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When His Eyes Opened Chapter 451
When His Eyes Opened Chapter 451
“I’m going to find Avery.”
‘So scary! This is terrifying!’ Jun thought. He had not been there to watch Avery and Elliot fight one another the time before, but his heart still cringed at how long Elliot had to remain in the ICU ward afterward; yet now, Elliot wanted to go look for Avery again, when their last conflict was not even resolved. Was Elliot trying to make the same mistake?
Jun was terrified. Unable to stop Elliot, he ran to find Ben and25 Tammy.
“He had only had one bottle,” Ben analyzed the situation calmly, “he can’t be that drunk.”
“But Avery doesn’t want to see him!” Tammy retorted anxiously, “Avery told me this herself! No way, I need to stop9c him!”
With that, Tammy tried to head upstairs to stop Elliot. Jun and Ben grabbed onto each one of her arms and stopped her.
“Relax, Tammy. I’ll go up to check on them.” Ben was concerned that if he let Tammy go up, everyone in the mansion would become aware of what was happening. Elliot had embarrassed himself once, so Ben wanted to preserve some of his friend’s23 pride.
“Let Ben go!” Jun pulled Tammy into his arms. “Don’t worry, those two wouldn’t do anything as long as Ben i
Meanwhile, on the second a floor.
Avery came out of the shower in a white sleeping gown.
She had slept for most of the day and had a hearty dinner, so she felt energetic after the shower; hence, she did not suspect her own eyes or thought of it as hallucination when she saw Elliot before 35 her.
Elliot strode towards her and stared down at her. “You are on a diet for Eric?”
‘How ridiculous!’ She thought.
She understood every single word he said, but still felt that it was absurd for him to say that she was on a diet because of Eric.
‘What kind of mind would come up with such an idea? Do I have to go on a diet only because of some guy? Besides, I won’t have to lose weight if I really want to be together with Eris, since he never once said that I was fat to begin with!’ She thought.
“Elliot, have you been drinking?” She scowled at the scent of alcohol on him. “Have you even
recovered? If you drink now… Do you not want to recover at all?”.
“Why aren’t you answering my question?” He swallowed as his patience ran out. “You don’t get to say that when you look like a ghost yourself.”
‘A ghost? How dare he call me that!’ She thought.
Avery didn’t want to argue with him, as she was the one who caused the accident from last time, but Elliot’s words were simply far too provoking.
“Who I am on a diet for is none of your business.” Avery pointed at the door and commanded sternly, “get out!”
Elliot’s rage was instantly ignited at the sight of her affectionless expression.
“Does he know about us?” He asked in an evil and rude tone, “would he still want to be in a relationship with you if he finds out that we are sleeping together?”
When His Eyes Opened Chapter 452
When His Eyes Opened Chapter 452
Avery stared at Elliot’s handsome, yet expressionless face, and was instantly rendered speechless in rage. She would have argued with him before, but her body had weakened to the point that she no longer wanted to argue or fight with him.
If Elliot shamelessly insisted on staying inside her room, there was nothing she could do. After all, he had let go of his pride entirely.
Elliot was confused that his words had not provoked Avery to the point he thought they would.
“Am I not straight-forward enough, or has she already spoken to Eric about this?’ He25 thought
“Avery Tate, I won’t let you go no matter who you end up with in the future. You are not marrying someone else as long as I’m still breathing,” he threatened her once again.
Avery felt nothing at his threats. She had not thought of marrying again, so his threats meant nothing togс her.
“Do you want to be the ‘mistress’ that badly?” She stared directly into his eyes and mocked.
Embarrassment flashed by Elliot’s eyes briefly at her23 words.
“If I’m in a relationship with Eric and you refuse to leave me alone, then you are the other man. A lover.” Taking advantage of Elliot’s silence, Avery added.
As expected of someone as capable as Elliot, he readjusted himself swiftly and drawled , “so what if I’m a lover? I don’t2a mind.”
‘See? He really is shameless,’ she thought.
Avery shoved him aside and went to sit down by the bed, before taking out her skincare35 products.
