Chapter 767

Avery turned around with Robert in her arms and was about to leave, when she heard Elliot coughing.

She immediately stopped on her track.

Elliot didn't cough all that often and would only do so when he was ill.

She strode to the stairs where Mrs. Scarlet was waiting and handed Robert to her, before turning

around to head back into the study room. She strolled towards him and studied his flushed cheeks

resulting from the constant coughing.

There was a strong emotion in the air that no one could label, but it felt like something would explode at

the softest touch.

"Are you sick?" Avery asked and reached up to touch his forehead to test his temperature.

Elliot took a few steps back. "It’s just a cold. I don’t have a fever."

Avery closed in on him and asked, "did you ask me to take Robert away because you are sick and

don't want him to catch it, not because you don't want to see him?"

He stared at her with dark, brooding eyes and answered honestly, "both. Who asked you here?"

I want to,"

by the arm and

but your recovery will be really slow if you don't

being sick so that you won’t have to have Robert,

solve any problem."

solve the problem," he summarized and guessed at the

the child with joy like everyone else and raise

for you. I don’t

act like you can't even look at him, like he

instantly lost control of her

go of his arm, her chest heaving rapidly. "If Shea was still alive, she definitely wouldn't

be so weird

Shea's name, Elliot's expression darkened

back to his bedroom.

have a mild fever, Elliot, your temperature can go up at

don't take medicine now.”

"I already took pills."

me." She followed him

paused and tensed his back; he was breathing heavily as though

and picked up

four pills were missing from the box,

Gøøglᴇ to access

glanced at the manufacture date

she tossed the box into the

you too old to

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