Avery could not bring herself to nod when she saw the shaken look on Elliot's face.

"That happened on the day Layla called you into her room?" Elliot asked.

"Yeah. Elliot, Layla didn't dare tell you because she didn't want you to get mad, so you should know what to do, right?" Avery said.

He breathed heavily and asked, "So what should I do? Avery, tell me."

Avery felt troubled. "Just pretend that you don't know anything, alright? Don't go looking for trouble with Eric, and don't try to console Layla. If you go and talk to her, she will feel uncomfortable. The last thing she wants is for you to find out about this."

"Am I really that scary?" Elliot struggled to pretend that he did not know anything.

Since his daughter had refused to eat because of it, Elliot knew that he was going to lose sleep over it that night.

He had spoiled and treasured his baby girl with all he had, and Eric had the audacity to reject her.

"How dare that guy do this to my daughter?!" he thought to himsel