Moreover, there was only one bed here. Since Elliot was sick, Avery planned to give him the bed. After taking a shower, she came to the sofa and sat down. She thought of spending the night on the couch tonight. However, Elliot also came over half an hour later. As he had slept the entire afternoon, it was understandable that Elliot was not sleepy, and Avery could not just force him to go to sleep. On the other side of the video call, the technical department manager said, "You've been dragging this, causing me to lose sleep for a week! Avery, let's have a heart-to-heart talk!" The head of the development department chimed in, "I also have insomnia every day! Not only can I not sleep well, but I can't even eat!" "I've been losing more and more hair lately! My hair was never much to begin with!" The person in charge of the personnel department followed.These old men were just telling sob stories to force Avery to decide immediately. Elliot frowned and directly snatched Avery's

Avery said solemnly, "Elliot, I'll not accept your money, so don't say such a thing again.""Why don't you want my money? Is my money any different from the money of others?" he sounded gloomy. Avery hesitated before answering, "I don't want anyone's money, and I don't want to depend on others." Avery's words made Elliot speechless. "I'm going to sleep, don't disturb me." Avery rolled over, turning her back to him. Looking at her slender back, Elliot covered her with the blanket, but she removed it immediately. "I'll use mine, and you'll use yours. Don't touch me."There were two blankets on the bed, and Elliot was covered with a thicker one, whereas Avery used a lightweight one. However, the heater in the room was turned on, so the space was warm."You should use the thick one, and I'll use the thin one," Elliot said kindly. He was relatively weak and felt cold, so he thought that she was cold too."Are you trying to give me a heatstroke?" Avery said bluntly, "Go to slee

"My son has never lived in such a harsh environment since he was born… Never! What type of karma is this! It's all my fault! Why did I get Avery to be his wife? There are so many women, yet I chose this vixen!"…In the room, Elliot's breathing gradually became stable. Avery reached out and touched his forehead. Even though Elliot was clammy, his temperature was normal. As she was afraid that he would wake up thirsty at night, she got out of bed and poured a glass of water, and placed it on the table beside him. When Avery woke up the following morning, Elliot was nowhere to be seen. She picked up her phone and checked the time.It was already past eight in the morning.Elliot sent her a message just after six in the morning, [I slept well last night, so I'll leave first.]Avery's cheek instantly flushed. It was only a text from him, so why was she feeling warm? Then, she found the remote control and turned off the heater. After washing up and leaving the room, Laura called her

Chelsea's smile disappeared. "You've never had eyes for me, have you?"Elliot replied, "Find someone who does."Chelsea turned around and left. In the evening, Chelsea was unhappy and asked Charlie out for a drink.Charlie noticed that she was dispirited, and he said impolitely, "No man will like you when you look like this."Chelsea's eyes were red with anger. "I'm tired enough in public! Do I still need to put on an act in front of my brother?!"Charlie poured her a glass of wine, comforting her, "Chelsea, we're still not on the same page as siblings. If you listen to me, you'll get everything."Chelsea gulped the wine and asked him with bloodshot eyes, "Can I get Elliot?"Charlie wrapped his long arms around her, leaned closer, and whispered in her ear, "You can't get him when he is alive, but if he's dead, I can give you his ashes. That still means you have him. How about that? "Chelsea's face immediately dropped, and she pushed him away!"Charlie! Are you f*cking crazy

Chelsea was speechless. She had mentally prepared herself the entire morning so that she would not be jealous of Avery when she saw Elliot. However, her psychological defenses had collapsed! Chelsea endured the pain and left the banquet hall.Not far away, Charlie watched Elliot snub his sister again. What made it worse was she had been snubbed in her own house. It would be a lie if Charlie had said that it did not hurt him, and it would also be a lie if he had said that the situation had not embarrassed him. Charlie wanted Elliot to compensate his sister for all ten years of her youth she had wasted on him. After lunch, Elliot went to the guest room to rest. He did not expect Avery to arrive just yet. Did she not say being with Charlie was really comfortable? Was she lying to him? When Elliot arrived at the guest room, he did not lie down. He was not very sleepy, and he only came here because he did not want to socialize. Later, he sent a text to his bodyguard.[Call me when