She had stopped using skincare products ever since she found out that she was pregnant. All the products she had been using before smelt horrible to her and the ingredients were not suitable for pregnant women as well.
After a while, her skin started to become flaky from the dryness, so Tammy bought her a set of skincare products that carried no scent and were suitable for pregnant women.
Avery felt good after using them.
Elliot stared at her while she was putting skincare products on and was becoming increasingly certain that she was on a diet and taking care of her skin for a man.
She used to be more casual and rarely used skincare after shower back then.
Sensing his eyes on her, Avery gazed up to meet his eyes.
“What are you staring at me for?” She placed the cover back onto the skincare once she was done. “Is there anything else you need? You can’t be thinking of sleeping in my room, can you?
Her words seemed to have reminded him that he was, indeed, slightly light-headed after drinking the bottle of wine earlier.
He strode towards her and sat down. It was apparent what he meant and so he looked at her in a challenging manner. “I can’t?”
“Do you think three adults would be able to all fit on this bed?” She said.
Elliot couldn’t quite understand Avery, but glanced at the bed. It was spacious, but to be shared between three adults…
He scowled defensively. “Who are you about to sleep with tonight?”
“Tammy, of course! She’s sleeping with me tonight.” Worried that Elliot might not believe her, Avery pointed at the red purse resting on the dressing table. “That’s her purse.”
Elliot stood up from the bed abruptly as though he had been shocked by electricity.
Avery desperately wanted to laugh, but couldn’t do so. She might be able to run from Elliot this night, but what about the future?
She had thought that he would stop seeing her after he had his heart broken from the incident before, but to her surprise, he refused to give up. She had never seen a man as stubborn and obsessive as him. Elliot sobered up and turned to leave after standing up from the bed.
When His Eyes Opened Chapter 453
When His Eyes Opened Chapter 453
Avery called out to him, “Elliot, can you stay away from me from now on, if I give you a child like we agreed on?”
She didn’t want to be involved with him any longer.
Elliot stopped and responded coldly, “give me back a child, and then you can negotiate with
me.”
With that, he opened the door and stepped out of the25 room.
Ben was waiting outside the door and asked, “Elliot, are you okay?”
Avery heard him; she felt irritated and she could not seem to suppress or avoid the emotions shegc felt.
She collapsed onto the bed once the footsteps outside the door disappeared into the distance. After a few minutes, she picked up her phone to make a video call to Mike.
Mike picked up immediately. “Avery, have you23 eaten?”
Mike was playing with Hayden and Layla.
Avery spotted a faint figure moving in the kitchen from her screen, but Mike adjusted the camera right away to focus on theża children.
“I have…” Avery relaxed at the sight of her children. “Hayden, Layla, what are you two playing?”
“We are playing puzzles! I’m watching Hayden…because he won’t let me do it. He says I’m messing it up.” Layla pouted. “Mom, Uncle Chad cooked for us 35 today.”
Stunned, Mike said, “Layla, didn’t I tell you not to tell your mom? You promised!”
“But I’ve already told Mom!” Layla said with an innocent expression, “it’s not like Mom would get angry.”
“Mike, have you forgotten about the surveillance camera outside our door? I saw Chad’s car parked outside our yard this evening,” Avery said.
Layla burst out laughing. “Stupid uncle!”
“Aren’t you supposed to be on vacation? Why are you going through surveillance footage?” Mike asked in confusion, “are you laying in bed now? What’s going on with you? If you are there to sleep, why bother going all the way there for that?”
“A certain someone showed up,” Avery explained in response to Mike’s questions, “so I’m
hiding in the room.”
“A certain someone?” Mike immediately realized what she meant. “Elliot is there as well? Damn! I thought he wasn’t going?”
“Let’s not talk about him.”‘
Mike took his phone and went outside. Chad overheard their conversation and followed Mike outside as well.
“Avery, is he causing you trouble again? That bast*rd!” Mike cursed.
“He won’t do that with so many guests around,” Avery said.
“Which means he would have if there weren’t so many guests, right?”
“Don’t freak out. What happened last time won’t happen again.”
