Chapter 273

Avery heard his question. She slightly sobered her up.

Did he think that she would spill the truth simply because she had a bit too much to drink?

He had underestimated her.

She had drunk a little too much, but it was only beer and not wine. Beer would not completely make her lose her mind.

She decided to ignore him and go to sleep.

Elliot listened to her breathing and stared at the screen of his phone, reluctant to hang up. She would have never called unless she was drunk.

Avery jolted awake at eight in the morning. It was a nightmare that had woken her. A nightmare about the time when her father had just passed away.

With his death and the company declaring bankruptcy, Avery and her mother had wandered the streets like homeless strays. She had been thirsty and dying for water, but they had not a penny to their name, so they could not buy water.

when she woke up. She sighed a breath of relief at the familiar sight of her bedroom and whispered to herself, “It‘s in the past, Avery... don‘t be

man‘s husky voice came from her

stared at her phone, thinking, “What‘s going on? Is my

appear during the daytime.” She took a deep breath to prepare

to herself. He looked forward to her reaction.

the screen, her face stiffened. The

instantly felt like tossing her phone

wanted to ask about what had happened, but she could not bring herself to ask. “Avery, are you awake?” He took

“I’m sorry… I didn’t say anything weird last night, did I?”

he said,

to hurt even more as she tried her best to

wished me happy birthday,” he said calmly, “and then you wished that I would get

“Huh?”

She had been drinking because James was on his way

already eight in the morning, and according to the time, James had probably

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