Chapter 1354


    "Oh, are you heartbroken?" Nick smiled thuggishly. "What is a light beating to a man like Elliot? He


    would not have minded being stabbed or shot."


    Avery furrowed her brows. "Nick, Elliot is not like the rest of you men. When he was in Aryadelle—"


    Nick interrupted her. "We''re in Ylore. Don''t bring up the past, including his affairs in Aryadelle. That is


    the past."


    Avery''s scrunched her brows. "He will return to Aryadelle. He said that he will return once he settles


    things here."


    "When did he tell you that?"


    "A few days ago."


    "He told you that before Christopher died,


    right?" Nick sneered. "The night Christopher died, he promised Gary that he would never leave Ylore."


    Avery instantly paled. She looked lost.


    "You can''t bear it, can you?" Nick was not trying to upset her. It was something she was bound to find


    out— sooner orter.


    Her finding out about it now was better than her finding out about it from Elliot. She had been


    "There will be many more things that you will find hard to bear. Do you want to hear them?" Nick


    passed her the tissue box. "If you want to cry, do it now. Don''t cry once you get out of the car, you''ll


    look bad."


    Right on cue, tears trickled down Avery''s face.


    "What other things are there that I would find hard to bear? Tell me." She wiped away her tears with a


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    tissue and looked at him.


    Nick''s heart softened. He no longer wanted to tell her anything anymore. What if she started sobbing


    after learning the hard truth?


    "Why don''t... why don’t you speak to Elliot? He will be free once he is done tonight."


    "Just tell me right now." Avery clenched the tissue tightly in her hand. Her tone was firm, and her eyes


    held a steely determination. "Don’t worry. I have already prepared myself mentally."


    "Oh, well, when you think about it, you should be able to guess it too. If he is going to stay here forever,


    then wouldn’t it be natural that he has a child with Ruby?" Nick arched an eyebrow. "If Ruby gives birth


    to his child, then wouldn''t he be obliged to stay? It prevents him from leaving. So, you should give up


    on him after today. Let this be thest time you see him.


    Avery lost it. Tears coursed down her face.


    Nick was speechless. "Didn''t she just tell me she was prepared? How am I going to get out of the car


    with her like this? How is she going to get out?! I can''t get out ?h!-?IX < tell the driver to take her away


    now... can I?" he thought.


    "Don''t cry. I''m going to get out of the car." Nick coughed. "If you''re not getting out, I''ll get the driver to


    drop you off at the parking lot!"


    Avery stopped sobbing but tears still silently fell.


    She hugged the tissue box and opened the car door. She wanted to get out.


    Avery took a deep breath and got out of the car.


    She stood still like someone had pressed the pause button. She could not breathe, think, or even


    move.


    Elliot was going to have a child with Ruby and settle down in Ylore- forever. It was the situation she had


    been fearing the most.


    If she was in Aryadelle, she could still think up a solution, but she was in Gary''s territory. She could not


    do anything.