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.

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

school. When she saw Avery being bullied, she stood up to protect him without any hesitation. To everyone’s surprise, she, a girl, defeated three

past

living abroad for years, experiencing countless

the sun, hot

KTV and accidentally

said with

the night I was in danger, you didn’t just happen to

“Yes.”

me, why didn’t you just tell me

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

felt a pang of guilt as if she hadn’t treated him well enough, that

the

like it here because

we used to play hide and seek in

game they

time he closed his eyes, he could

her, letting

her, but only

Evadne scratched her head, a

sip of his coffee, like a gentleman straight out of an

for

learned that Avery had been taking care of his mother in Helgen for the past few years, 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 his own career

also had

sister. They

she didn’t know much about her. Even though her family and the Chambers family were close when she was young,

suddenly come back this year?” Evadne asked

home, after all, I’m the son of the Chambers family, I wanted to come back and claim what’s rightfully mine.” Avery lowered his eyes, his slender

nodded, understanding

born into wealthy families, if they didn’t participate in the struggle for power, were likely to be exploited and ended up with

like the Ashbournes was quite rare among the

some time before dinner, what should we do?” Avery suddenly asked

taken aback by his

to see the

of sincerity. “I have a private rose garden, today

Roses?

skipped a beat,

had a small rose garden in the backyard of Silverlake Harbor. In the years she was gone, it was Suri and the others who took turns to take care of it to maintain

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