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Mrs. Cooper saw the two of them and found them amusing.
Inside the study room.
Elliot broke the silence, “Before Shea went missing, she had no friends from school. So I’m guessing that she met your son when she was missing.”
Avery remained a calm look, her tone was calm too, “Oh, go and ask them, then! I don’t know anything.”
When Elliot saw her hardened face, he did not feel good, “Your son never mentioned anything about Shea?”
“No. My son doesn’t speak most of the time.” Avery ended the topic quickly, “Stop asking about my son. If you want to know, ask shea. If there’s nothing else, I will leave now.”
Elliot said, “There’s another thing.”
Avery halted.
“I heard that you’ve moved in with that dude,” Elliot said directly, “Moving in so soon, were you two together before our divorce?”
When Avery heard him, she frowned.
“What do you mean by that dude? He has a name.” Avery corrected him, “Can you show some respect?”
Elliot said, “Respect? You’re speaking of respect? You were together with that dude before our divorce, did you show me any respect?”
“Please be clear. I filed for divorce four years ago. You were unwilling to sign then!”
“As long as I haven’t signed, we’re still legálly married. How could you cheat on me!?” Elliot interrogated her.
Avery saw how serious he looked, she was almost convinced by him that she had cheated on him!
“Since when have I admitted that I was with him before our divorce?” Avery refuted, “It’s all your speculation! If you want to suspect yourself of being cheated on, don’t blame me!”
Elliot took a deep breath to calm himself down, “Then, what’s his name?”
“Why would you want to know his name?” Avery asked cautiously.
“Didn’t you ask me to show some respect? How am I supposed to respect him if you don’t tell me his name?!”
“Oh…even if I do tell you, you would not show him respect anyway.” Avery did not want to tell him because she did not want Elliot to run a background check on Mike, “Elliot, you already have a new girlfriend. Since we both have new lives now, let’s stop bothering one another!”
Avery finished speaking as Elliot’s phone rang.
He took out his phone and looked at the screen.
It was Zoe calling
Today was Zoe’s birthday. Yesterday, she had invited him to eat out with her today.
Since this was Zoe’s first birthday on her return, Elliot agreed.
Zoe had arrived at the restaurant so she phoned Elliot to ask him when he would arrive.
Elliot looked at his phone screen and hesitated.
Avery saw the name on his screen and turned to leave.
He grabbed her arm and did not want her to leave. He had not finished talking to her.
Even though they got divorced, he did not want her to self-sabotage.
That dude looked like a gangster!
How could she find this type of man!?
He accepted the call, “Doctor Sanford, apologies, something’s up…” Zoe, “Oh, it’s okay! I can wait for you. It’s still early.”
Elliot said, “I won’t be able to come.”
Zoe felt as if she was splashed in the face with water, she said disappointedly, “Elliot, can you tell me why?”
Elliot looked at Avery and said, “Shea is not feeling well. I need to stay with her.”
Zoe said, “I see, why don’t I come to join you two?”
Elliot said, “No need. Shea needs to be alone.”
After ending the call, he tossed his phone on the table.
Avery found it ironic.
It seemed that he was not so into his new girlfriend.
To him, Zoe was merely a chess piece of his to treat Shea.
How ironic and sad!
“Elliot, your wrongdoings will come back at you.” Avery kindly warned him.
“This was her choice, I made it clear to her in the beginning.” Elliot ended this quickly and changed the subject back to her.
“Why did you find such a man? Did you do it to trigger me?”
Avery was speechless.
Outside the study room.
Shea almost wanted to knock on the door to go inside.
“I hear nothing…nothing at all…”, she frowned.
‘Hayden did not hear anything as well.
Either the room was sound-proofed or they were not fighting at all.
Hayden went back to the living room and Shea followed behind him.
“I’m sorry!” Shea grabbed the hem of her skirt. She stopped for a moment and said bravely,” Hayden, I’m sorry!”
She thought about the reason why Hayden got angry.
Could it be that she asked him to bring her out of school, and he was scolded for that?
Other than this, she could not think of anything else.
When Hayden heard her apologizing, he grew increasingly furious!
Was she admitting to her inappropriate relationship with Elliot? She was the reason why his Mom and Dad had a divorce?!
“Stop following me!” Hayden yelled at her, “I hate you!”
Shea stopped and her eyes teared up.
When Mrs. Cooper saw this, she instantly helped Shea to sit on the sofa, “Shea, don’t cry. If he doesn’t want to be your friend, stop following him.”
Since Hayden was so ill-tempered, Shea would hurt herself doing so.
However, Shea did not want to lose a good friend like Hayden. She shook her head vigorously.
Mrs. Cooper held on to her head and did not want her to keep shaking her head, “Stop shaking your head, you might hurt your head. Sit here, I will go and ask Hayden what it takes for him to befriend you, alright?”
Shea nodded diligently.
Mrs. Cooper picked up two pieces of chocolate from the table and walked toward Hayden.
“Hayden, I was close to your mom in the past.” Mrs. Cooper had a friendly smile on her face as she gave the chocolates to Hayden.
Hayden recalled how calm his mom was when she saw this woman earlier so he did not toss the chocolate away.
“Shea is just a kid and I hope she did not hurt you. Why do you hate her?” Mrs. Cooper asked.
“I don’t need a reason to hate her!” Hayden said and walked toward the door.
Mrs. Cooper did not follow him.
She knew that Hayden was looking down on Shea’s lack of intelligence. Mrs. Cooper felt bad for Shea but she could not bring herself to hate Hayden.
Hayden showed some traits of Elliot but he was not his son. Perhaps it was pure chance that they looked alike?
Mrs. Cooper went back to Shea and gave her tissue papers to wipe away her tears, “Shea, there’
s a way for everyone to like you.”
Shea looked at Mrs. Cooper curiously.