Avery could not bring herself to nod when she saw the shaken look on Elliot's face.

"That happened on the day Layla called you into her room?" Elliot asked.

"Yeah. Elliot, Layla didn't dare tell you because she didn't want you to get mad, so you should know what to do, right?" Avery said.

He breathed heavily and asked, "So what should I do? Avery, tell me."

Avery felt troubled. "Just pretend that you don't know anything, alright? Don't go looking for trouble with Eric, and don't try to console Layla. If you go and talk to her, she will feel uncomfortable. The last thing she wants is for you to find out about this."

"Am I really that scary?" Elliot struggled to pretend that he did not know anything.

Since his daughter had refused to eat because of it, Elliot knew that he was going to lose sleep over it that night.

He had spoiled and treasured his baby girl with all he had, and Eric had the audacity to reject her.

do this to my daughter?!" he thought to

furious." Avery picked up his spoon and shoved it into his hand. "Eat. I will talk to her after dinner. Don't say anything. Don't do anything. If you can't stand it anymore, talk to someone

I supposed to talk to? I can't talk to anyone about this." Elliot

eat, then I won't eat." Avery set her spoon down as well. "Let's starve together." Sᴇaʀ*ᴄh the FɪndNøvel.ɴᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access

he starved, but he could not allow his wife to

to our daughter after this." Elliot placed

definitely going to speak

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do anything stupid this time." Avery took a bite of the rib. "If you stay quiet about it, she might

tongue and stared

the second son of the Woods family returned from overseas as it was

and was about to graduate from

taken him into the family when he was six, and Mrs. Woods got into a huge argument with Mr. Woods because of that. However, Sam was still young and was exceptionally obedient at the time, so apart from the fact that

did not have

issues with Sam.

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