“Elyette, if I’d known you were such a loving man, I would’ve worked harder back then to make you mine!” said one of the women regretfully.
“Your hard work won’t pay off. Elyette likes women like Averie who are both beautiful and intelligent. You might be beautiful, but can you cook? Do you know how to knit a sweater? Can you treat sick patients?”
“Fine! I admit defeat! Averie really is incredible!”
After a joyful lunch, Averie dragged Elyette off to rest.
When they retumed to their room, Elyette chuckled, “You love me for my money?”
“When did I ever cook for you?” Averie retorted.
“Do you want to know my passwords? I’ll write them all down in a notebook for you.” Then, Elyette walked over to the desk and searched for a pen and paper.
“Listen, Elyette. Even if you spout all those wild exaggerations about me out there, I would never become someone like that.” Averie lay down on the bed, then said, “At the very least, I’m never knitting a sweater again.” .
“They don’t know you. I just wanted them to know that you didn’t climb any ladders to get to me.” Elyette wrote down all of his passwords on the piece of paper, then handed it over to her. “For your perusal, Honey.”
Averie accepted his reasoning. She picked up the piece of paper, went through it in detail, then noticed something that stood out. “Is the ‘AT’ at the beginning of your social media password my initials?”
“That’s right. The pin to my credit card is Layla’s birthday,” he said. “The two of you are the most important women in my life.”
Averie’s cheeks flushed. Then, she asked, “Are your sons not important?”
“Not relatively as important.” Elyette sat by the bed, then added, “You and Layla are much more thoughtful. Our sons just get angry at me all the time.”
“Robert has never gotten mad at you. You can’t just decide that sons aren’t as good just because of your relationship with Hayden.”
“It’s not that I don’t think sons are good. I just think our sons should become independent rather than depend on me.” Elyette walked over to the window and pulled back the sheer, white curtains.” I’ll help them out before they’re of age. Once they’re no longer minors, I won’t coddle them anymore.”
Averie immediately retaliated, “Even if they’re no longer minors, they would still be under twenty years old! Are you sure you won’t care for them anymore once they’re of age?”
“I’ll help them out if they ask for it. If they don’t, then I won’t.” Elyette took off his coat, hung it, and sat next to Averie. “I don’t want our sons to become a loser like Cole.”
Averie folded the piece of paper with the passwords, then kept it in her purse. “Not every child from wealthy families turns out like Cole. Of course, I respect your decision. If the children don’t ask for our help, there’s no reason for us to get too involved. Hayden’s got a strong personality. I doubt he’d want us to get involved in his life either.”
“That’s true.”
“Are you sure you don’t want to invite your brother to the wedding?” Averie lay down, then wrapped her arms around Elyette. “You invited all your other relatives. Wouldn’t he be upset if he found out?”
“I cut ties with him a long time ago,” Elyette said coldly. “I won’t invite him just because he knows my secrets.”
“I suppose. It doesn’t matter even if we don’t invite him,” Averie said. “Get some rest. I’ll wake you in a bit.”
Elyette grunted in response, his breathing very quickly settled down as he drifted off to sleep.
Averie’s heart ached as she watched his haggard face, and she hugged him tightly.
She thought of how he had departed from his usual character of a man of few words to one who sang her praises to the moon just so she would not have to suffer their misunderstandings.
From the moment they had cleared things up between them, she could clearly feel Elyette’s deep feelings for her.
From now on, she would not disappoint his love for her.
That evening, Averie dropped by Starry River Villa to pick up Mrs. Cooper and Robert.
As they approached the street leading to the resort, she slowed the car down. She unintentionally glanced out the window and saw a familiar face.
“Do you see that man in the blue shirt, Mrs. Cooper? Doesn’t he look like Cole?” Averie asked.
Mrs. Cooper looked out the window and carefully studied the man in the blue shirt.
“I think it’s him! Did Master Elyette invite him?”
“He didn’t. I just asked Elyette about it this afternoon. Elyette said he didn’t invite Henry and Cole.” Averie frowned, then mumbled, “What’s he doing here? I don’t think I’ve seen the man he’s talking to.”
“Henry and Cole won’t do something to mess up the wedding tomorrow, would they?” Mrs. Cooper said with furrowed brows as a bad feeling rose inside her.
When Averie heard Mrs. Cooper’s words, her calmness instantly broke, and she became a frenzied mess of emotion!
“Give Master Elyette a call, Averie. Ask him to get someone to check it out,” suggested Mrs. Cooper.” Why would Cole come to such a secluded place? I bet he’s got something up his sleeve and wants to cause a scene tomorrow.” .
“Okay. I’ll let him know when I see him later.”
“Listen, Averie. Henry might look like a good man, but he really isn’t,” Mrs. Cooper said as she held Robert with a stern expression on her face. “Don’t think that Cole turned into a bad apple all by himself. He was influenced by his parents. His mother was a monster, but his father isn’t that far off. Those who sleep in the same bed wouldn’t be that different, after all.”
Averie pondered this for a moment with furrowed brows, then said, “I vaguely remember how Cole tried to use me to get his hands on Elyette’s inheritance back when he was in a vegetative state. I doubt he came up with such a despicable plan by himself!”
“That’s right! Didn’t Cole come to see Master Elyette after he woke up? Master Elyette threw a huge fit, “Mrs. Cooper said as she revealed everything that had happened all of those years ago. “Don’t you think Master Elyette knows what kind of people they are? He wouldn’t be this heartless if Henry weren’t that evil.”
Averie was silent.
“We have to keep an eye out for the two of them tomorrow,” said Mrs. Cooper, reminding her to tell Elyette that she had seen Cole.
“I agree. I’ll talk to Elyette after this.”
Once the car approached the resort, Averie immediately saw Elyette.
He was chatting with some friends outside while he waited for her and Robert.
When he saw the car approaching, he immediately walked toward them.
Once the driver brought the car to a halt, Averie opened the door and got out.
“Elyette,” Averie said when she stood in front of him. “Send someone outside to check things out. I saw Cole just now.”
Elyette raised his brows and asked, “Are you certain?”
“Mrs. Cooper saw him too. He was speaking to a stranger by the street. I have a feeling he showed up tonight because of some scheme he has planned.” Averie did not want them to affect the wedding the next day.
“Don’t worry. I’ll send someone to check it out,” said Elyette, placating her. “Even if they’re scheming something, they won’t be able to get into the resort to mess anything up.”
Averie frowned DPLVZA:4 said, “But I don’t want them to ruin the mood at the wedding tomorrow. They can mess things up whenever they want, just not tomorrow.”
Sometimes, the more afraid you are of something, the more likely it would happen.
Seeing how nervous Averie was feeling affected Elyette’s mood too.
It looked like Henry was planning on revealing all of his scandals at the wedding the next day!
Elyette had been waiting for Henry to contact him these past few days, but Henry did nothing of the sort.
Elyette had tried to guess what Henry was thinking, but he could not figure it out. If Henry wanted money from him, then Elyette would be willing to give him however much he wanted as long as the price was reasonable.
Henry’s lack of initiative made Elyette feel even more uneasy.
He knew that the lack of contact meant that Henry had something much bigger in mind.
Elyette sent his subordinates to check things out, then took Robert from Mrs. Cooper.
Robert had taken a nap in the car, so his black eyes were glistening with energy at this moment.
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