Chapter 1848


    "How can you tell? Why haven''t I noticed?" Avery did not notice that Elliot was pursuing her. After


    all, all they had talked about since she had arrived was an important matter that needed to be


    resolved.


    "He keeps staring at you. Why would he do that if he doesn''t like you? He doesn''t really stare at


    Aunt Natalie when shees to our ce," La said confidently.


    "La, there’s more to liking a person than that. I was confronting him just now so, of course, we


    are staring at each other," Avery said. "I was looking at him, too, does that mean that I like him?"


    "Oh... Mommy, you don''t like him anymore? " Confused, La asked, "Daddy is still quite


    handsome, right?"


    Avery could not help but chuckle. "He''s alright! But whether I like him or not has nothing to do with


    looks. If a couple keeps fighting, they will only grow tired of each other no matter how good-looking


    they are.


    "But you two weren''t fighting just now."


    "I don''t want to fight with him anymore," Avery said. "All the leverage he thought he could use to


    threaten me didn''t work."


    "Mommy, do you want to teach him a lesson?" La asked while studying Avery’s expression. "Just


    tell me if there’s something I can do to help. I am definitely on your side!"


    "La, your dad and I are both adults. Even if I want to teach him a lesson, I can do it myself. I


    won''t need your help for that,” Avery said while stepping out of the bathroom along with La.


    La headed to the kitchen to show Mrs. Cooper her new jewelry while Avery went back to the


    living to pay Elliot.


    "Why are you buying La such an expensive gift?" Elliot asked as he provided her with his


    ount number, "This was on an auction. If Natalie was bidding against you, how much were you


    intending to spend?"


    As far as he could remember, Avery had never quite enjoyed spending her money. Not only did she


    refrain from overspending, but she disliked it when he spent too much as well. Whereas now, she


    was willing to spend over a million on a birthday gift.


    "People change," she said after making the transaction. "I was just an innocent girl when I first met


    you. Elliot, don’t try to see the new me through the memory of the past." "The new you?" Elliot


    studied her familiar features, unable to process her change. " And who are you now?"


    "Exactly who you see right now.” Avery avoided looking him in the eyes, feeling that she could be


    sucked into the bottomless swirl of emotions in them.


    She grabbed an apple from the fruit basket


    "You didn''t wash that, did you?" He took out a knife from under the drawer and handed it to her.


    Avery awkwardly swallowed the apple in her mouth and began peeling the skin off the apple in her


    hand. "You went to see Hayden. How was it?"


    "You didn''t ask him?" "He didn''t mention anything, so I didn''t ask.


    "He has grown a lot taller and looked more like an adult, but his temper is still..."


    Avery gave him a sidelong nce as she got a feeling that he was not about to say anything nice.


    Elliot immediately stopped and changed his words. "He still hates me, but he treats Robert well. He


    bought Robert a gift and was willing to talk to him."All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org.


    "Of course, Robert is his brother and he has no reason to resent him." Avery carried on with her


    task of peeling the apple.


    "Does he have reason to resent me? Even La can forgive me so why can''t he?"


    Elliot was more than willing to spoil La


    and Hayden, but Hayden would not give him the chance to do so.


    "You probably think that I have been badmouthing you to him, don''t you?" she asked sarcastically.