NovelApp"Avery was upset withgiving the child the Foster name. | guess she won't seeas a friend anymore.” Ben was reminded of the angry look on Avery's face.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtElliot could not respond to Ben's words. When he walked out of Ben's room, he felt like his entire body was on fire. Everything he had done so far seemed wrong. The pain never ceased, and the sthing would happen over and over again in the future.
"Elliot! What are you doing, standing here?" Mike walked out of the washroom and was confused by Elliot's dazed look. "Are you sad that Shea is getting married? No way! Are you that sentimental?" Elliot shoved Mike's hand off his shoulder." Avery looked off and toldthat she had a stomachache. She was lying to me. If | tell you that I'm sad because Shea is getting married, I'd be lying to you as well." The casual look on Mike's face was replaced by a serious look. "What is going on with the two of you? Today is Shea and Wesley's big day, can't you two keep it together? Aren't you afraid of jinxing Shea's wedding, destroying her happiness for the rest of her life?" Elliot frowned. "What are you talking about? No matter what happens betweenand Avery, Shea will be happy!" Mike realized what he had said and immediately covered his mouth. "I just made that up! | was just trying to cheer you up. Where is Avery? She was fine during lunch-" "She was faking it." Elliot did not consider Mike an outsider and said, "She is getting better and better at acting." "Well, she is getting better at acting because she is afraid of ruining everyone's mood, unlike you who doesn't even bother pretending," Mike mocked. "Go on, what's going on between you two?" "We are fine." Elliot walked to the bar to grab a glass of champagne. "If anything is wrong between us, there could only be one thing." He did not specify what was wrong but Mike understood right away.
"Ruby Gould is here? Did she reach out to Avery?" Mike, too, grabbed a glass of champagne and swirled it gently.
"Ruby didn't ctoor Avery. She went straight to Ben." Elliot took a sip >c'; PKU> continued in a low voice, "She has given birth." "Oh." Mike's expression darkened as his tone grew cold. "Judging from your tone and the look on your face, you kind of want that child, don't you?" "Can you try using that brain of yours?" Elliot barked coldly.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"If you don't want the child and want to keep her from affecting your relationship with Avery, why not get rid of her?" Mike's voice becvicious and devilish. "Ruby isn't a saint and neither are you. You can either kill the kid or kill Ruby and send the kid off to someplace where no one can find.
Elliot was stunned by his words.
"What are you glaring atfor? Elliot, do you think that I'm vicious for thinking that? " Mike smirked. "That child is your blood and flesh, and because of that, you are willing to let her live on even if it hurts Avery and your three children! What a great husband and father you are!" "It's already a mistake that you allowed the child to be born in the first place!" Noticing that he was not saying anything, Mike continued, "Of course, you still have a chance to correct your mistake! If you can't bring yourself to do it, why not hire someone else to do it for you?" "Don't get ahead of yourself!" Elliot slammed the glass onto the marble table. " Do you know what you are saying? Are you drunk, too?! We are not talking until you sober up!" "lI am not f*cking drunk! | never get drunk!" Mike clicked his glass against the bottle of champagne on the table. "I won't get drunk even if | drink this entire bottle!" Mike was loud, and he drew Chad's attention.
"Why are you yelling? You are being loud!" Chad pulled Mike away from Elliot. "Going crazy after just a few drinks like this! It's embarrassing!" Mike tossed the glass back at the bar and shoved Chad away. "I'm not drunk! | just don't see eye to eye with this coward! He is no man! He's nothing! I've been upset with him for a long tnow! |—" Mike's shout caught the attention of the guests.
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