Chapter 42 

Avery wondered if she would be his mistress if that woman was still alive.

If she was dead, then was she her replacement?

Either way, it made her heart ache and left a bad taste in her mouth.

While Avery was lost in thought, Elliot’s thoughts also wandered.

“Tell me, what exactly do you like about Cole?” he asked as he pulled out his cigarette box. His face was the epitome of an enigma.

“I don’t like him anymore,” Avery said coldly.

If they had not talked things out earlier, she might have continued to use Cole to anger him.

It was childish, but Elliot was always losing his temper over the smallest things.

If she did not retaliate, she would lose her mind.

“Is it because you realized he was nothing but a penniless loser?” Elliot asked as he held the unlit cigarette between his fingers.

me, he would write me love letters every day. On the weekends, he would take me to art galleries and music recitals. We would have the most

about is getting into a woman’s

I liked guys with good grades. At seventeen, I was into basketball players. I liked talented guys when

cigarette in half; his eyes

pursed her lips and

walked to the dining room because she was

anything to eat, Mrs. Cooper?” she

nonchalant as if it were someone else and not her that had just

prepared dinner for

phone, and saw a series

him. He’s a little too soft for me. He didn’t seem to be that into me either, but said that we should go out for dinner next time, probably because of pressure from

give him much spending money! How could he possibly have

[l’m going to have dinner with him this weekend! I have to get to the bottom

story. I’ll tell you once

Avery right away after receiving

clenched her

the living room and noticed

would hear everything if she talked on the

the call and sent Tammy a text: [I can’t talk right now. Let’s talk on

his shower that night, Elliot paced back and forth in his

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