Chapter 857

“I just called Mike, Sir. He said he wasn’t the one who hacked into Charlie Tierney’s account.” Chad

adjusted his glasses, then continued, “He said it was Hayden.”

Elliot covered the microphone on his phone, then hung up. It was Hayden It was not surprising! Hayden

knew the entire time that Layla was the one who took the box, so he must have already known about

the box’s contents. He suddenly recalled that the reason why he almost strangled Hayden to death was

that Hayden had said that he was sick. He did not think about why Hayden would say such a thing at

the time.

Now that he thought about it, he was a complete idiot! Hayden had known about Elliot’s secret this

entire time. Even if Elliot never laid a finger on Hayden back then, Hayden would still never

acknowledge Elliot as his father! Hayden looked down on him!

Otherwise, he would not have hacked into Charlie’s account and nonchalantly reveal Elliot’s secret to

the public.

“Hayden was just playing a prank, Sir.” Chad only knew that Hayden was behind this, but he did not

know why he would say something like that.

“It’s not a prank,” Elliot said with certainty.

“He did it on purpose.”

“Even so, you shouldn’t hold it against him. He’s just a child, after all. Besides, he probably did it to

stand up for his mother.” Chad was guessing from Hayden’s point of view.

Elliot shut his laptop, then walked around from behind his desk.

When he arrived next to Chad, he said in a low voice, “Go home!”

Hayden did what he did to tell Elliot that he knew about everything.

He never took Elliot seriously before, and that was still the case. He could easily make Elliot’s fear

public and not be afraid of Elliot taking revenge on him.

Of course Elliot would not be upset with Hayden. It was just as Chad said, Hayden did this to stand up

for his mother. The thought of Avery’s wrong expression made Elliot feel like punching himself. Once

Elliot left, Chad was in a daze.

Elliot’s reaction seemed overly calm.

It was fine if he was not mad at Hayden for saying he had a psychological disorder, but how could he

be so calm with the news going viral online?

Over in Bridgedale, Mike glanced over at Hayden a few times over breakfast. Hayden ignored him,

finished his breakfast, then returned to his room.

Moments later, Avery’s phone rang. Mrs. Cooper handed Avery her phone and said, “It’s Tammy.”

Avery immediately answered the call.

“I’ve got huge news, Avery! Elliot has a psychological disorder!” Tammy did not expect to run into such

explosive news when she had just returned to Aryadelle.

“I’m not the one saying this! It was Charlie Tierney! He said his account was hacked and that it’s not

true, though.”

The tone and content of Tammy’s words took Avery’s emotions on a roller coaster ride. She was

mortified.

“Nobody believes Charlie Tierney’s explanation. Everyone thinks Elliot really is sick Otherwise, he

wouldn’t marry Chelsea Tierney. I read some theories online and I think they’re right!”

It had been a while since Tammy felt such excitement. Maybe seeing others suffering more than she

was made her look less pitiful.

“Did you hear what I just said, Avery?” When Tammy noticed Avery’s silence, her own emotions began

to gradually calm down.

“Don’t tell me you already knew about this? I won’t laugh at him if he really is sick. I’m just shocked!”

“I don’t know about his business,” Avery said.

“Oh, you scared me!” Tammy felt relieved.

“He hasn’t responded since the news broke. Do you think he could actually be sick?”