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Shea could not wait any longer. Her illness was progressing— rapidly. If they failed to find a matching kidney and Shea's condition continued to worsen, Avery could not imagine how horrifying the consequences would be, which was why she had to find Adrian, no matter the cost.If Henry and Cole did not want to play nice, then there was no need for her to worry over morals. "Is Adrian using a phone?""Yes. I will send you his number later.""Sure. Judging from the look on your face, this is serious!" Mike exclaimed. "It's a wonder that you manage to keep this from Elliot. What a great actress you are!""Stop being sarcastic. It's not like you don't know Elliot's temper. His injuries from when he fought Nathan still haven't healed yet.""You are just afraid of seeing him feature in the headlines again!" Mike could not help but grin. "Chad said he had never felt so embarrassed before.""Yeah. Telling him won't help with the situation, so I might as well figure it out myself." She picked u
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Her mind was eased that he had finally found peace.They stepped out of the yard and soon ran into two women along the road.One of the women saw Avery and greeted her enthusiastically, "Avery, are you back from your holiday?""Yeah! Are you on a walk?""Yeah! Your baby is so big now! How adorable!" The woman complimented Robert, before turning her attention to Elliot. "Avery, is this your husband?"Avery glanced at Elliot and hummed in response."Your husband is quite handsome, but what's with his face? Is it jaundice?" The woman looked worried, and she even reached out to try and touch Elliot's face.Elliot immediately took out his mask and wore it."No. He got injured, but he's almost recovered." Avery noticed that Elliot was feeling uncomfortable and said hastily, "Auntie, we will go take our walk now.""Sure! Bye!"After the two women left, Elliot muttered in confusion, "Are you close to them?""No!" Avery said. "We've just seen one another a few times! It's a community, so we are
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Mike had not thought of how dangerous it would be, and instantly started to panic at her words."You don't have to worry too much, though. Henry is old, and Cole is too frail to be your match. You wouldn't be at a disadvantage if it ends in a fist fight," she said."Thank you for believing in me, but I think I'm not that much better than Cole!" Mike sighed."Don't worry, my bodyguard will protect you." Avery glanced at the time. "You should go now!""I thought you were going to mention to Layla that I've moved out?" Mike had just eaten and wanted to rest."Why didn't you mention it during dinner, then?" She lifted an eyebrow. "I'll tell her later. You are still coming over tomorrow night, right?"With that said, she went to find her bodyguard.Once they exited the room, Avery exited the house and walked around the community in search of Elliot and her children. "Mom! The gardenias are blooming! They smell so nice!" Layla spotted Avery and picked a gardenia, before handing it to her.A
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Layla could not be more convinced."Other than my bedroom, you have full control over all other rooms, okay?" said Elliot, continuing to lay out his bait. Layla nodded frantically."You weren't this easy-going when you were pursuing me," Avery said sarcastically."My entire person is yours. Why bother with a house?" he said sincerely, and Avery immediately blushed.Disgusted, Layla pushed Robert's stroller and walked away from them.Meanwhile, during a certain gathering, Ben was already starting to feel tipsy after clinking glasses with a few other people."Mr. Schaffer, it's no fun to drink with just men! I've called over a few women... There's someone new tonight," said a chubby man with a flattering smile. Ben immediately sobered and said, "It's fine! I should go home after this drink!""There's no rush, Mr. Schaffer. They are almost here! Just take one look! I saw the photos, and the young girls this time are pretty!""I don't like them too young!""Then I can find you someone mo
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Though Lilith had never seen Elliot in person, she was absolutely terrified of him. She jumped at Ben hysterically and bit down on his neck."Ah!" Ben shouted in pain.On the other end of the line, Elliot's heart sank when he heard Ben's wail. "Ben! What happened?!"Ben gasped in pain and hastily moved his phone to his ear while Lilith glared at him with her large, cat-like eyes to pressure him into compromising.If he dared tell on her, Ben knew for sure that she would bite his neck again."Nothing... I almost stepped on a wild cat! It's okay now," Ben lied and said."Why did you call me?" Elliot instinctively felt that it had something to do with Lilith.Ever since she had moved into Ben's house that was all Ben talked about. "I just accidentally pressed onto the short key that calls you," said Ben, continuing to lie. "Have you eaten? Where are you right now? Are you with Avery? Have you two been having fun since you came back?"Elliot realized that he was just making small talk and
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He wanted to vent his anger, but he was not sure how he was going to go about doing that. "What have I done? I should have never let her move in here! Now it's difficult to send her away!" he thought.Back in Starry River Villa, Avery was struggling to fall asleep.After Elliot had fallen asleep, she unlocked her phone and sent a message to Wesley enquiring about Shea. [She probably wouldn't last that long. She's made it long enough, though. I've traveled to many countries in the past year, looking for a compatible kidney, but I've yet to come across one.]Tears welled up in Avery's eyes as she stared at Wesley's message.The two had struggled in silence for a long time, and they still had nothing to show for it. "Even if they continued looking, would the gods show them mercy?" thought Avery. Avery instinctively knew that Adrian's kidney had a high possibility of being compatible with Shea's body because they were twins that shared the same blood, so this was Shea's last hope.Henr
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Avery finished her breakfast and stepped out of the restaurant, only to run directly into Elliot.He was wearing the light gray casual wear she bought for him and a black face mask, showing only his eagle-like eyes.He was alone, so there was no doubt that he had come looking for her. At that very moment, she was overwhelmed by emotions. She felt both touched and scared at the same time.Henry and Cole were standing right behind Avery, and as they followed the direction of her gaze, they saw Elliot.Though Elliot was not in official attire and was wearing a mask, they still recognized him right away.Cole reacted swiftly and dragged his father along as he ran towards the car.Avery strode towards Elliot, but he continued to stare at Cole and Henry coldly.'Why are they here? Why was Avery meeting with them? What did they talk about?' He could barely remain calm and started walking towards Henry before Avery could reach him."Elliot!" Avery hurried over to stop him. "Don't be re
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"What do you think is better for me not to know? I want to know whatever you know." He took her hand and tightened his grip."I told you already, I didn't mean to hide anything from you. You weren't even awake when I headed out!" She forced a smile and continued, "I couldn't just wake you up, now could I?""Yeah."In the car, Henry went through the financial report of Tate Industries from the year before. After that, Henry said in disgust, "Avery's company is profiting, but it's far from Sterling Group.""But we aren't getting the entire Sterling Group either, Dad! I think Tate Industries isn't bad. The others say that this company is the number one in the drone industry. I think that we can consider it." Cole was pleased at the thought of the reward awaiting them.Henry snorted. "Are you sure that you can manage a technological firm like that? This type of company relies completely on its core technology. If the following development can't catch up, your competitors could easily