“How can I not freak out? He’s
Chad couldn’t stand it any longer and snatched Mike’s phone out of his hand.
“Avery, I’ve read Mr. Foster’s medical report and he is healthy. He is not crazy,” Chad argued, “he’s just stubborn and doesn’t like other people challenging him. He won’t hurt you as long as you refrain from arguing with him.”
Chad was right. Elliot was not all that crazy, but Avery simply couldn’t control her emotions and would always lose patience before him.
It was odd to Avery, as she was usually composed and calm in front of everyone else; she would only transform to an entirely different person in front of Elliot.
If he said a word that annoyed her, she would be sure to return it by a thousand folds.
“Chad, I didn’t argue with him today,” Avery said awkwardly, “thank you for cooking for my kids today.”
“Oh, it’s fine… Your bodyguard is on leave today, so Mike invited me over.”
Avery remained quiet for a few moments, before saying, “the bodyguard didn’t ask to be on leave! That’s just Mike’s excuse, I suppose?”
‘???’ Mike thought, ‘can you not expose my lie straight away?’
Avery ended the call with a smile, when suddenly, she heard the sound of the doorknob turning The door was pushed open the next instant…
When His Eyes Opened Chapter 454
When His Eyes Opened Chapter 454
“Avery!” Tammy stormed inside the room. “Do you know what Elliot just told my husband?” Avery tensed and sat up from the bed, thinking, ‘why did he go to Jun? Could it be that…”
“He said that he wasn’t going to attend our wedding, and he changed his mind just now! He said that he will be attending the wedding tomorrow,” Tammy blurted out hastily, “how can he change his mind so quickly?”
Avery sighed a breath of 25 relief.
“By the way, why did he come looking for you? What did you two talked about?” Tammy sat down by the bed and stared intently at Avery’s face. “He didn’t bully you, did he? I wanted to come help, but Ben said he will come up instead…”
“He didn’t,” Avery said calmly, “there are far too many guests around for him to lose hisgc mind.”
“Good, then. Do you want to go out for a bit? The breeze out there is so cool tonight! It’s not cold!” Tammy suggested, “you probably can’t sleep this early.”
Without any hesitation, Avery nodded. “I don’t have extra clothes, though, is my sleeping gown23 okay?”
“Hahaha! They are all playing at the pool right now and everyone is in a swimsuit…so of course it’s okay for you to wear your sleeping gown!” Tammy took her hand and led her out of the room.
It was seven at night and the silhouettes stretched indefinitely under the streetza lights.
There were a lot of people playing by the ocean.
The temperature was approximately fifteen Celsius and though it was cool, it was hardly35 cold.
Avery felt more sober in the sea breeze and mumbled, “Elliot should probably get some air as well.”
Perhaps the sea breeze would bring his senses back.
“Huh? I think he went to rest. Not only was his face red when he talked to my husband just now, even his eyes were red. He is really bad at drinking.” Tammy stepped on the soft sand and said, “he insisted on staying in the same mansion as us…so my husband ended up letting Elliot have his room. He is such a weird guy, Avery, how did you even manage being in a relationship with him back then?”
“I don’t really want to think back to my past with him.”
Avery was scared that she would remember the good things about Elliot. Back when they were
together, the sweet memories outweighed the bitter ones; he once saw her as his most precious and treated her with care.
At the time, he was the only thing on her mind apart from her study. First love was often unforgettable because it was the first time she had a taste of love.
“Weren’t you the one who mentioned him first?” Tammy teased, “you are the one who felt something after seeing him tonight, right? After all, he did just prove how he feels about you in front of everyone.”
“We showed him videos of famous actresses and sexy women tonight and he didn’t feel a thing! His heart only beats for you… Avery, do you know how envious my friends are?” Tammy continued to tease Avery. “Why didn’t I know how attractive you are until now? Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, is that it?”
Avery cringed at Tammy’s words.
“We got into an argument tonight, actually.” Avery told Tammy what had happened and said, “he thought that I’m on a diet for Eric’s sake.”
“Damn! What a wild imagination he has! He might as well guess that you are doing it to debut as a movie star.” Tammy was laughing her head off.
