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Ben instantly understood the situation."Take some time off and rest, Elliot!" Ben picked up an empty glass and poured Elliot a glass of wine. "You've suffered through a lot lately."Elliot took over the glass of wine, then said hoarsely, 'I didn't suffer through anything."Avery and the children were the ones who were truly wronged."I know what you're thinking, but she's most likely still furious with you right now. You'll get kicked out if you hastily run to her now." Ben could not bear to watch Elliot endure that sort of humiliation. "Jun invited her to his wedding on the first of April. She should be attending. That would be a good opportunity to act."Elliot did not respond.He was not sure if he would be able to wait that long.A month was not that long, but it was not short either. It was enough for a lot of changes to happen."Hayden and Layla should be going back to school soon, right? She probably will be back in Aryadelle soon, then." Seeing Elliot's long face, Ben
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Avery could not slip away and had no choice but to let MIke return to Aryadelle with the twins first.Adrian's family was not happy with his post-surgery condition, but at least they did not give Avery a hard time about it.Both parties signed an agreement before the surgery. Avery would treat Adrian's illness, but she could not guarantee that the surgery would be a complete success.Three days after the surgery, Avery's phone rang at noon.Once she heard the phone ringing, she quickly wrapped up changing Robert's diaper, then picked up her phone and answered the call."Adrian's awake, Doctor Tate. He can hear us this time and he's responding."Adrian's father, Nathan, was the one on the other line.Avery suddenly felt relieved, "I'll head over to the hospital right away."She hung up the phone, then handed the baby to Mrs. Cooper.Once she arrived at the hospital, she hurried over to the patient's room."He went back to sleep again, Doctor Tate," Nathan said in confusion wit
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If Nathan truly loved Adrian, then he would not call him an idiot.Elliot never called Shea such a thing, and he would get furious if anyone called Shea an idiot.This was the difference between loving someone and not loving someone."There's an old saying in Aryadelle that you never see a good person standing by the bed of someone with an old illness. I think Adrian's family probably does love him. Otherwise, they wouldn't have spent all that money and effort to treat his illness." Avery took a sip of water, then readjusted her mindset."I suppose that's true. Either way, his family still shouldn't be letting out their frustrations on you.""I was the one who didn't explain things to them well enough before the surgery. They were under the impression that I could help Adrian return to normal." Avery lowered her gaze and looked at Adrian. "Perhaps I said something that made them misunderstand.""Their expectations were too high. It would already be a great outcome if Adrian's con
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"Adrian! My dear boy!" Nathan rushed into the room and shoved Avery aside.Avery did not feel any respect from this man at all.It was as if he wanted to kick her out of the room.She stared at the man's profile and wanted to say something, but her reason stopped her from doing so.She felt bad for Adrian, but she had no connection to him at all. Once she was finished with his surgery and his family was happy with the results, her job here was done."I was wrong about you earlier, Doctor Tate!" After Nathan got a response from Adrian, he immediately turned around and said emotionally, "Adrian understood when I called out to him. This is a huge improvement! I'll wire over the remaining payment to you in three days, Doctor Tate. As for the follow up… If Adrian doesn't have any other incurable diseases, then we don't bother you again."Avery was stunned.Nathan was saying that once they paid her off, whatever happens to Adrian in the future had nothing to do with her anymore. He al
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Avery was just kidding around, but Mrs. Cooper's expression turned slightly unnatural after she heard what she said.Mrs. Cooper froze for a moment, then forced a smile and said, "Maybe you're not just missing Shea, but Master Elliot, too. Since your work here is done, can we go back to Aryadelle now?"Avery did not feel like returning so soon.There was not much to worry about after Hayden and Layla went back to school. Besides, she had spent too much energy on the surgery the past few days, so she was exhausted.She wanted to take a break, then think about returning to Aryadelle.Otherwise, if she rushed back now, she would only end up cooped up resting at home."You can take a break first if you're too tired. I'm not in a hurry to go back." Mrs. Cooper was especially talented at reading faces. "I'm just beginning to miss Hayden and Layla, that's all. My heart feels empty even when I don't see them for just a day.""I know. I miss them, too, but I've been too tired the past fe
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The elite class for young prodigies that Hayden attends at Central University was unlike any other ordinary elementary school. No matter how much money Avery had, she would not be able to enroll Layla there.Besides, Layla did not want to join an elite class anyway.She could not understand anything that Hayden was learning about, nor did she have any interest in it.When Mike led Layla out of the house and saw Elliot's car, he immediately froze in his tracks.Elliot's driver opened up the trunk to the car and brought out Mrs. Cooper's suitcases.Mike held Layla's hand and walked over to check on the situation."These are Mrs. Cooper's things. She resigned from her job at the Foster mansion, so Mr. Foster asked me to bring her things here," said the driver."Your boss let you use the Rolls-Royce to send luggage over?" Mike's intuition told him that it was possible that Elliot was in the car.After a few seconds of awkwardness, the driver explained, "Mr. Foster is in the car. I
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Mike was so shocked that he thought his soul was about to leave his body!"What the hell are you doing with my phone?!" he snapped furiously, then snatched his phone back.On the other end of the line, Avery was stunned.Who snatched Mike's phone away? Who would dare do such a thing?Elliot's face automatically appeared in her mind."Put it on speaker!" Elliot demanded through bloodshot eyes.Robert had a fever. He needed to know how he was doing.When Avery heard Elliot's voice, she drew a sharp breath.What were Elliot and Mike doing together?It should be past seven in the morning in Aryadelle. What was Elliot doing at her house?"Why should I do what you say? You're not the boss of me!" Mike could not hold back his bad temper.Elliot's expression instantly turned dark as his cold eyes emanated a murderous aura.Mike, however, was not afraid of him.Layla stood next to Mike and watched as the two men argued. She thought they were about to start a fight, and she burst in
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Avery knew that Elliot would not try to take the children away or force them into doing anything, but she still felt uneasy."I'm hanging up, Avery. He's tailing me right now." Mike's tone made it sound like he wanted to shake off Elliot.Avery immediately snapped, "Don't speed, Mike! Safety comes first. Let him follow you if he wants to. It's not like he can just walk into Layla's school anyway.""Alright! Maybe he's just worried about Robert! His face looked terrible when he heard that Robert had a fever. I'm guessing his first reaction was the same as mine and he probably thought that Robert was in the same condition as before." Mike's emotions gradually calmed down."Explain it to him later, then! Drive safe. I'm hanging up.""Okay."After he hung up, Mike glanced at Layla.She was pouting and her eyes were red. She was not trying, but she looked especially devastated."Did we scare you earlier, sweetie? Don't be scared. He won't lay a finger on me. Even if we do fight, I m