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 back on

heart ached at the sight of Avery's red, swollen eyes. "I wasn't in the room this entire time. Someone called me out for drinks after I sent you to your

then shut the door behind

smelled the alcohol on him. She examined him closely as

wrinkles on them, but his brows were furrowed, and his expression

I found out what

turned

hard for her to tell if

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 wouldn't have opened the door for her." Elliot walked over to face Avery,

door for her, then? I saw her walk into your

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 and

weight suddenly lifted off of Avery's shoulders. It felt as if she had just

how she had lost control

understood her

off the chains around her heart, then threw her arms around Elliot, and buried her face

you. I should've followed her in and checked things out for

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

snapped in my head just now. " Avery took a whiff of his familiar scent, then softly explained, "I care about you, so seeing you

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