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Chelsea’s smile disappeared. “You’ve never had eyes for me, have you?”
Elliot replied, “Find someone who does.”
Chelsea turned around and left.
In the evening, Chelsea was unhappy and asked Charlie out for a drink.
Charlie noticed that she was dispirited, and he said impolitely, “No man will like you when you look like this.”
Chelsea’s eyes were red with anger. “I’m tired enough in public! Do I still need to put on an act in my own home?!”
Charlie poured her a glass of wine, comforting her, “Chelsea, we’re still not on the same page a s siblings. If you listen to me, you’ll get everything.”
Chelsea gulped down the wine and asked him with bloodshot eyes, “Can I get Elliot?”
Charlie wrapped his long arms around her, leaned closer, and whispered in her ear, “You can’t get him alive, but if he’s dead, I can give you his ashes. This means you have him indirectly. How about that?”
Chelsea’s face immediately dropped, and she pushed him away!
“Charlie! Are you f*cking crazy?! If you dare touch Elliot, you’re my enemy!”
Bang!
Charlie slammed into the table behind him, and there was a sharp pain in his lower back. He hunched over, unable to straighten up..
“Charlie! I’m sorry! I didn’t mean it!” Chelsea helped him up and apologized guiltily, “I didn’t mean to quarrel with you… but Elliot’s my bottom line. Don’t be his enemy!”
“He’s already an enemy…” Charlie gasped in pain. “He wants to take out three hundred million to invest in Tate Industries.
Chelsea, do you think Tate Industries is worth three hundred million? He’s provoking me!”
Chelsea froze.
“Are you serious? Why didn’t I hear the news?”
“Because he doesn’t trust you. Also, he deliberately asked someone to tell me the news. I guess he and Avery had a private conversation.” Charlie slowly sat down on the sofa with a painful expression. Then, he said, “Chelsea, get me some medicine.”
Chelsea went to the medicine cabinet, but her thoughts had drifted. Perhaps, Elliot and Avery would never get a divorce. Chelsea had never seen Elliot care so much for a woman. In fact, Elliot’s every act toward Avery was better than how he had treated her for the past ten years.
Chelsea had lost! She had been completely defeated!
Charlie’s father’s birthday party was held at the Tierney family’s hillside villa in Rosacus City’s Santa’s Elrich District. Since Avonsville was just next to Rosacus City, it only took more than a n hour to drive there.
Charlie called Avery early in the morning and wanted to drive to pick up her and Laura.
Avery politely declined, “My mother doesn’t want to go, and I need to go back to the school today. Don’t worry about me. You should head over first!”
Avery did not have anything planned, and Charlie also knew that she just did not want to be with him.
Charlie said, “Avery, come as early as possible. I have something to tell you.”
Avery replied, “Alright… I have something to tell you too.”
After hanging up, Avery went back to sleep. She had stayed up to complete her thesis, and she was rather sleepy.
It was noon and the Tierney Villa in Rosacus City, whose parking lot was several hundred meters wide, was filled with luxury cars.
Elliot entered the ballroom and started looking for Avery in the crowd.
“Avery’s not here yet,” Chelsea said. “Have you two made up? I thought you would come together.”
Elliot answered calmly, “Maybe we’ll get back together tomorrow.”
Chelsea took him to his seat.
“I heard that you want to invest three hundred million in Tate Industries. Elliot, from a friend’s point of view, I think that’s very irrational of you.” Chelsea poured him a glass of warm water.
“How much I give her is a matter between her and me.” Elliot picked up the water glass and took a sip. “You don’t have to worry about my family affairs.”
Chelsea’s face became ashen.
Family affairs!
He could lightly say the three hundred million was a family affair!
“I’ll never express my opinion about you and Ayery in the future!” Chelsea retorted.
Elliot scoffed. “You better keep your word.”
Chelsea was speechless. She had mentally prepared herself the entire morning so that she would not be jealous of Avery when she saw Elliot. However, her psychological defenses had collapsed!
Chelsea endured the pain and left the banquet hall.
Not far away, Charlie watched Elliot snub his sister again. What made it worse was she had been snubbed in her own house. It would be a lie if Charlie had said that it did not hurt him, and it would also be a lie if he had said that the situation had not embarrassed him.
Charlie wanted Elliot to compensate his sister for all ten years of her youth she had wasted on him.
After lunch, Elliot went to the guest room to rest. He did not expect Avery to arrive just yet. Did she not say being with Charlie was really comfortable? Was she lying to him?
When Elliot arrived at the guest room, he did not lie down. He was not very sleepy, and he only came here because he did not want to socialize. Later, he sent a text to his bodyguard. 1
(Call me when Avery arrives.)
After sending the message, Elliot put the phone on the table, and he took a book from the shelf next to him.
At about four in the afternoon, there was chatter outside the door.
“Do you know Avery Tate?”
“Of course. That’s the woman Young Master Charlie fancies!”
“That’s right. Young Master Charlie just asked me to prepare a woman’s daily necessities and bring them to his room. I think that Avery will be staying overnight.”
“When it comes to wooing women, our Young Master Charlie has never missed a beat! Do you know why he succeeds every time?”
“Why?”
“Our Young Master Charlie has a way of getting women to obey him! By-”
The sound outside the door suddenly became quieter. Following that, the footsteps were getting further away.
Elliot frowned and walked toward the door. At this time, his phone rang, so he turned around and answered the phone.
“Mr. Foster, Avery’s here. Charlie greeted her at the door, and he’s taking her to the south side now,” said the bodyguard.
“Follow her!”
“Mr. Foster, the Tierney family’s bodyguards are guarding the south side, and outsiders are not allowed to enter. I inquired about it, and the south side is where Charlie’s father lives.”
Elliot hung up. Then, he searched through his address book, found Avery’s number, and dialed
“Avery, my father prefers a quiet space as he gets a headache when he hears the phone ringing and so on…” Charlie said to Avery.
Avery immediately replied, “I’ll silence my phone.”
“There’s no need. Your cell phone should have no signal now. The signal is blocked in the area he lives in.”
Avery was shocked. “Is your father’s illness that severe?”
Charlie nodded. “We visited a lot of doctors but to no avail. In the end, we had to let him live in a tranquil place for him to feel better.”
Avery asked, “Since he prefers peace, why’s he throwing a birthday party?”
Charlie laughed. “It’s not that he prefers peace, but it’s because of his illness. Before he got sick, he liked the crowd.”
Avery nodded in understanding.