Kabanata 341

Kabanata 341 “Sinabi ni Elliot na i-cancel ang engagement. Hindi siya darating,” sabi ni Henry, saka mabilis na kumapit sa ina.

Napatulala si Rosalie.

“Anong mali? May nangyari ba?” Umiling si Henry at sinabing, “Hindi ko alam. Binaba niya kaagad ang telepono. Baka may nangyari! Ipapauwi na kita sa driver. Ipapaliwanag ko ang lahat sa mga bisita at pauwiin ko sila pagkatapos ng tanghalian.”

Ang buong bagay ay isang nakakahiyang gulo!

Gayunpaman, walang nangahas na magsalita tungkol dito.

Napunta ang lahat ng mata ng mga bisita sa umiiyak na mukha ni Zoe.

Hindi pa siya nakaranas ng anumang kahiya-hiyang tulad nito sa buong buhay niya! Ayaw na niyang manatili doon ng isa pang sandali. Dinampot niya ang kanyang gown at luhaang tumakbo palabas ng banquet hall.

Hindi niya hahayaang makawala si Avery dito!

Sa Starry River Kindergarten, nanonood si Hayden sa venue ng engagement party nang biglang tumakbo palabas si Zoe!

Dahil dito ay nagsalubong ang kanyang maliliit na kilay.

Kung wala si Elliot Foster sa banquet hall ngayon, ibig bang sabihin ay hindi siya pupunta?

Kung hindi, bakit aalis si Zoe Sanford?

Tinanggal ba ang engagement?

Naninikip ang dibdib ni Hayden, at pinipigilan niya ang kanyang paghinga.

Hinamak niya si Elliot, ngunit hindi niya mababago ang katotohanan na siya ang kanyang biyolohikal na ama.

Ayaw daw niya ng dirtbag para sa isang ama.

Gayunpaman, kung ang kanyang ama ay hindi isang dirtbag, kung gayon paano niya magagawang tumanggi na kilalanin ang kanyang biyolohikal na ama?

At noon, the luncheon proceeded as scheduled in the banquet hall.

The guests quickly finished their food, then hurried out of the venue.

Hayden did not have a chance to play the video he had prepared.

“Layla,” he said suddenly.

“What’s wrong, Hayden?”

“Dirtbag Dad isn’t getting engaged.”

“Huh? Why not?” Layla asked in confusion as she walked over to her brother.

“The dirtbag didn’t show up,” Hayden said bluntly.

“Is he trying to humiliate all womankind?” Layla asked sternly.

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Hayden had no idea what had happened, so he did not have an answer to his sister’s question.

In the black Rolls-Roice, Elliot took Avery’s phone and charged it in his car.

Avery’s emotions had slowly simmered down.

He would not let her out of the car if she did not calm down his anger.

Elliot was adamant on finding proof that Avery knew Eric Santos.

She could only allow him to search for it.

Once Avery’s phone was charged, Elliot opened up her call history.

He glanced through it, then asked, “Why are there so many initials in your contacts?”

“They’re my classmates from abroad.”

Her answer made him frown.

If Avery was not lying, then Eric Santos’ name would not appear in her phone.

“I’m asking you for the last time, Avery. Do you know Eric Santos?” Elliot asked as he held onto her phone and stared at her with his hawk-like eyes.

“You can ask me a thousand times and I still wouldn’t know him,” Avery answered without batting an eyelid. “At least not anytime before today.”

Elliot returned Avery’s phone to her.

Avery took her phone back, then teased, “Aren’t you going to woo your Doctor Sanford? What if she decides not to treat your precious Shea anymore?”

“Does my misery amuse you?” Elliot asked with a furious expression on his face.

He unlocked the car doors, but Avery stayed unmoving from her seat.

Elliot’s brows furrowed. He did not know what she was thinking.

“I’m not going anywhere unless you send me home,” Avery said.

She was starving from being cooped up in the car with him all morning and had no energy to get out.

Elliot stepped on the gas pedal and drove the car towards Starry River Villa.

Before Avery got out of the car, she grabbed onto the door handle and hissed through gritted teeth, “You’re despicable, Elliot Foster!”

“Despicable?” Elliot snapped as the vein in his forehead pulsed. “Who’s a gentleman in your eyes, then? Mike? Or your dear Wesley?”

“Kahit sino ay mas mahusay pa rin kaysa sa iyo!” Malamig na sabi ni Avery saka itinulak ang pinto at nagsimulang bumangon sa kanyang kinauupuan.

Inabot ni Elliot at hinila siya pabalik sa kotse.

Bago pa man magpumiglas si Avery, mariing dumampi ang mga labi ni Elliot sa labi niya, na nahuli siya sa isang nangingibabaw na halik!