“Maybe because I’m too old for that. Idols these days start their career early before they turn twenty, right?”
“Some start after they turn twenty as well, but of course, those people are the minority. Hahaha! So what did you tell him?”
When His Eyes Opened Chapter 455
When His Eyes Opened Chapter 455
“I didn’t respond directly,” Avery said carelessly.
“That’s so mean, are you trying to keep him on the hook? You know that he likes you, but refuse to tell him the truth.”
Avery shook her head. “I just don’t want to bother because he is being unreasonable.”
“Oh, that’s true. The two of you aren’t back together … Hey, is there a chance that you would get back together with him?” Tammy grabbed Avery’s arm and stared as the wind ruffled Avery’s25 hair.
“How could we?” Avery tugged her hair at the back of her ears. “He hasn’t even explained to me what is going on with Shea. Besides, I feel disgusted every time I am reminded that he was in a relationship with Zoe once. I would rather stay single for the rest of my life than to get back together with him.”
“It makes sense that you would feel disgusted … He shouldn’t have gotten Zoe pregnant if he didn’t like her!” Tammy commented, “why else do you think I call him a dirtbag all the time? How dare he act all loyal and in love with you right now?9c Ugh!”
Avery chuckled. “I used to get all worked up when I think of him, but I don’t feel as annoyed today. Something funny happened, too… He said he wants to become my lover to destroy my relationship so that I can’t get married.”
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Tammy was stunned for a few moments, before bursting into laughter after finally comprehending what Avery23 meant.
“Are you really talking about the Elliot Foster that I know?” Tammy was laughing her head off. “My husband would never believe it if I told him this!”
“Maybe it’s because he drank tonight,” Avery thought back to it and felt as though it had all been aza dream
Though Elliot was occasionally shameless, he couldn’t possibly be so childish.
“He had only had one bottle… He can’t possibly be that drunk.” Tammy took a deep breath and said, “he likes you, but couldn’t get his hands on you, so he is reluctant to see you marrying some other man. You better pray that you don’t meet your true love in the future, or things are going to be very35 complicated…”
Avery gazed up upon the sky; it was glittered with stars that shone beautifully.
‘I hope that everything goes well with no accidents for Tammy’s wedding tomorrow,’ she thought.
Within a blink of an eye, it was morning on the next day.
Tammy and Jun’s wedding venue was set to be in the most sophisticated five-star hotel in the city.
Both Layla and Hayden woke up early in the morning and started demanding to be sent to the hotel so that they could see their mother. Because of that, Mike had to wake up just as early to send them both to the hotel.
To their surprise, all the guests arrived rather early and there were already quite a lot of people in the restaurant of the hotel.
“The two of you need to follow me and don’t go running around,” Mike reminded the children while holding a plate in his hand. “I know you won’t get lost, but we still need to be careful. After all, your mom is earning a lot more now. What do we do if some bad people decide to kidnap you and blackmail your mom?”
Fear creeped up the faces of both Hayden and Layla. Terrified by what Mike had suggested, Layla grabbed onto the corner of his clothes; while Hayden took a plate and went to search for food that he liked.
Suddenly, someone tapped Hayden on the shoulder and he gazed up.
“Hayden Tate, I know everything now,” Shea drawled while grabbing onto Hayden’s arm,” you are my brother’s son, so I’m your aunt.”
Hayden gaped at Shea and couldn’t react to her hand on his arm.
“I haven’t told my brother yet,” Shea continued, “but you have to call my Auntie from now on.
Hayden flung her hand off coldly. “Are you saying that you are Elliot Foster’s sister? Where’s the proof?”
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When His Eyes Opened Chapter 456
Hayden’s question had Shea thinking. “What kind of proof do you want?”
To Shea, there was no need to prove her relationship with Elliot. Elliot was her brother, and she was her sister, as it had always been.
Hayden voiced out his questions, “you say that you are Elliot’s sister, so why isn’t your name on the Foster Family book? Do you have your identification card? Show it to me.”
Shea wasn’t sure if she even had an identification card, but she could ask for it from her25 brother.
