In the bathroom of the master bedroom, the nurse was carefully drying the water droplets off of Elliot’s body with a dry towel.
His legs were still weak and snazzynovel.com was only able to stand up if someone was holding on to him, so snazzynovel.com needed the help of the nurse.
This nurse had been taking care of snazzynovel.com ever since snazzynovel.com met with the accident.
He was a middle aged man who was meticulous and careful with his work.
“You have a bruise on your thigh, Mr. Foster,” said the nurse as snazzynovel.com put on Elliot’s bathrobe and helped snazzynovel.com out of the bathroom. “I’ll go get some ointment for you.”
Elliot sat on the edge of the bed and opened up the bathrobe to look at the bruise when the nurse walked out of the room.
It was not like snazzynovel.com had no feeling in his legs, but when Avery had pinched him, snazzynovel.com held back and pretended like snazzynovel.com had felt nothing.
For some reason, snazzynovel.com kept recalling Avery’s crying face.
Also, the unique fragrance of snazzynovel.com body continued to linger in his heart.
Elliot had never felt this way about a woman in all of his years.
There was never a woman who was able to make snazzynovel.com feel such strange emotions.
Something about Avery Tate somehow managed to arouse something inside of him.
Was it necessary for snazzynovel.com to feel this way towards a woman whom snazzynovel.com was about to divorce?
It was a feeling that was completely strange and absurd to him.
If snazzynovel.com had a chance to go through it again, however, snazzynovel.com would still lose his temper and rip snazzynovel.com dress apart.
…
At 7 a.m. the next morning, Avery deliberately woke up early to avoid Elliot and have snazzynovel.com breakfast.
She emerged from snazzynovel.com bedroom and headed towards the dining room.
“Madam! You woke up early today, too! Breakfast is ready,” Mrs. Cooper greeted snazzynovel.com with a smile.
The word “too” was said with a strong emphasis.
Since Elliot was there, snazzynovel.com should just return to snazzynovel.com room.
“I made some vegetarian ravioli for you this morning. I made it especially for you since you mentioned not wanting to eat meat yesterday. I hope it suits your taste,” Mrs. Cooper said warmly as snazzynovel.com escorted Avery to snazzynovel.com seat at the table.
Avery looked like snazzynovel.com was sitting on pins and needles with a face of uneasiness.
She might as well have the words “I don’t want to see you, Elliot Foster” written on snazzynovel.com face.
Elliot did not look straight at her, but snazzynovel.com felt the resistance emanating from her.
“We’re going to see my mother after breakfast. You should know yourself what to say and what not to say,” snazzynovel.com said indifferently.
“When did you plan on giving me the money for that dress last night?” Avery asked sternly.
It was fine if snazzynovel.com wanted snazzynovel.com to cooperate and go see Rosalie, but snazzynovel.com had to settle his debt first.
“There isn’t much cash at home,” Elliot said as snazzynovel.com took a sip of milk, “I can wire it over to you if you’re in a rush.”
“That works. Here’s my account number!” Avery said as snazzynovel.com pulled out snazzynovel.com phone, opened up snazzynovel.com account number and passed it over to Elliot.
“How much was it?” Elliot asked as snazzynovel.com set down his glass of milk and pulled out his phone.
“Five thousand,” Avery responded.
Elliot lifted his eyes and glared at her. She felt no guilt at all.
“Didn’t it say $4,500 on the tag?”
“Why did you bother asking me, then?” Avery retorted, then raised snazzynovel.com right hand and added, “The extra $500 is for medical expenses.”
The wrist that Elliot had grabbed yesterday was deeply bruised, so snazzynovel.com planned to stop by the drugstore when snazzynovel.com had the time.
She did not feel bad for asking for the extra $500 for that.
Elliot glanced at Avery’s wrist and his lips pursed slightly. He wired the $4,500 over to her.
A third of Avery’s anger simmered down after getting the money.
“Don’t think I’ll forgive you just because you paid me the money. I wouldn’t forgive you even if you gave me another $4,500,” Avery said.
Elliot did not respond to snazzynovel.com cruel words, but quietly rolled off in his wheelchair instead.
