"Auntie, if it's inconvenient for you to say it, it's fine. I'm just asking casually. I'll have a word with Elliot, and I'll try to get you over for New Year's." "Avery, thank you!""These are all trivial matters. You don't have to be so polite. Elliot has a half-sister. He has not publicly recognized her yet, but he is receptive to her. Give him more time!" Avery took a credit card from her bag and handed it over. "I'll send the password to your phone later. You can spend the money inside to your heart's desire."Susan immediately rejected it."Auntie, accept it. If Wanda comes to you again, please send her away and tell her to stop harassing you. If you have any difficulties, we will solve them. After all, we are a family."Avery's words made Susan completely lower her defenses.She accepted Avery's card.In the evening, Avery returned home.She told Elliot about her meeting with Susan today."I knew Wanda wouldn't let this opportunity go. She seems to be honest on the surf
The next day, Elliot received a call from Ben who was in Bridgedale."Elliot, I asked around, but I didn't hear about Wonder Technologies appearing in the Bridgedale market!""That news has been deleted.""Oh, there is only one possibility. Wonder Technologies is listed, but the time is not ripe, so there is only gossip for now. Wanda wants her company to appear in the market. If you hadn’t been staring at her all the time, with Wanda’s skills, she would have gotten listed.""When are you coming back?" Elliot asked."Didn't I tell you last time? I'll come back after Lilith's modeling competition is over." Ben did not want to go back for the time being.His relationship with Lilith had eased a lot compared to before.He seemed to see hope in front of him."Did you not look at the calendar?" said Elliot. "Don't you spend New Year's with your parents yearly? The day of Lilith's competition happens to be New Year's Eve."Ben was stunned. "I didn't look at the calendar. I'll spend
"You can write a few more copies, and we can use them as gifts," said Avery. "Wesley invited us to eat dumplings at his house tomorrow. We could give him two copies. "Avery, are you sure that my calligraphy level is the level of gift-giving?""Of course! So long as you don't try and rival real calligraphers, you won't be viewed as an amateur."Elliot could not help but laugh.She cut the red paper while he prepared the pen and ink.Robert watched the excitement with his big eyes that were as clear as gems."Elliot, I found some couplets on the internet. Let's see how you do." After finding a few couplets, she brought her phone over and showed them to him. "I think this is pretty good..."And this one is also good." Avery read a few couplets to him. Elliot frowned slightly. "This has too many strokes.""I thought you could write anything!""I could, but maintaining style is something else entirely.""You should try. What if it looks good? Who knows?""All right." Elliot t
"Robert, don't put ink on your face." Elliot was not angry when he saw the couplet destroyed.Looking at Robert's little black hands, his clothes full of black ink stains, and his mottled little black face, Elliot furrowed his brows."I ignore you for a few minutes, and you find some ink to play with?" Avery walked up to Robert and undressed him. "How did you get the ink? I didn't see you crawling on the table!"Robert understood what his mother said and pointed his little hand to the side.On a chair next to it, there was a bottle of ink."I took it out while looking for ink, but I forgot to put it back," Elliot explained. "I don't blame my son.""Don't be too protective of him. I don't know how he unscrewed the cap." Avery took off her son's clothes and took him for a bath.Elliot looked at the mess his son had created and shook his head.He did not know if Hayden was so naughty when he was a child, but Robert was visibly much naughtier.The next day, Avery and Elliot visite
"We'll hang it on Wesley's door, then." Shea blushed. "When I marry him, his house will be mine as well."Avery pulled Shea down to sit on the couch. "Shea, you've recovered a lot from the last time I saw you. Maybe your brother will agree to you two marrying each other by next spring.""I am eighty pounds now, but Wesley said for someone my height, I'd have to reach ninety pounds or above to be normal.""Yeah, you are still too skinny right now, but you can't binge eat either or it will only hurt your body."Shea listened carefully and nodded. "Avery, I want a wedding on a grass field.""Sure! That can be romantic, too."The two started talking about all the details of the wedding. Seeing how happy they seemed, Wesley did not have the heart to interrupt them.Their relationship had barely even started, and they talked as though the wedding was right around the corner.He noticed that Hayden was sitting by himself and walked over. "Hayden, how are you getting used to being back
After Jed's death, Avery had been in contact with his family through phone and text messages.Both of Jed's parents were highly educated and understanding by nature. Though Jed's death had affected them greatly, they had not blamed Avery for it at all, and this made Avery feel more guilty.Elliot and Avery arrived at the Hutchinsons' house and tears instantly gathered in her eyes when she saw the gray hairs around Mrs. Hutchinson's temples."Auntie, I have been meaning to pay you a visit but my husband had been severely injured, so I had to delay my visit."Mrs. Hutchinson poured them two glasses of water with a serious expression. "I told you not to come. It's too much trouble for you! It's not Jed's death that pains us most, but the fact that Jennifer had died in a foreign country trying to avenge him..."Mrs. Hutchinson could not help but sob, and Avery immediately took some tissues to help wipe away her tears."Auntie, you have to take care of yourself. If Jed and Jennifer co
"Jed must have crossed someone," Mr. Hutchinson said confidently. "The fact that you and your bodyguard are fine is enough proof that something is wrong. That's precisely the reason why we didn't blame you for his death."Avery was inspired by their theory and said, "Apart from me and my bodyguard, he had only been in contact with people in the hospital.""He met with Ruby as well," Elliot added."Are you saying that Ruby Gould has something to do with this?" Avery scowled."I'm not sure. I only know that Ruby had contacted him before.""What for?" Avery asked. "What happened between them?""She invited Jed to the house, and I found out about it. She called him over then to get him to take you away."Based on Elliot's explanation, Ruby did not seem to have any motive to kill Jed. Even if Ruby had told Jed to take Avery away and Jed had refused to do so, it wasn't enough of a motive for her to kill him."There is someone who might know why," Elliot suddenly said. "Avery, do you
There were far too many documents for her to finish reading in Hutchinson's house, so she packed them up and brought them home."Avery, Ben is asking us out for dinner," said Elliot coming back from his phone call. "I will reject him if you are too tired.""Is Lilith coming?" Avery was feeling slightly tired but she was willing to go out if she could see Lilith.Elliot immediately asked Ben through the phone, "Is Lilith coming?""She's not done with work yet! She usually comes home at around nine or ten at night. Are you two not coming out to eat if she isn't there?" Ben asked. "You can still come if Avery doesn't want to! We haven't seen each other for so long, do you not miss me?"Elliot felt goosebumps all over his body. "Just come over to where we stay and I'll consider treating you to dinner somewhere nearby.""Do you know it's an hour's drive from where I stay?!" Ben exclaimed. "I am injured!""Hasn't that small wound on your face recovered? I thought you said that it's no