NovelEnglishThe initially calm atmosphere in the living room turned turbulent as soon as he said that.
As Elliot sat quietly on the sofa and listened to the conversation, Eric's egotistical and rude remark caught him completely by surprise! He could not believe that Eric would encourage Avery to take two husbands because it was such a blatant show of disrespect! To make things worse, Elliot could sense that Eric was hinting at Avery to take the latter as her second husband.
Elliot stood up from the sofa abruptly.
He did not even use his crutches because his anger caused him to forget that he was lame.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtUpon realizing that the situation was turning sour, Avery immediately shoved Eric out of the door. "You and Layla should go.” Eric did not want to put her in a tight spot, so he led Layla out the door.
"Why are you afraid of him? He was the one who betrayed you first. You can always do the sso he can feel how you felt." Eric did not even bother lowering his voice because he wanted Elliot to hear it as clearly as possible.
Elliot's face turned gloomy and cold. His vision was as sharp as a hawk as he stared in Eric's direction.
He could not hear what Avery said to Eric before the man left immediately with Layla Elliot sat back down on the sofa after Eric left.
Avery walked over and sat next to him.
Her face was slightly red and she had a little smirk. "Are you that angry?" "When Eric said you should take a second husband, what he really meant was that you should take him as your second husband," Elliot interpreted Eric's remark.
Avery smiled and said, "He's given his opinion, but it doesn't mean | need to accept it." "Why does your tone sound a little regretful to my ears?" Elliot spoke in a better tone when he looked at her face.
"Are you jealous? | think you ought to be given a little pat so you don’t get too proud," she looked at him smugly. "You have many admirers, and so do I!" "I'm just scared | won't be able to meet your standards." Elliot then lavished praise on her and said, "You're young, beautiful, ?a!= PLV: more importantly, you're a highly capable woman. Everything that you've done is a testament to how good you are in your field of expertise. You're not like me. | already have half my foot in the grave." Avery was speechless.
She could not tell whether he was praising or mocking her with his self-deprecation.
"You sure have recovered a lot in the sarcasm department!" "There is no sarcasm. Every word | say comes from the bottom of my heart." He spoke frankly.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"Is that so? | didn't know you had half a foot in the grave," she said as she raised his right leg to take a look.
He removed her hands and retracted his leg.
"Layla said that this morning," he said, somewhat downcast. "She cto askwhat it means to have half a foot in the grave. | said it was to describe someone getting old... and she said that | had half a foot in the grave..." Avery laughed until she shed tears and cried.
"She doesn't mean that. Don't blher." "lI don't blher. | just hate Eric." "Don't blEric, either. He wasn't being serious." "He's clearly trying to test how low you'll go and pissoff while he's at it." "But I'm not going to listen to him!" She rested her head on his shoulder and felt quite happy. "I haven't seen you being jealous in so long, and to be honest, it does feel pretty good." Elliot raised her chin with one hand and looked at her. "Doesbeing angry make you happy?" "When | was in Ylore, | spent all my days feeling as angry as you are right now. Even angrier, | might add," she rested her head on his shoulder again.
"I'm sorry." He reflected on himself after he calmed down. "Did that tumor grow because you were angry at me?" She immediately raised her head and said with a smile, "You don't have that kind of cursed power. Also, tumors don't grow in a day or two. The tumor grew over time..." "But | used to anger you pretty often.
"Well, if you insist on believing that you caused my illness, then you must remember never to makeangry again in the future."
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