"Why do you seem a little unhappy about that?" Elliot asked with a smile. "Hayden is still on your side!""I'm not unhappy. Wouldn't I be less worried if you had a good relationship with the children? When they have holidays, you can be the one who takes care of them, while I just do nothing but comment on all of you." Avery could not help but smile. "Since you like to take care of the children so much, I will have to give you an award at the end of the year. Award of The Best Daddy!""Thank you! I don't need the award. The children are mine. Caring for them is my responsibility and obligation." Elliot looked relaxed. "The children also won't need us for much longer. Hayden doesn't need us at all anymore. We need him, in fact. Layla also doesn't need us that much. If we weren't so strict with her, don't you think that she would run out and play the moment she had a holiday? Didn't she keep asking for Eric to stay at our place to play with her during our honeymoon? If it weren't for h
"Hmm… I know Layla is mature. She is no longer a child, which was why I was a little worried that she would have those sort of feelings for Eric," Avery said, voicing her concerns.This made Mrs. Cooper grow worried, too."Truth be told, I've never thought about it that way. But your worries are not illogical. Layla has truly grown up. Children nowadays are exposed to the internet earlier. It makes sense that they would mature much earlier than people in the past. If you're worried about it, you could talk to Layla," Mrs. Cooper said."I don't know how to bring it up. Eric is such a great person. Many girls like him, including me. I admire him a lot. I'm just afraid that Layla, at her age, doesn't know how to differentiate the many types of 'like'…""Why don't you talk to Eric? I think Eric has set his boundaries. Even if Layla confesses to him, he will reject her." Mrs. Cooper felt relieved when she said that. "You are Eric's savior. He won't mess about with Layla.""I'm not worr
"He hasn't found a suitable one yet, right? Let's wait until he finds a girlfriend!" Layla's gaze returned to her papers. "Mommy, you're suddenly so serious!""Am I?" Avery was afraid that her attitude would scare Layla, so she immediately started to laugh. "I'm only worried because Uncle Eric doesn't have that many holidays. If you spend all your winter and summer breaks with him, he won't have time to find a girlfriend. This would affect him quite badly."Layla pouted."You also know that Uncle Eric's parents are forcing him to go on blind dates. They really hope that he will quickly find a girlfriend and start a family. After all, he is not young anymore." Avery subtly implied the age gap Layla and Eric had between them."Mommy, why do you think the same way everyone else does? Uncle Eric is not old at all. If he doesn't want to find a girlfriend and doesn't want to get married, you can't force him." Layla looked at Avery once more, feeling injured on Eric's behalf.Avery smile
"I know. You need to be of legal age to get married. You were the one who asked me about this, which was why I told you that!" Layla continued her homework."Layla, have you mentioned any of this to Eric?" Avery was a little worried. She did not know how to face Eric in the future."I don't think so. I can't remember if I have said it in the past or not, but I'm sure I haven't said it this year." Layla smiled widely. "I've never thought so much about this before!""You shouldn't think about it anyway! If Uncle Eric finds a girlfriend in the future, you are not allowed to call on him anymore," Avery said seriously. "If you were Aunt Shea's age right now, I wouldn't stop you from doing anything. We should do things according to our age. Right now, your main mission is to study.""Mommy, I know. Study. Study and do well! If I am in the top three for this final exam, let me go and have fun!" Layla pleaded, grabbing Avery's hand."Okay. If you want to play with Uncle Eric, I will get t
There were a dozen resumes.They were all applying for the position of Elliot's assistant.Avery casually opened one of the resumes to have a look. The candidate's education and work experience were excellent.If this person were to hand in their resume to her, they would undoubtedly be able to continue straight to the interview.She opened another resume. After going through it, her feelings were the same as when she had looked through the first one.This candidate was as exceptional a lady as the first. If she wanted to be Avery's assistant, Avery would have barely had a reason to refuse.Avery guessed that the rest of the dozen resumes were also excellent. If they were not, Elliot would not have sent them to her.She was suddenly in a situation where she did not know whom to pick.She let her mind go blank for a while, then realized that she still could not sleep. She unlocked her phone and continued looking at the resumes.After going through the dozen resumes, her eyes we
By the time Avery fell asleep, Elliot was no longer sleepy.He turned around, picked up his phone, and unlocked it.He went through the resumes he had sent to Avery. He wanted to help her filter through the candidates once, to narrow down the list of possibilities.In fact, before he had sent her the resumes, he had already gone through them once, but not in detail.Of all the resumes, the one most memorable to him was the one who had the lowest education level.It was because her education level was the lowest that he had even remembered her name – Juliet Sutton.The requirements for the position of his assistant were written clearly. The first mandatory requirement was that their education level had to be beyond that of a bachelor's degree.However, Juliet only had a bachelor's degree. Also, she was a fresh graduate that was only graduating that year. She did not have any work experience at all. How did she have the confidence to send in her resume?The human resources depart
"It's only nine. You stayed up late last night, didn't you? You're not usually one to sleep in." Avery placed the cup of coffee down. "I drank your new coffee. While I was eating breakfast, someone sent it to you, so I got Mrs. Cooper to make me a cup.""I thought you didn't like coffee?" Elliot pulled back the sheets and slid out of bed. "Be careful. You might not be able to sleep tonight.""My head hurts a little. Especially after seeing the resumes that you sent me. I find them all excellent!" Avery said while sipping her coffee."Isn't there a candidate that is graduating with a bachelor's degree this year?" Elliot said. "She's a Ylorean. When the HR manager passed me her resume, he said that, if you hired her, she could make tea for you in the future."Avery could not help but smile. "I don't like drinking tea. Won't drinking tea affect my sleep too?""There are many types of tea. Not all tea will make you lose sleep, but I've never really studied the details before." Elliot
"Just decide on what you want and order first. When you're hungry, I'll send it over." Elliot had been busy the entire morning. He was already hungry."Okay, let me think," Avery said, then immediately felt too lazy to do so. "I'll have what you're having. Our taste is mostly the same.""You're just too lazy to think, right? What are you doing?" Judging by her tone, Elliot could tell that she was a little distracted.Avery picked up her cup of water and drank some to soothe her throat. "I didn't do much this morning. I was checking up on the tea culture of Ylore. I have never heard about it before. The tea culture in Ylore is quite famous.""Yes. The tea culture in Ylore is not only about drinking tea. There are tea performances, too. I've seen the performances, but I can't differentiate the tea." Elliot has seen a tea performance at Ylore before, but he had no interest in tea.Avery heard what he said and replied curtly, "You fooled around quite a lot back in the day, right?"El