Chapter 1079
“Listen, Elliot. Even if you spout all those wild exaggerations about me out there, I would never become
someone like that.” Avery lay down on the bed, then said, “At the very least, I’m never knitting a sweater
again.” .
“They don’t know you. I just wanted them to know that you didn’t climb any ladders to get to me.” Elliot
wrote down all of his passwords on the piece of paper, then handed it over to her. “For your perusal,
Honey.”
Avery accepted his reasoning. She picked up the piece of paper, went through it in detail, then noticed
something that stood out. “Is the ‘AT’ at the beginning of your social media password my initials?”
“That’s right. The pin to my credit card is Layla’s birthday,” he said. “The two of you are the most
important women in my life.”
Avery’s cheeks flushed. Then, she asked, “Are your sons not important?”
“Not relatively as important.” Elliot sat by the bed, then added, “You and Layla are much more thoughtful.
Our sons just get angry at me all the time.”
“Robert has never gotten mad at you. You can’t just decide that sons aren’t as good just because of your
relationship with Hayden.”
“It’s not that I don’t think sons are good. I just think our sons should become independent rather than
depend on me.” Elliot walked over to the window and pulled back the sheer, white curtains.” I’ll help them
out before they’re of age. Once they’re no longer minors, I won’t coddle them anymore.”
Avery immediately retaliated, “Even if they’re no longer minors, they would still be under twenty years
old! Are you sure you won’t care for them anymore once they’re of age?”
“I’ll help them out if they ask for it. If they don’t, then I won’t.” Elliot took off his coat, hung it, and sat next
to Avery. “I don’t want our sons to become a loser like Cole.”
Avery folded the piece of paper with the passwords, then kept it in her purse. “Not every child from
wealthy families turns out like Cole. Of course, I respect your decision. If the children don’t ask for our
help, there’s no reason for us to get too involved. Hayden’s got a strong personality. I doubt he’d want us
to get involved in his life either.”
“That’s true.”
“Are you sure you don’t want to invite your brother to the wedding?” Avery lay down, then wrapped her
arms around Elliot. “You invited all your other relatives. Wouldn’t he be upset if he found out?”
“I cut ties with him a long time ago,” Elliot said coldly. “I won’t invite him just because he knows my
secrets.”
“I suppose. It doesn’t matter even if we don’t invite him,” Avery said. “Get some rest. I’ll wake you in a
bit.”
Elliot grunted in response, CTIruF?1 his breathing very quickly settled down as he drifted off to sleep.
Avery’s heart ached as she watched his haggard face, and she hugged him tightly.
She thought of how he had departed from his usual character of a man of few words to one who sang
her praises to the moon just so she would not have to suffer their misunderstandings.
From the moment they had cleared things up between them, she could clearly feel Elliot’s deep feelings
for her.
From now on, she would not disappoint his love for her.
That evening, Avery dropped by Starry River Villa to pick up Mrs. Cooper and Robert.
As they approached the street leading to the resort, she slowed the car down. She unintentionally
glanced out the window and saw a familiar face.
“Do you see that man in the blue shirt, Mrs. Cooper? Doesn’t he look like Cole?” Avery asked.
Mrs. Cooper looked out the window and carefully studied the man in the blue shirt.
“I think it’s him! Did Master Elliot invite him?”
“He didn’t. I just asked Elliot about it this afternoon. Elliot said he didn’t invite Henry and Cole.” Avery
frowned, then mumbled, “What’s he doing here? I don’t think I’ve seen the man he’s talking to.”
“Henry and Cole won’t do something to mess up the wedding tomorrow, would they?” Mrs. Cooper said
with furrowed brows as a bad feeling rose inside her.
When Avery heard Mrs. Cooper’s words, her calmness instantly broke, and she became a frenzied mess
of emotion!
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