Upon her words, Adrian let her go, but he looked at her with tears falling down his face.

Avery saw him in that state and she did not dare to leave. She went over to grab her bag. She found her phone and wanted to make a call to Elliot.

She pressed the button, but her screen was black. She did not know when her phone battery ran out.

"Please lend me your phone," Avery said to the bodyguard. The bodyguard immediately unlocked his phone and passed it to her. She keyed in Elliot's phone number a