Chapter 788

'Why is he here all of a sudden? I've already returned the box to him!' Layla thought.

Scared that he was here looking for trouble, she immediately ran out of the living room and shouted, "Uncle Mike!"

Layla's scream had frightened Avery.

When Layla dropped the phone to the ground, the camera was faced at the ceiling of the living room so Avery could only attempt to guess what had happened from the noises as she couldn't see anything at all.

One thing that she could be certain of was that Layla was in a dangerous situation.

"Layla!" Avery grabbed onto her phone tightly and stepped out of her room.

Her heart sank; though she was in Bridgedale at the moment, if something was about to happen to her daughter, Avery would not hesitate to travel back to Aryadelle right away.

Elliot scowled when he saw the way Layla ran off in fear. He had met with Layla plenty of times and though she had never been polite with him before, she had never acted so frightened either.

He raised his hand t