"Why do you seem a little unhappy about that?" Elliot asked with a smile. "Hayden is still on your side!"


    "I''m not unhappy. Wouldn''t I be less worried if you had a good rtionship with the children? When they have holidays, you can be the one who takes care of them, while I just do nothing butment on all of you." Avery could not help but smile. "Since you like to take care of the children so much, I will have to give you an award at the end of the year. Award of The Best Daddy!"


    "Thank you! I don''t need the award. The children are mine. Caring for them is my responsibility and obligation." Elliot looked rxed. "The children also won''t need us for much longer. Hayden doesn''t need us at all anymore. We need him, in fact. La also doesn''t need us that much. If we weren''t so strict with her, don''t you think that she would run out and y the moment she had a holiday? Didn''t she keep asking for Eric to stay at our ce to y with her during our honeymoon? If it weren''t for her final exams, don''t you think that she would ask Eric to take her out to y?"


    Avery had not thought about this, but when she heard what Elliot said, she was suddenly flustered.


    "Only Robert treats us like we''re precious right now. If La had time to be with him, he wouldn''t y with us either," Elliot continued. "The children grow up quickly. In a few years, he is going to elementary school. He will have his friends, and he won''t stick to us anymore."


    "Why are you getting sentimental? Do you really like to take care of the children?" Avery teased. "Didn''t you also move out of your parents'' house when you grew up? Why did you expect the children to always stick to us?"


    Elliot was at a loss for words.


    "There''s still a long way to go before they move out! Don''t think too much!" Avery noticed how sad Elliot truly was, so sheforted him seriously: "If they really do move out in the future, we could travel the world!"


    Elliot responded, "Let''s think about this in the future! We''re not there yet."


    "Right now, they are still with us... but you''re already so sad. If La were to get married in the future, would you cry terribly on her wedding day?" Avery hugged his waist and looked at him. "Honey, you still have me! I won''t leave you."


    "Hmm... Luckily, there''s still you. If not, I would be so lonely when I''m old."


    "Hahaha! You''re also afraid of loneliness! I thought that, with your terrible temper, you liked to be alone!"


    Elliot was speechless.


    They bickered all the way home. They only stopped when they reached the house.


    Dinner was already made by the time they arrived. La was doing her homework in her room, while Robert was sticking to Elliot, asking Elliot to teach him chess.


    "The next time Hayden returns, I can y with him!" Robert said, exining why he wanted to learn chess.


    Elliot was moved by Robert''s sincerity, so he allowed his son to lure him away to teach him chess.


    Avery was hungry, so she did not wait for them and instead went to the dining hall.


    "La said she''s not hungry, and she''ll have her meal after doing her homework, so you don''t have to deal with anyone tonight." Mrs. Cooper served her dinner. "Avery, how was work today?" Belonging to N?velDrama.Org.


    "Hmm... It''s alright. It''s quite fulfilling, even if I don''t do much. But I get much hungrier therepared to when I''m at home." Avery picked up her eating utensils and began to eat.


    "It must be tiring to work. Even if you


    don''t do much, you think more atz work," Mrs. Cooper said. "Have more food. You''re already so skinny. Don''t lose even more weight because you''ve started working." S


    "I ate quite a lot this afternoon, too. I definitely won''t be losing any weight. I might even get fatter during work." Avery had stopped caring so much about her body in thest few because she did not gain weight easily. She had good eating habits. She did not often like to snack. She did not like to binge eat either, so her weight had been stable. Content


    "Mrs. Cooper, the past two days, when Eric was staying over... did La bother him a lot?" Avery asked quietly, the questioning to her in a sudden sh.


    Mrs. Cooper was stunned for a moment before she replied, "I don''t think so. I never saw La bothering Eric. La''s not a bothersome child! She''s very mature now."