Chapter 267 “No,” Hayden responded calmly.

“Really?” Avery checked with her son repeatedly.

“No,” Hayden repeated without a trace of emotion on his face.

Avery could only call the quits. If they did not take it and she continued to ask them about it, the children might think that she did not trust them.

Hayden took Layla’s hand and led her back to their bedroom to store their school bags.

Once they were inside the room, Layla whispered, “Hayden, why are we lying? We shouldn’t lie to Mom.”

Layla had only managed to keep it a secret because Avery was not aware; but now that she was asking her about it, Layla did not dare lie.

“Elliot must be going nuts now that he realizes the box is gone,” said Hayden coldly. “If we return it now, he will just blame us for taking it. We are not returning it. Let him worry.”

Between their dirtbag dad and her brother, she would definitely side with her

it. They buried it under a tree in the yard two days ago. They had done it as Hayden had discovered the contents of the

they did, or the box would have been

Elliot worries so much that he dies?” Layla was still concerned. “He is still

don‘t die

that, Layla finally

(I asked the kids, and they

thought that he was resting, but he replied immediately and said, (Got

that asked, (You still haven‘t gone to sleep?).

reply, because he did not know how to. It had been thirty-six

weakening

midst of despair, he thought to himself, “So what if someone goes public with the content of the box? I will lose money, and friends will leave me… as for a lover… I no longer have one. I have earned more than enough money for this lifetime, so I don‘t have anything to worry about

worst outcome, Elliot slowly began to relax and

but three days had gone by, and she had

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