His Eagle Eyes on Me

"Layla won't do such a thing!" Avery interrupted him. "We raised our daughter. Don't you know what kind of a person she is? Don't you trust her?"

"Of course, I trust her. I am just worried that Eric might put her under his spell."

"Eric isn't that kind of a man."

"Avery, do you know Eric that well? We didn't raise him, and we aren't even that familiar with what kind of a man he is."

"How can you say that? He is our friend, and we ought to trust our friends. We only came to know Jun, Tammy, and Ben later in our lives, so why can we trust them but not Eric?"

"Don't get so worked up. I will be more careful next time I see him." Elliot did not wish to fight with Avery over this.

It had been a while since they had a fight, and he was not used to having an argument.

"I'm not worked up. You are the one who is out of line here. If Eric really is the kind of man you think he is, do you really think that Layla would still be here? She would have taken off with Eric a long time ago," Avery retorted.

"What?! If he dares to do so, I will make him suffer for it."

a big fuss out of it." Avery

Layla and Ivy were whispering to one another in the

think of Eric?" Layla

he is even more handsome than I expected him to be. All my classmates screamed when he entered the classroom and kept trying to take photos of him! He is so handsome! Layla, I think I know why

seem that

of handsome guys

Besides, good looks run in our family, so I'm immune to handsome guys at this point. I like him because of something else." Layla leaned on the couch and lifted her chin. "He is tolerant, gentle, hard-working, and ambitious... He is a lot

he has

told me as well," Layla said calmly. "I plan on meeting his girlfriend

"In secret?"

I've moved

day or two, Layla said decisively. "I'm going there mainly to make arrangements for the furniture in your house and meeting Eric's girlfriend is more like a

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will find out. Don't tell anyone

just worried..." Ivy sighed. "I like Mr. Santos, but I feel like you are going to struggle a lot to be