Tammy was just mocking the fact that Elliot had to pay with his card. She had not expected that it wasn't his bill he was paying for, but theirs. Though he didn't speak to them at all, he had paid their bills.Avery hurried to Tammy and said, "I'm going to go out for a bit. Wait here for me."Before Tammy could react, Avery was already striding out.As she had expected, Elliot was waiting outside the restaurant. It seemed as though he was certain that she would come out to find him, and the feeling of being manipulated brought a frown to her face.Their eyes met and he instantly faced her.Emotions boiled within her.'Did he think that sending me my daughter's photos and paying my bills are going to erase everything that had happened?' She thought.She stood by the restaurant's door and unlocked her phone, before locating his account number and making a transaction.Once she had completed transferring all the money for the restaurant's bill, she headed back inside without looki
He let out a breath of relief when he heard her response. He didn't want anything; he just wanted her to speak to him."You didn't reply to my messages." He felt so clumsy when he was standing before her."Then don't send me messages." She gave him a cold look and got into the car.The red BNW's engine rumbled and turned swiftly, before racing off into the distance.Once they were on the highway, Tammy asked, "Avery, have you fallen for him again? You look just like me when I couldn't sleep for nights in a row."Avery lowered her head as she was not in the mood for a discussion."I checked Elliot out carefully just now and realized that he sure maintains himself well! He looks so handsome for his age that he doesn't even look any different from the first time I saw him..."Avery interrupted her and said, "Tammy, how old do you think he is?""Forty?""Probably not that old." Avery scowled. "Definitely not forty. I should know if he is.""Why? Is there supposed to be a grand ce
Her lashes trembled as she was surprised by how obedient Elliot was.He was never a man who would listen to her under all circumstances back when they were deeply in love with one another.Elliot was a man of principle and he would never let her pay or accept her money for whatever they had spent outside, so she didn't think that he would accept her money despite his principle.But he did, which meant that he was willing to forego his principles for her sake. If he continued to be this obedient, it would be extremely hard for her to not fall for him...."Elliot, stop looking at your phone already! Avery isn't replying, is she?" Ben tapped Elliot on the shoulder and passed him a glass of wine inside the VIP room."She did." Elliot set his phone down."Did she really? Call her out, then. If you manage to get her here, I will believe that she's replied." Ben stared at Elliot's phone."She has work tomorrow.""Don't we all?" Ben exposed his lie boldly and said, "If she really did
Avery was overjoyed at the compliments she received. Upon arriving at her office, she spotted a bouquet of red roses on her table and the smile on her face instantly froze.It was not an ordinary bouquet; it contained at least ninety-nine roses and had taken up the space of over half of her desk.Only a man would send a woman ninety-nine roses when he was trying to pursue her.She placed her purse on the table and ran her fingers through the petals to find a hand-written note, which said: 'you are forever my goddess'.Elliot's face instantly appeared in her mind when she saw the note.Who else would send her such an enormous bouquet along with such a cheesy note? She could tolerate him fawning over her in private, but doing so in her office would affect her mood to work.In Sterling Group, it was time for the weekly meeting on Monday.The managers entered the meeting room once Elliot arrived into the office.After having too much to drink the night before, ELliot woke up with a
Elliot's heart sank as he stared at his phone after Avery hung up. It wasn't that he was upset over being scolded by Avery, but the fact that someone had sent her roses.If the bouquet was from Mike or Eric, they would have signed the card; so who was it? Who was trying to pursue Avery in secret?"The rest of you go on!" Elliot said, before storming out of the meeting room.He told the managers to carry on and leave, when the scheduled meetings on Monday were meant for the others to report to him; who else were they supposed to report to with Elliot gone?Elliot went straight into his office and closed the door behind him after exiting the meeting room.His secretary stood outside the door, red-eyed and terrified. It was the first time she had made such a horrible mistake for the years she had worked there. Though the coffee was not boiling hot, it had spilled all over her boss's phone, hand and clothes. Even if Elliot did not blame her for what happened yet, she felt like he woul
Chad hung up and handed the phone back to Elliot." Avery's Vice-president got her the flowers."Elliot instantly calmed down."Go back and take a shower, Mr. Foster." Chad stared at the coffee stain on Elliot's clothes. "Your secretary wanted to apologize to you, but I sent her back to work seeing how pale she looked."Elliot didn't blame his secretary for what happened. He grabbed onto his phone and left the office.Meanwhile, in Tate Industries.When Avery found out that it was the vice-president who sent her the flowers, she shoved the card to his face and said, "if you are representing all employees when you got me the flowers, you should have written you are forever our goddess, not you are forever my goddess. Did you even pass your English test back in school?"Shaun lowered his head and apologized. "I just didn't see that big a difference between those two ways of saying it, President Tate. Everyone sees you as their goddess...""You are still arguing? Why didn't you tell
"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