Avery flushed. "She said she doesn''t n on getting married."


    "Didn''t Ben used to say the same thing? Look at him now! He''s about to be a father," Mike mocked. "You can''t possibly think whatever others say is the truth! If she met someone she truly likes, anything can happen."


    "Sure, but even if she really has a boyfriend, you don''t have to act so shocked, right? I don''t care about my employees'' private lives."


    "Do you think I''m shocked about her? I''m shocked because you are so silly."N?velDrama.Org content rights.


    Avery''s expression darkened. "It''s not that important so there''s no need for me to look into it. She said it''s a mosquito bite and whether or not that''s the truth, I will believe her. If it''s really what you think it is, it''s going to be humiliating to say it out loud..."


    "That''s why I am telling you in private. I didn''t say anything to her face, did I?"


    "If you dare to say that in front of her, I would have sewed your lips together."


    "Hahaha! I know what I shouldn''t do. I''ll head back to get some sleep and go to visit Ben at night."


    "Lilith went to get a check-up at the hospital yesterday and her progesterone level is a little low, so the doctor told her to rest more. I wonder if they are still going to go ahead with the wedding. I will need to check on Lilithter at night as well," Avery said.


    "It should be that severe, right?" Mike recalled the way Ben distributed money to everyone in the group. He had thought that everything was going smoothly.


    "It''s not that bad, but the embryo isn''t that stable in the first three months. Lilith wants to go ahead with the wedding and Ben wants to let her, but his parents think that the baby is more important. They want them to postpone the wedding until the baby is stabilized," Avery said. "If Lilith insists, things will probably go ording to her wishes. They can''t risk enraging a pregnant woman after all."


    "Avery, to be honest, Lilith is so hot-tempered," Mike said. "Ben alwaysins about it in the group."


    "Heined? What group is that? Can I be included?" Avery asked curiously.


    "If I add you into it, they are going to


    kick me out. It''s an all-men group


    and if you get in, they will stop speaking their mind!" Mike


    navel.m


    exined. "Your hubby is in there as well!"


    "Oh?" She lifted an eyebrow. "Who created the group?"


    "I think it''s the time we gathered to y a poker game and because we didn''t have much cash on us, we created a group to send one other money there if we lose," Mike said. "After that, it somehow became the group for the guys to vent. Well, mainly for Ben and Chad, Your


    husband doesn''t say much."


    "Give me your phone. Let me see what he has said." Avery reached her palm out to Mike.


    Mike handed his phone over obediently. "Why don''t you just check his phone? Would he refuse to let you?"


    "He won''t, but I still feel weird going through his phone." Avery unlocked Mike''s phone and asked, "which group is it?" "The Poker Group."


    "Oh..." Mike was included in over a hundred groups and Avery searched for ''the Poker Group''. She opened the chatroom and keyed in Elliot''s name in the search bar. Instantly, a few messages sent by Elliot came into her sight. Some of them were simply others mentioning Elliot''s name, but there were a few messages sent by Elliot himself.


    He had only sent four messages to the group in total; in consecutive order, they were [be patient], [calm down] and [hold it in] ...