It was nine at night.
Dry leaves rustled on the ground in the fall wind.
Avery emerged from a cab and winced at the sudden chill.
She clutched snazzynovel.com purse and quickly rushed toward the front door of the Foster mansion.
In the dark of night, snazzynovel.com donned a strappy red dress which was sexy yet enchanting.
When snazzynovel.com left the house that morning, snazzynovel.com was wearing a t-shirt and casual pants.
The thought that snazzynovel.com had deliberately dressed that way to entertain other men made Elliot clench his fists.
Avery only noticed Elliot sitting in the living room couch when snazzynovel.com was changing snazzynovel.com shoes in the foyer.
He was wearing a black shirt, which made snazzynovel.com appear even more gloomy and cold.
The expression on his face was as indifferent as ever, so snazzynovel.com did not look at snazzynovel.com for long.
Once snazzynovel.com had changed snazzynovel.com shoes, snazzynovel.com hesitated. She did not know whether snazzynovel.com should greet snazzynovel.com or not.
He did give snazzynovel.com that pack of tissues that morning.
Avery walked uneasily into the living room and looked at Elliot.
The atmosphere was different that night. Mrs. Cooper would usually come out to greet snazzynovel.com when snazzynovel.com arrived home.
Was Mrs. Cooper out?
She took a deep breath as snazzynovel.com heart thumped in snazzynovel.com chest. She decided to avoid him.
“Come here,” Elliot said icily.
Since they were the only ones in the living room, snazzynovel.com could not pretend like snazzynovel.com did not hear him.
“What is it?” Avery said as snazzynovel.com stopped and glanced at him.
“I said, come here,” Elliot said in a terrifyingly forceful voice.
Avery’s heart tightened, and snazzynovel.com involuntarily walked over to him.
She did not dare disobey snazzynovel.com even if snazzynovel.com was in a wheelchair and did not pose as big of a threat to her.
She walked to his side, looked at his handsome but stern face, and took a deep breath.
“What is it? Is it time for us to get divorced?”
Elliot’s brows furrowed upon hearing snazzynovel.com words.
He smelled the faint smell of alcohol emanating from snazzynovel.com hair.
She had drunk wine.
Elliot suddenly looked up as snazzynovel.com no longer tried to hide the disgust in his eyes.
His large hand gripped snazzynovel.com slender wrist as snazzynovel.com snarled, “Did you drink with someone? Did you have a good time?”
Avery felt like Elliot was about to break snazzynovel.com wrist. She wanted to pull snazzynovel.com hand back but could not move a muscle.
“Let go! You’re hurting me!” snazzynovel.com cried as snazzynovel.com eyes welled up with tears. The more snazzynovel.com struggled, the harder his grip became.
It was as if snazzynovel.com was deliberately trying to hurt snazzynovel.com and make snazzynovel.com cry.
“I asked if you had a good time. Answer me!” Elliot snapped. Seeing snazzynovel.com face twist in agony further angered him.
“What good time? I don’t know what you’re talking about!”
Avery gave up struggling. By the time snazzynovel.com registered the first question, streams of hot tears ran down snazzynovel.com cheeks.
“I didn’t drink, Elliot! I didn’t!” snazzynovel.com said with eyes filled with tears and fear.
Elliot’s adam’s apple bobbed up and down his throat. The next second, snazzynovel.com yanked snazzynovel.com into his arms.
She said that snazzynovel.com had not drunk, but snazzynovel.com clearly smelled alcohol on her.
The cold tip of his nose landed on the crook of snazzynovel.com neck.
Avery’s soft and delicate skin carried a warm, milky scent.
It was odd.
He could not smell alcohol on snazzynovel.com body.
Avery stayed completely still as snazzynovel.com felt Elliot’s nose on snazzynovel.com skin, gently tickling her.
She leaned against his wide chest. She was so nervous that snazzynovel.com forgot to breathe, and snazzynovel.com heart forgot to beat.
It was a good thing that snazzynovel.com stopped treating snazzynovel.com violently.
He had let go of snazzynovel.com wrist, but the pain was still there. The thought of being abused by snazzynovel.com angered Avery.
She knew that his legs had not fully recovered, and snazzynovel.com might not have any feeling in them yet. She placed snazzynovel.com hand on his trousers and gave snazzynovel.com a hard pinch.
The reason snazzynovel.com was brave enough to do this was because snazzynovel.com was prepared to deal with the consequences.
