Avery held onto her phone thoughtfully.

She could sense Ben's change in attitude toward her. He had always been polite with her, but he sounded as though he was reluctant to talk to her, and he sounded like he despised her.

"Does he hate me because I was in Caesar Hotel last night?" she wondered. "But, I didn't do anything, so why would Ben be mad at me? Maybe, he thinks that I should not stay in a hotel on my own?"

Up until this point, Avery still could not make sense of why the thief would ask her to go to that hotel. The thief had not done anything to her. They had simply sedated her.

She had gone for a check-up, and luckily, they had given her the minimal dose, and it had not affected her in any other way apart from putting her to sleep.

Meanwhile, Chelsea brought a cup of coffee and set it down before Elliot.

"Elliot, I talked to Ben just now," she said. "He thinks that you are giving too much and getting too little in return. Aside from that, you are constantly delaying yo