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Avery spoke first
“Tomorrow is a weekend. Are you free?”
“In the morning or afternoon?” Elliot asked.
His voice sounded low and hoarse, yet it was still filled with the same magnetism and was just as attractive as it had been four years ago.
“In the morning!” Avery answered.
Her judgment was impaired by the alcohol. She felt particularly brave, and so, she spoke without thinking things through.
“Remember to bring along your ID and marriage certificate. If our meeting goes well, we could sign the divorce papers tomorrow morning itself!”
Elliot had not expected Avery to be this aggressive.
It was completely different from what Chad described.
“You’ll regret this, Avery,” Elliot said as his Adam’s apple bobbed in his throat, and his grip around his phone tightened.
“I won’t f*cking regret it!”
Elliot’s words had struck a chord in Avery.
“If the divorce goes through tomorrow, I’m getting some fireworks and setting them off for the next twenty-four hours!” Avery said, then burst into laughter.
As Elliot listened to her charming laugh, he realized that something was off.
“Did you drink, Avery?” he asked.
She had never even used to touch a drop of alcohol!
Not only was she drinking now, but she was drunk.
A raging fury ignited in Elliot.
“What can you do about it?! I’ll drink when I want to. No one can control me!” Avery yelled arrogantly.
“We’re getting a divorce tomorrow!” Elliot hissed through gritted teeth.
It was true that nobody could control Avery.
As the head of Alpha Technologies, she was worth billions.
They may be husband and wife, but that was purely in name.
No, their relationship no longer existed even in name!
Everyone around them knew that they had broken up.
Since that was the case, then it was time to put a full stop to this marriage!
Avery was clapping her hands.
Elliot was livid and hung up on her.
If he stayed on the phone, his blood pressure would reach a breaking point.
When her phone screen turned dark, Avery let out a dry laugh, then fell back heavily on the bed.
“I’m finally free! We’re finally getting a divorce!”
Avery chuckled, staring at the ceiling as hot tears rolled down from the corners of her eyes.
“Elliot… I do feel regret… I regret meeting you. I regret marrying you. I regret falling for you…
The next day, as sunlight poured in through the windows, Avery rubbed her tired eyes as she lay in bed.
Her head was pounding from all the alcohol she had consumed the night before.
She reached out to grab her phone, then saw a text message from Elliot.
He had sent her the meeting location at midnight.
Avery put her phone down and massaged her aching temples.
Once the pain began to subside, she got out of bed.
Avery arrived at the cafe that Elliot reserved at ten in the morning.
She wore a black dress with her hair pulled back. She had even dabbed on some light makeup.
However, her exquisite makeup did not manage to cover her fatigued and bloodshot eyes.
She ordered a cup of black coffee.
Half an hour later, she was finished with it.
Avery glanced at the time, then ordered another cup.
By eleven in the morning, she had already finished her second cup of coffee. She did not order a third.
Avery pulled out her phone and dialed Elliot’s number.
They had agreed to meet at ten, but why was he nowhere to be seen? Did he change his mind about the divorce, or did something happen?
A black car came to a stop at the front yard of the Foster mansion.
When the door to the car opened, a familiar, exquisite face appeared.
“Long time no see, Miss Tierney,” said Mrs. Cooper.
Chelsea flashed a smile and said, “Long time no see, Mrs. Cooper. Is Elliot home?”
Mrs. Cooper nodded, then said, “Master Elliot has been waiting inside since he received your call this morning.”
Chelsea nodded contentedly.
Soon after, another woman emerged from the car.
“Watch your step, Miss Sanford,” Chelsea said as she helped the woman out of the car.
Miss Sanford looked to be thirty. She looked mature and had a dignified air about her. She gave people the impression that she was a professor.
She looked up and took in the mansion standing before her.
One could not tell her emotion from her eyes.
Mrs. Cooper did not dare to ask questions. She walked in front and led the two women to the living room.
When Elliot saw them walk in, he immediately got up from the couch.
Chelsea called him that morning and told him that she had found the student that Professor Hough said would be able to help him.
The fact that Elliot was the last person the professor had talked to on the phone prior to his death had made the local news.
Some money and connections were all it took to find out the contents of the phone call between Elliot and Professor Hough.
It had taken Chelsea a long time to find Miss Sanford.
She went through the trouble of escorting Miss Sanford to Elliot just so she could be by his side once again.
It had been almost five years since she had last seen Elliot!
Chelsea had spent all those years away from Elliot, living abroad.
Now that she had the chance to return to his side once more, she immediately reached out and grabbed it.
Elliot’s familiar face and his cold, restrained aura made Chelsea even more attracted to him than she had been five years ago.
Her eyes instantly reddened. .
Elliot, however, merely glanced at Chelsea before he turned his attention to Zoe Sanford.
“Hello, Miss Sanford,” Elliot said as he offered his hand to Zoe.
“Hello, Mr. Foster,” Zoe said as she shook Elliot’s hand.
Elliot released his grip, then offered Zoe a seat.
“I’ve looked through your resume, Miss Sanford. Is it true that you’re the youngest professor at Mercy Medical Center?” Elliot asked with a twinkle in his eyes.
Chelsea drank Elliot in, but he did not pay her any attention at all.
However, Chelsea did not care even if Elliot did not see her.
She had no regrets as long as she could stay by his side.
The only thing she did not understand was why he was looking for Professor Hough and Zoe Sanford.