Chapter 74

Holding back tears, Avery turned in anger and stormed out of the station.

She did not sign the release papers, nor did she take her phone back from Elliot.

Elliot signed the papers and left the station.

On the car ride home, he passed her phone to her and said in a low voice, "I didn't go through it."

Avery took her phone and her breathing was heavy as she said, "But you already know what's inside."

"Are they important? Those photos..."

Avery gritted her teeth and warned herself not to lose her temper with Elliot.

He was the one who had helped get her phone back after all.

Her hand clenched around her phone as she asked, "If I told you that the baby you had forced me to

abort wasn't Cole's but yours... Would you feel guilty at all?"

Elliot turned his head and glanced at her.

Avery's expression was serious, and it did not seem like she was kidding.

He gulped and responded in a hoarse voice, "From the

IVF treatments?" 1

answered. She met his gaze and said, " You killed your own child with your own

you feel

slightest hint of remorse on his face to make herself

that he was a man of flesh and blood and not a cold-blooded money-making

that he would be

meant to be born in the

so calm if your own parents

they never gave birth to me," he answered. "Not everyone wishes

this world, Avery."

Avery raised her brows.

he not wish to be

How come?

he had a successful career, and there were plenty of

him like he was the center of

he

he have to go

Avery asked as she could not help but analyze his

"There are treatments for depression. If you're sick, you should go

as possible."

Elliot's

better, then

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was close to midnight when they

she was so tired that she did not have the energy to

got into bed and fell asleep

night, she

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