Elliot was stopped by the Tierney family's bodyguards on his way to the south side of the villa."You can't go in there, Mr. Foster.""Let me in!" Elliot roared with a savage fury. "My wife's inside!""Do you mean Miss Tate?" asked the bodyguard, then added, "She just went hiking with Mr. Tierney."Elliot pursed his lips as his eyes turned into glacial orbs of ice colder than the abyss.The bodyguard pointed in the direction of a hill not too far away and said, "They went that way, but it's already dark out, and it's a pretty steep walk. If you are unfamiliar with the path, I suggest you wait for them inside. I'm sure they'll be back soon."Elliot clenched his fists, then he stormed up the hill. …In the living room in the south wing of the villa, after listening to Charlie's father's two-hour history lesson on the establishment of his company and his thoughts on Tate Industries, Avery was desperate to escape."Thank you for taking the time out to talk to me, Mr. Tierney. Sin

Charlie patted down his wrinkled shirt, then snapped coldly, "I'm not his bodyguard, Chelsea! I don't have time to keep tabs on him! Go look for him yourself!"Chelsea violently punched Charlie in the chest and shrieked, "I can't reach his phone, and I can't find him! His bodyguard doesn't know where he is either! Stop pretending! You installed that signal blocker on purpose! This is all part of your crazy plan!"Charlie clasped a hand over her mouth and he flung her over his shoulder with the other. "Listen to me, Chelsea! I have to lock you in your room for now. You won't suffer again after tonight!"Back in the banquet hall, Avery shot to her feet.The uneasiness in her heart rose as she took in the unfamiliar faces around her.She pulled out her phone and noticed Elliot's missed calls and text message which read: [Look for me when you see this! I'll be in the banquet hall!]Avery was in the banquet hall, but where was Elliot?She tried calling him, but her call was immedia

The villa was located halfway up the hill.There was a winding but smooth road starting at the bottom of the hill that led straight to the villa.From there onwards, however, there were no roads leading to the top of the hill.It was already dark out when Elliot had begun his journey from the villa.Using his flash as a torchlight, he hurried up the hill. He was worried for Avery's safety.Charlie had bad intentions when it came to Avery, and Elliot was terrified of what might happen to her if he was too late.He would never have allowed Avery to come alone if he knew about Charlie's evil plans.Half an hour later, Elliot was breathing heavily, but it was nothing compared to the hell his legs were going through. His doctor had ordered him not to do any extraneous activities for the next six months.He was only allowed to walk normally and not for long periods of time either.Activities like hiking that wore out the knees were out of the question and carried extreme risks.

A glimmer of light not too far away suddenly grabbed Avery's attention.She shone the flashlight of her phone in the direction of the glimmer.At the bottom of the sprawling ravine was the clear silhouette of a man lying on the ground."Elliot!"Avery let out a shrill cry before she got down on all fours and crawled toward the ravine."I'm coming, Elliot! Don't be scared! You'll be fine… You'll be okay!"Hearing her cries, the bodyguard stood on top of the hill and yelled, "Did you find him?!""Yes! He fell! He's covered in blood!" Avery yelled as she tried to contain her emotions. "Get over here!"She took a deep breath and jumped down to where Elliot was.Her foot slipped upon the sudden impact, which caused her to draw a sharp breath of pain.She swiped the tears off her face and quickly scrambled to where Elliot was and took him into her arms. "Elliot! Wake up! Don't fall asleep! Stay awake!"She held his face that was cold to the touch in her hands, lowered her head,

Avery was cooped up at the library at Avonsville University after having dinner on campus.A sudden cheer made her look up from her book. "It's snowing! It's the first snow of the year! Look, it's getting heavier! Let's go out and play!""Sure! I want to take some pictures!"…Half of the people in the library left.Avery walked over to the window and looked out at the snow gracefully fluttering down from the sky.It was a beautiful scene.It was no wonder there was a saying that you shall surely succeed if you asked someone out during the first snow. Things of beauty put everyone in a good mood, after all."Your phone's ringing!" someone said as they came up behind Avery and tapped her on the shoulder.She snapped out of her daze and said, "Oh, thank you!"She then limped her way back to her seat.Avery had not gone to the hospital to get her foot treated till much later.The swelling was so bad that it was taking a while to heal.Even so, none of this affected her da