Chapter 968 

The doorbell to Avery's room rang a while later.

Avery heard it, but she did not feel like opening the door nor did she want to know who was on the other side.

She felt hollow.

It was as if she was floating on the surface of a body of water but could not drown no matter how much she wanted to.

She wondered for a moment why she felt this hopeless.

She wondered if she still harbored delusions about Elliot.

Despite all the times he had lied to her, she had never really learned her lesson.

Otherwise, she could have immediately left after he revealed his plan.

The doorbell continued to ring and it gave Avery a splitting headache.She had a feeling that whoever was ringing the doorbell would not cease until she opened the door.She held onto the edge of the bed for support, got to her feet, then dragged herself toward the door.

When she opened the door, a tall, familiar silhouette appeared before her.

The moment Avery saw Elliot, she took a step back on reflex.

"Avery! You got it wrong!"

ached at the sight of

in the room this entire time.Someone called me out for drinks after I

her room, then shut the

on him.She examined him

were clean and had practically no wrinkles on them,

an earful!

suddenly turned around in embarrassment.It was hard for her to tell if he was

few times and we're not close at all.We've never had any private interactions before.If I was in the room at the time, I definitely wouldn't have opened

over to face Avery, placed his hands firmly on her

her, then? I saw her walk into your room with

voice was hoarse  filled

"It was housekeeping."

chest was rising and falling

arranged for it.The cleaner knows Mr.Goldstein's niece and let her into the room.I'll take you over to check the surveillance cameras if you don't believe me.A weight suddenly lifted

if she had just recovered from a

of how she had lost control earlier as his explanation echoed in

she understood

tore off the chains around her heart, then threw her arms around Elliot, and buried her face

her in

alright.At least we've cleared the air

his arms and rested his chin on the top

I didn't exhaust my efforts to

what happened either.Something just snapped in

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