She smelled the strong scent of wine in his breath. He had been drinking. He looked at her with slightly drunk eyes and said frankly, "I was in a good mood today, and I drank a small glass of wine." "You only stopped taking your medications today..." "Yes, I stopped taking the medicine today, so I drank a little. "He said, wrapping his arms around her waist, "I'm going to sleep with you tonight." "Okay, you've already been drinking; why should you be afraid of the flu?" She teased him, "Did no one will stop you from drinking?" Elliot looked innocent. "No. They drank with me!" Avery was speechless. "Don't be angry. The champagne I drink was not high in alcohol content." "It's still wine! You start messing around once I take my eye off you. Fortunately, I didn't let you go to work. If you were allowed to go to work, I don't know what would happen to you." Elliot looked at her angry expression, leaned down, and kissed her forehead. "You've been chatting wi
The sun shone through the window and lit up the vast living room. A man and a woman were hugging each other and sleeping soundly on the sofa. Suddenly, a rapid and harsh ringtone sounded from the mobile phone. Lilith opened her eyes first. It was her phone that was ringing! She wanted to reach out to find the phone, but her arm was bound by something, so she couldn't move. She opened her eyes immediately, and after seeing what was restraining her, she immediately raised her feet and kicked Ben off the sofa! "Ah!" Ben exclaimed, then opened his eyes. "You bastard!" Lilith jumped off the sofa and scolded Ben, "Think about what happened last night!" Ben looked blank. Last night, he invited Hayden and Lilith to dinner. He ordered a bottle of wine and drank it alone. Hayden ate his kid's meal, and Lilith ate some fruit salad. He felt bored drinking alone, but he didn't want to end the meal so quickly, so he drank one cup after another. Finally, he beca
Elliot's biological mother? Wanda was stunned for a moment. Elliot was not a member of the Foster family; this was well known. His biological father, Nathan, had already been executed. Nothing about his birth mother had ever been reported online. "Bring that woman here; I'll take a look at her," Wanda said to the assistant. The assistant said with a smile, "I knew you would definitely be interested. I'll call the logistics supervisor and ask him to bring her here." After two seconds of silence, Wanda said, "Be quiet about this matter! "Don't worry." The assistant said and went out to make a phone call. In Starry River Villa, Elliot was having a cold today. Avery thought she had infected him, but he thought it was caused by his drinking last night. "How could drinking cause a cold?" Avery was much better today, but seeing Elliot's ill appearance, she blamed herself, "I infected you." Elliot: "It's okay; I don't blame you." "I know you don't. I'll s
Robert stood outside the door and hugged Avery as soon as she came out."Mommy... Play...""Okay, I'll play with you." Avery was afraid that the child would disturb Elliot's rest, so she decided to bring him outside to play.The weather that day was rather good as the sun was bright and it was comfortably breezy.Autumn was just upon them, so the temperature was not as hot as it was in the summer and the difference between day and night was becoming more and more noticeable.Over at Bridgedale, Ben accompanied Lilith to the modeling agency and did not seem to be in a hurry to leave."Didn't you say you were rushing to catch a plane?" Lilith asked."I didn't say I was rushing. I just said the flight is today—tonight, to be precise. I'll leave after having dinner with you tonight." Ben smiled warmly. "Where's your agent? I'd like to meet her."That turned out to be Ben's true purpose.Lilith had no intention of bringing him to see her agent, but speak of the devil and he shall a
Wesley immediately answered the call after seeing who it was."Do you think the subject of you and Shea is a conversation that we should be having right now?" he asked in a low voice. "Shea hasn't even recovered yet, so why are you getting yourself in a twist?"Wesley could only stay silent when he questioned her.It was not Wesley who wanted to discuss that, but Shea, who held on to the hope that everything could be settled.Wesley would not want to dampen her enthusiasm, but indulging in her would cause others to be under the mistaken impression that he was directing everything behind the scenes."Okay. I'll talk with her once she recovers," Wesley said.Elliot did not hang up because he still had doubts."Can you separate your feelings for Avery and Shea?" he asked, "You pursued Avery before. Why would you like Shea now?""Am I barred from liking other women just because I liked Avery before?" Wesley then gave a straightforward answer. "Avery's not just a beautiful woman. Sh
"I didn't tell you beforehand because you're not going to be alone on stage," the teacher explained with a smile. "The emcee will ask you how you raise your children and you'll be invited to share your views on our school. You may answer however you please."Avery nodded. "Okay."She was no stranger to making small talk during official functions.Layla's dance performance ended half an hour later and the audience burst into applause.Avery was invited onto the stage amidst the raucous applause, and she put on a proud and dignified expression.She had recorded Layla's entire performance on her cell phone earlier and felt that she should have brought a DSLR camera if she knew Layla could dance so well.Avery walked to the stage and took the microphone from the emcee."Thank you so much for taking the time out of your busy schedule to participate in our school's activities, Ms. Tate. I wonder if Layla's father is here," the emcee asked with a smile.Laughter ensued following that
The initially calm atmosphere in the living room turned turbulent as soon as he said that.As Elliot sat quietly on the sofa and listened to the conversation, Eric's egotistical and rude remark caught him completely by surprise!He could not believe that Eric would encourage Avery to take two husbands because it was such a blatant show of disrespect!To make things worse, Elliot could sense that Eric was hinting at Avery to take the latter as her second husband.Elliot stood up from the sofa abruptly.He did not even use his crutches because his anger caused him to forget that he was lame.Upon realizing that the situation was turning sour, Avery immediately shoved Eric out of the door. "You and Layla should go."Eric did not want to put her in a tight spot, so he led Layla out the door."Why are you afraid of him? He was the one who betrayed you first. You can always do the same so he can feel how you felt." Eric did not even bother lowering his voice because he wanted Elliot
"Okay. I won't leave you and the children in the future." Elliot's teasing stopped there."Pinky swear!" Avery held out her little finger like a kid.He froze for a moment and did a pinky promise with her."So, my dear hubby, when are we going to get our marriage certificate?" she asked, changing the topic as smoothly as possible."How does Monday sound?""Okay." She did not want to drag it any further.When she was in Ylore, Ruby reminded her more than once that a couple was only legally married if they got a certificate. Weddings meant nothing without it.As a result, Avery was fanatically obsessed with getting the marriage certificate....At the hospital, Jun's mother Hilda had been hospitalized due to her high blood pressure and Jun had been caring for her in the hospital.It was the first time she has asked him to be beside her and take care of her.She had been hospitalized several times before, but she always told him to work hard and not let her condition affect her