Avery strongly agreed."Although she is suspicious, I don't think she is a bad person.""Indeed." Elliot had seen her three days ago.After these two meetings, although he felt suspicious, he also felt a pitiful aura about her.He wouldn't deliberately divide people into classes. Still, he subconsciously believed that even if Susan was wearing a famous brand, carrying a Hermes bag, and was trying to look like a highborn lady, her words and deeds could not deceive people of who she was."Elliot, let's not think about it so much for now. After you meet her a few more times, maybe you will know why she looks like this." Avery did think Susan was a little strange, but she was a kind person. No matter what other people did, she should not harm them."I'm afraid that she might be getting used." Elliot expressed his concerns, "If someone knows that she is my biological mother, that someone would definitely want to use her to create trouble for me."Avery nodded: "Tell me your mom's num
Avery smiled and said, "Yes."Elliot immediately understood why she had to come here to eat noodles.She was thinking about her mother.After Susan returned to the hotel, she took the room card and swiped the door open.Entering the room, she was shocked when she saw Wanda!"You, why are you here?!" A layer of cold sweat broke out from Susan's back.Wanda showed a sly smile: "Is the marriage still going well? Seeing that you have been out for so long, did you have a good meal with your son?""I...I didn't recognize him... He probably doesn't want to recognize me." Susan put her bag on the table, walked to the sofa, and sat down, "Madam Tate, maybe he sees that I'm not rich, so he doesn't want to recognize me!""Susan, he agreed to eat with you, which shows that he wants to recognize you. Otherwise, he wouldn't bring Avery to accompany you to dinner." Wanda spoke her thoughts aloud, "He has so much money; don't you want to get some? Do you want to start over and go back to t
Time flew, and half a month passed.Soon, it would be New Year's Eve.Avery proposed that the family take a set of family photos with the New Year's theme to bring the relationship between Hayden and Elliot closer.After her proposal was made, Layla immediately agreed with joy, and Elliot also agreed.The family's eyes fell on Hayden.Hayden was not interested in family portraits, mainly because he did not want to take pictures with Elliot.Although he could accept living under the same roof as Elliot, he still felt awkward when he saw Elliot.This kind of awkwardness seemed to be something etched into his bones."Brother! Let's go take pictures together!" Layla grabbed Hayden's arm and begged, "Just treat it as a New Year's gift for me!"Hayden couldn't refuse Layla.The family came to the studio. The temperature was relatively low recently, and Avery chose three sets of themes for indoor shooting.After the three sets of family portraits were taken, the photographer turned
This little baby really looked like Layla!However, this baby was the child of Elliot and Ruby!'Bang'!When Elliot heard the movement, he immediately looked toward the source of the sound.The movement came from Hayden.He strode towards Hayden.Hayden handed him his mobile phone immediately after he came over.He took the phone but looked in confusion at Hayden's cold and hostile eyes."What's wrong?" He asked Hayden, "I heard something fall to the ground just now. Did you drop your phone?""It's your phone." Hayden replied, "I threw it."Hayden was angry, so he threw the phone on the ground.After throwing it on the ground, he thought his mother might get angry with him, so he picked it up.Elliot glanced at the phone in his hand.Due to the presence of the phone case, the phone was intact.Hayden wouldn't throw his phone on the floor for no reason, so he turned it on and saw a photo.The baby in the photo looked a little familiar.This was a colored ultrasound photo
It was not until Avery asked that Layla realized that her brother wore a dark expression. "Hayden, why are you upset? If you don't like taking photos, I won't make you do it next time," Layla said while holding onto his arm.Hayden did not want to upset Avery by mentioning Ruby as Elliot had already said that he would block Ruby's contact."The photo shoot is a bit tiring," said he, casually making up an excuse. "Even more boring than shopping."He did not like shopping, but when compared to doing a photo shoot, he preferred shopping. At least shopping meant that he could get some fresh air, whereas the photo shoot required them to remain inside the studio the entire time."You guys didn't have your naps this afternoon, so I suppose it must be a bit tiring. Next time, let's do it when the weather is nice so that we can go outside for the photoshoot. That way, it won't be as boring," Avery promised with a smile. "I thought that your dad upset you somehow! I saw you two talking to
"Let's take our time. It's not New Year's just yet!""Sure. Are you going to the company's New Year's dinner?" Avery asked. "My vice president told me that the employees would like to see you during the dinner since you are one of our biggest shareholders.""I'll go if you want me to, otherwise I will just stay home." Elliot did not like crowds and was not particularly interested in the New Year's dinners for either his or Avery's company."That's pretty much like saying you don't want to go! I'll just take the kids with me, then."He immediately changed his response once he saw her reaction, "Take me too if you are taking the kids to dinner!""Sure. We'll see how it goes in a few days! I haven't even mentioned it to the kids!" Avery rubbed at her stomach and said, "I still prefer summer. The sky won't turn dark this early during summer! It's not just cold during winter, but the days just seem so much shorter, and the days just fly by me so quickly.""Every day of the year flies
"It wasn't me. It's my wife." Elliot gave him Avery's account number. "This is the account, and she forgot the password. There are a lot of photos in it so please check with your technician to see if you can recover the account and the photos in it.""Alright. I am a technician myself so I will have a look right away. If I don't get back to you before midnight, don't wait up.""Thank you.""It's alright. It's our honor that your wife chose to use our platform."Once he hung up, Elliot opened the photo album on his phone to look at the ultrasound Ruby had sent him earlier. He zoomed into the face of the baby, and it indeed resembled Layla in certain ways.He could not help but head into the bathroom to turn the lights on, before looking in the mirror to stare at his reflection.Layla looked like Avery, so why would his child with Ruby look like Layla?After staring into the mirror for a while, he opened his album again to look for Layla's photos.Layla's features had become more
He opened a certain application for financial news to pass the time when suddenly, the look in his eyes darkened at the sight of a familiar name— Wonder Technologies.The news claimed that they had received a tip that suggested that Wonder Technologies would extend its market into Bridgedale soon.There was not much information on the news but if it was true, then Wanda was planning an enormous move. Both Wanda and the ones backing her were ambitious.It was hardly possible for an enterprise to move its operation from Aryadelle to Brigedale unless there was incredibly tempting capital involved.Elliot simply did not understand what prompted Wanda to do so. Did she believe that she would be able to pass the examination for being listed in a foreign country, or had she found someone powerful enough to support her, and she felt like she could ignore Elliot?Elliot did not know if the news was true, but he had to find out. So, he screenshotted the news and sent it to Ben.Ben immedia