"She said that the person she liked died," Averymented, "She said that she would never get married in the future. She is whose feelings run deep."


    "I see." Elliot was not interested in matters regarding love. "She was rather honest about this."


    "That''s because I saw the scar on her wrist, so I asked her about it. We chatted for quite a while. If I hadn''t asked her about it, she would not have volunteered such information. When she came to work today, she had a wrist guard on to cover her scar. I think she is afraid that others would ask her about the scar. She would surely not want to recount this incident over and over again."


    "Hmm. Once I hire an assistant, we can have a meal together."


    "Hmm. I feel like I''m going to get busy soon. Leah and George are getting married. Ben and Lilith are getting married."


    "George and Leah are going back to George''s old hometown to have their wedding this year. They''ll wait until next year to have their second wedding ceremony here. Leah''s parents want them to have one here as well," Elliot said. "Leah''s family is well off. Her parents will not let her suffer."


    "I understand. If La gets married in the future, we will surely throw a grand wedding for her, too."


    "Avery, don''t use this as aparison."


    Avery knew that Elliot could not bare the thought of giving La away, and she wanted tough, but she could not.


    If La was going to insist on marrying Eric in the future, Avery dared not imagine how agitated Elliot would be.


    Once they returned home, Avery went to see the children. Robert was already asleep. La was still doing her revision.


    "La, be in bed by ten," Avery said, reminding La. "Are we putting too much pressure on you?"Copyright by N?v/elDrama.Org.


    "No! I''m not tired yet. When I''m tired, I''ll go to bed." La looked calm. "Mommy, go shower! I''ll do a little more revision and then I''ll go to bed."


    "Hmm, I''lle and check on you after my shower."


    "Okay!"


    Avery came out of La''s room and returned to her bedroom.


    Elliot was in the bathroom,


    showering. Avery listened to the et


    sounds of sshing water, and she took her phone out of her bag and sent a message to Eric.


    [Eric, are you free right now? I would like to talk to you.]


    Two minutester, Avery received a message, not from Eric, but from his manager.


    [Miss Tate, Eric is still working. I''m holding onto his phone. If you have any work-rted matters, you can talk to me!]


    Avery thought for a while before typing, [It''s nothing much. I just wanted to ask him if he was tired from work.]


    The manager replied, [I, on the other


    talk to you about. Are you free to


    os da cave something I would I


    take a call right now?" S


    [I''m free.]


    The manager immediately called Avery.


    fo


    "Miss Tate, is there a vice president named Melvin Thornton in yourpany?"


    Avery was stunned. "Yes! Did he call you?"


    "No. He didn''t call me, but he did ask someone for my number, and they told me about it. I have been waiting for his call, but he has yet to do so." The manager was a little confused. "Why does he want my contact?"