Chapter 273
Avery heard his question. She slightly sobered her up.
Did he think that she would spill the truth simply because she had a bit too much to drink?
He had underestimated her.
She had drunk a little too much, but it was only beer and not wine. Beer would not completely make her lose her mind.
She decided to ignore him and go to sleep.
Elliot listened to her breathing and stared at the screen of his phone, reluctant to hang up. She would have never called unless she was drunk.
Avery jolted awake at eight in the morning. It was a nightmare that had woken her. A nightmare about the time when her father had just passed away.
With his death and the company declaring bankruptcy, Avery and her mother had wandered the streets like homeless strays. She had been thirsty and dying for water, but they had not a penny to their name, so they could not buy water.
the familiar sight of her bedroom and whispered to herself, “It‘s in the
husky voice came from her phone, “Are you awake?”
on? Is my phone possessed? Why is
down, ghosts don‘t appear during the daytime.” She took a deep breath to prepare herself, before picking up
to herself. He looked forward to her reaction.
Avery unlocked the phone and saw the screen, her face stiffened. The screen showed that she had been on call with Elliot for
tossing
Elliot? Why?” she thought as she stared at her phone dazedly. She flushed. She wanted to ask about what had happened, but she could not bring herself to ask. “Avery, are you
She gasped and massaged her temples. “I’m sorry… I didn’t say
he said,
even more as she tried her best to remember what had happened the
calmly, “and then you wished that I would
“Huh?”
had been drinking because James was on his way back to the
morning, and according to the time,
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