“I will show you the proof!” She assured Hayden, “I am your aunt.”
Shea believed every word Mrs. White had said, because when Mrs. White told her that her brother and her shared the same mother, her brother had admitted to it as9c well.
If they were from the same mother, they were naturally siblings.
“I won’t acknowledge it until you show me the proof!” Hayden said coldly, before leaving with the plate in his23 hand.
Shea watched as he left and felt both impatient and frustrated. It was a shame that her brother was not around, otherwise she would have been able to ask for the proof she needed from him right away.
Hayden returned to Mike, and Mike asked, “what did Shea say to you? I thought Elliot isn’t coming, but seeing that she is here, I suppose Elliot is planning on attending today’s wedding asza well.”
Hayden’s expression darkened. “She didn’t say much.”
Mike’s heart softened when he noticed the way shea was looking at their direction. “We don’t really have to be so cold to someone that’s mentally35 disable…”
“She isn’t as stupid as she used to be,” Hayden said.
“Oh. Well, I never once doubted your mom’s skill.”
A proud expression appeared on Hayden’s face.
“Your mom, on the other hand, seems to be losing her wits lately. You saw it, too. She won’t eat properly and just look at how thin she’s become… Elliot doesn’t even need to use much strength if he tries to kidnap your mom again… It’s bad enough that she won’t exercise, how could she give up on herself like that?”
“We can hack into Mom’s phone to find out what’s going on,” Hayden suggested.
“Are you afraid?”
“Of course I am! She’s your mom, not mine. If you make a mistake, the worst she could do is give you a scolding; if I make a mistake, she will chase me out of the house!”
“Oh.”
Intrigued by Hayden’s suggestion, Mike contemplated for a while, before suggesting, “Big H, let’s give it a go. If your mom finds out, we will both take responsibility for it together, okay?”
Hayden nodded.
After breakfast, Mike went back to the parking lot to take his laptop, while Hayden and Layla waited in the event hall.
After watching Mike leave, Shea walked over to their table.
“I have gifts for you two.” Shea took out a shiny piece of accessory from her purse. “Layla, this is for you. Do you know what this is? It’s a rainbow creator! You hang it on the window of your room and when the sun shines in, there will be a rainbow in your room!”
Layla couldn’t resist the gift and was instantly impressed.
“Shea… Thank you! Though my brother told me to not hang out with you, I really like your gift!”
Shea looked at Hayden in confusion. “Why would you tell Layla not to hang out with me? I’m your aunt…”
“Proof!” Hayden retorted.
Shea beamed at him and said, “I will definitely show you the proof.”
“Even if you have proof, I’m not calling you Auntie! I don’t want Elliot as my father. I don’t acknowledge him!”
Shea felt a lump forming in her throat and felt somewhat misunderstood. “It’s fine if you don’t want to acknowledge him as your dad… but you have to acknowledge me… I haven’t done anything bad to you two!”
Hayden was instantly rendered speechless. As odd as Shea’s way of thinking was, she seemed to be right.
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When His Eyes Opened Chapter 457
It was Elliot who almost choked him to death, and it was also Elliot who bullied his mother; Shea had never harmed them.
Mike came back with his laptop. He greeted Shea with a smile when he saw her, “hi, Shea!”
Shea felt slightly awkward as she looked at Mike.
Mike smiled gently at her. “Are you here25 alone?”
“My brother will be here later,” she said.
“Oh. How’s your wound recovering?” Does your head still hurt?” Mike studied her beautiful wig and reached out to touch9c it.
Shea shook her head. “It doesn’t hurt as long as I don’t touch it.”
Mike leaned towards her, before parting his hair to show her the wound on his head. “See, we have matching23 wounds.”
Shea was taken by surprise at first, but soon nodded with a smile. “Is there something wrong with your head as well?”
“Yeah! But I’m better now, so you should work hard to recover asza well!”
“Yep! I have something important to do once I recover!”
“Oh? What’s35 that?”
Shea’s expression froze, and she immediately ran back to her bodyguards.
After Shea left, Hayden and Layla took their seats next to Mike to watch him hack into their mother’s phone in hope of finding the reason why Avery wasn’t eating.
