NovelOnlineIt was not until Avery asked that Layla realized that her brother wore a dark expression.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"Hayden, why are you upset? If you don't like taking photos, | won't make you do it next time," Layla said while holding onto his arm.
Hayden did not want to upset Avery by mentioning Ruby as Elliot had already said that he would block Ruby's contact.
"The photo shoot is a bit tiring," said he, casually making up an excuse. "Even more boring than shopping." He did not like shopping, but when compared to doing a photo shoot, he preferred shopping. At least shopping meant that he could get sfresh air, whereas the photo shoot required them to remain inside the stuthe entire time.
"You guys didn't have your naps this afternoon, so | suppose it must be a bit tiring. Next time, let's do it when the weather is nice so that we can go outside for the photoshoot. That way, it won't be as boring," Avery promised with a smile. "I thought that your dad upset you somehow! | saw you two talking to each other just now when Layla and | were taking photos." Hayden cclose to giving her a smart answer, but Elliot appeared outside the bathroom door and said, "What are you guys talking about in there? Are you saying something bad about me?" He felt slightly guilty and was worried that Hayden would say something to Avery. He was scared about Avery finding out, and even if she found out, he would still need to explain the entire thing to her.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"What bad things?" Avery stepped outside." If you didn’t do anything bad, then you won't have to be worried about us talking about it, or are you guilty of something?" He shook his head. "You took the kids to wash their hands but didn't askalong." "You are an adult now; do you even needto tell you to wash your hands?" she asked in amusement. "Besides, the bathroom won't fit all of us." She took a few steps outside, and when she noticed that the children were still inside the bathroom, she whispered to Elliot, "I noticed that Hayden was a bit upset >h.= QLQ< asked him if he had gotten into an argument with you." Elliot lifted an eyebrow. "And what did he say?" "He said that the photo shoot was exhausting, but | think he wasn't telling the truth. | took him for a photo shoot before, and he enjoyed it. It's not possible that he just suddenly starts to hate it." "Probably because I'm involved as well!" Elliot said. "That photographer wanted to take photos ofand him, and he wasn't so happy about it." "But when he refused, we didn't force him to do anything." Avery still could not quite understand the sudden shift in her son's mood. "Maybe he really was tired! He studies from dusk to dawn lately, and I'm worried that his health will be affected." Elliot knew why Hayden was upset so he was not worried about his son's health. " Let's go have dinner! I'm kind of starving." "Yeah, I'm starving, too." Avery pulled his arm over to look at his watch. "It's past seven already. It's no wonder | feel so hungry." After dinner, the sky had completely turned dark and the three children were playing with their toys.
Hayden and Layla were playing, but Robert was too young, so he could only hold onto his tiny toy while looking at his older siblings curiously.
Avery was on her phone researching gifts. She planned on preparing gifts for her children but was not sure what to buy for them.
"Elliot, what are you buying the kids for New Year's?" "You have started picking the gifts now?" "Yeah. | don't have anything better to do now anyway." "Toys for Robert, jewelry for Layla, but | haven't been able to cup with Hayden's gift," Elliot said.
"Hahaha. | don't know what to get him, either."
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