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With her guitar in her arms, she took a seat on the high stool placed at the center of the stage.
As she adjusted the mic stand in front of her, the room lights dimmed, and she was illuminated by the light of the spotlight that was trained on her.
The melodic strumming of Avery’s guitar began to echo through the hall, followed by her angelic singing Her gaze did not search the crowd for anyone in particular, but she could feel a pair of eyes watching her intently.
Avery shut her eyes to immerse herself in her performance.
Soon after, the stage lights lit up and a colorful wave of flower petals floated down from the ceiling The audience burst into wild, frenzied cheers.
Avery opened her eyes, her thick lashes fluttering.
Her face was a picture of bewilderment as petals rustled down in front of her eyes.
Nobody told her that there would be a flower shower during her performance!
Was this a last minute arrangement?
Avery’s cheeks were hot with embarrassment, but she powered through the rest of her song.
Suddenly, a drone appeared out of thin air and flew towards the stage.
On top of the drone was a bouquet of flowers!
The audience broke into another roar of excitement.
Avery’s heart pounded along with the enthusiastic applause and hurrahs.
Tammy was so envious backstage that she began to sniffle.
“That old geezer sure has his ways!”
She had just called Elliot Foster boring that afternoon.
However, there was nothing boring about this flower shower and bouquet-sending drone!
Tammy felt like she was getting countless slaps to the face.
The drone stopped in midair right in front of Avery as she came to the end of her song.
With raised brows and pursed lips, she hesitantly picked up the bouquet of flowers from the drone.
Thunderous cheers and applause filled the room.
“Merry Christmas, everyone!” Avery said into the microphone as she held the bouquet in her arms.
Her gaze wandered through the crowd until it fell on the white silhouette in the front row.
“Thank you! Thank you, everyone!”
The drone flew off and the petals stopped falling from the ceiling.
Elliot, who was sitting in the front row, was also nowhere to be found.
It was as if it was all nothing but a dream.
Even now that she had awakened from the dream, Avery was still moved beyond words.
“Are you dating someone, Avery?! I bet the flowers were from your boyfriend! He even used a drone to give them to you! That’s so creative!”
“And that flower shower?! Your boyfriend prepared that, right? None of us got anything like that during our performances! That’s so romantic!”
Backstage, a group of people converged on Avery and surrounded her.
Tammy ran over and rescued her from the mob.
When they burst through the hall’s exit, a tall, muscular student stood in their path.
“Hey, Avery. I heard that you got out of a relationship recently… I fell for you at first sight when I was a freshman, but I’ve never had the guts to tell you. You’re about to graduate soon, So I—”
Before Avery could say a word, Tammy jumped in and shattered the student’s dreams.
“She’s taken! Who did you think arranged that flower shower just now? Also, did you think .that drone flew over and gave her that bouquet itself?!”
The student scratched his head, then said, “I guess I was too late again.”
At that moment, the sound of footsteps approaching came from behind them.
Avery turned and saw Elliot’s handsome yet sophisticated face.
Under the pearlescent moonlight, his features looked particularly chiseled.
“Hello, you…”
The student watched as Elliot made his way to Avery’s side, then tried to guess who he was. “You must be Avery’s uncle?”
Avery felt Elliot’s body stiffen next to her.
His outfit had taken a few years off, however, people still wound up treating him like an older person.
It must have bothered him.
“I’m Avery’s,”
Elliot began to speak, but Avery interrupted him by grabbing his hand, then explained, “I don’ t know this guy. It’s cold out here.
Let’s head to the car!”
At the same time, Tammy pulled the male student out of their way.
Avery threw Tammy a look of gratitude, then helped Elliot back to the black Rolls-Roice.
“Your legs haven’t fully recovered,” she said in a concerned voice. “You shouldn’t be walking around like this.”
“It doesn’t hurt anymore,” Elliot said.
His eyes landed on the bouquet of flowers in Avery’s hand.
“There’s a gift in the bouquet,” he said awkwardly.
“What?” Avery said as she stared at Elliot in shock. “You got me a gift? I didn’t get you anything, though.”
The air around them turned thick with uneasiness.
They had spent the past week sitting at home.
How did he find the time to prepare a gift for her if he never left the house?
Elliot opened the door to the backseat of the car and let Avery in first.
“I didn’t ask for anything in return.”
His deep, sultry voice made Avery’s heart skip a beat.
In the car, she sifted through the flowers and found a small, pink jewelry box.
She opened it up, revealing the diamond necklace inside it.
It was a simple design, but the diamond itself… was huge.
Once Elliot sat down next to her, she could not help but tease him.
“I never thought you were much of a showoff before, but why do you have such tacky taste?”
“You don’t like it?” Elliot asked as he locked eyes with Avery. “What style do you like?”
He assumed all women loved diamonds, and the bigger the diamond, the better.
Avery took out the necklace, placed it in her palm, and said, “Don’t you think the diamond’s a little too big? Larger cuts like this can make me look bulky.”
Elliot stared at her dainty, little hand and did not agree with her at all.
Everything looked good in her hands.
He had his own reasoning when choosing gifts, so he said, “I couldn’t bring myself to give out something too cheap.”
“Pretend I didn’t say anything,” Avery said as she placed the necklace back in the box.” Thanks for coming to the show.”
“You’re a good singer,” Elliot said.
Her angelic voice was on loop in his mind.
“Are you an art history major?”
Avery’s arms tightened around the bouquet. “Do you know why I decided to major in that?”
Elliot shook his head.
“My stepmother was the one who chose it for me. She told my father that it was an easy major, so he just went with it.”