Avery had been quite calm before she saw him, and especially before he put down his signature. After all, she brought up the subject of divorce, and she had prepared herself to the best of her abilities before he returned to the country.

Unfortunately, when the time came for her to face him, she could visibly see how her relationship with him came to an end, and how their union was separated into two halves. From then on, they would no longer have anything to do with each other, and the pain suffocated her.

Regardless of who turned their back on the other first, their grievances and enmity with each other were severed from then onward.

"He signed it." Chad stood by the floor-to-ceiling window outside the cafe and saw Elliot signing the document. "How did they settle it so quickly?"

Chad was puzzled because he had always understood Avery to be the kind of person who would fight tooth and nail for custody of the children.

"Avery can give up custody of Layla and Robert, but Elliot kn