"Why did your car get towed?" Elliot's brows furrowed slightly. "What happened? Why didn't you call me?""It was a small matter." Avery picked up her glass and took a sip of water. "I bumped into the brother of my patient in Bridgedale. Apart from my patient, there's something strange about his family. I'm upset that they won't let my patient contact me. When I saw his brother on the street earlier, I ran over to talk to him."Elliot was baffled after hearing her explanation. "Since your patient's family doesn't want to let you contact him, then why won't you respect their wishes, Avery? He's your patient, not your family. You can't get involved in their personal matters.""I knew you'd say that." Avery frowned. "This patient is different from the others.""I know. He's got the same illness as Shea did. That's why you're paying extra attention to him, right?" Elliot interjected. "Since his family was able to cough up a huge sum of money to hire you, then that means they're definite
"Why are you looking at me like that, Avery?" A pink flush washed over Elliot's handsome face.He and Avery had made up and were in a loving relationship, but she would rare stare straight at him like this unless they were in a fight.He could not tell what she was thinking.This was also one of the reasons he was so obsessed with her."I think you look particularly dashing today." Avery led Elliot over to the couch, then stroked the hair on his head and said, "Did you put on hair wax? It's not good for you. You're still very handsome without it."Elliot was speechless.He suspected Avery was on some kind of drug. Why else would she be acting this strangely?"Have you had breakfast yet? Shall I get you a glass of milk?" Avery said, then went to the kitchen to get a glass of milk before he could answer. She handed the glass to him and said, "Drink up!"Elliot held the glass of milk in his hand, then gazed at her with eyes filled with suspicion. "Avery, you…""Don't move! I thin
"You mentioned talking about our lives together. Did you have any special requests?" Avery took a seat at the dining table, then lifted her gaze at Elliot.Elliot shook his head and said, "I'm worried Hayden would feel uneasy about me moving in.""Well, I'm definitely not moving into your place! The kids wouldn't move there, and I can't be apart from them," Avery said without hesitation. "I don't want you to be upset, but the kids take priority over you in my heart."Elliot had no words.Even if Avery had not said it, he knew the reality of things.Hearing it said out loud just stabbed at his heart.He could not come up with a perfect plan, so he turned silent.Avery thought that her words were too harsh and hurt him."How about we don't think about this for now? You could move in here or we could move into your place. As long as we don't make it an issue, it isn't something that would trouble us," she said comfortingly."I've given it some thought. I want to give the kids som
"Good news? You not driving me to my death is good news enough for me," Cole teased with a cold chuckle.Avery stayed silent for a few seconds, then hit him right where it would hurt and said, "Are you that spineless? If your uncle was the one asking you out, would you be so scared that you would lose your soul?""Avery Tate! Why are you provoking me? I've already lost everything. Why are you still looking for me? I don't want to know about you and my uncle, nor do I care. Even if you get married one day, it would have nothing to do with me! My uncle would never invite me to the wedding!"Avery waited for him to finish speaking, then calmly said, "Your uncle and I are actually getting married. I'm the one who gets to decide if you're invited or not. Your uncle will listen to me."Cole was stunned."Come out and meet me, Cole. There are some things I'd like to talk to you about face-to-face." Avery used Elliot as bait to get Cole to meet her. "Your uncle isn't as heartless as you t
"What's so interesting about gray hairs? They're just hairs that are gray. Can't you just imagine it in your mind?" Avery's answer left Cole speechless."Why do I feel like you're messing with me on purpose?" Cole mumbled."I'm not complaining about your oily hair, but you're saying I'm messing with you? If I really wanted to mess with you, I could just get your uncle to do it. He won't just pull your hair out. He'll pull your whole head off instead."The color drained from Cole's face as terror took over. "Didn't you say that my uncle isn't as heartless as I'd thought?""That's right. Otherwise, how would you still be alive? If you weren't his nephew, you'd be dead a long time ago," Avery said. "I'm leaving after I finish my coffee."Cole was stunned for a moment, then said, "Didn't you ask me out to talk? What did you want to talk about?""We already finished talking!" Avery took a sip of coffee, then looked up at him. "I just wanted to know how you were doing. Now that I know
Over at Sterling Group, Ben was sitting in Elliot's chair in his office and grinned widely as Elliot walked into the room."You sure act fast, Elliot!" Ben knew that Elliot would not get mad no matter how much he teased him now, so he was being especially insolent. "I was only away for two days and you managed to get Avery in the bag. You're even planning your wedding already. If Chad hadn't told me over the phone, did you not plan on telling me anything until after the wedding?"Elliot walked over to his desk, then asked, "Are the Tierneys and Goldsteins close?""Which Goldstein?""The Goldsteins from Mount Sierra. After old man Goldstein died, his son, Roger took over." Elliot was still bothered by what happened in Mount Sierra. "If I hadn't bribed one of the staff members there beforehand, I would probably be a pile of dust by now."Ben cursed out loud, then shot to his feet in shock. "Chad didn't tell me about this. He just said that you and Avery were getting married. I'm not
Elliot was sending out wedding favors all the way to Avery's company. How nice of him."It's not set in stone yet!" Avery said, embarrassed."Huh? Isn't it supposed to be on 12 June?" exclaimed the receptionist in shock. "I asked the people from Sterling Group and they said you and Mr. Foster are getting married on 12 June!"Avery was speechless."D*mn it!" she thought.Even though she did not know that she was getting married on 12 June, Elliot's employees already knew all about it.They had only agreed to get their marriage license on 7 July, but the wedding date would depend on the wedding preparations.However, Elliot decided to hold the wedding on 12 June but did not tell her about it.The moment Avery stepped into her office, she immediately called Elliot.Elliot answered the call and said in a deep voice, "I was just about to call you, Avery. I've sent the design sketch for the wedding gown over to you. Take a look.""That was fast!" Avery was so surprised that she for
That evening, Avery saw Elliot and the designer in the living room when she arrived home.The designer was here to take Avery's measurements."I want a pretty dress, too, Mommy." Layla gazed enviously at Avery."I've bought so many pretty dresses for you before, sweetie. There are still plenty of them that you haven't worn yet!" Avery said."That's different." Layla frowned."How so?""Daddy showed me the wedding gown you'll be wearing. It's a lot prettier than any of my dresses," Layla said, then suddenly smiled and said, "Daddy said he'll get me the same dress as yours."Avery turned to Elliot. "Are you sure you want to get your daughter a wedding gown?"Elliot was embarrassed. "As long as she's happy."Avery felt that there was something very wrong about his behavior.First of all, the wedding gown was long. It would be difficult for Layla to move around in such a bulky dress.Second of all, how could he keep giving in to the children?"How could you keep going with what