Chapter 144

“What? It’s you?” Evadne expressed in surprise.

With her freckles and messy hair, she was oddly adorably dorky.

Avery slightly curved his lips into a smile, as charming as two crescent moons, “Can’t your blind date be me?”

Evadne’s lips were sealed, a bit lost for words.

The question was rather straightforward.

Yet, the gentle humor in his gaze dissolved the awkward atmosphere, making Evadne feel like it was just a harmless joke.

“May I sit?” Avery asked politely.

“Please do,” Evadne responded coolly.

Mr. Avery who came to see her that day was just like the first time they met, dressed in a navy blue, thin–striped, high–cla** suit, wearing golden gla**es, elegant and dignified.

“Ms. Evadne, your outfit today is cute, very distinctive,” Avery squinted and said, “But, in front of me, you don’t need to pretend, just be yourself.”

Evadne coughed awkwardly. “I remember my blind date was not supposed to be you, why are you here?”

“Because I know you probably wanted to see me again. Conveniently. I felt the same way.” Avery adjusted his gla**es, smiling with ease.

His words were puzzling as if they held a deeper meaning.

“That’s right. I’ve been curious about your identity since our last encounter, so I did hope to see you again.”

Suddenly, Evadne’s sharp gaze focused on him, “Avery, Mr. Avery.”

Avery’s eyes were deep, his hands on his knees slightly trembling, he held back his excitement and said softly, “Evadne, long time no see.”

Evadne was slightly taken aback, and politely responded, “Long time no see.”

Although they did spend some childhood years together and had a pretty good time, that was more than a decade ago.

Meeting him again after such a long time, Evadne could only feel a sense of unfamiliarity.

was short and skinny, with delicate and somewhat feminine features. Due to his introverted personality, he was often

surprise, she, a girl, defeated three boys from higher grades who were taller than her. Since then, no one

the past Evadne had already

the man before her, despite living abroad for years, experiencing countless hardships,

she was the sun, hot and

got drunk at the KTV and accidentally bumped into you, you recognized

he said with

in danger, you didn’t just happen to pa**

“Yes.”

frowned and inquired, “If you had recognized me, why didn’t you just tell

Avery took a deep breath, his voice slightly hoarse as he continued to say, “I didn’t tell you because I

if she hadn’t treated him

choose the place to

it here because it’s similar to Silverlake

used to play hide and seek in your garden as kids? You always liked to hide

seek was a game they

time he closed his eyes, he could guess where

pretended not to find her, letting her bask in the glory

liked losing to her, but

Evadne scratched her head,

gave a gentle smile, elegantly took a sip of his coffee, like a gentleman straight out of an old

chatted for

as she was suffering from Alzheimer’s and was at that time unable to take care of herself. He had many opportunities to return to Elmsworth, but chose to stay in Helgen for his mother and built

also had a complicated family

four children in the Chambers family, Avery had two older brothers and a sister. They were all born to Mr. Jeff’s ex–wife, while

Mrs. Chambers, she didn’t know much about her. Even though her family and the Chambers family were close when she was young, and she had been to the Chambers estate, she had no recollection of the lady of

come back this year?” Evadne asked

I wanted to come back

nodded, understanding

in the struggle for power, were likely to be exploited and

the Ashbournes was quite rare among the

dinner, what should we do?” Avery suddenly

was taken aback by his

me take you to see

“I have a

Roses?

heart skipped a beat, her eyes

favorite flower, and she even had a small rose garden in the backyard of Silverlake Harbor. In the years she was gone, it was Suri and the others who

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