Elliot sent Hayden back to the presidential suite and into his room to rest before happily returning to his own bedroom.


    He gave Avery a video call, telling her how he felt.


    "Avery, Hayden had his meal and went to rest."


    Avery asked, "Are you two alright?"


    "Very well." Elliot smiled brightly and benevolently. "Avery, the things you told him on the phone were effective. Although I can''t say his attitude toward me has a one-hundred-and-eighty-degree change, it''s at least ny degrees."


    Avery sighed with relief when she saw the rxed smile on his face. Then, she said nervously, "You heard my call with Hayden?"


    "He put it on loudspeaker."


    Avery was speechless. If she remembered correctly, she seemed to have said something bad about Elliot!


    "Don''t worry, i didn''t take the things you said about me to heart," Elliot said, seeing her stiff expression. "You''re right. I am as you described me, but I will change in the future. Now, that Hayden is here, I won''t be that reckless."


    "Hubby, I''m very happy that you think that way." Avery was a little relieved. "What is the situation there? What are you nning to do next?"


    Elliot said, "I''ve been here for a few days. I haven''t met up with Nick and the others. Nick has asked to meet, but I haven''t agreed to meet him, but I can''t just stay in the hotel all the time and not go out." "Elliot, the murderers of the Gould family could be right beside you."


    "Do you think I''ve never suspected them? Before Gary died, they were already unhappy with him. Ruby killed Gary, and that caused them to yield to the ambition that they have been suppressing while Gary was alive."


    Avery said, "They destroyed the Gould family because they wanted their fortune. Now that they have gotten it, they will surely refuse to spit it out if you ask them to do so. They might even kill you like how they killed off the Gould family. Elliot, don''t think that just because you''re sworn brothers with them, they wouldn''t turn their backs on you. Including Nick, you can''t trust them."


    Elliot said, "Aren''t you close to Nick?"


    "No. If they were really the ones who did that, then they are my enemies," Avery said. "If it weren''t for them, my daughter would not have been missing. Now that Juliet is dead, I don''t know where my daughter is."


    "Avery, it''s New Year''s. Don''t be too sad. I''ll talk with them properly and see if they know where Ivy is. Ivy is my daughter. They surely won''t dare to..."N?velDrama.Org content rights.


    "They destroyed the Gould family. If


    Ivy had not been lucky, they would have killed her. Why are you optimiste, and why are you treating them as if they are your brothers?" Avery was furious at the thought of how they would kill for money.


    "No. Once I understand more about the situation, I''ll let you know. Don''t get angry first. Have you had your dinner?" Elliot changed to a lighter topic. "Did you s to the children at the Hightide Church?"


    "I''ve sent them over. I got the driver


    and bodyguard to send it to them this morning." Avery tried to make herself rx. "I''ll go y with the children. You should go rest! If there is anything, you have to let me know immediately."


    "Okay."


    The next morning, Elliot received Nick''s call, asking him and Hayden to go to his house as his guests.


    "Elliot, you have been staying in the hotel for the past few days. Aren''t you bored? Bring your son along, too. I haven''t seen him for a long time."


    "Is my every action under surveince?" Elliot teased. He did not tell Nick that Hayden hade to Ylore.


    "You had such a high-profiled dinner at the restaurantst night. I didn''t need any surveince to tell me that! Hahaha! Nick chuckled and said, "You''ve been staying at the hotel for the past two days. It must be instructions from your wife, right?"


    Elliot said, "Nick, has Avery called you?"


    "How did you guess that?" Nick picked up his cup of coffee and took a sip. He said calmly, "After you came here, she called me. Your wife is even more anxious than you are." "What did she say?" Elliot asked curiously.