When Avery saw the call from Elliot, she hung up without hesitation.

With his pride, he definitely would not call back after she hung up on him.

Elliot was taken aback when his call was declined within seconds.

He understood why Avery would not take his calls. He had broken her heart, after all.

Even so, did she really need to decline his call that quickly?!

It caught him off guard and caused him to be filled with panic and grief.

Avery was underestimating him if she thought that this was enough to make him retreat in defeat.

Elliot found Mrs. Cooper's number and dialed it.

He had already come up with an excuse before he called Avery. It was that he had heard about Robert's fever and wanted to call to check on things.

If Mrs. Cooper answered the phone, he could use the same excuse.

In the end, Mrs. Cooper also declined his call.

Elliot's face was frozen still as he stared at the rejected call.

It had barely been more than two weeks since Mrs. Cooper resigned from her job wi