She did not eat much in the morning.Avery often felt drowsy after eating, so she purposefully starved to keep a leveled head."Have you all eaten?" Avery asked."We did. It's past one now," he said. "Layla, take Eric's parents to rest! The hospital will notify us when he wakes up."Mr. and Mrs. Santos wanted to wait in the hospital, because the doctor had mentioned that Eric would regain consciousness within twenty-four hours."You shouldn't wait here. It's packed with people here. Let's wait at home!" Layla said. "We can all have a nap and maybe he will be awake when we are."The two were convinced as they knew that Layla wanted Eric to wake up just as much as they did. They knew that Eric's health would not be comparable to before the accident, so they hoped that there would be someone to take care of Eric in the future as well....Elliot took Avery to the canteen in the hospital and ate with her as he did not have too much to eat one hour ago."Do you think we will be abl

"Are we going back home or to the hospital?" He asked."Do you want to go home?" Avery asked.She wanted to go back to the hospital and wait for Eric to wake up so that she could set Eric's parents' minds at peace."I will stay in the hospital with you, then!" He could almost read her mind."You know what I'm thinking without asking me now." She giggled."If I can't do that even after all the years we've been together, we must be doing something wrong," he said. "You should know me like the back of your hand by now, too, right?""I used to think that I do back when we were dating, but we would get into such big fights whenever something happens, so I stop thinking if I know you or not." She avoided his question. "Happiness is the most important in a relationship. It doesn't matter if we know each other well.""How would we manage to stay together for so long if we don't know each other? Just say that you know me.""Are you putting words in my mouth?""You are doing this on pur

They left the room and Avery pulled Elliot out of the room as well.Layla watched as the door shut and finally, she was alone with Eric.She took a deep breath and looked at Eric. "Look at the jacket I'm wearing. It's the one you bought. You can have it back when you are discharged."Eric studied the jacket she wore blankly, feeling a little tired.If there was no one else in the room, he would close his eyes to rest as listening to his parents had drained him.Despite that, he kept his eyes on Layla."I've talked to my parents and your parents. Once you are discharged, we will get married." Layla knew that he was weak and did not intend to drag the conversation on.Eric's heart sank and felt chills down his spine as though he had been struck by lightning when he heard what she said."I was informing you, not asking for your approval." She studied the stunned look and the frown on his face and knew that he could not accept his, but she was determined and refused to waver. "Rest

He wanted to give Layla whatever she wanted and that was the way he had been treating Layla all long since she was a child."You know my condition," Eric deadpanned. "You wouldn't want Layla to marry me, only to be widowed later. She would be in far more pain then. Just talk some sense into her and make her marry a normal guy. She will forget about me at some point," Eric said.Elliot agreed with Eric that Layla would suffer no matter what and it was normal to think that it would be better to cut the losses early.While others could look at the matter objectively, Elliot could not do so and all he knew was that he did not want to upset Layla."My wife told you everything." Elliot stared into Eric's eyes. "We won't try to talk Layla into giving up. If that's what you want, you will have to talk to her. She is twenty-five, not two, or five. She gets to make the calls about her own life."Eric had not expected such a sudden change to Elliot's view on the matter."Don't look at me li

"..." Ivy could tell that Robert was bored from staying at home with her every night. Since Robert wanted to hire an escort, she would not stop him."Okay! Go on, then! I will work on my assignments after this and you can tell me when the escort arrives." Ivy wanted to finish her assignments sooner so that she could play poker with Robert.Once Ivy was back in her room, Robert started looking for escorts of all different categories on social media.The servants came to clean the table and one of them said to Robert, "Robert, make sure whoever you call here doesn't take photos of the house.""I will tell them that. I'm just curious...""You are bored, aren't you.""A bit. Don't tell my parents about this.""I won't. Are you really going to play poker later? I will look for the cards.""Maybe. Maybe not. It depends on what Ivy wants! She locks herself in her room to practice her pronunciation every single day and I want her to relax for a while," Robert explained. "Should I hire