Rosalie stood looking into the room from the open door.

Avery was curled up in a ball with her arms around her knees as she leaned against the wall.

Her hair was down, and it was a mess.

She looked up in a daze when she heard the commotion at the door.

"Avery! What happened to you?" Rosalie exclaimed. When she saw Avery's face, which was white as a sheet of paper, her blood pressure instantly shot up.

"How did you become like this? Was it... Was it Elliot? Is he abusing you?"

At this point, there was a slight tremble in Rosalie's voice.

Avery had lost a lot of weight.

Her face was void of any color, and there were faint cracks on her dry lips.

Her chest rose and fell unsteadily. She wanted to speak, but she could not find her voice.

Mrs. Cooper walked over with a glass of warm milk and passed it to Avery.

"Have a glass of milk first, Madam. Don't be afraid. Now that Madam Rosalie is here, you can eat."

Rosalie's brows furrowed furiously as she said," What's that? Elliot isn't letting Avery eat? How did she get so skinny? Is he trying to starve her to death?"

The incident shocked Rosalie to the core.

She stormed over to the living room and stood before her son.

"Elliot, Avery is the wife that I arranged for you. What would you have me think if you tormented her this way?"

"She should be punished for her mistakes. If it weren't for your sake, do you think I would have allowed her to stay until now?" Elliot said in a cold, nonchalant voice.

The way he saw it, starving her for two days was a lot more merciful than breaking her arm.

She touched something she was not supposed to. She crossed his line. How could he easily forgive her?

"Mistake? What did Avery do?" asked Rosalie.

In her eyes, Avery was a sensible, well-behaved, and observant girl. She would never be stupid enough to deliberately anger Elliot.

lips and

know too well exactly what you're thinking that I can't allow you to do this.

point, Rosalie's eyes welled up with tears of

more worked up the more she spoke, and her eyes

condition. He signaled to his bodyguard to

long as I'm sure, you can't chase

a girl you like. I will not allow you to spend the rest of your life alone!" Rosalie said as the bodyguard helped her to the couch. Her head

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and she fell back onto the

discharged that morning,

be so stubborn. He

had thought that the matter with Avery could be settled quickly, but it seemed that

not only hate Avery,

another woman for the

the guest bedroom, Avery sipped on the glass of milk as her condition

everything that was happening outside

he still managed to provoke his mother to the

bowl of oatmeal. She then picked up a brush and began

as Madam Rosalie is around, Master Elliot won't kick you out,"

was tired and out of energy, but there was one thing she

but each of her words was clear.

to linger in this hell hole

see that devil,

be upset, Madam," Mrs. Cooper said

oatmeal. I'll go and take a look

pushing Elliot over in his wheelchair and immediately

usual, but

the bodyguard pushed Elliot to

head shot up suddenly,

if there was the crackling of sparks in

Elliot!" Avery said as she put down the bowl of

picked up her luggage and

nights ago and was prepared to leave the place at any

like!" she said in

"You hate me

I shouldn't have used your computer," Avery said as she tried to control her breathing. "I've already gotten my punishment, so we should be even. Do you have the divorce papers with you? If not, I

could not wait to distance herself from him, Elliot drawled,

It was as if she just

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