NovelEnglish"lI do. Or at least | do now. But that doesn't mean you won't change in the future," Avery replied. "Don't think so far ahead. We'll talk after today!" She had a terrible headache and it hurt just to speak.
Once they went upstairs, he halted his footsteps all of a sudden.
"Did you meet Shea tonight?" he said, letting go of her arm. "I didn't see her all day today." "Didn't she call you at night?" She thought Shea had called and told him that she would be speaking tonight.
"No." He answered firmly. "Where's my phone?" The two went back to the room and looked for his cell phone. Alas, it was nowhere to be found, even after srigorous searching.
"I'll give it a call." She picked up her cell phone and dialed his number.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtThere was no ringing in the room, which meant that his cell phone was not in there.
The two of them then went downstairs.
She kept on calling his phone until they finally found it under the sofa.
It probably fell to the ground during his fight with Mike earlier.
The two of them tacitly avoided mentioning the fight.
Elliot turned on the phone and saw not a call, but a message from Shea.
[Brother, | was asked to stay for the night, so I'll spend the night at Wesley's!] His face turned gloomy after reading the text.
"Shea spent the night at Wesley's house," he spoke incredulously.
"She's not your pet. Sooner or later, she'll have her own family and leave you. This is the reality of it, and you need to accept it as soon as possible." Her words stunned him for a moment.
"Elliot, it's three o'clock in the morning. You can do whatever you want if you're not sleepy. I'm exhausted, so..." She glanced at the tand sighed tiredly.
"Okay, you should go to bed! I'll sleep in the guest room later." He remembered that he was drunk and had not showered yet.
If he went to sleep in the master bedroom, he might wake her up from the noise.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmShe went straight upstairs.
He looked at her from behind as he felt despondently lost when she disappeared from his line of sight.
When she said that Shea would leave him, her cold =c!>QMQ; harsh tone seemed to be telling him that 'I'll leave you too".
The next day, at the Brooks', Shea cout of Wesley's room and ran into Sandra by coincidence.
Sandra was carrying soatmeal then.
"Shea, last night..." Sandra was both surprised and speechless.
She arranged for Shea to sleep in a guest room next to Wesley's room the previous night.
"I..." Shea blushed and explained in a low voice, "l was a little scared last night, so..." "Haha! Oh, don't worry about it! | wasn't thoughtful enough, and | didn't expect you to be scared." Sandra put down the bowl, took Shea's hand, and asked, "Is Wesley still sleeping?" Shea shook her head and said shyly, "He's helpingdo the laundry." "But we have a washing machine?" Sandra was puzzled.
Shea blushed even more. "It's...underwear, Aunt Sandra. He said that hand washing is better."
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