"Where's my gift?" Elliot's hoarse voice rang out.

His voice sounded soft, but it was penetrative. Those three words shocked Avery.

"Why did you lie to me?" Elliot looked at Avery's stunned face coldly.

It was not as if he could not bear that she put him aside to go to the hospital to take care of Adrian, but it was more about the condition that she was honest with him.

"I'm sorry, Elliot," Avery took a deep breath. She tried to reach her hand out once again and grabbed his arm. "Don't stay