The living room instantly fell so silent that one could hear the sound of a beating heart.
Avery stormed back to snazzynovel.com room and violently slammed the door shut.
The loud bang rumbled through the entire mansion.
This woman dared slam a door in Elliot Foster’s house. She must not fear death.
Everyone turned their gaze to evaluate Elliot’s reaction. He looked calm and composed as if snazzynovel.com was not angry at all.
Normally, if anyone were to make a sound louder than 60 decibels in front of him, snazzynovel.com would definitely frown.
The sound of Avery’s slamming door was at least 90 decibels, so why was snazzynovel.com not upset?
More importantly, the bottle of wine that Avery had smashed was over thirty thousand dollars. They had not even had the chance to drink it yet.
She broke it without even batting an eyelid.
“D*mn, I heard that Miss Tate’s father passed away a few days ago. Seeing as snazzynovel.com showed up in black, snazzynovel.com must have just returned from the funeral!”
Someone had mustered up the courage to break the silence.
The woman in the white dress was a senior manager at Sterling Group’s PR department, Chelsea Tierney.
It was snazzynovel.com birthday, so snazzynovel.com had invited a few of Elliot’s friends to the house to also celebrate his recovery.
Her earlier altercation with Avery was a huge blow to snazzynovel.com pride.
Chelsea noticed Elliot’s unbothered expression, but snazzynovel.com knew snazzynovel.com well enough to know that snazzynovel.com could blow up at any moment.
She returned to his side and apologized cautiously, “I’m sorry, Elliot. I didn’t know snazzynovel.com father had passed away.”
Elliot snuffed out his cigarette in the ashtray. He smoothly picked up his wine glass with his long, slender fingers and downed its contents in one swift gulp.
He placed the empty glass back on the table, then said in a low, sensual voice, “Happy birthday.”
Chelsea’s ears turned red as snazzynovel.com responded, “Thank you.”
“Also, Avery Tate isn’t someone you can touch,” Elliot said as snazzynovel.com adjusted the collar of his shirt. His voice carried a hint of warning. “Even if snazzynovel.com were just a pet in the Foster household, I’m the only one who can push snazzynovel.com around.”
Chelsea panicked.
“But you’re about to divorce her, so snazzynovel.com would be even less than a pet by then!”
Elliot’s gaze instantly turned ice cold.
“Even if it were something I no longer wanted, I still won’t watch as someone puts snazzynovel.com down.”
At that moment, Mrs. Cooper walked in to clean up the shattered wine bottle and take away the dirtied carpet.
Someone filled up Elliot’s wine glass.
“Don’t be mad, Elliot. Chelsea didn’t mean to do that. She won’t actually lay snazzynovel.com hand on Miss Tate,” the man sitting on the other side of Elliot said as snazzynovel.com tried to lighten the mood.
“That’s right! Chelsea, hurry up and take three shots as punishment! You may be the birthday girl, but you did go a little too far!”
Chelsea picked up snazzynovel.com glass and prepared to take three shots.
Elliot glanced to the side at his bodyguard who immediately walked over and helped snazzynovel.com up.
“You guys go ahead!” Elliot said before snazzynovel.com returned to his room.
Chelsea watched Elliot’s back as snazzynovel.com left the room with reddened eyes. She gulped down three shots. She stomped in snazzynovel.com stilletos.
“D*mn! Both the stars of the night left. Do we keep drinking?”
“Of course! It would be good for Chelsea to give up, too. Otherwise, she’ll keep thinking she’ll become Mrs. Foster one day!”
“I doubt what happened tonight would make snazzynovel.com give up! Elliot is still planning to divorce Miss Tate, anyway.”
“Speaking of Avery Tate, she’s quite beautiful, but snazzynovel.com has a bad temper. How does Elliot put up with it?”
……
In the guest room, Avery held snazzynovel.com knees in snazzynovel.com arms as tears quietly streamed down snazzynovel.com face.
The dam that had held snazzynovel.com tears for the past three days had been completely destroyed.
Her father’s final apology before his death constantly echoed in snazzynovel.com head.
All of the hatred that snazzynovel.com had felt for snazzynovel.com had vanished without a trace.
She sobbed until snazzynovel.com fell into a deep slumber.
When snazzynovel.com woke up the next morning, snazzynovel.com eyes were swollen and aching.
