Shea and Layla walked out of the living room to the villa’s front door.
Elliot glanced at them, then approached in long strides.
“Layla has to go to school now, Shea. I’ll take you home,” he said as he arrived in front of Shea.
Shea nodded, then said softly, “I already apologized to Layla, Big Brother. You should, too.”
Layla’s gaze was lowered, but her lips were protruding in an adorable pout.
Elliot crouched down, then gazed at Layla’s face that was the spitting image of Avery and said gently,
“I’m sorry, Layla. Not only was I late last night, I even made you sad. I’d like to explain everything to
your mother.”
At this point, he asked, “Do you know where your mother went?”
When Elliot asked the bodyguard regarding Avery’s whereabouts earlier, he had kept his lips sealed
and refused to reveal it.
As Layla looked closely at Elliot’s face, the nervousness that she felt slowly subsided.
He may be a dirtbag, but he was also verygf handsome.
“Of course I know where Mommy went,” Layla said confidently as she lifted her chin at him.” I have to
go to school now, so I can’t talk to you anymore. I won’t be late like you!”
Her double entendre left Elliot feeling embarrassed andaa helpless.
Layla clenched her tiny fists and basked in her glory.
In truth, she had no idea where her mother was. Avery was already gone by the time she woke up.She
tempted Elliot on purpose as a little form of punishment.
The bodyguard walked over with Layla’s backpack, then picked her up with one arm.
Elliot stood up, then glanced at Shea and said, “Let’s go home.”
Shea nodded regretfully.As he drove out of the Starry River neighborhood, Elliot dialed Mike’s number.
Mike answered the call very quickly.
“Where did Avery go, Mike? Don’t tell me she’s back at the office.”
Elliot decided to send Shea home, then go and look for Avery.He needed to know Avery’s whereabouts
as soon as possible.
As long as he could not explain things to her, his heart could not rest.
Mike had just dropped Hayden off at school.He was standing in the school’s parking lot under the warm
morning sun.
“Call her yourself!” he said lazily. “Did she block your number again? Ha… I can’t reveal her location
without her permission. I won’t have a place to live if she blames me.” Elliot frowned at Mike’s spiteful
behavior.
“My company recently decided to expand into the international market. I’m thinking of sending Chad
abroad to do some recon work. What do you think?”
Mike was speechless. How absurd!
Elliot Foster was a f*cking b*st*rd!He was using Chad to threaten him!
“You won’t be able to see Avery even if you threaten me!” Mike took a deep breath, then said coldly,
“She may not have gone to the office, but she’s working! She went on a business trip. Her flight took off
this morning.”
“Which city did she go to?” Elliot asked with furrowed brows.
At three months pregnant, it was not suitable at all for Avery to do any strenuous work
Did she decide to go on a business trip this morning because of what happened last night?
She was not an unreasonable person. She would not go on a business trip during this period if she had
any rationality left.
“She went to Zirconia,” Mike said as he gave in.
It was not because Elliot threatened to relocate Chad abroad.
It was because Mike knew, even if he gave Elliot the address, it was a place that he could not get to.
“Zirconia City?” Elliot’s heart tightened in his chest as he felt breathless.
“Why did she go somewhere that far away? Even if there’s a customer there, she doesn’t need to go
there personally! What were you thinking?! How could you let her go there alone?!”
Mike was not upset at all about being scolded.
“I told her the same thing this morning. I said I’d go with her and look after her, but she wanted me to
stay home and watch the kids!” Mike gritted his teeth, then snapped, “She’s always telling me to watch
the kids! It’s as if my dignity as a man is nonexistent!”
After a moment’s consideration, Elliot said, “Send me her itinerary and the location of the hotel she’s
staying in. I’ll get Chad to go and help you out.”
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