Chapter 1781


    Wesley had no choice but to call Mike, and the call got through as soon as he pressed the ''dial''


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    "Why can’t I get through to Avery?" Wesley asked.


    "I can''t either! I sent her to the airport at noon and I haven''t been able to contact her since then.


    Everything was normal when she was at the airport. There’s no reason why she’d get off the ne


    without switching it on! " Mike spent almost the entire day cracking his head open.


    He nned to fly to her travel destination if he still could not contact her by that night.


    "She received an email from Jed today," Wesley told him about the call from Jed''s father. "Didn''t she


    tell you about it?"


    "No! Isn’t Jed dead? How can a dead person send her an email? This is just fishy! Who knows if


    someone faked Jed’s ount to send her that email?!” Mike entertained the prospect of a


    conspiracy theory. "Maybe someone tricked her?"


    Wesley was speechless.


    He did not share the same views as Mike and believed that Jed might still be alive.


    "I need to hang up! Avery’s calling me!" Mike eximed and ended Wesley''s call.


    Avery looked for a hotel to stay in after she got off the ne.


    Her cell phone was flooded with a flurry of notifications for Mike''s missed calls and she decided to


    call him back right away.


    Mike was so anxious that he might just implode if she did not give him an exnation.


    "Avery Tate!" Mike yelled worriedly after answering the phone. "Did you receive an email from Jed


    today? Where are you right now? Tell me the exact location!"


    "I''m in Ylore." Avery sat on the edge of the bed. She was both physically and mentally exhausted,


    but simply could not close her eyes.


    "Why are you at Ylore? Is Jed still alive? Weren''t the ashes sent back to Bridgedale already? Avery,


    please don''t—"


    "Ivy’s my daughter," Avery blurted, then immediately broke down in tears again. " Ivy... She''s my


    daughter, Mike. Do you still have a picture of Ivy on your phone? Could you send me the picture?"


    Mike was stunned. "Three years ago, Jed sent me an email that was scheduled to be delivered far


    in the future, but the email was sent to me ahead of its intended time because Netimail went


    bankrupt," Avery mumbled between sobs. "I hate what''s happening, Mike! When I saw Ivy''s photo, I


    thought she :g''?YNW; La were carved out of the same mold, but never in my wildest dreams


    would I dare to entertain the thought that she was my daughter! La looked like me! Not Elliot!


    Why didn''t I think to find Ivy at Ylore?"


    "Don’t cry, Avery!" Mike was a little confused. "Isn''t Ivy already dead? What use is it if you go to


    Ylore?"


    "Who says that Ivy''s dead? Has it been confirmed yet? Has her body been found?" Avery was


    stunned because she did remember hearing such news.


    The news she heard at the time was that Ivy-or perhaps her body—had gone missing.


    Mike was also stunned. "I didn''t hear anything concrete, per se. We both came to Bridgedale as


    soon as you got a divorce from Elliot..."


    "That means Ivy might still be alive!" Avery was very emotional. "I''m going to find her! I will find her!"


    "Don''t be stubborn, Avery! Elliot would''ve found her if she''s still alive! What makes you think you


    can find her if Elliot can''t?" Mike decided right then that he would go to Ylore and look for Avery.


    He could tell from Avery''s tone that her mood was extremely unstable.


    Mike was worried that something would happen if she acted on an impulse.


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    "Why do you unconsciously think that he''s better than me? Why do you look down on my ability?


    Am I doomed to failure just because he can''t find her? I''m going to do whatever it takes to find her!"


    Avery said angrily and ended the call.


    Mike was lost for words because he knew that he had misspoken.


    In his eyes, Elliot was a very powerful person, but Avery was just as powerful too.


    Just as Mike was wondering whether or not to call her and apologize, she called him back again.


    Mike picked up the phone immediately.


    "Don''t tell anyone that Ivy is my daughter,” Avery ordered. "I want to be the one to raise her if I do


    eventually find her."