Avery changed into a clean nightgown and walked out of the room.
She had not eaten well the past few days, and snazzynovel.com was so hungry that snazzynovel.com stomach ached.
When snazzynovel.com arrived at the entrance of the dining room, snazzynovel.com saw Elliot’s back and stopped.
Mrs. Cooper saw snazzynovel.com and immediately greeted her, “Breakfast is ready, Madam! Come over and have some!”
In the past, Avery avoided Elliot like the plague. She was scared of offending snazzynovel.com and suffering the consequences.
Now, the thought of snazzynovel.com delaying the divorce gave snazzynovel.com a boost of courage.
She chose the seat furthest from snazzynovel.com and sat down. Mrs. Cooper placed snazzynovel.com breakfast in front of her, and snazzynovel.com was about to eat when Elliot spoke.
“That bottle of wine last night costs thirty thousand dollars.”
His voice was indifferent.
Avery’s hand tightened around snazzynovel.com fork as snazzynovel.com mind went blank.
Thirty thousand dollars for a bottle of wine?
What kind of wine was that expensive?
Was snazzynovel.com expecting snazzynovel.com to pay for it?
Did snazzynovel.com think snazzynovel.com looked like snazzynovel.com could afford it?
She felt a pang of pain in snazzynovel.com stomach. Her back was drenched in a cold sweat, and snazzynovel.com had lost snazzynovel.com appetite.
Elliot glanced at Avery’s tired and pale face and said, “This is a warning. If you break something in my house again, you’ll pay for it to the penny!”
Avery’s stomach stopped hurting upon hearing this, and snazzynovel.com appetite returned.
Many women suffer side effects during the early stages of pregnancy, ranging from vomiting to being bed-ridden.
Apart from the occasional bout of nausea, Avery had yet to throw up.
However, when snazzynovel.com saw the pieces of meat on snazzynovel.com plate, snazzynovel.com suddenly felt uneasy and picked them out.
“Is it not good, Madam?” Mrs. Cooper said anxiously when snazzynovel.com saw Avery’s behavior.
Avery shook snazzynovel.com head and said, “I’ve been feeling like having vegetarian meals recently.”
“Alright, I’ll keep that in mind,” responded Mrs. Cooper quickly.
After breakfast, Avery returned to snazzynovel.com room and changed snazzynovel.com clothes.
Jack’s lawyer had made an appointment to see snazzynovel.com today. He did not say what it was about, but snazzynovel.com had an inkling.
Once snazzynovel.com was changed, snazzynovel.com grabbed snazzynovel.com purse and walked out of the room.
Coincidentally, Elliot was also about to head out.
He had a bodyguard to escort snazzynovel.com and a chauffeur to drive him.
Avery glanced at the time. She had agreed to meet the lawyer at 10 a.m., and it was already close to nine in the morning.
She took long strides as snazzynovel.com walked out. It was about a ten minute walk from the mansion to where snazzynovel.com could hail a cab.
The rain the day before caused the temperature to drop by a few degrees
Perhaps it was the cold wind, but Avery felt a surge of nausea after walking a short while.
A silver luxury sedan drove out of the estate and was about to speed up when the driver noticed Avery.
“It looks like Madam Avery,” said the driver as snazzynovel.com slowed down the car.
The driver had seen Avery walk out of the house, so snazzynovel.com remembered what snazzynovel.com was wearing.
Elliot had his eyes shut but suddenly opened them up upon hearing the driver’s words.
“It looks like Madam’s throwing up, Mr. Foster,” said the driver who had a better view from the driver’s seat.
Avery was silently celebrating snazzynovel.com light pregnancy symptoms at breakfast, but snazzynovel.com was now uncontrollably puking snazzynovel.com guts out.
She held onto the trash can and planned to head home to wash up once snazzynovel.com was done throwing up.
She was faced with Elliot’s car when snazzynovel.com turned around.
The luxury sedan sparkled under the bright sun.
The driver had stopped the car next to snazzynovel.com and rolled down the back seat window.
Avery saw Elliot’s deep, cold eyes staring at her.
Her cheeks flushed a crimson red.
Could snazzynovel.com suspect something?
She frowned, then walked to the back seat window and said, “I think I ate too much at breakfast.”