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.

saw Elliot, she took a step back

You got it wrong!" Elliot's heart ached at the sight of Avery's red, swollen eyes. "I wasn't in the room this

into her room, then shut the door behind

alcohol on him. She examined him closely as she

were clean and had practically no wrinkles on them, but his brows were furrowed, and his expression was serious. " Tammy

how I found

suddenly turned

was hard for her to tell if

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, placed his hands firmly on her shoulders, and did not

into your room with my

the housekeeping manager arranged for it.

shoulders. It felt as if

thought of how she had lost control

understood

arms around Elliot, and buried her face in his

followed

least we've cleared the air now. " Elliot held her tightly in his 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

don't know what happened either. Something just snapped in my head just now. " Avery took a whiff of his familiar scent, then softly explained, "I care about you, so seeing you mess around with another woman

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