His Eagle Eyes on Me

Chapter 1848

"How can you tell? Why haven't I noticed?" Avery did not notice that Elliot was pursuing her. After all, all they had talked about since she had arrived was an important matter that needed to be resolved.

"He keeps staring at you. Why would he do that if he doesn't like you? He doesn't really stare at Aunt Natalie when she comes to our place," Layla said confidently.

"Layla, there’s more to liking a person than that. I was confronting him just now so, of course, we are staring at each other," Avery said. "I was looking at him, too, does that mean that I like him?"

"Oh... Mommy, you don't like him anymore? " Confused, Layla asked, "Daddy is still quite handsome, right?"

Avery could not help but chuckle. "He's alright! But whether I like him or not has nothing to do with looks. If a couple keeps fighting, they will only grow tired of each other no matter how good-looking they are.

"But you two weren't fighting just now."

"I don't want to fight with him anymore," Avery said. "All the leverage he thought he could use to threaten me didn't work."

do you want to teach him a lesson?" Layla asked while studying Avery’s expression. "Just tell me if there’s something I can do to help. I am

to teach him a lesson, I can do it myself. I won't need your help for that,” Avery said while stepping out of the bathroom

her new

number, "This was on an auction. If Natalie was bidding against you,

remember, Avery had never quite enjoyed spending her money. Not only did she refrain from overspending, but she disliked it when he spent too much as well. Whereas now, she

you. Elliot, don’t try to see the new me through the memory of the

in the eyes, feeling that she could be sucked into the bottomless swirl of

apple

took out a knife from

off the apple in her hand. "You went to

didn't

looked more like

him a sidelong glance as she got a feeling that he