The living room instantly fell so silent that one could hear the sound of a beating heart.

Avery stormed back to her room and violently slammed the door shut.

The loud bang rumbled through the entire mansion.

This woman dared slam a door in Elliot Foster's house. She must not fear death.

Everyone turned their gaze to evaluate Elliot's reaction. He looked calm and composed as if he was not angry at all.

Normally, if anyone were to make a sound louder than 60 decibels in front of him, he would definitely frown.

The sound of Avery's slamming door was at least 90 decibels, so why was he not upset?

More importantly, the bottle of wine that Avery had smashed was over thirty thousand dollars. They had not even had the chance to drink it yet. She broke it without even batting an eyelid.

"D*mn, I heard that Miss Tate's father passed away a few days ago. Seeing as she showed up in black, she must have just returned from the funeral!" Someone had mustered up the courage to break the silence.

The woman in the white dress was a senior manager at Sterling Group's PR department, Chelsea Tierney.

It was her birthday, so she had invited a few of Elliot's friends to the house to also celebrate his recovery.

Her earlier altercation with Avery was a huge blow to her pride.

Chelsea noticed Elliot's unbothered expression, but she knew him well enough to know that he could blow up at any moment.

She returned to his side and apologized cautiously," I'm sorry, Elliot. I didn't know her father had passed away."

Elliot snuffed out his cigarette in the ashtray. He smoothly picked up his wine glass with his long, slender fingers and downed its contents in one swift gulp.

He placed the empty glass back on the table, then said in a low, sensual voice, "Happy birthday."

Chelsea's ears turned red as she responded, "Thank you."

"Also, Avery Tate isn't someone you can touch," Elliot said as he adjusted the collar of his shirt. His voice carried a hint of warning. "Even if she were just a pet in the Foster household, I'm the only one who can push her around."

Chelsea panicked.

"But you're about to divorce her, so she would be even less than a pet by then!"

Elliot's gaze instantly turned ice cold.

"Even if it were something I no longer wanted, I still won't watch as someone puts her down."

Mrs. Cooper walked in to clean up the shattered wine bottle and take away the

up Elliot's

Chelsea didn't mean

other side of Elliot said as he tried to lighten the mood. "That's right! Chelsea, hurry up and take three shots as punishment! You may be the birthday girl, but you did go a little too far!" Chelsea picked up her glass and prepared to take

to the side at his bodyguard

said

the room with reddened eyes. She gulped down three shots. She walked

for Chelsea to give up, too. Otherwise, she'll keep thinking she'll become Mrs.

up! Elliot

quite beautiful, but she has a bad temper.

knees in

that had held her tears for the past three days

apology before his death constantly echoed in her

had felt

sobbed until she fell

up the next morning, her eyes were

into a clean nightgown and walked out of the

few days, and she was so hungry

she arrived at the entrance of

Elliot's back and

and immediately greeted her," Breakfast

the past, Avery avoide Elliot like the plague. She was scared of offending him and suffering the

of him delaying the divorce gave her a

the seat furthest from him and

Cooper placed her breakfast in front of her, and she

of wine last night costs thirty

His voice was indifferent.

her fork as her mind

for a bottle of

of wine was

her to pay

he think she looked like she could afford

was drenched in a cold sweat, and

Avery's tired and pale face and said," This is a warning. If you break something in my house again,

stopped hurting upon hearing this,

stages

bout of nausea, Avery had yet to throw

of meat on her plate, she suddenly felt uneasy and picked

Madam?" Mrs. Cooper said anxiously when she

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