To their surprise, Avery arrived shortly after Mike had started.
She missed her children, and had come ahead of time. She saw the screen on Mike’s laptop and did not suspect for a moment that he was trying to hack into her phone when she asked,” what are you doing?”
Startled, Mike came close to screaming and shut his laptop abruptly.
“Mom!” Layla hugged Avery in excitement and said, “Mom, you look so pretty!”
Avery was wearing the gown she bought the day she went shopping with Tammy. The gown was a little loose, but it did not affect the outlook.
Tammy had hired a team of makeup artists and Avery’s makeup was done by a professional makeup artist.
Her dark, long hair was tied up and her makeup was refreshing, which made her appear both sweet and elegant.
“You look really pretty, too, my baby! Who did your hair?” Avery lifted her daughter up, but soon remembered that she was pregnant and set Layla down immediately.
“Uncle Mike did…”
Avery’s curiosity returned at Layla’s mention of Mike and asked, “Mike, what were you doing just now? Who are you hacking?”
Mike batted his blue eyes and said, “nothing! I wasn’t hacking anyone. I was just…resetting the system.”
“Oh? We are here for a wedding, and you bring along a laptop to reset the system?” Avery sat down next to him suspiciously.
“I always keep a laptop in my car! I was bored because we arrived too early. Your kids woke up at six this morning and insisted on coming to look for you in the hotel. Can you see the dark circles under my eyes?” Mike complained.
Avery stared into his eyes, before suddenly turning her attention to something behind Mike.
Mike followed her gaze and looked over.
‘Oh, great. Elliot is here,’ he thought.
Elliot became the center of attention the moment he showed up in the event hall. When Shea saw him, she ran towards him to grab his hand.
Not only did Elliot not refuse her touch, he wrapped his arm around her and everyone saw how close the two were/ Avery watched them and her expression darkened.
When His Eyes Opened Chapter 458
When His Eyes Opened Chapter 458
“Big Brother, do I have my own identification card?” Shea asked.
“Why are you asking about this out of the blue?” Elliot responded.
“Because everyone has their own identification cards and I want it, too.”
“You do, but it’s a 25 home.”
“Oh… Can you give it to me when we go home later?” Shea smiled.
“Why do you need it?” Elliot helped her find an empty9c seat.
“It’s my identification card, so of course I should keep it.” Shea opened her purse and took out a brand-new phone. “Big Brother, I bought a new phone. I can make calls from now on.”
“???” Elliot looked up at the23 bodyguard.
The bodyguard immediately explained, “Miss Shea bought it when she went shopping yesterday. She even registered a sim card with Mrs. Scarlet’s identification card.”
Shea had changed drastically and Elliot was slightly taken by surprise. Feeling proud of her progress, he said, “Shea, you can go ahead and get a sim card with your own identificationza card.”
“Okay! When will we go home, Big Brother?”
She couldn’t wait to go35 home.
“We need to at least wait until lunch time to head home. Don’t worry, shea, your identification card is safe with me.”
Shea nodded and switched on her phone. “Big Brother, can you teach me how to use my phone?”
“Sure,” Elliot responded with patience.
“Stop staring already, Avery! Your eyes look like they are about to pop out of your sockets.” Mike waved his hand in front of Avery.
Avery looked away awkwardly.
Elliot was teaching Shea how to use her phone and he seemed very sincere and patient at it. It had been very long since Avery last saw him behaving in such a gentle manner, so she couldn’t help but stare.
She took a sip of water from her glass to try and conceal the panic on her face.
“Why hasn’t Eric arrived?” Mike looked at the time. “He should be sitting next to you, right?”
Avery nodded. “What did you all do yesterday in the mansion? Did you have fun?” Mike refilled her glass after she had finished the water.
“I was sleeping most of the time.”
“Oh? Have you eaten anything?”
“I did. I had spicy chicken soup.” Avery’s stomach rumbled at the memory of how tasty the spicy chicken soup was.
She had her breakfast earlier, but vomited within ten minutes of finishing it. Had it not been for Tammy’s wedding, she wouldn’t have come. The morning sickness of her pregnancy this time had rendered her helpless.
