.” Mike told the two children after calling Averie.
Layla pouted. “Why can’t she do it on a weekend? I wanted to watch them do the photoshoot!”
Mike could not help but laugh. “If the two of them don’t do the photoshoot any sooner, it’ll be too late for them to catch up with the wedding. Your parents might look smart, but they’re actually a mess right now.”
Layla then said, “But you’re still friends with them even though you know they’re not smart. That means you’re not smart either!”
The smile on Mike’s face stiffened. “Hayden is going abroad soon, and you’ll only have me as your playmate. You need to be nice to me, you know?!”
“Hmph! I can play with my little brother!” Layla said. She then looked at Hayden and said, “I don’t want you to go abroad, Hayden.”
“But you already agreed to it last night,” Hayden protested. “You can’t go back on your word.”
“Uuuuwaahh! But Mommy might not agree to let you study abroad. I’m sure she can’t bring herself to let you go.”
“Layla, this isn’t a question of whether your mom can bring herself to let him go or not. If your brother doesn’t go, your dad wouldn’t dare to enter the house,” Mike teased. “Besides, Hayden’s going abroad to study, by the time he comes back, he’ll be even better than your dad!”
Layla shook her head and pouted. “Liar… He said he was just going abroad for a competition… Now he’s saying he’s going abroad to study…”
Mike had talked to Hayden the previous afternoon.
Hayden said he wanted to leave the house, and Mike-who was always doting on Hayden-agreed to help him figure out a solution.
He came up with the idea that Hayden could do an exchange program and study abroad after the competition.
Hayden agreed without hesitation.
Mike told him to sleep on it and then inform Averie once a decision was made. Hayden thought about it for a day and still firmly decided on going abroad.
He did not want to see Elyette, nor did he want to attend his mother and Elyette’s wedding.
Studying abroad would be a good excuse to leave.
Averie returned at about eight that evening, whereupon Mike told her about Hayden’s decision to go abroad.
“Hayden has made up his mind, so you don’t need to convince him otherwise,” Mike said. “But it won’t be so convenient for you to meet him after he goes abroad.”
Averie’s face turned red the instant Mike ended his sentence.
“Don’t cry! It’s not like he won’t come back. He’s just going abroad to study.” Mike took a tissue and handed it to her. “Having him argue with his dad all the time is not a good solution.”
Averie did not take the tissue from Mike. “It’s difficult for me to accept that Hayden will be separated from me, but I know that he has grown up and that I should respect his decision.”
“The classroom environment overseas will help him improve tremendously,” Mike comforted. “I’ll accompany him there and come back for your wedding.”
Averie did not have a choice. They had already agreed on it in private, and it was only a matter of informing her.
That night, Averie could not control her tears as she lay on the bed. She planned to talk to Hayden that night, but he went to bed early.
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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