NovelEnglishIt was a call from Lilith.
Avery immediately picked it up.
Lilith's excited voice rang out. "Avery, | got second in the preliminary round! | got second!" Avery's heart was beating with excitement. "You're amazing! | knew you could do it! " "Woo! I'm so happy! My initial target was just to be in the top ten to be able to enter the semifinals. | thought that if | got that I'll be happy enough! | never expected to cin second for the preliminary round! My marks were only slightly lower than the first place!" "Lilith, you're amazing! If Elliot hears about this, he would surely be happy for you." "I also hope that he will be impressed with me! I will work hard for the remainder of the competition!" At that, Ben's voice suddenly cthrough.
"Are you talking with Avery?" "Who else? Why are you asking the obvious?" "Go back and talk! I've already booked the flight tickets back to Aryadelle. Let's go home!" Ben said.
The fireworks lit up the night skies with bright colors.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtAvery looked at the dazzling lights in the skies. Her thoughts were far away.
In the living area, Robert was woken up by the sounds of Layla cheering. Mrs. Cooper carried Robert and walked over to Avery." Robert is looking at the fireworks without even blinking his eyes. This is his first tseeing fireworks." Avery looked at her son’s surprised and widened eyes. She could not help but smile. "Baby, aren't the fireworks beautiful? Robert reached his hands out. He wanted to head out.
Mrs. Cooper looked at Avery.
"Take him out, he should be fine just for a while." Then, Avery headed out with Mrs. Cooper.
The fireworks had been on display for about half an hour.
When the night resumed its usual silence, Shea held Layla's hand while Adrian held Hayden's and they were about to return to the living area.
"Mommy, | want to light fireworks again tomorrow!" Layla said to Avery.
"Sure! We can buy more tomorrow." "Our yard is too small. Daddy's one is big enough. If we were to place the fireworks in our yard, there wouldn't be enough space!" Layla muttered.
"Then, we'll stay at Daddy's tomorrow," Avery said >b$?SNX? added, "but you need to discuss this with Hayden. We'll listen to you two." Layla grabbed Hayden's arms and discussed the matter with him in hushed tones.
At the Regency Hotel, when Ruby saw Elliot after waiting for him, tears of joy fell from her face.
Ruby was wearing a long, loose, coat, yet it still could not hide her baby bump.
"Elliot, thank you for coming to seeand the baby. | have a lot of the baby photos, and | left them in the room." She grabbed his arm and pulled him along toward the lift.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"I've asked the doctor why our child looked so much like Layla. The doctor said that she looks like you. Layla should look like you too," said Ruby sheepishly to Elliot.
At Elliot's mansion, the children had returned to bed after the fireworks. Mrs. Cooper took Robert back to his room too.
Shea watched TV for a while before she could finally no longer take it and headed to bed.
"Adrian, are you tired? If you are, go get srest! The house has been noisy for the entire day, and you did not even have a nap." Avery wanted to wait for Elliot to return.
She looked at the time. Elliot has been out for almost forty minutes.
She did not know when he was returning.
"I'll stay with you," Adrian said heartwarmingly. "You're waiting for Elliot, right? Why has he not returned yet so late at night? Do you want to call him?"
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