When Elyette finished his call, he passed his phone back to the bodyguard. The bodyguard pointed at the bed.
Elyette looked. Averie’s eyes were open, but there were no signs of life on her face. She was awake, but she looked dead.
He hated her in this state! He wanted her to fight him!
Elyette strode over to the bed and grabbed her chin with his long slender fingers.
Her body was so hot that he immediately let go!
“Go get the doctor!” he sternly instructed the bodyguard. The bodyguard immediately left to fetch the doctor.
After the bodyguard left, Averie looked the other way. She did not want to see him.
Elyette was furious. He grabbed her chin once again, forcing her to look at him. “Averie, did you think of what would happen to your children once you are gone? They just called me.”
Averie had thought of her children before she crashed into the wall.
If she died, Mike would raise the children. Tammy would occasionally visit them too. Wesley too…
She knew that her children would not lead miserable lives if she died. They would only lead miserable lives if they fell into his clutches. Her, death did not have much effect.
They would be affected, but only just a little. Her children would cry terribly, but when compared to them falling into his hands, a little disappointment meant nothing.
Averie’s expression was calm. His question did not trouble her.
Elyette realized he had underestimated her! Averie was not afraid of death! What else could he use to aggravate her?
The doctor soon arrived. After taking her temperature, the doctor was going to drip her.
Elyette stood by the side, looking at the doctor attach the catheter.
“Mr. Foster, dinner is ready. Are you planning to have your meal now or later?” the bodyguard asked.
Elyette strode out the door.
After inserting the catheter and checking that no one was around, the doctor said, “Miss Tate, why are you making yourself suffer? This will not end well.”
Averie shut her eyes. She and Elyette were already at that stage. She could not change her mind, nor could she plead with him. She would rather die than bow down to him.
The doctor sighed and left the room.
Once the door was shut, Averie tugged the needle out of the back of her hand!
Blood oozed from her pale skin!
Half an hour later, Elyette brought some food in. He looked at the tube and needle. Saline dripped from the needle.
At that instant, his turned ashen!
Averie truly wanted to die! If she were not having a high fever, she might have gotten out of bed, and jumped out of the window! She might have even thrown herself at the wall again!
“Averie, you want to die, but I won’t let you die!” He placed her dinner by the side of the bed Then, he took a tissue and wiped the blood off the back of her hand.
Averie closed her eyes and did not move. Elyette was stunned. He had an epiphany. Then, he yelled her name, “Averie Tate!
Averie’s body was getting hotter, and her skin was getting redder! It looked like she was going to burn to death!
No matter how many times he said her name, Averie did not react!
His heart constricted tightly.
“Doctor!” Elyette rushed out of the room, searching for the doctor. The doctor quickly rushed over. When he saw the situation, he immediately said, “Mr. Foster, we have to stop her fever immediately. We either put her back on the drip, or we will have to administer medication. What do you want me to do?”
“She has already passed out. How is she going to take the medication? Am I to feed her with my mouth!”
Sweat beaded on the doctor’s forehead. “Then I’ll put her back on the drip.”
As the saline had pooled on the floor, the doctor had to replace the bottle before he replaced the catheter.
Elyette stood by the side of the bed, looking down at the unconscious Averie. He only wanted an answer from her! Why would she choose death over giving him the info he wanted?
At that thought, he was so heartbroken he wanted to strangle her himself!
This woman, other than causing him pain, what else could she do?
At the Starry River Villa, Layla cried until her eyes were red. She kept muttering that Elyette was a bad person.
Shea was like a child who had done something wrong. She stood to the side with her head hung low. She did not say anything.
She had never thought that her big brother would be so fierce. Elyette had never been that fierce with her. Why was he treating Averie so badly?
Chad was as equally stumped as Shea. He could understand the grief that Elyette was feeling with the loss of his mother, but why was Elyette taking it out on Averie?
“Mr. Foster must have his reasons for doing so,” said Chad to Mike as he adjusted his glasses. Mike was furious.
When Mike heard Chad’s voice, his head hurt. “Just leave!”
“Oh… then Shea stays with you for now?” Chad had to ensure Shea’s safety.
“Of course, she stays here! If Elyette dares touch a single hair on Averie, I’ll immediately dissect Shea!”
Chad replied, “Oh… Before they return, you must take good care of Shea! I’ll come again tomorrow.”
After Chad left, Mike carried Layla, “Lalya, baby, stop crying. Elyette was just trying to scare you because he’s afraid we would expose his ugly photos.”
Layla sniffled. She was a little angry. “Uncle Mike, I don’t like him anymore.”
“Uh, since when did you like him?” Mike was confused.
Layla said, “I used to like him in my dreams —”
“Oh, he must be a good person in your dreams, which was why you liked him, right?”
Layla nodded pitifully. She had hoped that her father was a good person. She hoped so badly to one day be reconciled with him. However, she had been disappointed time after time, and she no longer held this fantasy.
She had already come to terms with reality. She could not be reconciled with that bad person. She only wanted her mommy back!
It was ten o’clock at night when Averie’s fever broke. It had taken three bottles of saline to finally break her fever.
She opened her eyes and looked at the unfamiliar room. Her memories slowly came flooding back.
“Miss Tate, you’re up?” An unfamiliar voice drifted to her. It was a nanny that Elyette hired to look after her.
“You have not had any food the entire day, you must be hungry. There’s oatmeal porridge here.” The nanny unscrewed the flask and scooped some porridge out. The aroma filled the room.
“Miss Tate, let me feed you!” Averie closed her heavy eyelids and turned her head the other way. She refused. She did not want to talk to either Elyette or the people by his side.
If he would not let her go, she was going to die there.
The nanny sighed, put the bowl down, and went out to consult Elyette.
A moment later, Elyette’s tall figure appeared in the room. He had already showered, and he was wearing a gray robe.
He walked over to the bed and looked at Averie’s weary face. He threatened her fiercely,” Averie, if you’re not going to let the nanny feed you, I don’t mind feeding you myself!” She gripped the sheets tightly, ignoring his threats!
Elyette’s face darkened terribly because of Averie’s silent resistance!
Elyette indeed could force her mouth open and feed her spoon after spoon, but he was not going to do so!
Since she was refusing food, let her starve to death then!
He looked away and stormed out of the room!
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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