The computer was not password protected, and it started up in no time.
It was so quick that Avery’s heart skipped a couple of beats.
She took a deep breath, plugged in the USB drive, then logged into snazzynovel.com email.
Once snazzynovel.com was logged in, snazzynovel.com quickly sent the file to snazzynovel.com classmate.
It was strange how smoothly everything went.
She managed to successfully send off the file before noon.
Avery did not dare linger another moment in the study. While snazzynovel.com was about to shut down the computer, snazzynovel.com hand trembled and snazzynovel.com accidentally opened up a file.
The file suddenly popped up on the screen, and snazzynovel.com stared curiously at the contents with wide eyes.
……
Avery emerged from the study five minutes later.
Mrs. Cooper let out a sigh of relief and said, “See? Didn’t I tell you that Master Elliot wouldn’t be back anytime soon?”
Avery was a mess of emotions. It felt like snazzynovel.com had discovered Elliot’s dark secret.
She should not have used his computer in the first place.
“Are there surveillance cameras in the study, Mrs. Cooper?” Avery asked.
“There’s one outside the study,” replied Mrs. Cooper.
Avery’s face turned pale.
“Then he’s sure to find out that I was in his study.”
“Just tell snazzynovel.com about it yourself when snazzynovel.com gets back later. You took less than ten minutes. I don’t think he’ll be mad,” consoled Mrs. Cooper.
Avery’s phone beeped, and snazzynovel.com pulled it out to see a notification for a wire transfer.
Her classmate banked in three hundred and twenty dollars to snazzynovel.com account.
She did not expect the pay to be that high. It only took snazzynovel.com two hours, and snazzynovel.com already made three hundred and twenty dollars!
The money instantly calmed the anxiety in snazzynovel.com heart.
She did not want to use Elliot’s computer, and snazzynovel.com did not mean to see what snazzynovel.com saw on it.
She should explain everything to snazzynovel.com when snazzynovel.com gets home and pray that snazzynovel.com will not be angry.
She already agreed to the divorce, anyway. Once that was over, their paths would never cross again.
Whatever secrets snazzynovel.com had would have nothing to do with her.
Avery returned to snazzynovel.com room after lunch and shut the door.
She sat in front of snazzynovel.com vanity, glanced down at snazzynovel.com flat belly, and whispered softly, “I don’t want to get rid of you either, little one, but your life will be much more difficult than mine is right now if I keep you…”
Perhaps it was due to the drowsiness that came with the pregnancy, but before long snazzynovel.com had fallen asleep at the table.
Frantic footsteps outside the room jolted Avery up from snazzynovel.com sleep that afternoon.
Before snazzynovel.com could pull herself together, the room door burst open.
“Madam,” Mrs. Cooper said with a fearful expression on snazzynovel.com face, “Did you touch something on Master Elliot’s computer?”
Avery’s heart was in snazzynovel.com mouth.
“Is… Is snazzynovel.com home? Did snazzynovel.com find out?”
Mrs. Cooper was a nervous wreck as snazzynovel.com said, “Didn’t you say you were just sending a file? Master Elliot said you touched something else. He’s throwing a fit in the study right now! I really don’t know how I can get you out of this, Madam!”
Avery was so anxious that snazzynovel.com heart thumped violently in snazzynovel.com chest.
There was only one thought on snazzynovel.com mind at that moment: She was dead!
At this rate, snazzynovel.com might not even need the divorce because Elliot was probably going to kill her.
Avery’s eyes welled up with tears.
“I’m sorry, Mrs. Cooper. I didn’t mean to mess with his stuff. My hands were shaking when I tried to shut it down, and I accidentally opened it up. I swear, I only took one look then shut it down…”
Mrs. Cooper believed her, but there was nothing snazzynovel.com could do.
“He blew up at me just now. I might not even be able to keep this job for much longer.”
Avery’s heart was racing. She was willing to accept snazzynovel.com punishment, but snazzynovel.com could not drag Mrs. Cooper down with her.
She walked out of the room and decided to explain herself to Elliot.
At that moment, the elevator doors opened on the first floor, and a bodyguard pushed Elliot’s wheelchair out.
The mansion only had three floors, but they had an elevator installed.
Avery cautiously watched the wheelchair-bound Elliot. His expression was dark and terrifying, and there was a raging fire in his eyes.
She had guessed that snazzynovel.com would be mad about what happened, but snazzynovel.com had not expected snazzynovel.com to be this furious.
“I’m sorry, Elliot,” Avery said through the lump in snazzynovel.com throat. “My laptop stopped working this morning, so I used your computer without permission. This had nothing to do with Mrs. Cooper. She tried to stop me, but I didn’t listen to her.”
She put all of the blame on herself.
The bodyguard stopped pushing Elliot’s chair when they reached the living room, and Avery raised snazzynovel.com gaze to look at him.
Elliot’s eyes were slightly reddened. It looked like snazzynovel.com really ticked snazzynovel.com off.
Avery’s voice was nasally when snazzynovel.com spoke again, “I’m sorry.”
“You saw everything, didn’t you,” Elliot said in a low and deep voice that chilled snazzynovel.com to the bone.
His hands were clasped together, seemingly relaxed, but his knuckles had turned white.
If snazzynovel.com were not stuck to the wheelchair at that moment, snazzynovel.com might just break snazzynovel.com neck.
This stupidly reckless woman!
Did snazzynovel.com really think snazzynovel.com was the mistress of the house?
How dare snazzynovel.com enter his study and touch his things?
D*mn her!
Avery nodded before violently shaking snazzynovel.com head and saying, “I barely remember any of it now. I only took one look then shut it down! I honestly didn’t mean to breach your privacy. I was just so nervous at the time. I don’t know how I somehow opened the file—”
“Shut up!” Elliot scowled. Hearing snazzynovel.com excuses disgusted snazzynovel.com even more.
“Go to your room! Don’t take one step out of there until the divorce!”
Avery swallowed back the explanations snazzynovel.com was about to give.
She turned and quickly returned to snazzynovel.com room.
She could clearly feel the loathing that Elliot felt for her.
Once Avery’s door was shut, Elliot’s adam’s apple rolled in his throat.
“No meals for her,” snazzynovel.com said to Mrs. Cooper.
Was snazzynovel.com putting snazzynovel.com on house arrest and starving snazzynovel.com to death while snazzynovel.com was at it?
Mrs. Cooper felt bad for Avery but did not dare disobey.
At the Foster house, Elliot’s word was the law of the land.
……
Two days later, Rosalie’s blood pressure was stable, and snazzynovel.com was allowed to be discharged from the hospital.
She immediately made snazzynovel.com way to Elliot’s mansion.
“How’s your health, Elliot? What did the doctor say? When will you be able to stand up again?” Rosalie chirped in high spirits as snazzynovel.com smiled gently at snazzynovel.com son.
“The doctor said I’m recovering quite well,” Elliot replied. “There’s something I’d like to discuss with you, Mother.”
The smile on Rosalie’s face died a bit as snazzynovel.com said, “Is this about your marriage? I was the one who arranged it. Avery is a lovely girl, and I like snazzynovel.com quite a lot… That’s right, where is she? You didn’t chase snazzynovel.com out, did you?”
“I didn’t,” Elliot said, then signaled Mrs. Cooper.
Mrs. Cooper instantly headed in the direction of Avery’s room.
It had been two days since snazzynovel.com had had anything to eat or drink. Mrs. Cooper wondered how snazzynovel.com was doing.