Elliot and Avery

Chapter 8

Rosalie stood looking into the room from the open door.

Avery was curled up in a ball with her arms around her knees as she leaned against the wall.

Her hair was down, and it was a mess.

She looked up in a daze when she heard the commotion at the door.

“Avery! What happened to you?” Rosalie exclaimed. When she saw Avery’s face, which was white as a sheet of paper, her blood pressure instantly shot up.

“How did you become like this? Was it… Was it Elliot? Is he abusing you?”

At this point, there was a slight tremble in Rosalie’s voice.

Avery had lost a lot of weight.

Her face was void of any color, and there were faint cracks on her dry lips.

Her chest rose and fell unsteadily. She wanted to speak, but she could not find her voice.

Mrs. Cooper walked over with a glass of warm milk and passed it to Avery.

“Have a glass of milk first, Madam. Don’t be afraid. Now that Madam Rosalie is here, you can eat.”

Rosalie’s brows furrowed furiously as she said, “What’s that? Elliot isn’t letting Avery eat? How did she get so skinny? Is he trying to starve her to death?”

The incident shocked Rosalie to the core.

She stormed over to the living room and stood before her son.

“Elliot, Avery is the wife that I arranged for you. What would you have me think if you tormented her this way?”

“She should be punished for her mistakes. If it weren’t for your sake, do you think I would have allowed her to stay until now?” Elliot said in a cold, nonchalant voice.

The way he saw it, starving her for two days was a lot more merciful than breaking her arm.

She touched something she was not supposed to. She crossed his line. How could he easily forgive her?

“Mistake? What did Avery do?” asked Rosalie.

a sensible, well-behaved, and observant girl. She would never be stupid

his lips and did not

thinking that I can’t allow you to do this. Avery is a good girl. It’s fine if you

Rosalie’s eyes welled up with tears

up the more she

his mother’s condition. He signaled to his bodyguard to hold on

you can’t chase Avery out! Divorce isn’t out of the question… You just have to find a girl you like. I will not allow you to spend

of

and she

Foster, who justhad just been discharged that morning, was then rushed back to the

so stubborn. He also did

thought that the matter with Avery could be settled quickly, but it

did not only hate Avery, but he also refused

impossible that he would find another woman

……

Avery sipped on the glass of milk as her condition

was happening outside the

he still managed to

oatmeal. She then picked

long as Madam Rosalie is around, Master Elliot won’t kick

for two days. She was tired and out of energy, but there was one

want a divorce,” she said in a husky voice, but each of her words was clear. “Whether he wants to

to linger in this

never wanted to see that devil,

upset, Madam,” Mrs. Cooper said awkwardly. “Have some oatmeal. I’ll go and take

door, she saw the bodyguard pushing Elliot over in his wheelchair and

but

Mrs. Cooper moved aside, the bodyguard pushed Elliot to the room’s

up suddenly, and her

was the crackling of sparks in

divorce, Elliot!” Avery said as

up her luggage

packed her things two nights ago and was prepared to leave the place at

you actually like!” she said in a

eyes narrowed as he said, “You hate me that much. Do you

used your computer,” Avery said as she tried to control her breathing. “I’ve already gotten my punishment, so we should be even. Do you have the

way she could not wait to distance herself from him, Elliot drawled, “Did I say that

It was as if she just took a blow to