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Tammy had yet to catch he breath, but she pushed on. “Avery, it’s no wonder you fell for it. I even asked Jun about this, and he has not the slightest clue who Shea is”
Avery’s heart felt as calm as the dead sea.
She did not feel a thing, after all, she was already numb.
“Avery, I am fuming right now. He is spending two hundred and forty million dollars just to look for this woman. One can only imagine how important she is to him!”
“Alright. What time is it now?” asked Avery.
Tammy snapped, “It is almost twelve. Oh, come on now, is that you are going to say after everything that I have told you?” Avery forced a smile, “What do you want me to say? We have already gotten a divorce.”
“That’s right! How silly of me. Best decision you ever made, divorcing that man!” Tammy let out a sigh of relief.
“How’s your schedule like tomorrow? I’ll buy you dinner. We are celebrating you being single at long last!”
“My schedule is packed. I own the Tate Tower now,” said Avery.
“Yes, yes, I heard all about it from Jun. It cost you a hundred million dollars, my loaded friend.
“Eighty million dollars,” said Avery, unfazed. “He returned the extra twenty million dollars to me this evening.”
“Pfft! What is this between you two? Playing around like children,” Tammy scoffed.
“I’m setting some clear boundaries between us,” said Avery.
“Well, I agree. It’s a wonderful thing you’re doing. This man is vicious. I told Jun to stay away from him!” Tammy sounded resentful.
“It’s getting late. Have a good night’s rest, I can barely keep my eyes open.” Avery was really exhausted at this point. Her eyelids felt like they weighed a thousand pounds.
Elliot had proved his love and commitment for Shea. In the eyes of millions of people, it was all very touching This was good. She could finally let go of her feelings for Elliot.
Meanwhile, in another luxurious apartment, Chelsea had seen the million-dollar reward on the news. To Chelsea, it looked as if Elliot had completely lost his mind.
“Shea… Who?” she thought.
When and where did this woman come from?
Chelsea had overseen Elliot’s business for years, and not once had she heard of this woman called Shea.
She noticed that Shea had a hime-cut hairstyle, and she was wearing a pink puffy dress in that missing person’s notice.
She remembered the time that Avery had pulled a prank on her.
She could not understand why Elliot had gotten so mad at the time.
Now, after looking at Shea’s photo, she had finally understood.
No other woman, save for Shea, had a haircut like that. Shea was special. No one could imitate her.
Tears streamed silently down her face. Chelsea raised her wine glass and downed its contents.
Feeling tipsy, she picked up her phone and called her brother Charlie who was overseas.
“Charlie…you know… Elliot has someone else in his mind all this time…” Chelsea could barely speak. “He’s willing to spend millions of dollars on Shea! Have you heard of this woman, Shea?
Charlie spoke, “No I haven’t. Chelsea, I told you not to go back to that country, and you ignored my advice. What good has it brought you?”
“Charlie, oh my dear brother, I feel foolish, even more so than Avery.” Chelsea began sobbing before suddenly breaking into manic laughter.
“Guess what? Avery bought the Tate Tower and she paid one hundred million dollars for it. One hundred million! I would never be able to do that, but that woman is one hell of a loaded bitch!” said Chelsea.
Four years ago, Chelsea would not even look Avery in the eye. She had thought of her as some high street commoner, and she had thought that Avery would be nobody without Elliot.
Everything had changed since then. She no longer felt confident when she heard the name, Avery Tate.
Charlie was astonished. “Wow! Since when did Avery Tate become rich?”
“Yeah. I’m the only one who’s regressing. Elliot is never going to be interested in me. Even without Shea… Avery is younger and much more successful than I will ever be. I am a disgrace…
“Hey Chelsea, get over it already!”
Charlie felt sorry for his sister. “Elliot is not who you think he is. He is just a greedy jerk. He has you, Avery, and somehow he still manages to find space in his heart for someone else.
“Plus, there is that whole thing about him murdering his father. That is a clear sign of violent tendencies! You have to stop wasting your time on this jerk!”
Chelsea pulled her hair with her fingers and mumbled “Fine… Charlie… I know what to do now It was three o’clock at night when Layla was rudely awoken. Shea was burning up.
She forced open her eyes and touched Shea. She was having a high fever.
Layla got up and switched on the bedside table lamp.
Shea’s fever had caused her skin to turn red. Confused and half awake, Shea muttered in her sleep, “Big Brother… Big Brother hug… Hug Little Shea…” Shea was having a dream about Elliot, her brother.
Layla jumped off her bed and yelled for her Mommy.
Avery rushed into her daughter’s room with a medical kit in hand. Her hair was a mess.
“Go to your brother’s room, Layla,” instructed Avery. She felt Shea and realized that the fever was bad.
Layla nodded. Her eyes were filled with worry, “Mommy, did Shea catch a cold? Do I turn off the aircond?”
Avery answered, “There are many ways to catch a fever. I don’t think she caught a cold.” The temperature in the room was fine, so there was no way she could have gotten sick that way.
Avery sent Layla to Hayden’s room before she went right back to Shea.
The thermometer read at one hundred and three degrees. She must bring down Shea’s fever immediately.
Avery began running a saline drip, and she also brought a large bowl of warm water from the washroom in an attempt to bring down Shea’s temperature.
It was three o’clock in the morning, and Avery was tending to her rival.
After everything was done, Avery sat by the bed, and she could not help but feel sorry for herself.
Why did God make her go through this? How was she going to return Shea back to Elliot?
God knows that she had never intended to cause him misery.
Avery’s head felt like imploding.
Meanwhile, in Hayden’s room, Layla lay down in bed and woke Hayden up. Once Avery walked out of the room, Hayden asked Layla, “What’s going on?”
“Shea has a fever, and she keeps calling for her brother in her sleep. She must be missing you, but I knew you were asleep, so I let her be,” Layla sounded slightly upset.
“Mommy’s there for her. She will be fine,” Hayden said. “Well, you see,” Hayden replied, with a sigh, “if I were to go missing, Mommy’s going to be very upset and nervous about it. Not just her, even you and Grandma would be worried too.”