Chapter 2134


    "Hayden! How could you say something like that to your dad?!" Avery''s blood ran cold, stricken by


    the shock that her son would say such a thing to Elliot.


    "I don''t want someone like this to be my father!" Hayden shouted. "You''ve never given up on him, so


    what gave him the right to give up? What else can he do apart from causing you trouble?! He''s a


    good-for-nothing!"


    p!


    Unable to contain her rage, Avery pped Hayden on the face.


    It was the first time she had ever hit her children. Her palm felt numb, and her heart twitched with


    pain.


    Tears welled up in her eyes as she saw the look of disbelief on Hayden’s face.


    She wanted to apologize right away, but Hayden beat her to it and turned to run away.


    "Hayden!" Avery wanted to go after her, but the nanny came and stopped her.


    "Avery, you''ve just pped him. He probably hates you for it right now. Just let the bodyguard go


    after him," the nanny said. "Hayden is your son. He won''t be mad at you for long. It''ll be fine once


    he figures it out. Why don’t you go ahead and have your dinner first?"


    Avery wiped away her tears and realized that she hadpletely lost her appetite.


    She went back into the master bedroom, while Elliot went to the dining room.


    Shortly after, Elliot came into the bedroom with food.


    Avery was sitting by the bed and immediately wiped away her tears when she saw him.


    "Eat something!" He set the tray down by the bed and sat down next to her. "I''m fine with whatever


    Hayden says about me. You didn''t need to get mad."


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    Avery was not only upset about what Hayden had said, but she was also upset because she had


    lost control and hit him.


    Elliot nced down and noticed that she was grabbing onto her right hand, and the palm of her right


    hand had reddened, which meant she had struck Hayden hard.


    "Is this your first time hitting him?" he asked.


    "He’s always been a great kid," she responded in a hoarse voice. "I''ve never seen a kid like him."


    And yet, she had hit such an amazing child.


    "Once he has calmed down, you should apologize to him. He will forgive you," Elliot suggested.


    "Eat! It won''t taste as good if the food gets cold.”


    "Have you really eaten today?" She readjusted herself and looked at him." What have you been


    doing today?"


    "My head hurt so I slept through the day in the hotel. I had my dinner beforeing here."


    She felt slightly reassured by his answer and proceeded to pick up the spoon to eat.


    "Hayden isn''t just mad because I didn''t give up on you, but because he hasn''t given up on you


    either," she exined after taking a bite of her food. "Back when you disappeared from that


    basement in Ylore, Hayden and I had looked everywhere for you. He must have been trying to find


    a way to bypass Ang''s control as well. He never tells anyone what he is doing, and we only find


    out about itter. Do you know who bribed Dean''s former bodyguard into outing his scandal? That


    was Hayden."


    Elliot felt guilty after listening to what she had to say.


    "I''m not saying this to tell you that you were wrong. I understand how much you are suffering, Elliot.


    It’s not that I don''t understand; it''s just that we have to keep living no matter how hard it is. That’s


    the only way for there to be any hope at all," Avery confessed.