Chapter 273

Avery heard his question. She slightly sobered her up.

Did he think that she would spill the truth simply because she had a bit too much to drink?

He had underestimated her.

She had drunk a little too much, but it was only beer and not wine. Beer would not completely make her

lose her mind.

She decided to ignore him and go to sleep.

Elliot listened to her breathing and stared at the screen of his phone, reluctant to hang up. She would

have never called unless she was drunk.

Avery jolted awake at eight in the morning. It was a nightmare that had woken her. A nightmare about

the time when her father had just passed away.

With his death and the company declaring bankruptcy, Avery and her mother had wandered the streets

like homeless strays. She had been thirsty and dying for water, but they had not a penny to their name,

so they could not buy water. 2

in sweat when she woke up. She sighed a breath of relief at the

to herself, "It's in the

then, a man's husky

Are you awake?"

What's going on? Is my phone possessed?

coming from

daytime." She took a deep

up the

her mumbling to herself. He looked

and saw the screen,

with

like tossing her

stared at her phone dazedly. She flushed.

had happened, but she could not bring herself to

He took the initiative and broke the moment of

Yeah." She gasped and massaged her temples. "I'm sorry... I didn't

I?"

course," he said,

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before.

birthday," he

that I would get a

"Huh?"

had been drinking because James was on his

about

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