Chapter 51
Avery felt suffocated under Elliot’s fiery yet solemn gaze.
“Are you talking about leaving the recital early today?” Avery began to explain after a moment’s hesitation. “My friend texted me saying that she wanted to take a photo with you after the show. I figured that you wouldn’t like taking photos with strangers, and I didn’t want to explain to them why we were there together.”
“Why not?” Elliot asked, his voice as cold as ice.
“It wouldn’t exactly be a quick conversation, would it? Besides, you and I are too different from each other. Not only in status but also… in age. Would you be willing to hang out with my friends? We can be pretty immature… Wouldn’t it be annoying if they bothered you because of our relationship? Wouldn’t you rather have one less thing to have to worry about?”
In truth, the true reason why she did not want him to meet her friends was because they could get a divorce at any moment. There was no guarantee that they were going to spend the rest of their lives together.
If Avery revealed her relationship with Elliot to her friends, and they got divorced the next day… How humiliating would that be?
It would be better to wait until everything was settled.
Avery’s detailed and patient response calmed Elliot down quite a bit.
Her concern was not unreasonable.
He had no interest in any of her friends.
he had no intention of getting to know anyone younger or more immature than
your room,” Elliot said
a sigh of relief as if she had
a banana, then stubbornly
better than normal bananas. Try it,” Avery urged with a
but he
the banana from her hand and took
tasted a little sour at first, but sweetness slowly filled his
sour, and starchy, and very different from the
by its bruised skin. It’s completely fine on the inside,” Avery said with a sparkle in her eyes, then added, “Thank you for taking me to the recital today. We didn’t get to stay until the end, but I still wanted to thank
sentence, then rushed back to her room before she could get a response
Elliot was puzzled.
her so-called
she could have at least waited until he finished eating
the next day that Mrs. Cooper noticed that Avery had not come down
for, but Mrs. Cooper guessed that he wanted
Mrs. Cooper knocked on Avery’s door and did not receive a response, she opened
s hunched over asleep
gotten up from the sofa and was making his way toward Avery’s