NovelOnlineChad's words made Elliot stand up abruptly from his chair.
Avery had probably gone back to tell the children about the outcome. Layla did not want to go with him, but Avery said that she would not coax Layla. As a result, Elliot would have to be the one to go hand appease the little girl.
When Elliot went back to Starry River Villa, the first thing he heard when he got out of the car was Robert crying.
He wondered why Robert was crying.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtElliot felt his heart tense up as he strode toward the villa.
Inside the huge living room, Mrs. Cooper hugged the sobbing Robert and tried her best to coax him.
Elliot walked in directly without changing his shoes, went up to Mrs. Cooper, and glanced briefly at Robert who was crying his eyes out.
"What happened to Robert?" "You should head upstairs and check on Layla, Master Elliot! She's crying even more fiercely." Mrs. Cooper's voice sounded a little choked. "Avery left with Hayden, and Layla can't take what's happening. Robert doesn't understand anything, so he cried when Layla cried." "They just left without coaxing Layla?" Elliot frowned because he did not expect Avery to be so cruel! Mrs. Cooper said, "They're rushing to catch a flight." "A flight? They're leaving today?" Elliot was astonished.
He felt that the separation from Avery was rather amicable by most standards, which caused him to wonder why Avery was avoiding him as if he was the plague.
"That's what Avery said." Mrs. Cooper sighed. "She coaxed Layla, and so did Hayden. If they didn't, Layla would have run away long ago." Layla had always been under the impression that she could live with her mother and older brother, but was then hit with the fact that she had to live with her father in the future. Even though she had a good impression of him before and viewed him as the best father in the world, he was not even worth a mention when compared to her mother and brother! Elliot went upstairs to coax her, but he could not open the door to the room because she locked it. All he could do was st=f%:WKR: outside the door and call out to her, "Open the door, Layla. I'd like to talk to you." "Go away, you jerk!" Layla had already destroyed everything inside the room and her voice had turned hoarse by then.
She felt abandoned by her mother and brother.
As soon as she heard Elliot's voice, she picked up a book from the ground and threw it against the door! The sudden muffled thud seemed to strike Elliot's heart.
He was terribly saddened to hear the disgusted tone in her voice.
With Layla crying upstairs and Robert crying downstairs, he was completely at a loss as to what he should do.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmAt that moment, his proud self-esteem was completely crushed.
He suddenly realized that he could not live without Avery, and it was not just her that she could not bear to lose—he did not want to lose Hayden too.
Regret immediately sank in! He should not have signed that divorce agreement in the first place! He should have explained it to Avery and sought her forgiveness instead of letting things develop into the situation he least wanted to happen just for sake of his ‘dignity’.
He took out his cell phone and dialed Avery's number without hesitation, wondering if he could get her to stay if he begged for her to cback.
At the airport, Avery was about to switch off her phone when Elliot's npopped up out of nowhere.
She thought she was seeing things.
"Your phone is ringing. Mom." Hayden reminded her, "We're going to board soon." "Okay. I'll just answer this phone call and I'll be back soon," Avery said as she walked to one side with her cell phone.
After Avery walked away, Mike turned around and asked Hayden, "Who's calling her?" Hayden caught a glimpse of the non the screen of Avery's cell phone, so he said in a sullen voice, "That good-for-nothing Foster."
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