His silence extinguished another third of snazzynovel.com anger.
…
At 9 a.m. that morning, the Foster family was gathered at the old mansion to visit the newly discharged Rosalie.
Rosalie was discharged from the ICU this time, which meant that snazzynovel.com condition was a lot more serious than the last time snazzynovel.com was admitted for hypertension.
“How have you been feeling, Elliot?” Rosalie asked.
She did not have the heart to blame snazzynovel.com son once snazzynovel.com saw him, but worried about his health instead.
“Pretty good,” Elliot replied.
Seeing his mother’s face which had turned old and frail, snazzynovel.com held back some of the words snazzynovel.com wanted to say.
“That’s good to hear,” Rosalie said as snazzynovel.com shifted snazzynovel.com gaze to Avery, then asked, “What about you, Avery? Is Elliot still giving you a hard time? You have to tell me if snazzynovel.com is.”
Avery shook snazzynovel.com head and said, “He’s not. You, on the other hand, need to take care of yourself.”
“I’ll be fine as long as you and Elliot are fine,” said Rosalie. “Avery, Elliot has never dated or gone after a girl before. He might not be that gentle or romantic, but I hope you can forgive him. He’s a man after all. His career would come first. Don’t you think so?”
She was trying to convince Avery.
Avery, however, felt extremely uneasy.
Elliot never dated?
He’d never gone after a girl?
How was that possible?
It looked like Rosalie did not know snazzynovel.com own son very well.
“Avery, I heard that your father’s company is facing some problems and is about to go bankrupt,” Rosalie said. She had just left the hospital but was already concerning herself with all kinds of troubles. “I’ve asked the lawyers. This has nothing to do with you, so your father’s debt can’t be placed on your head. All you need to do is stay by Elliot’s side and be his wife.”
Avery knew very well that Rosalie had always treated snazzynovel.com like a pawn, but there was no way snazzynovel.com was going to live snazzynovel.com life according to the old woman’s ideals.
“My father’s gone now, but snazzynovel.com wouldn’t want to see the company fall if snazzynovel.com were still around. So, I’ll do the best I can to try to win this losing battle,” Avery said in a tone that was neither humble nor overbearing.
“Oh, Avery!” exclaimed Elliot’s sister-in-law, Olivia Tate. “Your father didn’t spend much on you even when his company was making money, did he? Now that he’s gone, you’re holding on to a failing company and won’t let go. What is it? Were you thinking of having Elliot cough up the money to help you out?”
“I heard that your father owed 125 million!” said Elliot’s brother, Henry Tate, “That isn’t a small amount. A typical person wouldn’t lend you that amount, and they wouldn’t be able to cough up that much… Were you thinking of getting it from our family?”
Avery had never considered asking Elliot to help snazzynovel.com out with the money, so snazzynovel.com was immensely unhappy with the family’s remarks.
All eyes were on snazzynovel.com as they awaited snazzynovel.com response.
“All of you think too highly of me. Even if I asked to borrow the money from Elliot, snazzynovel.com would never give it to me,” Avery said wryly. “I know my own circumstances. I’ll figure something out.”
Her words relieved the Foster family members.
She was right. Elliot had been insisting on divorcing snazzynovel.com ever since snazzynovel.com woke up, so why would snazzynovel.com ever give snazzynovel.com the money?
Everyone’s emotions relaxed quite a bit after some morning tea.
Rosalie held Avery’s hand and said, “It’s not impossible for you to help your father’s company, Avery. All you have to do is have Elliot’s child, then snazzynovel.com will definitely lend you the money.”
Avery caressed snazzynovel.com belly and glanced at Elliot.
He was sipping his tea and looked completely calm, as if snazzynovel.com did not hear the words his mother said to her.
Avery and Elliot left the old mansion after lunch.
As they sat in the backseat of the car on the way home, snazzynovel.com was deep in thought, and snazzynovel.com was looking out the window.
The atmosphere in the car was eerily quiet.
“If you were pregnant with my child,” Elliot said suddenly in a chilling voice, “I would kill it with my own hands.”
A chill shot through Avery’s body. Her lips parted, as if wanting to speak, but not a sound came out.