chapter 968

The doorbell to Avery's room rang a while later.

Avery heard it, but she did not feel like opening the door nor did she want to know who was on the other side.

She felt hollow. It was as if she was floating on the surface of a body of water but could not drown no matter how much she wanted to.

She wondered for a moment why she felt this hopeless. She wondered if she still harbored delusions about Elliot.

Despite all the times he had lied to her, she had never really learned her lesson.

Otherwise, she could have immediately left after he revealed his plan.

The doorbell continued to ring and it gave Avery a splitting headache.

She had a feeling that whoever was ringing the doorbell would not cease until she opened the door.

She held onto the edge of the bed for support, got to her feet, then dragged herself toward the door.

When she opened the door, a tall, familiar silhouette appeared before her.

Avery saw Elliot, she took a step

of Avery's red, swollen eyes. "I wasn't in the room this entire time. Someone called me out for drinks after I sent

into her room, then

suddenly smelled the alcohol on him. She examined him closely as

and had practically no wrinkles on them, but his brows were furrowed, and his expression

found

suddenly turned

was hard for her to tell if he was

Mr. Goldstein's niece. I've only met her a few times and we're not close at all. We've never had any private interactions before. If I was in the room at the time, I definitely

I saw her walk into your room with

was rising and falling rapidly. "You know what turndown service is, right? I didn't ask for the service. I'm guessing the housekeeping manager arranged for it. The cleaner knows Mr. Goldstein's niece

shoulders. It felt as if she had just recovered

how she had lost control earlier as his explanation echoed in

understood her true

the chains around her heart, then threw her arms around Elliot, and

should've followed her

arms and rested his chin on the top of her head. "Give me some credit next time, won't you? I didn't exhaust my efforts to get you over here just to hurt you.

head just now. " Avery took a whiff of his familiar

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