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Laura fell silent.
“I’m sure he has his reasons for not wanting children,” she said after a brief pause. “I think the fact that he’s willing to swallow his pride and come here to apologize to you is a sign that h e does care for you.”
Avery covered her ears with her hands and said, “I’m going to bed. My head hurts.”
Seeing her adamant refusal, Laura had nothing else to say.
She walked out of the room and planned to go downstairs to talk Elliot into leaving.
Avery let out a long, heavy sigh when her mother left the room…
She had a splitting headache.
It hurt so badly that she could not think.
The mere thought of Elliot’s name and face made it feel like there was an invisible force wrapped around her throat.
Laura returned to the house about twenty minutes later.
She walked into the room and sighed when she saw Avery fast asleep.
Elliot was still downstairs.
He refused to leave no matter what Laura said.
She planned on getting Avery to go and talk to him, but she could only let her rest now that she was asleep.
As for Elliot…
They could only pray that the rain stopped soon.
The rain went on all through the night.
In fact, it got heavier during the later part of the night and eventually turned into a full-blown thunderstorm.
Laura was startled awake by the rain in the middle of the night.
She wanted to check on Elliot, but she was so afraid of getting the same result that she forced herself to stay in bed.
At six the next morning, Laura threw on a jacket and ran downstairs.
It was an old neighborhood, so a night’s heavy rain was all it took for the area to be flooded.
Seeing that Elliot was nowhere in sight, Laura let out a sigh of relief.
It would be great if he finally decided to go through with the divorce after this.
What she was afraid of was having things go back to the way they were.
At 11 a.m. at the Sterling Group headquarters, Jun appeared in a hurry at Elliot’s office on the top floor.
“Hey, Chad. I couldn’t reach Elliot, so I came to check things out. He got into a huge fight with Avery last night. I’m guessing they went at it again after they left.”
Chad was already slowly getting used to their fights.
“I heard that Avery went for a tour of Trust Capital this morning,” he said.
“That’s exactly why I’m here,” Jun said. “She went over there with her management team. I’m almost certain that she won’t sell to Elliot after last night’s fiasco.”
Chad poured a glass of water for Jun, then said after a moment’s consideration, “If she really decides to work with Charlier Tierney, then there’s nothing else we can do about it.”
“I just think that she’s gone too far!” Jun said as he was determined to stay on Elliot’s side.” What did Elliot do wrong? He just told a little white lie out of the kindness of his heart. The only reason he asked me to cover for him was because he was worried that Avery would be too proud to accept his help…”
“You’re still young, Jun. Mr. Foster isn’t just thinking of acquiring Tate Industries out of kindness. The company isn’t as bad as you think it is. It does have some value to it.”
“Huh?”
“Avery Tate is a woman, after all, so she would be more emotional. The reason she’s upset isn’t the money, but because she felt like her feelings were betrayed.”
The reality of it finally hit Jun.
“What now? Would Elliot have to go and beg for her forgiveness?”
“I’ll go check on them after work,” Chad said.
“Should I get my girlfriend to go see Avery?” “Who’s your girlfriend?”
Jun cleared his throat and said, “She’s Avery’s best friend… She was the one who revealed everything to Avery. I swear… If I didn’t like her that much, I would’ve broken up with her last night!”
Chad sighed and said, “You sure know how to pick them!”
“She saw right through me. How was I supposed to know that they were so skillful?”
“It looks like you’re going to have to keep your mouth shut in front of her from now on. You’re no longer one of us.”
“I’ll make sure to stand my ground!” Jun said bitterly. “For Elliot’s sake!”
That evening, Ben and Chad arrived at the Foster mansion to see Elliot.
“Master Elliot came home around five in the morning… His bodyguard said that he spent the night in the rain outside of Madam Avery’s mother’s house. They only managed to get him home after he passed out around four in the morning,” Mrs. Cooper reported. “He’s in his room right now. He had a fever in the morning that broke in the afternoon, but he’s heating u p again now.”
Ben and Chad did not know what to say.
When had Elliot Foster ever been in this sort of pathetic situation?
He actually spent a night out in the rain for Avery Tate!
“The storm last night was brutal,” Ben said with furrowed brows.
“It got worse after midnight. The lake in my neighborhood had overflowed,” Chad said.
“Nobody would be able to pull through a night in that storm no matter how healthy they are!”
Chad turned to Mrs. Cooper, then asked, “Where’s Miss Avery? Is she not home?”
Mrs. Cooper shook her head and said, “She won’t answer my calls. She always used to pick up when I called. It looks like this fight between them was especially bad.”