The nanny took a bowl of chicken soup and brought it to Ruby. "Did you notice that Elliot's heart isn't with you at all? He wouldn't have been like this if Avery wasn't in the country."Ruby took the chicken soup, took a sip, and said, "I'll talk to my father about it later. But Avery has an operation today, and she might have to stay in the hospital for a few days before leaving. By the time she does, Elliot's heart will be back with me.""Yes. This is the Goulds' territory after all. It doesn't matter how powerful Elliot was in the past, or how outstanding a person Avery was, because those who are at a disadvantage would not be able to one-up those in a better position. Elliot needs to fulfill his role as your husband, and Avery must leave this place."The nanny's words made Ruby smile.After drinking the soup, she went to Gary's house along with the nanny."How are you feeling, Dad?" Ruby asked as she held Gary's hand.Gary looked at his daughter and asked, "What were you doin

Avery woke up from her sleep sometime later but saw no one inside her ward.Neither Elliot nor the bodyguard was there.She remembered Elliot saying that he would keep her company there, so she took out her phone and checked the time.It was an hour to midnight.She felt nothing but pain at the moment.She found Elliot's number from her contacts and hit dial."You're awake, Avery?" Elliot asked. "I'll accompany you right away."Her lips moved and her voice was very soft. "You don't need to come if it's not convenient for you...""I'm in the hospital. I'll go there right away," Elliot said and ended the call.Jed's body had been sent to the hospital, so the most pressing issue was to find out why Jed died so suddenly.Furthermore, there was the question of why he sent that kind of message to Avery. If he was going to leave, what could have prevented him from leaving?There was this feeling that the death was a murder instead of accidental.Elliot returned to the ward with th

"You know who Jed is, right?" Elliot looked her in the eye and asked, "How did he die?"The smile on Ruby's face froze. "He's dead? I had no idea! I've been home all this ti—""You don't need to leave home if you wanted to kill him.""I didn't kill him! Why would I kill him when I have nothing against him?" Ruby reached out and grabbed Elliot's arm. "I do know him. I ran into him at the hospital when I sought consultation at the hospital for the test-tube baby. He begged me to help Avery get out of here, but I told him that my father was angry and that I could only help him when my father cooled down.""That's all?" Elliot pushed her hand away."Yes! I didn't have anything to do with him other than his request for me to help Avery..." Ruby saw that Elliot did not entirely trust her, so she continued, "There was one other time when I took the initiative to invite him to our home as a guest. I heard that Avery had a man by her side, so I wanted to know what their relationship was."

"You did well on that task I had you do, Elliot," Gary said cheerfully when he saw Elliot. "By the way, how was the discussion with Edward and Ted? I believe they already approached you?"Elliot nodded. "I have met with them. Their initial consensus was that Mickey and Julian's assets—""Those are mine! The assets belonging to Mickey and Julian are already mine! I bought it from their widows at a reasonable price, and I did so legally!"After Mickey and Julian's death, Gary unscrupulously bought their property at a very low price.It was ostensibly a buyout, but in truth, it was an outright robbery.Edward and Ted ended their friendship with Gary because of that!They could care less if Gary used such underhanded methods to deal with outsiders, but Mickey and Julian were comrades from the same alliance. How could he take their property all for himself? Even if they wanted to take their property, they should split it with each other. Gary had no right to be taking all of it for hi

After the meeting ended, Mike was naturally worried.Mike would probably be less worried if the executives did not seem so calm.Mike called Chad out for lunch."Not only did they not blame me, they even tried to comfort me. They said that they didn't blame me and I don't have to feel bad," said Mike as he took a swig out of the can of beer in his hand.Chad watched how worried his friend was, he could not help but feel sorry for him, he knew that Mike hadn't gotten a good night's sleep ever since this whole ordeal happened.Even if it was in no way, shape, or form his problem, Mike still decided to shoulder the responsibility."You could call Avery, and see if she has any advice for you? It doesn't matter what she says, you could at least get another opinion on this matter," suggested Chad."She just got out of surgery, there is no way am I going to trouble her now! She also said that it doesn't matter if the company goes bankrupt, she's ready to accept it. I'm the only one who