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'm just here because I want to," she

him by the arm and dragged

cold might not be that big of a deal, but your recovery will be really slow if

just want to keep being sick so that you won’t have

solve any problem."

the problem," he summarized and guessed at the same time, "you want

everyone else and raise him together with

did think of that before, but I know it's too hard for you. I

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

control of

heaving rapidly. "If Shea was still

Robert to be so weird because of

by the mention of Shea's name, Elliot's expression darkened :a!>RNS>

back to his bedroom.

fever, Elliot,

don't take medicine now.”

"I already took pills."

Show me." She followed

was breathing heavily as though he was trying

anger, Avery strode towards the nightstand and picked up the box of

type of normal cold medicine; four pills were missing

to access chapters of novels

she glanced at

she tossed the box

Foster, are you too old to

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