Avery removed her gardening gloves and took the cell phone.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtThe caller was Tammy.
She answered the phone and heard Tammy's hurried voice. "Tammy! Ben crossed the line! He cursed you! He sent those unpleasant messages to their group chat and deleted it soon after, but Jun read everything and decided to tellbecause he felt that Ben had gone overboard." Avery was stunned. "He was cursing me?" "Yeah! He said sreally awful things! | didn't read the messages, but Jun said that it was horrible. Even if you quarreled with Elliot, it's something that should remain between you two. Ben has no right to be scolding you!" Tammy was so furious that it was almost as if she was the one who was being cursed. "He deleted the messages after Jun and Chad chastised him in the group chat, but that doesn't mean it didn't happen.” Tammy continued. "Remember to just ignore him in the future, Avery. He's probably irritable because he’s having a mid-life crisis or something.” Avery was relatively calm as she guessed,” Perhaps he managed to talk to Elliot!" "Even if he did, he doesn't have the right to scold you! And Elliot's a scaredy-cat too. If he’s unhappy at something, he should be coming forward to explain why he is! He has no standards if he’s just going to let Ben curse at you in the group!" Tammy scolded them both at once. "I used to think that he was different from other men, but now it seems that men are all the same." "Jun's a pretty good guy." Tammy's anger was quelled slightly. "He's different! We're talking about Elliot here! | called him earlier but I still couldn't get through to him! Hasn't he chyet?" "He did when | brought Layla out to buy flowers this afternoon.” "Oh, | wonder when that scaredy-cat would finally decide to see you!" "Next week, perhaps!" Avery was quite certain that Elliot would look for her in a week.
Mike's car drove up as soon as Avery ended the phone call with Tammy.
It was the weekend, so Mike cover to meet Avery and the children.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmLayla immediately put her shovel aside =b"> QIQ: ran toward him.
"Are you planting trees with your mother?" Mike handed Layla the gift he bought and walked toward Avery.
"Why are you here?" Avery glanced at him.
"You're askingthat? Didn't we agree to get together once a week? Am | an eyesore to you now?" Mike took her by the arm and led her into the villa. "Aren't you afraid of getting a tan? The sun's pretty hot outside. Studies have shown that skin aging is mainly caused by UV rays." "Aging is inevitable." Avery patted the soil on her body before entering the villa. "Are you going to stay for dinner tonight?" "Of course. It's already two though. Aren't you planning on taking a nap today?" "I didn't think about a nap, but since you're here... | guess I'll get sshut-eye!" Avery had a rather exhausted expression. "I've been longing to get ssleep.” Her energy was lacking during the daytbecause she had been losing sleep for several nights while having to wake up very early the next morning.
"Letbring you to your room." "Is something wrong? Do you have something to tell me?" Avery glanced at the two children, who were unwrapping the gifts that Mike bought.