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Avery received yet another text from Tammy: (He’s lying! He’s just Elliot Foster’s pawn!]
Her heart tightened as she continued to interrogate Jun.
“Did you really get the money from your father? Does he have time to meet up tomorrow? I’d like to talk to him.”
Jun turned pale as he responded, “I borrowed the money! I didn’t tell you because I was embarrassed…”
“Who lent you the money?” Avery pried.
Elliot, who was sitting in silence throughout the entire conversation, finally spoke up.
“I did,” he said.
Tammy sent Avery another text: (They’re both lying! Elliot Foster is Mr.Z! Jun told me himself just now! You have to expose them right now!)
Avery had one hand clenched tightly around her phone and the other gripping her glass of water.
Her face was rid of color, and her lips were pale from her biting down on them.
Elliot was Mr. Z.
He wanted to use Jun’s name to buy out Tate Industries.
No matter what his objectives were, Elliot’s actions left a bad taste in her mouth.
Why did he not make the offer himself?
Was he looking down on Tate Industries?
Or was this his way of humiliating her?
The night of her first meeting with Mr. Z popped into Avery’s mind.
Elliot was furious that she had gone out to meet a complete stranger and made her suffer through the entire night.
Did he think she was an idiot?
Was it exciting for him to have her wrapped around his finger?
If there were no other people around them, Avery would have slapped Elliot in the face.
Even if she did that, however, what would that change?
Avery took a large gulp of water, stood up, and stormed off.
“Wait for me, Avery!” Tammy cried as she picked up her bag and trailed after Avery.
Jun’s jaw dropped in mortification.
What the hell?
Did they know each other?
“Elliot… I’m sorry… I had no idea that they were friends!”
His mind was in a frenzy of thoughts as his cheeks turned crimson.
He messed up!
Elliot’s expression was cold as he curled his fingers to form a fist.
“I thought your girlfriend looked familiar when you sent me her photo yesterday. Then, I recalled seeing her when I was at the concert hall with Avery before. She told me that she had friends there at the time.”
“I see… So, you brought Avery along to meet me because you knew they were friends!” Jun said with a dumbfounded expression on his face. “Why did you take the risk of Avery finding out about all of this and bring her here?”
“Did you tell your girlfriend anything?” Elliot asked.
Jun scratched his head and answered truthfully, “I said some things before you got here. It was just some information to make conversation easier with you… Why is Avery so upset
about this? Isn’t she overreacting even if you were the one who wanted to acquire her company? It’s a lot of money that we’re talking about here! Nobody else other than you would be willing to cough up that amount to buy out Tate Industries.” “She can’t accept the fact that I’m Mr. Z,” Elliot replied hoarsely.
If he could turn back time, Elliot would not change a thing.
He was not perfect.
Avery’s appearance in his life was what made him decide to try to critique, examine, and correct his own behavior.
If it were not for their constant fights and misunderstandings, his feelings for her would not b e this deeply rooted in his heart.
Tammy caught up to Avery outside of the restaurant and grabbed her arm.
“I can’t believe you’re married to Elliot Foster, Avery! This is massive news!” Tammy exclaimed as her head spun from the excitement of the evening’s events.
Avery, on the other hand, felt like there was a lump stuck in her throat.
“You saw it yourself. He’s just messing around with me.”
“Jun said that he just wanted to help you but was too embarrassed about it,” Tammy said.
She did not think that things were that bad to warrant such a reaction from Avery.
“Let’s head back inside, Avery! We should let him explain…”
Avery shook off Tammy’s grip. Her tone was determined and cool as she said, “You go ahead! I want to be alone.”
She hailed a cab and left.
When Tammy turned to return to the restaurant, Elliot was walking out of the building.
He took quick steps as if he had decided to chase after Avery.
Tammy pointed in the direction Avery left in and said, “She took a cab and went that way.”
Elliot nodded in thanks, then hurried toward the parking lot.
Jun came outside right after Elliot left.
He approached Tammy with eyes filled with accusation and said, “You’re a spy!”
Tammy’s cheeks were flushed, but she lifted her chin high and said, “How long have I known you? Of course, I’d be on my best friend’s side.”
“I suspect you dated me just to dig information!” Jun scoffed.
“Exactly!” Tammy said without remorse. “Now that I’ve gotten the information that I needed, we can keep this going if you want, or end things if you don’t! We haven’t known each other for long, anyway. We should go our separate ways rights now while things aren’t that serious!”
Jun took in a tortured breath. He wanted to speak, but he was afraid of saying the wrong things.
He was not quite willing to let Tammy go, but he did not want her to see how desperate he was for her.
“Don’t think about breaking up with me before Elliot and Avery work things out! You have to make sure they make up,” Jun proposed. “You started this mess!”
“What does this have to do with me? I wasn’t the one who lied to her!” Tammy refused.
“Didn’t you see that she wore makeup today? She had never dressed up whenever we met. I’m sure that she did all of this for Elliot,” theorized Jun. “They’d be just fine if you kept your mouth shut!”