NovelOnline"I'm worried that Hayden would findannoying," Adrian said shyly.
"How could he possibly find you annoying? He doesn’t like taking naps," said Avery, consoling Adrian, before turning back to Lilith.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"Hayden is in Robert's room. Take Adrian there." Once they left, Avery was about to walk toward Ben, but he noticed her from afar and approached her.
His head was spinning but he knew that Avery would find the opportunity to talk to him, so he waited in the hall. Worried that Elliot would find out that he was talking to Avery, he asked, "Where's Elliot?" "He is drinking tea with the guests," she said. "What did Ruby say in her messages? Can you show them to me?" Ben knew she would ask to see it, so he took his phone out to show her. He had deleted the photo of Ruby's child and only showed Avery what Ruby said about her child getting sick and that she wanted Elliot to nher daughter.
"Elliot doesn't want to nthe kid, so the n| sent was my idea," Ben explained. " Just think of the nastaking pity on the kid." Ben had named her Ivy Foster and added, "I named her Ivy because | want her to grow as fast and strong as the plant itself." "You take pity on her." Avery handed the phone back to him and mumbled, "But what about me?" "I knew you would get angry, which is why | didn't want to tell you about it. Elliot wants nothing to do with the baby and even blamedfor telling him this," Ben said with resignation. "You two have your own decisions to make, but so do 1.1 wouldn't have mentioned all this to you if you hadn't asked." "Why give her the Foster name? It’s like you want to motivate her into coming to look for Elliot in the future." Avery shivered. "l can empathize if Ruby was the one who named her this, but why are you siding with her?" Ben was rendered speechless by her question. He had given the child the Foster nbecause she was Eliot's child, after all.
Avery might not be able to accept that, but Ben could.
"Avery, you can’t force your point of view onsimply because you hate Ruby. I'm not Elliot! | helped nthat kid because she is Elliot's child. So long as that child refers toas her uncle, | will treat her like my niece." Avery felt as though someone had poured a bucket of ice-cold water onto her. Once she knew what he was truly thinking, she clenched her fists :e"?WMX> turned to leave.
"It's fine if you want to keep Elliot under control, but why poke your nose in other people's business? Avery, don't you think you are overstepping your boundaries here? " Ben said coldly. "With the way you are behaving now, Elliot won't dare to do anything, and | will never let you meet that child!" Avery strode into the washroom. She did not care about Ben's attitude and was only concerned that he would help Ruby and her child in their attempts to reach out to Elliot.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmShe replayed every word Ben had said in her mind repeatedly and finally realized that she could not control anyone other than Elliot.
In the hall, Ben reached up to rub his face after Avery left. He had drunk too much before noon and could not quite control his emotions that were under the influence of alcohol. He felt dazed and could barely remember what he had said to Avery. All he remembered was the disappointed look in Avery's eyes when she left.
He wanted to confess everything to Elliot but was worried that he might enrage Elliot. In the end, he decided to go for a nap and apologize to Avery after that.
Avery did not know how long she remained in the washroom, but when she finally cout, she ran into Elliot, who was anxiously looking around for her.
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