"No way! I abandoned him!" Hayden glared at Daniel, before grabbing his plate to leave because he didn't want to have lunch with him any longer.Daniel immediately grabbed onto Hayden's jacket. "I'm sorry, Hayden. I- There's a little girl in my neighborhood and her father abandoned her, so now she stays with her mother."One could tell if someone had good or bad intentions from expressions alone; Daniel was insensitive, but not a bad person, so Hayden sat back down."I've made you mad again, Hayden." Daniel took the drumstick on his plate and placed it onto Hayden's. "I didn't do that on purpose. My dad is really nice to me, so I just wanted you to have a dad who takes care of you as well.""I don't need it!" Hayden stared at the chicken drumstick coldly."Why don't you need your dad? Isn't it a good thing to have one more person to look after you?" Daniel looked at him in confusion."I don't need your drumstick!" Hayden held onto his plate and moved it away. "It's insanitary!"
Layla was in her pajamas and had her hair down as she leaped around the living, dancing like a bird that had been set free while humming some unknown tone.Mrs. Cooper held Robert and watched her performance; Robert stared unblinkingly and chuckled from time to time.Avery couldn't help but smile at the sight. She turned around and headed into the master bedroom and took new pajamas, before going into the bathroom.After a shower, she managed to wash out all the exhaustion she felt and what happened earlier that day came to mind.She had yet to apologize to Elliot for the misunderstanding concerning the roses. Though he had made other mistakes before, she had to set them apart.She unlocked her phone and saw a message Elliot sent ten minutes ago.'Are you going to Jun's wedding?'She remained thoughtful for a few moments, before replying, 'he didn't invite me.'Two minutes later, Jun called.Avery picked up and heard Jun's flustered voice coming from the phone. "Avery, are you
Perhaps people do become more sentimental at night. Just as she was contemplating how she should reply to his message, his call came in.Seeing that she didn't reply, Elliot figured that there was a fifty percent chance she might pick up and went ahead to call.Avery's heart throbbed at his call; after struggling with the choice of either answering the call or leaving it, she picked up."Avery, Jun isn't as hateful as you think he is," Elliot said, hoping to keep her interested by leading with the matters concerning Jun. He knew that Avery felt like she owed Tammy and had taken an interest in Jun's wedding. "He just wants to give Tammy a push with the wedding."Avery immediately understood what he was trying to say. "But what if Tammy doesn't realize that's what he is trying to do?""That means it's really over for them," Elliot's voice was both calm and careful, "If you are set on marrying another man, I am definitely not going to let that wedding happen."Avery retorted furious
Shea usually stayed out and would only return home on certain occasions.Elliot was happy to see his sister that day, but his father seemed to be in a bad mood. After having a few glasses to drink, his father suddenly started beating Shea.All the joy and fantasies were shattered at that very moment.The servants in the house ran off and Shea was wailing from being beaten; his mother was pulling his father back in an attempt to stop him, but his father shoved her aside forcefully. In the end, his elder brother helped his mother back into her room while his father dragged Shea outside.The moonlight shone through the night, but all Elliot saw was darkness. He wanted to end the misery and the source of it was his father. If he killed his father, his family would not suffer any longer.That night, he put an end to his father's life with his own hands."Avery, it's not what you think... Shea is my closest family, how could I..." Elliot tried to explain.Just then, the door to Avery'
Avery woke up from the nightmare.It was dawn outside the window, and she sat up to switch on the lights.The room brightened instantly and the fear within her slowly faded as she looked around her familiar surroundings.She picked up her phone to check the time; it was half-past six in the morning.Her body felt like it was both freezing and burning at the same time, and when she raised her hand to touch her chin, she came into contact with a thick layer of sweat.Her heart was still throbbing from the dream and she knew that her phone conversation with Elliot triggered the nightmare. She had somehow filled in the blanks of what Elliot had not managed to finish.It was not a random dream; Charlie had indeed said something similar to her in the past. The only difference was that he had not gone into the details at the time because he had only heard rumors.In her dream, not only was Elliot a murderer, he was going after her life as well.Avery felt as though there was a stone p
"I told you to keep an eye out for any movements made by Wonder Technologies. What's going on over there right now?" Avery asked."Wanda has hidden away from the public, saying that she has fallen sick. Right now, another stakeholder of the company manages all operations of Wonder Technologies," Shaun said, "While you were recovering from childbirth, Wonder Technologies kept making huge moves. They first bought out an online shopping platform that was about to announce bankruptcy, before establishing an alliance with dozens of enterprises... They are switching markets because they know that they couldn't beat us in drones, so now they are trying to develop towards the electronics field."Avery remained thoughtful for a moment. "Has Wanda been kicked out of the game?"Shaun shook his head. "No. The company might be switching to a different field, but the management style still belongs to Wanda. I heard from a friend that their goal is to list."Avery lowered her gaze and started thi
The gentle voice of a man came through the phone. "Avery."Avery immediately recognized the voice."Adrian!" She had not expected Adrian to call her. "Is this your number, or are you calling me with your family member's phone?""My elder brother bought me a phone," Adrian said, "He bought it for me because I said that I wanted to call you."Avery chuckled. "Have you been discharged? How are you feeling?""I-" Before Adrian could finish, a rough voice of a middle-aged man interrupted him."It's late, Adrian, why aren't you sleeping? Who are you talking to? The doctor said you need rest." It was Adrian's father. "Give me your phone. I will give it back tomorrow."Shortly after, the call ended.Avery scowled at her phone after they hung up.Although Adrian was ill, it had been days since his surgery and he was not a child anymore; she was surprised that his father would not give him the freedom to make a phone call.Adrian's father made it appear as though he was doing it for Ad
She lowered her gaze thoughtfully, before hurrying off to the bathroom to wash up.Tammy had mentioned to her before that she was going to attend Jun's wedding, but now that she couldn't get in touch with Tammy, Avery was slightly concerned.Had Tammy changed her mind last minute and decided not to go, or has she been provoked to do something stupid?Shortly after, Avery got dressed and hurried out of her room with her purse.When Mrs. Cooper saw her running out, she asked, "Avery, what's wrong? It's still early. Do you want to have your breakfast before heading out? I thought the wedding wasn't until noon?"Avery went towards the door and changed her shoes. "I'll pass on breakfast. I need to go find Tammy."The bodyguard drove her to Tammy's house and she pushed the door open as soon as the car stopped.Tammy's mother was watering the plants in the yard and when she spotted Avery, she immediately said, "Avery, Tammy headed out early today. Didn't she tell you?"Avery froze. "S