"Avery, you're always too soft-hearted." Ever since Elliot found out that his daughter wanted to find a partner, every single day filled him with anxiety.He should have headed to the office that day, but he did not go.Even if he had gone to the office, he would not have been in the mood to work. He rather stayed at home and look at the responses to the advert. "I'm not being soft-hearted. You're just placing too much emphasis on this matter. As if Layla could truly find her soulmate through this search." Avery took a grape and placed it in her mouth.When Elliot saw her eating grapes, he also reached for the fruit bowl for some grapes."Don't, you're already so angry. Have some apples to cool you down instead." Avery took an apple for him. "Here you go."Elliot was speechless."Layla has also said that this search is just so she gets to know more people of the opposite sex. She did not say that she was going to find someone to marry. You should relax a little." Avery continue

The last post that irene had seen on Avery's social media page was Rose's eighteenth birthday. Avery recently posted another photo. The photo was the vista from the hill. Irene immediately recognized that it was the Hightide Church. She faintly recognized the surroundings despite not having been there in years.She still remembered her grandmother's warnings of how Avery was a bad person but that did not appear to be true. Rose looked so happy and she would frequently visit Hightide Church, so Irene could tell that Avery was a great person.She could not help but react to Avery's post.Avery had over a million fans, and though her following could not be compared to the following that idols and actresses had, she had plenty of loyal admirers who commented and reacted to each of her posts.Irene stared dazedly at the photo and felt the sudden urge to return to the church, but she knew that she did not have enough money to do so for the time being.Once she had the money, she decid

It's normal. If I'm a guy and I see that Layla is looking for suitors, I can't help but try." Done with her skincare routine, Avery walked over to Elliot and glanced at the screen of his laptop, where Elliot happened to be looking at Sam's email."This kid looks sweet." She glanced through the portfolio and saw the words 'accept marrying into the Foster Family instead' in red and bold. "Haha, this kid says he can marry into our family instead!""Layla is way out of his league! There are countless men who would give up their family names to marry into our family. Am I supposed to be impressed just because he put those words in red bold?! Something is wrong with his head!" Elliot said before deleting Sam's email."Stop going through these, Elliot. I don't want you to get insomnia later." She closed his laptop and took it away."What if Layla never finds her perfect match, Avery?" Elliot was not in any hurry before, but his mind had swung to the other extreme, now that Layla had start

That was life. Not everything could go one's way and regrets were precisely what made life unforgettable.Soon, a month passed.As the temperature rose, the snow began to melt. Though it was cold, Irene was excited.Her tutor complimented her progress and reassured her that she would surely get into Turlington University if she maintained her performance during the exam.Apart from that, her birthday was approaching.Eighteen felt like a turning point in her life, it was a moment where one transformed into an adult overnight. "Mr. Lucas, after dinner tomorrow, I need to head home." Irene started discussing the schedule for the next day. "We will meet up at the cinema, okay?""Why the cinema?"She hesitated for a moment. "I thought I told you that I will tell you my secret on my birthday?"Lucas had not forgotten about it, but he did not understand why she had to tell him the secret in a cinema. "You can only tell me the secret in a cinema?""Not really. I just didn't want to

The door to the South Block closed, and Lucas returned to his bedroom. He picked up his phone to inform Irene that he would not be able to spend her birthday with her.He hesitated as he contemplated whether to text or call her. If he called her, Irene would certainly ask why, and Lucas did not want to tell her that he could not keep his promise because he had to go to Kasey's birthday party instead.Feeling embarrassed for being forced to make such a decision, he struggled for a while before texting Irene.[Let's not watch a movie tomorrow.]Irene walked out of the shower and picked up her phone to check the time when she noticed a message from Lucas."We are not going to the movies tomorrow? What happened?" she thought before replying. [Alright.]Lucas felt slightly upset when he received her reply and wondered why she had not asked him why. She could be rather persistent at times, like when she had dragged him to his lessons. Irene gripped the phone. She wanted to ask him wh