"Why do you need to be the one to hold on to it? Are you his mother? Do you automatically feel motherly love when you see a handsome man?" snarled Elliot.

Avery furrowed her brows. Her mind went blank. She knew that it was impossible to reason with him. To avoid her losing her temper and waking the others in the mansion, Avery got up and walked over to him. "Let's talk in the room."

Elliot quickly got up from the sofa upon hearing what Avery said.

He clutched her arm and led her to his bedroom.

The moment the room door closed, Avery cut to the chase and said, "Elliot, I don't want to waste my time on you. By tomorrow, I want to see Eric's work back on the internet! You can hurt me, but you can't hurt my friends! If you think I'm threatening you, then so be it!"

"Are you threatening me with the child in you?" Elliot's gaze fell on her stomach. The smile she gave him was a mocking one.

Avery would never do a thing to hurt the child, so it was pointless to use the child to threate