However, Elliot did not seem to realize that snazzynovel.com had pinched him.
When snazzynovel.com lifted his head from snazzynovel.com neck, his dark eyes looked puzzled.
“Your clothes smell like another man’s alcohol. Are you going to take it off, or should I?” Elliot said in a hoarse voice that carried a seemingly unstoppable force.
Avery froze in stunned silence.
Did snazzynovel.com smell like another man’s alcohol?
Hold on…
He wanted snazzynovel.com to take snazzynovel.com clothes off?
Right now?
When snazzynovel.com snapped back to reality, snazzynovel.com pushed snazzynovel.com hands against his chest and tried to escape.
Elliot did not give snazzynovel.com a chance to get away and tightened his arms around her.
He picked Avery up and violently tore the back of snazzynovel.com dress in half.
“Ah!”
Without the protection of snazzynovel.com dress, Avery felt a sudden chill on snazzynovel.com back.
The blood in snazzynovel.com body boiled as snazzynovel.com scowled, “Elliot Foster! You maniac!”
Elliot tossed snazzynovel.com on the couch and stared coldly at snazzynovel.com exposed shoulders and back.
“Remember your place, Mrs. Foster!”
Avery held on to the high-end dress that Elliot had just ripped and held back snazzynovel.com tears.
Shaun was the one who had arranged the meeting that night.
The dress had also been Shaun’s idea.
It was true that the two bank managers tried to get snazzynovel.com drunk, and they would not let snazzynovel.com go even when snazzynovel.com tried to come up with excuses.
She ended up turning them down and left the bar.
She was pregnant, so snazzynovel.com could not drink.
There was no way that snazzynovel.com would be out drinking with other men.
“I don’t care about being Mrs. Foster! Don’t pin your ridiculous standards on me!”
Avery pushed snazzynovel.com disheveled hair behind snazzynovel.com ears and rose from the couch as snazzynovel.com held onto snazzynovel.com dress.
“I hate you!” snazzynovel.com cried.
Under normal circumstances, snazzynovel.com would never tear into other people like this.
It was Elliot’s persistent bullying that had made snazzynovel.com lose all control.
She returned to snazzynovel.com room and slammed the door shut.
A glimmer of emotion flashed by in Elliot’s stone-cold face.
He had lost control of his emotions earlier.
He had waited all afternoon thinking that Avery would ask snazzynovel.com for help, but snazzynovel.com had not.
Not only did snazzynovel.com not go to him, but snazzynovel.com also went out and drank with other men.
All the anger that snazzynovel.com had accumulated that day exploded at that moment.
Even if snazzynovel.com had not said out loud that snazzynovel.com hated him, snazzynovel.com knew that. He knew that snazzynovel.com was more terrifying to Avery than the Devil himself.
Elliot’s phone screen lit up.
He picked it up and read Chad’s message.
“Mr. Foster, did Miss Tate get home safely? I was out drinking with Ben when we bumped into her. She got into a riff with the two old geezers and left before dinner even started.”
A wave of gloom washed over Elliot.
Even if Avery had not drunk with the two sleazebags, to him, snazzynovel.com had been in the wrong to attend the meeting in the first place.
She also should not have dressed so provocatively.
…
Avery opened snazzynovel.com door when snazzynovel.com heard a knock from the other side.
“Madam, Master Elliot asked me to bring you something to eat. I didn’t know what you wanted, so I made you a bowl of soup,” Mrs. Cooper said as snazzynovel.com placed a tray on the desk in the room.
Avery had taken a shower to force herself to forget everything that bstrd Elliot had done to snazzynovel.com that night.
“What does snazzynovel.com mean by this?” snazzynovel.com said as snazzynovel.com stared cautiously at the bowl of soup.
She was hungry, but snazzynovel.com did not dare eat.
“Master Elliot must feel bad for being so cruel to you earlier. His mood has been quite bad ever since you went to your room,” Mrs. Cooper said.
She picked up the red dress on the bed and added, “Do you need me to get this mended?”
“It’s fine. I borrowed it. Take the tag to him,” Avery said.
“Oh…” responded Mrs. Cooper.
Avery took a deep breath, then sat on a chair and said hoarsely, “I can’t afford to pay for it.”
“Alright,” Mrs. Cooper said. “Get some rest after you’re done with the soup. Madam Rosalie is being discharged tomorrow, so Master Elliot will be taking you to the old mansion with him.”