Instantly, Elliot focused his attention on Hayden. They had rarely spent time together in private, mainly because Hayden did not like him and would avoid Elliot whenever he had the chance.Because of that, Elliot did not quite know how to face his son. Had it not been for the circumstances, they would not find themselves alone with each other."Do you know how dangerous it is to just come here?!" said Elliot, unable to refrain from reprimanding his son. "Mind your own business!" Hayden said."Didn't you think that your mom would challenge Christopher if he had caught you?" "Christopher wouldn't have been able to capture me even without your help! I wouldn't have come here if my mom hadn't begged me to!"Elliot arched his eyebrow. "So you are refusing to eat because your mom is not begging you to eat? Should I call her now and get her to beg you?"Hayden glared at him coldly. "Leave my mom alone!""I will, but you will need to listen to me while you are here!" Elliot stared
"You don't know the answer," laughed Avery. "So you still don't remember me. I'm still glad, though, that your attitude towards me has improved so much even if you don't remember me. If I continue to stay here, you will fall in love with me once again.""Avery, is this the right time to talk about this?""What else should we talk about? About you and Ruby Gould?" Avery was on the verge of a mental breakdown. "She is so obedient to you that I feel like her love for you rivals my love."Are you enjoying this? You are out having fun, and you are able to keep your family at the same time," she said sarcastically. "If this carries on, sometime soon… I will give up."Elliot tightened his fingers around the phone."I will wait until the end of this month, at most. If you insist on remaining in Ylore, I will give up. You won't have to fight for over custody of the children, since your wife is very young. I'm sure she will be willing to bear you a dozen children," she said, giving him her
Half an hour later, Jed woke Avery up. "You fell asleep in the ultrasound room."Avery felt more energized after sleeping for half an hour and said, "How embarrassing. I couldn't sleep at all back in the hotel. Maybe I feel safe with the scent of sterilizer in the hospital.""Maybe! I like the smell of sterilizer as well," Jed said and led her to the elevator."How are the results?" She extended her hand toward him."The machine was broken, and they can't print the results, but the doctor showed me an image of your uterus," said Jed. His voice was flat. "You are fine, and the hormonal imbalance you are experiencing is probably due to stress.""I told you so! I might not be as young, but I'm still considered rather young," she said confidently, before lowering her voice, "I told Elliot today that I will only wait until the end of this month for him."Jed seemed occupied with something else and hummed carelessly in response."By the way, you don't need to take any medicine for now
Ruby furrowed her brows and asked, "Why are you not asleep yet? It's almost one. Do you always stay up late?"Then, she walked over to the desk.Hayden hesitated for two seconds, debating on whether he should power off his laptop or not. In the end, he decided not to.Ruby had not even graduated college. After she had married Elliot, she had decided to simply drop out of college and stay home.Also, Ruby majored in philosophy. She did not have the expertise to understand the lines of code on the computer screen. "Who got you to come?" Hayden asked Ruby."I… I had a nightmare just now. I dreamed that you were taken away by my brother," said Ruby, lying. "So I came over to check on you.""So, are you hoping that I was taken away by your brother or the other way around?" Hayden asked. "If your brother takes me away, Elliot will become the Goulds' puppet, and he will do whatever you ask of him."Ruby was speechless. She never thought that Hayden would say such a thing."Although
Hayden did not expect Elliot to say such a thing.He had heard about Elliot losing his memories, so he sat up and asked, "Have you not lost your memories?""I have." Elliot looked at Hayden and said, "I forgot everything that happened between your mother and I, but after I had seen her, I have this feeling in my heart that she is someone really important to me.""Hmph! You're not qualified to be my dad!" Hayden looked at Elliot and released all his anger. "You're a coward who only runs away from problems! You're the most cowardly person I have ever met!"His son was suddenly yelling and berating him. He burned with rage. Impulsiveness led to many mistakes and wrong decisions. In his forest villa, he had nearly strangled Hayden to death, and when he had come to Ylore, he had allowed Gary to persuade him into getting the memory erasure surgery. Those were two incidents of bad impulsive decisions.However, now was not the time to settle old scores."Return to Aryadelle with your m
"My son says that it will happen soon." Elliot did not know what Hayden's plan was. All he knew was that Hayden was confident of its success. "Latest would be the day after tomorrow. Once Christopher is dead, the Goulds will be in a mess. I want to use that opportunity to send Avery and my son away."Nick sighed. "Your son is barely ten years old, right? Why do you believe him?""Why shouldn't I believe him?""We'll talk about it once Christopher is dead!" Nick sneered. "If Gary had not protected him, he would have been dead a long time ago! By the way, are you planning on returning to Aryadelle with Avery?""I can't leave," Elliot said calmly. "My connections with the Goulds run too deep. Even if I were to return to Aryadelle, Gary would just hunt me down there. I want to put an end to the things we started here."Nick chuckled. "Great! A long overdue reshuffling!"…Avery woke up at seven the next morning. She felt a dull ache in her chest. She missed Hayden. After hesitating
Christopher stopped just as he was about to take a swig of water. He suddenly grew suspicious. "Darling, why did you bring me water?"His normal self would never have suspected his daughter of anything and would have taken anything she had given him. However, he could not forget the death countdown on his phone! He had to keep vigilant till three in the morning!He needed to know who was trying to take his life! If he was not dead by three that morning, it just meant that the hacker was a lying idiot! Also, if he was not dead by three, it proved that the hacker was Elliot's son— Hayden.Hayden was barely ten years old. "It is amazing that he can hack into my phone at such a young age, but that is all he is capable of! Kill me?! He does not have the skills for that!" thought Christopher smugly. Christopher's daughter blinked her huge eyes. "My teacher told me to serve Mommy and Daddy water. I have to take a video and show it to her."Only then did Christopher notice his wife
Elliot got up from the sofa. He intended to return to his room to get some rest. Dawn was fast approaching, and he still had not gotten any sleep.In a few hours, he would be speaking to Edward and Ted as Gary's representative. That day was destined to be an unusual day, whether Christopher died or not.Just as his hand landed on the doorknob, he heard Hayden's door swing open. He looked to Hayden's room. Their eyes met. Despite not speaking, they knew what weighed on the other's mind.Hayden had not expected Elliot to stay up. He did not think that Elliot would stay up till three in the morning. It looked like Elliot had trusted his plan to work. Elliot, on the other hand, saw the results of the plan in Hayden's expression."Christopher is dead," Hayden said. Elliot immediately looked at his phone. There were no calls or messages."Are you sure?" he asked. "Are you doubting me?" Hayden said coldly."Did you hire someone to do it?" Elliot no longer felt sleepy. He walke