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. 

relief at the familiar sight of

husky voice came from her phone, “Are you awake?”

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

She took a deep breath to prepare herself, before picking

to herself.

stiffened. The screen showed that she had

felt like tossing her phone away.

happened, but she could not bring

Yeah.” She gasped and massaged her temples. “I’m sorry… I didn’t say

he said,

head started to hurt even more as she tried her best to remember

he said calmly, “and then you wished that I would

“Huh?” 

drinking because James was on his way back to the

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

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