After breakfast, Avery returned to her room to change, and by the time she came out, Mike had already woken up and was chatting with Ben."Mike, Ben will be going out with me today. You can stay home and rest," she walked over and said to Mike.Mike scratched his head. "I rested last night.""If you don't want to stay home, you can go to the office! I've promised Ben he can come," she said and turned to look at Ben. "Let's go!"Mike saw them off. "Let me know first thing if there are any updates!""Alright! You should stay home and rest. You look horrible!" Avery went into the car and glanced at Mike before closing the door."Do you know me at all? I have dark circles even after I sleep... Wait, these are more like eye bags." Mike closed the car door for her and commanded ten of the bodyguards to follow them.Once Ben and Avery left, he returned to the house and enjoyed his breakfast, before driving to the office.In the Dream Maker office, Mike parked his car in the undergroun
"I saw this person in a lot of Dean's photos on the internet," Hayden said. "Which means that he must know a lot of Dean's secrets. I found him and offered him money in exchange for the confession.""That must have cost a fortune, right? Dean is a formidable force in Bridgedale and his former bodyguard wouldn't be moved to betray him in exchange for a small payment. Once this video gets out, Dean will hunt him down and kill him."Mike had guessed correctly."I helped his family escape and paid him a fortune that would allow his family to live like kings and queens overseas," Hayden said."Big H, you've gone radio silent for the past few days and this is what you've been doing? You are the man! You are brilliant!" Mike was impressed."I'm not going to forgive him for what he did to my mom." He shut his laptop and asked, "Where's my mom? Why aren't you with her today?""Ben is here and he's with your mom today." Mike sat down on a chair beside Hayden. "I wonder if they could get so
Ben attempted to get close enough to eavesdrop, but Avery and Professor Greens were whispering to one another. Even when Avery appeared to be frustrated and miserable, her voice remained contained out of fear that she would disturb others in the bookstore.Failing terribly at eavesdropping, Ben returned to his original position and took out his phone to take a picture of Avery and Professor Greens, before sending it to Mike.[Guess I'm the third wheel here.]Mike replied. [Hahahaha!][Judging from the look on Avery's face, things are quite bad.][Can Elliot be dead?][You shut your mouth!][You are the one who said it looks bad...][She just seems a bit frustrated.][You just haven't spent enough time with her lately. She is always frustrated.][Oh! I guess I am overthinking then.][Something fun is about to happen later today.][Fun? Where?][You are so nosy! Focus on keeping Avery company instead of trying to have fun!][???][Let me know what Avery and that professor
Dean narrowed his eyes and stared intently at the video."I've worked beside Dean Jennings for fifteen years. I quit my job two years ago and returned home due to a severe injury. For the past year or so, I've been tormented, and every time I close my eyes, I'm haunted by countless spirits that died in vain because of him... Throughout the fifteen years, I've worked for him, I've killed a total of eighteen people, including his lovers and children. Of course, those children aren't really his children. Dean Jennings tells the world that they were his children to cover up the fact that he had long lost the ability to make children!""Baam!"Dean threw Sebastian's phone onto the ground, but the video was still playing."Eighteen lives, gone, simply because he wanted them gone. He had more bodyguards under his command killed… Even Dean Jennings himself must have lost track on how many women and children died because of him.""B*st*rd! Shut up! Shut up!" Dean barked and stomped ferocio
Dean's mood instantly lightened. The money he spent was only meant to ward off bad luck, and he could always earn more again.Meanwhile, after chatting with Professor Greens, Avery stepped out of the bookstore wordlessly and locked herself inside her bedroom after arriving home.Ben tried a few times to ask what had happened, but he could not bring himself to actually ask the question. Once he got Avery home, he called Mike and told him to hurry home.When Mike hurried home, he went to knock on Avery's door but did not dare to intrude when she did not respond.In the evening, Ben urged Mike to get Avery. "Go tell her to come out for dinner!"Mike shook his head. "I don't dare to. I think Elliot might be dead. Why else would she stay quiet the whole time?""You keep saying that! I'm really going to get upset!""Then go ask her! What's the point of shouting at me?" Mike shoved Ben toward Avery's bedroom door. "You probably won't be able to eat if you don't ask her."Ben took a de
"I've never heard of that before," Mike said. "If something like that exists, Angela is playing God! No one would die anymore! If she's really that skilled, she could have just used any corpse. She didn't have to steal Elliot all the way from Ylore just to bring him back to life!"Ben nodded and turned to face Avery. "Avery, we don't know the first thing about biology, but you do. Do you think this is true?"She took a deep breath and shook her head. "I don't know. This goes beyond my knowledge. I don't know anything about what Angela is capable of, so it could be true or fake.""You didn't ask that professor?" Ben asked. "He must have gone through her research data... Marshall’s Award is not just some random award...""Professor Greens said he hasn't gone through her research data yet because there is too much data." She lowered her gaze. "So Elliot is still alive, then?" Ben asked. "I can't eat until I know this.""Go back to your hotel if you can't eat! Don't stop us from eat
Dean's blood pressure shot up. He had spent a fortune bribing the press and had thought that he could put this incident behind him, only to be surprised to find out that Dream Maker was in possession of the video as well."Can Dream Maker be the one who actually sent the video to the press?" he thought.When Sebastian saw the video being played on the Dream Maker building, he seemed to have realized something and called Avery.Avery picked up right away."Avery, what exactly is your relationship with Dream Maker? Sebastian was not frustrated at all because he didn't care if Dean was doomed. He had no affection for his father, so he only cared about the future of the Jennings family because his fate was tied to that of the Jennings family. Though his life wouldn't be over if his family collapsed, it would definitely be less luxurious if he was no longer the second son of the Jennings family.Avery had just seen the video playing on the Dream Maker building. She had only seen half o
Avery wanted to say something, but she was not sure what the appropriate words were. No matter how much Sebastian hated Dean, Dean would always be his father; and Avery did not intend to let Dean go no matter what.She sighed after the call, but before she could completely regain her composure, Dean called."Avery, are you toying with me?" he growled. "You know that we have Elliot Foster and still... Aren't you afraid that I will kill him?"Avery felt nothing despite hearing his threats. "Elliot will be fine… at least until Angela gets the Marshall's Award.""You—""And I will get Elliot out before she gets the award. You, on the other hand, just wait for your karma!" she said, before hanging up.Professor Greens found a CD in the documents Angela had mailed to the committee. He placed the CD into the computer and Angela's face instantly popped up on the screen.She started with a self-introduction, before beginning to introduce her experiment.Professor stared at the screen un