“I talked to Chad last night,” Mike lowered his voice as he leaned towards Avery, “I said that I’ve never seen you going on a diet before and you don’t seem to be in love with someone, but still, you refuse to eat… Do you know what Chad says?”
Avery’s heartbeat sped up at the mysterious expression on Mike’s face.
“He said that women lose their appetite when they are pregnant. His sister was pregnant a while back and she was acting exactly the way you are right now! His sister vomited no matter what she ate…”
Before Mike could finish, Avery covered her mouth and gagged.
Mike was instantly shocked.
“Mom!” Startled, Layla screamed.
Hayden immediately picked up the tissue box and handed a piece of tissue paper to Avery.
Elliot heard Layla’s scream from a distance and immediately looked over. When his dark, brooding eyes landed on Avery, he couldn’t help but move his legs towards her.
‘Why did Layla scream just now? What’s happening with Avery?’ He thought. “I’m fine. Don’t worry.” Avery did not vomit in the end and the nausea subdued almost immediately, but the way she was looking at Mike was slightly guilty.
Mike had already realized what was happening, as the looks in her eyes had betrayed her.
She was pregnant.
The staff in the wedding venue contacted a doctor swiftly, and Avery said awkwardly, “I’m sorry, but I’m fine.”
The staff confirmed a few more times that she was fine, before leaving.
Elliot had been standing beside her the entire time, and was observing her at the moment. Because of the makeup she was wearing, Elliot couldn’t tell her expression.
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When His Eyes Opened Chapter 459
“What are you doing here? Here for the drama?” Mike mocked.
Elliot ignored Mike and strode towards the empty seat next to Avery, before sitting down.
Avery’s lashes shivered briefly as she said, “that’s Eric’s seat.”
“This is my seat!” He gritted out angrily, “don’t worry. He will be on this tabte as25 well.”
Avery came to a realization that Elliot must have gone to Jun to have his seat changed.
Once Elliot took his seat, Shea walked over and sat down next togс him.
Noticing how uncomfortable Avery was, Mike got up immediately to exchange seats with her; but before he could say anything, Shea beat him to it.
“Mike, can I change seats with23 you?”
Mike was sitting next to Hayden and she wanted to sit with Hayden.
Mike wasn’t sure how to reject Shea, and neither did she gave him the chance to do so. Shea walked directly towards Mike and Mike was left with no option but to give her hisza seat.
After that, it didn’t matter if Mike changed his seat with Avery, because she would still be sitting next to Elliot either way.
Mike summoned up the courage and asked Elliot, “let’s exchange seats, what do you 35 say?”
“No.”
Mike stared daggers at him.
Time flew and soon, it was twelve at noon and the wedding ceremony started.
Elliot wasn’t interested and therefore did not keep his eyes on the stage; Avery, on the other hand, was taking pictures at the stage throughout the ceremony.
Shortly after the ceremony ended, it was time for the bouquet toss.
Tammy took one glance at Avery’s direction, before turning around to toss the bouquet towards Avery with all her.might.
Following a “Whew!”, Elliot caught the bouquet and everyone erupted into excited screams.
“???” Avery was stunned.
Elliot did not pass Avery the bouquet after catching it, as he didn’t want Avery to marry someone else to begin with, so he handed it to Mike.
“Thank you!” Mike said.
The lights dimmed as soon as the ceremony ended, and a familiar melody started to echoed within the hall.
The crowd erupted into screams simultaneously.
“Eric! Eric!”
Eric’s alluring voice emerged, leaving everyone in exclamation.
Elliot stared at Avery and noticed that she was quietly eating instead of looking at the stage like everyone else.
She was eating mainly the cold dishes and vegetables, and stayed away from meat.
He picked up his fork and took a piece of pork rib, before placing it onto her plate, as she used to love pork ribs.
She gaped at him and said, “I don’t want it. Take it away.”
If Elliot didn’t take it away, she would likely be so nauseated that she ended up spitting out the vegetable she had eaten; however, he seemed to be determined and commanded, “eat!”
