"I can't hear what he is saying."

"Layla, come sleep with me tonight," Ivy said. "Maybe we've misunderstood Dad."

"But that baby..."

"He doesn't really look that much like Dad. Why don't we go have another look now?" Ivy said.

"Okay! Let's have another look."

The two headed down the stairs.

Meanwhile, in the master bedroom, Avery had calmed down after listening to what Elliot had had to say.

"A vasectomy can fail," she said.

"The doctor said that I wouldn't be able to impregnate anyone if the surgery was a success," Elliot said confidently. "Why don't we go to a hospital to check if the surgery failed?" Avery glanced at the clock and noticed that it was almost nine.

"We haven't taken any contraceptive measures over the years, and you didn't get pregnant, did you? What makes you think that I can impregnate another woman?" Elliot's tone grew more and more confident. He shifted Layla's pillow away and climbed into bed.

Avery stared at him as his words echoed in her mind. For a moment, she did not know what to do.

in me," Elliot said. "I've never been treated this way. I'm with

are already

I know what I did or didn't do. I have nothing to feel guilty about,

out of the airport, he caught a taxi to head to Elliot's mansion instead of calling the driver who worked for

in that mansion

to his name, and once the divorce was finalized Hayden intended to take Avery

she was bound to hear about

Hayden, she immediately brought him

driver to

can get here myself." Hayden changed into the slippers and scanned the living room to find

have you eaten?" Layla

hungry." Hayden's

mine." Elliot knew what Hayden was going to say and beat him to it. "I

vasect iden

when I remarried your

having four

You can ask your mom

it

her composure and realized that Elliot was telling the

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