Avery chuckled. "This piece of gossip is absurd. When I gave birth to Robert, I took at least half a year off.""You still left the house.""I never said you couldn't leave the house for half a year. Let's see how well you recover!" Avery helped him to the dining table. "After a while, you can probably start working from home. As long as your head doesn't hurt, I won't just let you do nothing.""Will you still be going to Bridgedale?" Elliot asked. "Didn't you hire a team of experts in Bridgedale? Do you need to deal with it?""I can go, or I can not go. The people in my team never believed in resurrection treatment. Their advice has always been that I perform a craniotomy on you and have a look at your device. However, you had just undergone surgery, and I was worried that doing it would kill you…""Avery, sometimes, you need to believe in yourself," Elliot said."It's pointless telling me this. If you weren't the person in danger, I would surely be more sensible. As long as I h
Avery and Elliot were instantly stunned."Hayden, you found Ivy?" Layla yelled in shock."No, but I have found some news." Hayden had not wanted to divulge what he had found yet, but when Avery informed her children that Ivy might be dead, he could no longer remain silent. "Hayden, what news did you find?" Avery's heart was about to pop out. Her breath quickened. Elliot's gaze burned into Hayden. His voice trembled a little, "Hayden, where is Ivy right now?""I don't know where she is. The only thing I know is that they have not killed her. The crime syndicate knew that she was your daughter, and they did not toss her with the other children in the pit." Hayden told them everything he knew. "The person only knew that Ivy had been sold to someone rich. That person had bought Ivy at a high price, so surely he would not kill her." This topic was clearly beyond Robert's understanding. He did not understand what was going on, but he could understand the word kill. He was so afraid
"Mommy, I'm sure you know Holly Blanche, right?" Hayden asked, looking into Avery's eyes.Avery stiffened. Hatred made her grimace. "Of course! She was the one who tricked your daddy and me into the underground cellar!""Natalie was the one who paid her to do such things. I thought that she might know where Ivy is, so I sent someone to look for her," said Hayden, coming clean. "Holly is a very smart woman. She got a huge sum of money from Natalie. After she escaped from Ylore, she bought herself a new identity.""You found Holly?" Avery's heart was beating wildly. Hayden shook his head. "I found her boyfriend. She got together with him by using her fake identity." "Hayden, you're amazing. How did you find Holly? She used a fake identity, yet you could still find her." Avery was completely amazed by her son's abilities.No wonder Hayden had said that Elliot was not capable enough.Avery did not think that Elliot was not capable, but Hayden's mind was clearly more agile. He thou
Sebastian did not expect that the call would connect, but no one picked up. "Sir, we can contact the police to pinpoint the location of her phone," one bodyguard suggested."Hmm, I think so too."Natalie was his sister. The police would surely help him to look for her, but he had never thought that locating her was such a simple matter. He just provided his identity card and proof of Natalie and Dean's relationship, and the police immediately helped him locate the position of Natalie's phone.The location showed that Natalie's phone was in a rural and remote area surrounded by hills.Once he got the exact position, Sebastian and his bodyguards went there looking for Natalie."She would dare to escape to such a remote area. She sure is bold!" One bodyguard mocked."I guess us coming to Aryadelle to look for her must have scared her." Sebastian leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes, resting. "But her phone is on. I suspect something must have happened to her. If not, she
Sebastian was not familiar with Holly, but from their messages, he saw a name that made his eyes brighten— Ivy.Ivy was Elliot's and Avery's long-lost daughter.They had been in Ylore, looking for her, and that was how Natalie had set them up. They had almost died in the suburbs of a foreign country!After going through Natalie and Holly's messages, Sebastian could roughly guess Holly's identity.He was overjoyed. He felt as if he had just won a jackpot. The first thing he thought of doing was calling his father and giving him the news. His father would surely be very happy.After this thought appeared, he felt sad! He clearly hated his father and wanted to kill him. That way, no one could call him useless anymore. No one would use the Jennings family fortune to force him into obedience.However, why did the first thought he have was one which involved pleasing his father? He had just gotten a very important lead. He could have told Avery. If he wanted a reward, Avery would s
To make matters worse, Elliot was particular about cleanliness, so he kept grumbling, wanting to wash his hair.Avery had to find a way to wash his hair. Her phone rang, but she was in the bathroom, so she did not hear it. It was Robert who had brought her phone to her. If Robert had not given her, her phone, she would not have heard it ringing nor would she have answered the call. "I'm returning to Bridgedale tomorrow," Sebastian said, waiting for Avery to understand what he was trying to say.Avery placed the call on loudspeaker mode and put it to the side. She continued washing Elliot's hair. "Have you found Natalie?""No," Sebastian said lightheartedly. "Are you free tomorrow? Why don't you treat me to a meal? Aryadelle is your territory."Avery noticed Elliot tensing and she rejected Sebastion without a moment's hesitation. "I'm not free tomorrow. Elliot has just gotten discharged. I have to be with him. I can treat you to a meal when I'm in Bridgedale next time."A sen
Avery sounded calm as if they were discussing an inconsequential matter. "Have you thought this through?""Does this need thinking about?" Avery asked in return.Elliot shook his head."Don't shake your head. Have you forgotten that you have head injuries?" Avery sighed.She understood how Elliot felt. After going through so many incidents together, it was easy to understand the other person's heart. "What about next Monday? Hayden said that he is leaving on the weekend. We'll head to the Civil Registry Office on Monday. We'll get Hayden to come along." Avery was reluctant to be apart from her son."If you want Hayden to stay with you for a few more days, we can go to the registrar next Monday, instead of this Friday." Elliot understood what she was trying to do, so he made that suggestion."I can't force Hayden to stay with me just because he listens to me. This will affect his studies. Do you know how tired Hayden usually is? The things he learns in a year is something stud
"I never thought that she was living under our very noses, but if she does not know anything about Ivy and her whereabouts, she is no use to us either." Sebastian thought back to how Avery viewed him, and he grew upset. "Who would have thought that Holly Blanche knew everything.""This person is no ordinary person. She even survived Elliot and Avery without giving in to their demands…" Dean looked at Natalie's phone and narrowed his sly eyes. "Natalie could easily get her over to her side. Should I say that Natalie has some good tricks up her sleeves or that Holly has no vision? If I were her, I would surely pick Elliot.""Dad, maybe Holly feels Natalie to be more trustworthy," Sebastian said. "Right now, the most important thing is to contact Holly.""Sebastian, handle this. Take Natalie's phone and meet up with Holly. Whatever Natalie is paying her, we can double it. We have to get her on our side." Dean was excited when he said that. "If we can locate Ivy and get to her before E