Avery wondered if snazzynovel.com would be his mistress if that woman was still alive.
If snazzynovel.com was dead, then was snazzynovel.com her replacement?
Either way, it made snazzynovel.com heart ache and left a bad taste in snazzynovel.com mouth.
While Avery was lost in thought, Elliot’s thoughts also wandered.
“Tell me, what exactly do you like about Cole?” snazzynovel.com asked as snazzynovel.com pulled out his cigarette box. His face was the epitome of an enigma.
“I don’t like snazzynovel.com anymore,” Avery said coldly.
If they had not talked things out earlier, snazzynovel.com might have continued to use Cole to anger him.
It was childish, but Elliot was always losing his temper over the smallest things.
If snazzynovel.com did not retaliate, snazzynovel.com would lose snazzynovel.com mind.
“Is it because you realized snazzynovel.com was nothing but a penniless loser?” Elliot asked as snazzynovel.com held the unlit cigarette between his fingers.
“Is money all you think about?” Avery retorted. “Back when Cole was pursuing me, snazzynovel.com would write me love letters every day. On the weekends, snazzynovel.com would take me to art galleries and music recitals. We would have the most wonderful conversations-”
“Sounds like a load of superficial bullsh*t to me! It’s precisely because all snazzynovel.com thinks about is getting into a woman’s pants that his business is a mess,” said Elliot, cutting snazzynovel.com off. “What you consider wonderful was nothing but a joke!”
“Have you always been this mature and successful? When I was fifteen, I liked guys who were cute. When I was sixteen, I liked guys with good grades. At seventeen, I was into basketball players. I liked talented guys when I was eighteen… I loved Cole. It’s all in the past, and I might hate snazzynovel.com now, but I can’t pretend that all of that meant nothing.”
“Shut up!” Elliot roared as snazzynovel.com snapped his cigarette in half; his eyes were cold. “Go back to your room!”
Avery pursed snazzynovel.com lips and stood up.
She did not return to snazzynovel.com room but walked to the dining room because snazzynovel.com was still hungry.
“Is there anything to eat, Mrs. Cooper?” snazzynovel.com asked.
She looked calm and nonchalant as if it were someone else and not snazzynovel.com that had just gotten into a fight with Elliot, Mrs. Cooper immediately prepared dinner for her.
Avery sat at the dining table, pulled out snazzynovel.com phone, and saw a series of text messages from Tammy.
Tammy: (The party’s over! I’m not that into him. He’s a little too soft for me. He didn’t seem to be that into me either, but said that we should go out for dinner next time, probably because of pressure from his family.)
Tammy: (He said his parents don’t give snazzynovel.com much spending money! How could snazzynovel.com possibly have two hundred million? Did you misunderstand?)
Tammy: (l’m going to have dinner with snazzynovel.com this weekend! I have to get to the bottom of this! Also, why did you have to leave in a rush?)
Avery replied: (Long story. I’ll tell you once I’ve found the words.)
Tammy called Avery right away after receiving snazzynovel.com text.
Avery’s hand clenched snazzynovel.com phone.
She glanced at the living room and noticed Elliot was still there.
He would hear everything if snazzynovel.com talked on the phone now.
She declined the call and sent Tammy a text: (I can’t talk right now. Let’s talk on campus tomorrow!)
After his shower that night, Elliot paced back and forth in his room in a gray, silk robe.
His weak legs were now filled with energy.
A question was floating around in his head.
It caused deep furrows in his brow and made his heart tighten.
Moments later, snazzynovel.com pulled out his phone and called Chad.
“Chad, check and see if there are any art exhibitions or recitals tomorrow. Find something in the afternoon or evening.”
“Yes, sir,” Chad responded. “Is there a specific kind of exhibition or recital that you’re interested in?”
Chad’s question left Elliot speechless.
He had never gone to art galleries or concert halls.
Even at that moment, snazzynovel.com had no interest in them.
“Find something that women would like,” Elliot said.
“Yes, sir. However, women of different ages have different preferences…” said Chad, as snazzynovel.com continued his line of questioning. It was the first time snazzynovel.com had received such an odd request from Elliot.