Jed froze. If he listened to Ruby and took Avery away from Ylore by force, Avery would be furious when she woke up, and she might even end their friendship. If he did not take her away, Avery might be exposed to grave danger by continuing to stay in Ylore.
After some consideration, he decided to accept the tickets and medicine.
"I knew you would accept these. You must love Avery, so you must understand how miserable | am right now." Ruby picked up the glass and took a sip of water.
"Ms. Gould, people are born differently. | can only know the pain my friend is suffering, and I can't understand yours.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtYou have misjudged the relationship that Avery and | share," he said, correcting her assumption.
He had not been in contact with Avery for years. They had only recently made contact, and there was no way he would fall in love with her in such a short period of time. However, their bonds as classmates would never change.
"Oh, let's just say that I've misjudged you, then! So long as you two leave Ylore, | don't even care about you." Ruby set the glass down and said, "I just want to protect what's mine." "I will take the tickets and the pills for now, but | can't assure you that I will succeed," he said and got up from the couch.
"Jed, give me your contact number!" Ruby said. "You can call me if you need help." Jed did not think that he would need her help. To him, Ruby was merely a naive young girl, and it was amusing to watch her act and talk like an adult despite how young she looked.
Once the two exchanged numbers, Jed exited the mansion, and when he returned to the hotel, he rang Avery's bodyguard's doorbell.
The bodyguard had just finished lunch with Avery and had returned to his room. They had come up with a plan to locate Hayden over lunch. The bodyguard was slightly surprised to see Jed standing in front of his door. "Dr.
Hutchinson, you need me for something?" "Yeah." Jed entered the room and closed the door behind him. "How is Avery today?" "She is doing pretty well. She had slept until noon, ;b,=YKT; she has just gone back to her room for a nap," the bodyguard said." I don't think that she can actually fall asleep, though. She just wanted me to get some rest because | spent all morning looking for Hayden." "Am | interrupting your rest, then?" Jed asked in embarrassment.
The bodyguard looked him up and down. " What brought you here?" Jed was anxious, but he could not quite talk to Avery directly, so he turned to her bodyguard instead. He did not want to reveal his plan, but he was hoping that her bodyguard might be willing to assist with his plan of getting Avery back. In any case, even if he did manage to put her to sleep, it would be impossible to get her to the airport all on his own.
"Let’s leave here tonight!" Jed lowered his voice. "Ruby asked me to meet her, and she told me that both her father and her brother dislike Avery. She told me that if Avery were to continue staying here, she will be in some serious danger." "I know that! So does my boss, but she doesn't even know what fear is" "Apart from that, there's also her illness. She needs surgery as soon as possible. If we keep dragging this on, her illness will kill her even if the Goulds don’t," Jed deadpanned. "This isn't to be taken lightly. We can't just let her do whatever she wants.
The bodyguard paced back and forth in the room, unable to come to a decision.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"I have sleeping pills here, and | will sneak this into her food during dinner. After that, we are taking her away from here," said Jed, divulging his plan.
"What about Hayden?" The bodyguard scowled. "Are we supposed to just leave him here on his own?" "I've thought about it. We will leave, and Elliot can work on finding Hayden," said Jed. "Besides, if Hayden finds out that Avery isn't in Ylore, he won't stay here any longer. There isn't a better way at the moment." The bodyguard nodded. "You are right. She is going to be furious when she gets back to Aryadelle, though." "We can't think about that for now." "Alright! You win." The bodyguard compromised after consideration.
Once the two reached a consensus, Jed immediately returned to his room.
In the evening, Jed made a reservation for a feast at a restaurant.
Avery and her bodyguard had searched the area later in the afternoon, but they still could not find Hayden, so they went to the restaurant that Jed had reserved.
When Avery saw the feast laid out on the table, she asked, "Why are you treating us to dinner out of the blue, Jed?"