Elliot felt cold. The moment Avery left his arms, he was so cold he shuddered as if he were about to freeze to death. He could not let her go."Elliot, please don't torture yourself again in the future?" Avery had lost count of the number of times. "Whether you made a mistake, or I made a mistake, you have to stop torturing yourself."His breathing turned heavier. He was like a ball of fire at that moment, constantly emitting heat.Avery was worried that a fever might cause him further problems."Elliot, let me go. I'll go get medicine for you." She pushed his arms away, wanting to get up.He quickly grabbed hold of her, going up against her."Elliot, are you trying to die from sickness?!" Her arms hurt from his grab.She did not want to yell at him, but if she did not sober him up, even if she used force, she might not escape his clutches.After her yells, his grip on her lightened a little, but he still did not let her go.She sat in front of him. She could not leave him, bu

"You found Shea, didn't you?" He frowned and proposed another plan. "It's fine if you don't want to kill Adrian, but just in case, I'll kill Nathan's family."Avery was speechless.She could not accept what he proposed because she did not want him to kill anyone."You haven't recovered from your cold yet, Elliot. You need to rest. Don't worry about him. I'll get the bodyguards to keep watch over him in the hospital so Nathan can't get close to him for now." She lowered her eyes and persuaded softly, "We'll try and find another way once you've recovered.""Avoiding a problem won't solve it, Avery." Elliot's voice was cold. "He cannot live under the same sun as me.""Why not? Adrian won't take anything from you. He's just like Shea—someone whose status is probably less than that of a random person on the street. Were you going to kill Shea too if she was alive?" Avery questioned him with a frown."You're being unreasonable. Shea's dead, so there's no basis for your question," he re

That man was tall, thin, and possessed graceful facial features along with a timid-looking gaze. He was probably Adrian.Avery took Adrian's hand and walked to Elliot."Adrian, this is your big brother, Elliot," Avery said to Adrian.Adrian was a little scared when he looked at Elliot's stern and gloomy face, but he obediently said, "Hello, Big Br—""Don't call me that! I'm not your big brother!" Elliot interrupted him immediately. At the same time, he looked at Avery and said, "Come up here right now, Avery!"Avery knew that Elliot would be angry because she brought Adrian there without discussing it with him in advance.A discussion would have been pointless since he would never agree to let her bring Adrian there."Don't be afraid. He looks fierce, but he's actually a good person," Avery reassured him and walked upstairs.The two of them went to the second floor and entered the master bedroom."Don't be mad, Elliot. Hear me out." Avery walked up to him and looked gently at

"Are you hungry, Adrian?" Mrs. Scarlet took a banana from the fruit bowl and handed it to him, "Here, have a banana! You don't have to be scared. Master Elliot won't chase you away even though he's angry."Adrian took the banana and said nervously, "He's really fierce. Is he mean to Avery?"Mrs. Scarlet laughed softly. "Not at all. The two of them are getting married soon. She wouldn't've agreed to marry him if he was mean to her."Adrian lowered his eyes and peeled the banana quietly."Avery told you to address him as Big Brother, so you should call him that if you see him later." Mrs. Scarlet wanted to help ease the relationship between Adrian and Elliot."He won't let me.""Call him that a few more times and he'll slowly begin to accept it. He'll be very nice to you once he accepts you calling him that," Mrs. Scarlet persuaded. "Enjoy your banana. I'm going to clean up your room."After Mrs. Scarlet left, Adrian raised his head and looked around him.He wondered if that woul

"Ahh!" Their lovey-dovey antics made Layla cringe. She let go of Avery's hand and ran downstairs at once.At nine that night, Avery came out of the children's room and went back to the master bedroom.Elliot looked at her while carrying Robert. "How did it go?""I apologized to him and told him to do his best without letting it get to his head. He just said, 'Okay'." Avery let out a smile. "He wasn't as angry as I thought he'd be.""That's a good thing." Elliot breathed a sigh of relief. "Let Robert sleep with us tonight! I want to experience what it's like to sleep with a child at night."Robert was young and looked like him, so he felt like he was holding a miniature version of himself when he carried Robert.His fatherly love welled up within his heart.He wanted to carry the baby in his hands all the time, rather than just at night."Are you sure?" Avery cocked her eyebrow. "Don't you need to go to work tomorrow? We enjoyed ourselves for five days at home and completely ign