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Chapter 801
The reporter asked, "Layla, do you have any New Years' wishes?""I wish to receive a lot of beautiful gifts…""Do you have any happy things that happened to you recently?""I never had a good relationship with my father previously, but it's getting better with him. It's great to have a father."Elliot's eyes were a little wet at that point. He never thought that Layla would mention him in her interview. In her heart, he must be someone important to her already!The reporter continued, "Is your father in the industry too? Is he here tonight?"Layla said, "He isn't in the industry. Our relationship only got better a little, we're not there yet! I still have to evaluate his performance in the future!""Then, what do you hope he does in the future?""I have never thought about it, but he has to at least not do things that would make me sad. Also, he can't do bad things. If not, it would embarrass me."The video ended there.Layla's last sentence rang in his mind for a long time.
Chapter 802
Avery thought that she misheard, so she did not answer this question. Turns out, Mike did not give up on it. He asked once more."Mike, why would you ask this question?" Avery was stumped. "Did he do something that makes him seem that way?"Mike shook his head. "I'm not close to him, so I'm asking you." "If you're not close to him, then why would you doubt his intelligence? If someone were to doubt your intelligence, would you be happy?" Although Avery was still giving Elliot the cold shoulder, she would not want to see him be talked down upon.Mike promised that he would not tell Elliot's secret, so he tried hard to come up with a reason."He and Shea are twins. Shea has the condition, would he have it too?""They are fraternal twins. You can treat it as if they are two completely different beings. Their blood types are different too," Avery explained.Mike might look like he understood it, but he was still filled with curiosity.Why was Elliot's condition cured when he w
Chapter 803
Elliot called Mike. Mike's phone was turned off. He was worried about the children's safety, so he could only ask Avery.Avery replied, [Hmm.]After replying to Elliot, she placed her phone down and took Robert's clothes off.She wanted to pretend that she did not care about him, but after taking Robert's clothes off, she could not help but pick her phone up again to see if he had sent any new messages.Naturally, there were none.Avery disappointedly placed her phone down and carried Robert to the bathroom. An hour or so later, Mrs. Cooper came to take Robert away.Avery picked up her phone once again. She went through Elliot's messages once more, also going back through their chat history.The more she saw the more upset she was. She was indeed a little selfish and impulsive.Shea's passing was a huge blow to him. Perhaps, she should have been more patient and forgiving to him and not gotten into a fight with him and then brought Robert to Bridgedale.She wanted to send hi
Chapter 804
The call soon connected. Elliot's low and mesmerizing voice came through. "Layla?""It's me," Avery said awkwardly, "Why did you transfer money to me?"Elliot said, "Those are for the children."Avery was even more awkward. "If you want to give them money, can't you give them in person? Why do you have to send it to me?"Elliot explained, "Did you not see the message Layla sent to me? She sent me a voice message greeting with your phone."Avery was speechless. She wanted to dig a hole for herself and hide in it. She only saw the transfers. She did not scroll up.She tapped open their chat and scrolled up. She saw that she sent a voice message over. It must have been Layla.Avery took a deep breath. She was feeling so awkward she was blushing. She did not know what to do."Mommy!" Right at that moment, Layla ran into her room. Seeing Avery holding her phone, Layla immediately covered her mouth with her hand.Avery looked at her and passed her the phone. "Your father."After
Chapter 805
"Then, forget about it! It's so cold at night!" Layla gave up on that idea. "Let's just see Daddy's fireworks!""Hmm! Go ahead!" Avery moved away from the camera. After she left, the light in Elliot's eyes vanished too.…Avery came out of her room and found Mike. "Mike, call Tammy!""I've already done it," Mike said with an expression that says he understood her. "I got Big H to call her. She said she would come over soon."Avery said, "Thank goodness for you.""Hahaha! Tammy might be angry with you, but could she be angry with the children?" Mike measured Avery up in her new dress. "All of you are wearing red except me. Am I not family?""Don't you hate the color red?" Avery retorted, "It's because I treat you like family, so I remembered your likes and dislikes."Mike was speechless.A while later, Tammy arrived. She came alone."Where's Aunt Mary?" Avery pretended as if the fight never happened. She asked calmly, "Didn't you say you're bringing your boyfriend? I even prep
Chapter 806
In Bridgedale, after Mike and Tammy had a few rounds of alcohol, they started to vent to each other.Tammy said that she was in a lot of pain. She knew that there was no hope with Jun, yet she still could not forget him.Thus, Mike spread his hair apart to show her his scar. "I almost died previously. Right when my injuries were the most serious, my boyfriend dumped me. I think I'm worse off than you. After all, you're not the one that got dumped.""Okay, you're much worse than me. Not only was I not dumped, but I also did not almost die from sickness." Tammy raised her glass to him. "How did you come out of it?"Mike took a sip of wine. "I can now say that I am not afraid of death, but when I was almost dying, I was actually quite afraid. Avery saved me from the brink of death. What I then thought was not that I had been dumped, but I was still alive. Do you understand the joy of returning from the brink of death? Hahaha!"Tammy nodded. "To be honest, although I'm in pain and I c
Chapter 807
Avery was speechless.Elliot was already in such a drunken state, yet he said that he was not drunk."Happy New Year." Avery furrowed her brows. "Did you make a video call just for this?""No." Elliot's tone was firm. His thoughts were clear. "Where's Robert? Can I see him?"Avery did not expect that Elliot would request that."You finally thought about this child?" Avery took a jab. "You don't blame him anymore?"Elliot did not retort. He merely responded, "I have never forgotten him."He had tried so hard to protect this child with all his might once, how could he have forgotten about him?"How did you come to terms with the child?" Avery wanted to know his process of coming to terms."Even if I killed him, Shea would not come back to life." His tone was terrifyingly cold, but his eyes still had a shade of an intoxicated daze. "Rather than blaming the small and weak child, I should just blame myself.""What use is there blaming yourself? You didn't force Shea to do so," Ave
Chapter 808
Elliot was afraid that once he saw Avery and the children, he would be too engrossed in the happiness that he would not be able to calmly face the darkness behind him.He did not want his terrible problems to affect her and the children.Avery looked at Elliot remaining silent. She could see the complicated gaze he had. She could not read his expressions.She thought that as long as she took the initiative to invite him and be the first one to admit defeat, he would accept it. However, why was he remaining silent?What was he thinking about?"It's fine if you're not free." Avery could not stand such endless silence and speculation, so she said, "Layla said that you were spending the New Year alone, so I…""Do you wish for me to come over?" Elliot interrupted her.If he rejected her, she would be sad. The thing that he did not want to see the most was her being sad.Avery blushed at his question. She had already openly invited him, yet he still wanted her to express her opinion