Avery’s head started to hurt.
Just then, her caring daughter Layla reached out to pull Avery’s plate towards her and devoured the piece of pork rib swiftly.
“Mom, change seats with me! I’m not afraid of this bad guy!”
“It’s okay, baby. I’m not afraid of him either.” Avery had lost her appetite and set her fork down.
After a while, Eric’s performance was over and he stepped down from the stage.
Mike immediately went to talk to him. “Change seats with Avery, and then I’ll exchange mine with yours.”
With that, Avery was separated from Elliot with Eric sitting in between them.
Sensing the tension around the table, Eric looked at Elliot and said, “hello, Mr. Foster.”
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Elliot’s expression darkened as his eagle-like eyes locked onto Avery’s face. “Avery, are you pregnant?!” He gritted out.
When His Eyes Opened Chapter 460
When His Eyes Opened Chapter 460
Elliot had described Avery’s symptoms to his family doctor through messages earlier, and the doctor had suggested that Avery had to be either ill, or pregnant.
Elliot quickly denied the former, as Avery was a doctor herself; if she truly was terminally ill, she would not attend Tammy’s wedding, not to mention the bachelorette party the night before.
But what could cause a person to lose so much weight within such a short period of time if one wasn’t terminally ill?
Apart from that, Avery clearly could eat; she simply avoided meat and ate only fruits and vegetables. Was that not exactly the symptoms of 25 pregnancy?
Everyone at the table was stunned at Elliot’s words.
Mike was slightly annoyed and taken by surprise that Elliot managed to realize it so soon, so he said, “Avery’s not9c pregnant.”
Avery was on pins and needles. She did not look at Elliot , but could still sense his sharp eyes on her face. She could have lied like Mike did, but she couldn’t, simply because it was too easy to check if she was pregnant.
She couldn’t explain why she gagged or why she refused the pork rib he placed on her23 plate.
Elliot was a skeptical person and she knew that she wouldn’t be able to fool him, so she picked up her purse and stood up.
Everyone turned to look at her, wondering what she was going toza do.
Elliot stood up as well when Avery did, before taking long strides towards her and grabbing her wrist to drag her out of the event hall.
Tammy, who was toasting, saw the two leaving and hurried over to ask, “why did they leave? What35 happened?”
Mike looked up at Tammy. “Tammy, do you already know that Avery is pregnant?”
Tammy’s eyes darted around guiltily.
“Avery is pregnant?!” Jun exclaimed in shock, “that’s so dramatic! Do you all know about that? Does Elliot know?”
Mike lifted an eyebrow. “What do you think?”
Jun rubbed his hands together. “Hahaha! That’s great, isn’t it? Why do you all seem so gloomy?”
No one was happy, perhaps not even Elliot, considering how terrifying his expression was
when he left with Avery.
Jun suddenly came to realization and exclaimed, “could it be that Avery’s baby isn’t Elliot’s?!”
Tammy couldn’t bring herself to listen to the conversation any longer and dragged Jun away.
Elliot dragged Avery out of the event hall and into the elevator by the wrist. The elevator door shut slowly and the tension in the air was suffocating.
Avery never thought that Elliot would find out about her pregnancy at such a time under such circumstances.
She observed him quietly through the metal wall of the elevator.
His brows furrowed as he pursed his lips in silence. In his mind, countless thoughts arose and he was caught in emotions.
It wasn’t that he had not thought of the possibility of Avery getting pregnant with his child, considering how many times they had been intimate without protection; but the discovery had taken him by surprise. Apart from that, he was also angry about the fact that Avery kept the pregnancy from him.
‘Why didn’t she tell me? Could it be that… she is pregnant with someone else’s child?’ He thought.
Elliot tensed and decided to take Avery to the hospital right away.
In the quiet corridor of the hospital, the door to the ultrasound room was pushed open. Elliot stepped out with the ultrasound image in one hand and grabbed onto Avery’s wrist with another.
He exploded the moment they entered the elevator and stared coldly at her. “Avery Tate, whose child are you pregnant with?!” According to the ultrasound, she had already been two months along.