"Yes! I don't want to raise them alone, so I still need to continue looking for him. Even if he is dead, I have to find his remains. What if he is somewhere hiding, living the time of his life? I don't want to tire myself to death, raising so many children on my own.""Haha! You joke, Miss Tate. Elliot is dead. Does that mean his inheritance is all in your hand? By then, you can hire as many nannies as you want. You take his money, and just enjoy your life.""Mr. Jennings, what you said makes sense. I never thought of this." Avery no longer wanted to chat with him, so she took her phone out and pretended to be busy on it.Once the car reached the Jennings, Avery got out of the car with the help of the bodyguard."This is Bobby's house! I'm not going in!" Dean stood next to Avery and said, "Bobby is my favorite son. He is smart and capable. I initially thought that he could take over my position. I never thought that something like that would happen to him. Every time I see him, my
Avery was not charging Dean any money because she wanted to directly make a deal with Bobby.Bobby never expected that Avery would say that to him. He was stunned."I heard your father say that you are his most precious son. Your family has such a huge business. He initially wanted you to take over because you are his smartest and most capable son. Looking at you now, he is extremely heartbroken. If you can recover, he would surely put you back in charge," Avery lay out his options in front of him, "You surely want to go back to your original life, right?"Bobby hesitated for a while and asked, "What do you want? Do you think a cripple like me can satisfy your conditions?""I'm going to take a bet. You are Dean's most important son. If you can't do it, no one else can.""What do you want?""I want to know where Elliot Foster is.""Hah! I don't know!" Bobby answered without even thinking. "I don't know Elliot! I have never met him. I won't even know where he is. What makes you th
Avery saw him losing control of his emotions, and she immediately said, "Consider my deal. As long as you help me find Elliot, I'll promise to cure you." "Leave!" Bobby covered his ears, no longer wanting to hear her voice. As if he would die hearing her voice for a single second more.Avery was extremely surprised at his reactions, but she did not want to continue agitating him, so she quickly left the room."Miss Tate, why are you out so quickly?" The bodyguard observed her closely to see if she was hurt or not."We'll talk once we're outside."Avery quickly left the house. On the way back, Avery kept thinking back about everything that happened after meeting Bobby.The words that Bobby said were particularly strange. He seemed to be hinting at something, but it was not obvious.His reaction was completely different from her expectations. She really wanted to know why.Returning home, she took a cup of water and drank it all down.The nanny saw her return and immediately se
Sebastian gasped. "My brother said that to you?!""No.""If that's not the case, why do you think that I'm the one behind all this? Simply because with him gone, I will be the next in line to inherit my father's wealth?" he asked.Avery did not respond."Haha! Well, you won't be the first to think that. I don't care if the others think so because their narrow minds do not affect me, but I'm a bit hurt that you would say such a thing," he complained sadly.After a moment of silence, Avery explained, "Your brother didn't say that you are behind it, but he mentioned that someone planned the "accident" to get him killed. I don't know anyone else other than you in the Jennings family.""What do you mean, you don't know anyone else?" Sebastian did not accept the explanation. "You should know Angela, right? I still remember how shocked you were when I mentioned her name. If you didn't know her, you would have asked who she was and why she was with my father... but you didn't ask a thing
She had suspected Angela because they had been talking about her, but if it was not Angela, the only person that was left was Dean Jennings. Chills ran down Avery's spine at the thought, but she felt that she was closer to the truth the more she thought about the possibility.Normal parents would never despise their children after they had been severely injured to the point that they refused to see their children. If that were true, it means that Dean did not have any love for his supposedly favorite son.Sebastian mentioned that Avery would not be able to cure Bobby not because he doubted her ability, but because... someone would make sure that she failed.Feeling like she was being strangled, Avery panted heavily.Why would Dean work to disable his eldest son?If he had despised his son from the very beginning, why did he allow Bobby to manage his assets to begin with?Sebastian was too secretive for Avery to learn what had happened from him.The next morning, Avery arrived
Avery saw the way Angela's look darkened and how her eyes glittered viciously as though she was going to chase Avery out any second now."Ms. Hills, I'm only asking because I went to see Bobby yesterday," Avery blurted out. "He hated my guts from the moment he saw me and asked me to leave after a brief exchange.""Humans tend to experience drastic changes in personality after a traumatic experience like that. I heard from his father that Bobby used to be more mature than Sebastian. It's a shame that he has turned out like this," Angela said. "I did consider treating him myself, but I'm afraid that I'm not capable of it."Avery gave her a confused look."My hands... They started shaking uncontrollably two years ago... It started as a shiver from time to time and didn't cause much damage. But maybe I've exhausted myself lately so the shaking has gotten worse. You are still young and probably won't understand what it's like for older people like us to wake up one day to find out yet a
"He's a top-ranked hacker. If he doesn't want his photos to be on the internet, we won't be able to find any." Dean took her hand and walked toward the dining room. "Let's have breakfast!""I don't have much of an appetite... But I can eat with you!" Though still annoyed with Avery, Angela regained her composure at the reminder that she had leverage over Avery....Avery stepped out of the Jennings' mansion and got into her car."Where to, Miss Tate?" her bodyguard asked.She was not sure where to go as she had too much on her mind. "Wherever!""Oh... Why don't we go to the Dream Maker factory, then?" The bodyguard was extremely interested in the Dream Maker factory and was dying for Avery to give him a tour.She was not paying attention to what the bodyguard was saying and did not respond.Taking her silence as a yes, he started driving towards Dream Maker.Avery took out her phone and found Professor Hough's son's contact. Worried that she might disturb him if she called out
In the Dream Maker factory, Avery stepped out of the car and stared dazedly at the building before her. "Why are we here?"The bodyguard stilled. "I thought you said we are coming here?""Did I say that?" She massaged her temples as she struggled to recall what she said."You said to go wherever and I suggested that we come to Dream Maker. You didn't say no to it!" the bodyguard explained."Oh... I was on my phone at the time so I didn't hear that." It wasn't Avery's intention to come here, but she decided to check on Mike since they were already here."Miss Tate, you are looking more and more depressed ever since you started seeing the Jennings. That family is toxic," the bodyguard said. "If you really think that they have Elliot, you can hire someone to kidnap Dean Jennings and request that he release Elliot.""I am only guessing that he has Elliot, but I don't have proof for that, so I can't act rashly at the moment. They are enemies in the dark so I have to be careful. I can