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Chapter 1383
The nanny took a bowl of chicken soup and brought it to Ruby. "Did you notice that Elliot's heart isn't with you at all? He wouldn't have been like this if Avery wasn't in the country."Ruby took the chicken soup, took a sip, and said, "I'll talk to my father about it later. But Avery has an operation today, and she might have to stay in the hospital for a few days before leaving. By the time she does, Elliot's heart will be back with me.""Yes. This is the Goulds' territory after all. It doesn't matter how powerful Elliot was in the past, or how outstanding a person Avery was, because those who are at a disadvantage would not be able to one-up those in a better position. Elliot needs to fulfill his role as your husband, and Avery must leave this place."The nanny's words made Ruby smile.After drinking the soup, she went to Gary's house along with the nanny."How are you feeling, Dad?" Ruby asked as she held Gary's hand.Gary looked at his daughter and asked, "What were you doin
Chapter 1384
Mike insisted, "I couldn't have gotten the wrong information. He never flew from Ylore.""To hell with him!" the bodyguard cursed. "None of us were able to get through to him.""How is Avery's condition?" Mike did not care that much about Jed and was more concerned for Avery. "Is she able to talk? I'd like to hear her voice."The bodyguard came into the ward with his cell phone while the doctor was checking Avery's temperature and blood pressure.Although her eyes were open, they were still a little lifeless."I'm afraid she can't talk to you now, but I'll ask her to call you back when she feels better," the bodyguard ended the call immediately after.It did not take long before Wesley came calling again.The bodyguard stood outside the door of the ward and answered the phone. "She's awake, but she can't talk to you on the phone right now. I don't think she's completely back to her senses yet.""That's normal after surgery. She'll probably be much better tomorrow.""Wesley, yo
Chapter 1385
Avery woke up from her sleep sometime later but saw no one inside her ward.Neither Elliot nor the bodyguard was there.She remembered Elliot saying that he would keep her company there, so she took out her phone and checked the time.It was an hour to midnight.She felt nothing but pain at the moment.She found Elliot's number from her contacts and hit dial."You're awake, Avery?" Elliot asked. "I'll accompany you right away."Her lips moved and her voice was very soft. "You don't need to come if it's not convenient for you...""I'm in the hospital. I'll go there right away," Elliot said and ended the call.Jed's body had been sent to the hospital, so the most pressing issue was to find out why Jed died so suddenly.Furthermore, there was the question of why he sent that kind of message to Avery. If he was going to leave, what could have prevented him from leaving?There was this feeling that the death was a murder instead of accidental.Elliot returned to the ward with th
Chapter 1386
Jed's girlfriend arrived at the hospital about an hour later and was stunned to see Avery."Did Jed do the surgery for you? Where is he?"The bodyguard immediately held her and wanted to bring her out to speak.However, she pushed the bodyguard away abruptly and insisted on confronting Avery."He sent me a message at four yesterday morning, saying that he wouldn't be able to operate on me." Avery was afraid that the woman would not believe her, so she turned on her phone and showed the text message.Jed's girlfriend took Avery's mobile phone, read the text message, and felt her scalp turn numb. "Nonsense! He didn't contact me at all, and he never told me he was going back to the country!""You mean to say he didn't return to the country to find you?" Avery had a bamboozled look."Why would I come all the way here to ask about him if he did?! It's been at least half a month since I last saw him!" She returned Avery's mobile phone. "I need an explanation!"Avery felt like her hea
Chapter 1387
"You know who Jed is, right?" Elliot looked her in the eye and asked, "How did he die?"The smile on Ruby's face froze. "He's dead? I had no idea! I've been home all this ti—""You don't need to leave home if you wanted to kill him.""I didn't kill him! Why would I kill him when I have nothing against him?" Ruby reached out and grabbed Elliot's arm. "I do know him. I ran into him at the hospital when I sought consultation at the hospital for the test-tube baby. He begged me to help Avery get out of here, but I told him that my father was angry and that I could only help him when my father cooled down.""That's all?" Elliot pushed her hand away."Yes! I didn't have anything to do with him other than his request for me to help Avery..." Ruby saw that Elliot did not entirely trust her, so she continued, "There was one other time when I took the initiative to invite him to our home as a guest. I heard that Avery had a man by her side, so I wanted to know what their relationship was."
Chapter 1388
Avery knew that Elliot only said that to calm her down, but nothing anyone did could soothe her emotions!She was heartbroken, and the more uncomfortable she was, the more painful the wound on her head became."Stop thinking about that, Avery!" Elliot held her hand tightly and emphasized, "I don't care if the sky is about to fall. Just don't worry about it! We'll talk about everything once you're discharged from the hospital!"She tried to take a deep breath and calm her trembling body.It took her a few minutes before her mood calmed down."Close your eyes," Elliot urged in a low voice. "You'll recover quicker if you rest well."She did not heed his advice to close her eyes because she did not want to.Jed's face would appear in her mind whenever she closed them.She never suspected anything when she saw Jed's message, and it was truly horrifying to know that Gary was so cruel!She could not let herself act as if nothing had happened, and she had to stay awake even if she cou
Chapter 1389
"You did well on that task I had you do, Elliot," Gary said cheerfully when he saw Elliot. "By the way, how was the discussion with Edward and Ted? I believe they already approached you?"Elliot nodded. "I have met with them. Their initial consensus was that Mickey and Julian's assets—""Those are mine! The assets belonging to Mickey and Julian are already mine! I bought it from their widows at a reasonable price, and I did so legally!"After Mickey and Julian's death, Gary unscrupulously bought their property at a very low price.It was ostensibly a buyout, but in truth, it was an outright robbery.Edward and Ted ended their friendship with Gary because of that!They could care less if Gary used such underhanded methods to deal with outsiders, but Mickey and Julian were comrades from the same alliance. How could he take their property all for himself? Even if they wanted to take their property, they should split it with each other. Gary had no right to be taking all of it for hi
Chapter 1390
Gary was so furious that it looked as though Elliot had done something to wrong him.Elliot stopped walking. "You're sick right now, so you should have more rest and refrain from thinking too much. Ruby mentioned that she isn't feeling well, so I'll check up on her."Elliot's gentle tone made Gary feel as if everything he said earlier had no effect at all.Gary was very upset after Elliot left."He's becoming more and more capable of hiding his feelings," Gary said to the bodyguard. "He looks as if he's respecting me, but the truth is that he resents me.""All because of that doctor named Jed? I don't think Jed is worth being angry for, right?""He's not doing it for Jed... He's doing it for Avery." Gary frowned. "Didn't you hear him mention that Avery was feeling down? She's feeling that way because of Jed's death.""Let her hate you if that's what she wants. She's powerless, it's not like she can do anything even if she hates you to the bone." The bodyguard laughed. "That goes
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