Chapter 853

“I’m still going back to watch the show. You’ve seen Chelsea Tierney’s messed-up face, right? It’s
terrifying. Elliot can’t be marrying her for love! It must be chaos back in Aryadelle! I want to go back and
find out why exactly he’s marrying her. That’s much more meaningful than furthering my studies!” They
arrived at the house moments later. Mike opened the car door and strode into the living room.

Avery was stacking blocks with Layla. Mike walked over to her side and examined her face.

“What are you doing?” Avery nudged him slightly.

“Isn’t work starting soon? Who told you to come here?”

Mike tutted and said, “I wanted to come so I came. Don’t tell me that the company can’t function
without me. I didn’t know I was that important.”

Tammy laughed and said, “Don’t blame him, Avery. He’s still in his pajamas and didn’t even bring a
coat. He was obviously in a rush.”



Avery heard that then glanced at Mike and mocked plainly, “It’s not like I died. Can you not be so
dramatic?” “I’m not as worried now that I’ve seen you like this,” Mike said.

If she was too sad, she would not have the energy to pick on anybody.

There was a pin-drop silence that night. Avery could not sleep, so she sat at her desk and opened up
her laptop. Now that the holidays were over, it was time for her to get back to work. As long as the sky
did not fall and she was still alive, life would continue to go on a set course. She needed to quickly get
her emotions together. Adrian’s upcoming surgery was no small feat. She had to succeed.



She suddenly recalled how she had woken up in the middle of the night a few nights ago and saw Elliot
standing at the desk.

What was he doing at her desk at the time? She remembered that he had hurriedly shoved something
into the drawer after she called out to him.

She glanced at the drawer and took up the uppermost folder. The moment she took out the folder and
saw the sagging white thread, she went into a trance. Elliot had obviously opened the folder because
the white thread was wrapped around it94 before.

Avery opened the folder and took out all the documents within.

The documents were all of Adrian’s and Shea’s medical records. She had depended on her own
memory to reproduce Shea’s records.

What was certain was the fact that Elliot had seen the files in the folder, Avery just did not know how
much of it he saw.

She lowered her gaze and let out a heavy sigh.

It did not matter whether or not he saw the documents or how much he saw.

He was already back in Aryadelle and about to marry Chelsea. He did not care at all what Avery was
doing or thinking.

Why should she go through the pain of thinking about him?

Avery flipped through the documents once, then put them down in frustration. Then, she turned to her
laptop and searched Elliot’s name online.

News about Elliot very quickly appeared before her eyes.



The keywords on the headlines showed up in bold, red font.

[775 million-dollar marriage.]

[Disfigured but not left behind.]

[True love conquers all!]

Avery violently slammed her laptop shut!


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