When he saw how cheerful she was in the photo, his heart ached at the realization that it had been so long since she had last smiled at him. It was almost five years ago. In the wedding dress shop, Avery had taken the wedding dress off and picked out a light purple dress to wear to Tammy's wedding. "I will be thirty in a few years, and I won't get to wear dresses like this by then," she said. "I should buy a few more like this one while I can still pretend to be young.""Avery, with your face, people would believe you even if you say you are twenty. It's not like you will grow old overnight when you are thirty, so relax and be young all you want!""That sweet tongue of yours! No wonder you have Jun wrapped around your fingers," Avery said with a smile. "He is the one who benefited from me choosing him, okay?" After trying on the dresses she had ordered, Tammy said with satisfaction, "All that's left right now is to wait for the wedding! Oh, isn't the kids' birthday soon? How do

When Elliot appeared by the table, Avery was about to take a bite of the cake and she almost snapped the plastic fork in half at the sight of him. What were the odds that she would run into him in the rare chance that she dined out?Tammy frowned. "What a coincidence, Mr. Foster. Do you have a meeting here?"She waved at the group behind Elliot sarcastically, and the others gave her smiles that were both polite and careful at the same time. Elliot glanced at the cake on the table and looked at the two children. "It's your birthday?" His voice was low, powerful, and confused. He remembered that Hayden's birthday was on the 13th of April, not today. Avery's blood ran cold at that very instant. She had not wanted to celebrate their birthday because she feared that he would get suspicious. Yet, he had still caught them celebrating in secret.Elliot studied the panicked and anxious expression on Avery's face thoughtfully."So Hayden's birthday isn't on the 13th of April, but today

The nurse walked over to the car and handed a blood sample to Rosalie. "It went smoothly?" Rosalie accepted the vial of blood in joy. The nurse nodded. "His sister was afraid of the pain, so he did the blood test to set an example for his sister. The siblings are really close." Rosalie was only interested in Hayden. Layla did not look like Elliot at all, and she had heard that Layla was the child Avery had had with another man. Even if Hayden was Elliot's son, Rosalie did not intend on accepting Avery. How would people view Elliot if they were to accept Avery, a woman who had given birth to another man's child?She placed the vial away carefully and shut the car door. The car headed toward the medical center that performed the DNA test. Once they arrived, Rosalie handed the blood samples of Elliot and Hayden to the staff. "How long until the results are out?""Usually three working days. We will inform you as soon as the results are out," said a member of the staff. Ros

At the summit, Mike and Chad had been arguing for over twenty minutes, and they were both exhausted. "You are being unreasonable!" said Chad readjusting his spectacles. Mike snorted. "You lose your mind every time you mention your boss. You need to do some self-reflecting! Your boss isn't your dad, why do you claim to know him?""You are the one who needs self-reflection! Why do you care who my boss invests in? Even if he did place his money on Wanda Tate, it only means that she has that sort of value! It doesn't mean that he likes her as a person!" Chad argued. "Don't call me out for drinks from now on! If you all teaming up with Wanda Tate, then it's best we don't meet again! I'm on Avery's side!" declared Mike, severing all ties with Chad. Chad's face was flushed with frustration. "Sure! Who wants to be friends with you, anyway?"After the argument, the two went on to look for their bosses. Ten minutes had passed, and Mike could still not find Avery, so he went looking f

"Mommy, the nurse told Hayden to go first because I was scared of the pain. She wanted me to see that there was nothing to it," explained Layla. "Hayden only had his blood taken for my sake. He loves me!"Avery sighed at the explanation and said, "You are both so adorable and good. Mommy loves you more and more as the days go by!""Mom, we love you too!" Layla's doe-like eyes were filled with joy. Their bodyguard stood on the side and scratched his head. "Miss Tate, should I cook?""Wouldn't that be too much trouble?"The bodyguard shook his head. "It is no problem." With that, he went into the kitchen. "Mommy, that uncle cooks really well! He is making buffalo wings for us tonight." Layla grabbed Avery's hand and mumbled, "Why didn't Uncle Mike come home with you?"Avery's brows twitched, and she said, "He is busy with something, so we didn't come home together."Elliot had turned off her phone, and Mike must have gotten extremely nervous when he could not find her. She