NovelEnglishThe next morning, Layla got up at seven to bathe and get dressed before going downstairs for breakfast.
At half past seven, Eric's car stopped outside the courtyard gate.
"Why are you here so early, Eric?" Avery just got up and the sun had not completely risen yet.
"lI cover as soon as | finished work." Eric had been busy these days.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtIt was a busy tof the year for those in the entertainment industry.
He wanted to bring Layla along, but she preferred to stay at hbecause Hayden was back in the country.
"Didn't you get any sleep last night?” Avery felt a little conflicted. "Won't it be noisy when Layla goes to your place today?" "Nah, | stay up late all the time, so I'm used to it. | slept yesterday morning too, so I'm not that sleepy right now." Eric handed her a gift.
"Where's Hayden?" Layla glanced at Eric, and then glanced guiltily at Avery, "Hayden's not feeling well today." "Why is he unwell? Does he have a cold?" Avery said and immediately walked to the children's room.
Layla did not follow her and neither did Eric.
He whispered to Layla, "What happened to him?" Layla whispered in response, "He has something very important to do today, so he can't cwithto your home. But Robert can!" Eric nodded and continued to ask, "Why does your mother smell like ointment?" "Because Mommy has a head injury. Daddy hit her by accident." Layla summed it up." Daddy got punched too, so they both had to apply ointment and smell like it." Eric was speechless.
"If she wasn’t injured, she'd definitely cwith us to have fun at your place," Layla lamented. "It's all his fault." Elliot cdownstairs just as Layla said that.
Elliot knew that the children blamed him because he blamed himself too.
"Happy New Year," he said as he walked up to Eric. "Layla and Robert will be in your care today." Eric glared at him angrily, "Why do you get more impulsive as you grow older? You used to laugh atfor being young and unstable, but look in the mirror and see how stable you are!" "It was an accident." "In that case, | can punch you >h$:TNT= call it an accident too." "Don't argue!" Layla could sense the animosity and immediately pulled Eric back. "Let's go, Uncle Eric! I like your big dog, and | think Robert likes it too." Elliot immediately frowned when he heard that Eric had a dog. "A big dog? How big exactly?" Layla immediately gestured with both hands. "This big!" Elliot's brows furrowed even tighter and he asked Eric, "What breed? Is it aggressive? Does it bite people?" "A Labrador. It's not aggressive when it sees Layla and Robert, but | can't vouch for the swhen it sees you." Elliot was speechless.
"Hahaha! Uncle Eric's big dog is a good boy! It likesvery much, and we're the best of friends!" Layla reassured her. "I'll look after Robert, so don't worry!" Elliot was still worried, of course.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmElliot called the bodyguard and asked him to go to Eric's house with the kids.
Avery cout of the children's room not long later.
Eric had already left with Layla and Robert.
Elliot asked, "Is Hayden alright? Layla said he wasn't feeling well." "Yeah. He said that he has an upset stomach, and | figured he might have eaten too much yesterday," she said. "Let's have breakfast. You can do your new year's visits later and I'll take care of Hayden at home." "Would you like to bring him to the hospital for a check-up?" That was the first tElliot saw Hayden feeling unwell.
"I will if he doesn't get better soon. You don't have to worry too much. He'll just take smedication for gastroenteritis." Elliot wanted to see his son very much, but after remembering that his son was even less likely to see him after that unforgivable mistake he did, he eventually decided against it.
After breakfast, Elliot brought sgifts with him and went to Avery's uncle's house. Shortly after he left, Hayden cout of the room.
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