That evening at Central University, Avery came to pick up Hayden from school.He had an important test earlier in the morning, and she hoped that he would not make that big a fuss over his result and accept it calmly regardless of whether he got first place."How did you do in the test, Hayden?" Daniel and Hayden came out of the classroom together.Aside from being best buddies, they were also the top scorers in the class.Hayden was very satisfied with his efforts but answered in a rather modest manner, "Let's wait and see the score tomorrow!""Okay! I think I did well." Daniel cocked an eyebrow. "I know you want to go too, so if you ask nicely, I might consider giving my spot to you. But my dad might not agree though.""I'll rely on my abilities to get the spot. I don't need you to give it to me.""But you're not as good as I am! We might be good friends, but that's the harsh truth. I got first when I took the final exam, remember?"Hayden corrected him, "I just scored a littl

"HAYDEN! BE CAREFUL!"Avery ran as fast as she could toward him.Hayden stopped as soon as he saw the speeding truck, and the sound of screeching tires was heard as the truck braked abruptly at a distance of less than half a meter away from Hayden.Avery was so frightened that she burst into tears and ran over to hug him.After hugging him, she wasted not a single second and carried him from the middle of the road to the sidewalk."Let's go home, okay?" Avery held his cold little hand tightly. "I know you've been unfairly accused because you got first place with your own efforts without having anything to do with your father.""I don't want a father like him!" Hayden frowned and shook Avery's hand away. "I'm not going to go back home!"In Hayden's eyes, Starry River Villa was the home of his mother and Elliot. He could not ask his mother to break up with Elliot, so he did not want to go back to that house again!"Where do you want to go if you're not going home? Tell me. I'll g

Elliot did not ask 'who do you want' but instead, "What if I don't?"Henry laughed awkwardly. "I wonder how Mom would feel if she was still alive and saw us turn against each other.""Don't put pressure on me using Mom's name!" Elliot scolded. "You and your son killed her. You have no right to bring that up!""I have no right, you say? Where do you think my right came from?" Henry was breathing noticeably heavily. "At least I'm her biological son! What about you, Elliot? How long do you think you can keep up this lie? You've already taken over my brother's life. Are you honestly going to imprison him illegally for the rest of your life?!""Imprison him?" Elliot was stunned by those two words. "And you're saying that I took over his life? Do you think Mom's hands are clean? She was the one who created this in the first place!""Even though she switched Adrian with you, I can't continue perpetuating her mistakes. More so now that she's dead. Hand Adrian over to me! He's my brother,

"Do you think I'm scared of him?" Elliot held her cold little hand. "Let them do whatever they want. It won't affect me.""Are you sure you're ready?" The unease in her heart disappeared gradually when she looked at his calm and steady expression."I spent a lot of time thinking about it last night. We can't change the fact that all these things exist. We'll have to face them sooner or later, so rather than being afraid, we should just face everything as calmly as we can." He led her into the resort. "Nothing else matters as long as you and our children are by my side."Avery's tense heart relaxed immediately at that moment."I'm glad you think that way, Elliot." She took a deep breath. "We'll be much braver if we spend every day as if it's our last.""I don't want to think that today is my last day," he murmured. "I haven't spent enough time with you, and I want to be by your side until my hair turns gray.""Hahaha! Let me let you in on a little secret," she said cheerfully. "Re

Avery's calm heart felt cold all of a sudden."He's extremely afraid of me," Elliot said, "So he would rather go with Henry than stay with me.""Don't bring that up, Elliot." Avery felt a little uncomfortable. "We're having our wedding photoshoot today. Let's not talk about unhappy stuff, okay?"She pondered over it briefly. Even though it was still not a good idea for Adrian to return to Henry's side, it was still much better than remaining with Nathan.Adrian was Henry's younger brother and Henry would not go so far as to abuse his younger brother.Not long later, a team of photographers arrived.Tammy arrived at about the same time too.With Tammy's help, Avery chose three different themes.The weather was quite good that day and the outdoor photoshoot went very smoothly.They originally decided to do one outdoor scene and two studio scenes, but the outdoor scenes were quite relaxing so they did an extra set.Time passed by in a flash and it was already evening.It was di