At that moment, a huge hand patted Ben on his shoulders from behind.Ben pursed his lips. His body stiffened. He slowly turned around."Ben, Mr. Foster doesn't like noise. Please be quieter," Elliot's bodyguard gently reminded him.Ben could see Elliot's darkened expression from nearby. He felt as if someone had shot him in the knee. He wanted to kneel on the ground. He was bad-mouthing Avery and their relationship so loudly just now. Elliot must have heard it! He must have!"Elliot!" Ben forced a wide and apologetic smile."F*ck off!" Elliot spat. The bodyguard immediately got Ben to leave.…Ben got in the car. He sighed."Ben." Chad's voice came from his phone. At that moment, Ben realized that he did not hang up the call! When Elliot chased him away just now, Chad heard it all.Sigh! His ego is now deeply bruised."Are you going to laugh at me?" Ben was bitterly upset."No, but you should consider my suggestion seriously. Avery is quite nice. You haven't spent much time

Adrian must be delighted, right? Although his family might not welcome her that happily, they were all polite people. They would most probably not chase her away.When she passed by a florist, Avery stopped her car by the side of the road. She picked a fresh bouquet of carnations. After paying, she entered her car with the bouquet in her hands.She was once again on the road. She needed to go past two traffic lights and go forward for another two kilometers or so before she would reach the Whites.She was humming a song. It was green all the way. The traffic was smooth all the way to the Whites.She parked her car outside the Whites' courtyard.She got out of the car and saw that the gate was locked. She looked at the shut door of the mansion too. It seemed like no one was home.She furrowed her brows and fished her phone out. She found Nathan, Adrian's father's contact, and dialed him.She had thought of the worst-case scenario. Perhaps Nathan had blocked her number. However, t

Should he let Elliot in or not?Mike did not have any grudges against Elliot. If it were not for Avery, Mike would have welcomed him in.Just as Mike was pondering this question, the bodyguard walked over and opened the door for Elliot.Mike was bewildered.If Avery was home. She would surely loudly question the bodyguard, "Whose side are you on?"Mike had been questioned by her more than once."Avery's not home, so you've become the master of the house!" Mike said sarcastically to the bodyguard.The bodyguard looked indignant. "Even if I don’t open the door, you will open it. We'll just say that you opened it later."Mike said, "Not only will you act first and ask for forgiveness later, but you also know how to shift the blame!"The bodyguard ignored him, turned around, and left.Elliot approached Mike and asked, "Are the children home?"Mike raised his eyebrows. "I knew you came here for the children. Don't you find it embarrassing? You're the high and mighty President of

Elliot pursed his lips tightly. Avery's voice made him slowly come to his senses. He let his hand go and Hayden immediately ran upstairs!Avery did not let go of Elliot's arm. "Elliot, what were you doing! You said you wouldn't force the children! What were you doing there then?"Elliot swallowed his saliva. His voice was hoarse. He enunciated, "I-I only wanted to apologize to him.""The way you're doing it is not right. He is a child, not an adult. You were too forceful." Avery pulled him along and pressed him down on the sofa."Elliot, you were badly affected by your family. The trauma is still there now. Why did you think Hayden would reconcile with you so quickly?"Elliot lifted his head and looked at her closely."I'm not blaming you." Avery inhaled rather helplessly. "Don't be so impulsive in the future. You made Robert cry. Layla was surely frightened too." "I'm sorry." Elliot looked in the direction of the children, self-reproaching. Mrs. Cooper was carrying Robert.

Avery was confused. "Didn't you say you like Hayden the most?""Yes! I do like Hayden the best, but I only want to play for Robert, because Robert wouldn't know if I played it wrongly," Layla explained.Avery smiled. "Hayden doesn't know if you played it wrongly or not too! He doesn't know how to play the piano."Layla was stunned. "Oh, you're right! I thought that Hayden was a superhero. He knows how to do everything! Hehe!"Then, she happily pulled Hayden upstairs.Avery smiled helplessly."Avery, didn't you say you were dealing with the time difference? Go shower and get some rest," Mrs. Cooper said."Hmm." Avery returned to her bedroom and went to her closet to take her pajamas.Her abdomen was in sudden throbbing pain. She immediately held onto the closet door for support and slowly bent her back.She gasped for air and her face instantly turned pale!Although she was in a lot of pain, she was not afraid. That was because the pain was familiar to her.After giving bir