Chapter 860
When His Eyes Opened
Mike held Avery in his arms and comforted her in a low voice.
âMen and women have different ways of thinking. He must have been afraid that this would affect you
and the children. He was wrong to assume your ability to handle these things.â
âI donât want to know what he was thinking because he has never told me how he truly felt,â Avery
sobbed, âI would be a joke if I always had to depend on others, or the news, to find out what he was
going through! I canât sympathize with him! Even if he died from a sickness right now, I still wonât feel
bad for him!â
âDonât cry, Avery.â Mike had a mountain of things he wanted to say to console her, but they never
escaped his lips,
Love was not something that could be explained with a few sentences.
Elliot was threatened into having to marry a disfigured Chelsea and become a laughing stock. He had
spent the first half of his life in glory and never had to experience this type of humiliation
However, what did Avery ever do wrong? Avery got tired from all the crying and fell asleep. She did not
dream that night and had a fairly good nightâs sleep. When she woke up the next morning, she was in
good spirits apart from her slightly puffy eyes.
Today was the day of Adrian Whiteâs surgery.
Avery made her way to the hospital at ten in the morning.
âAre you alright, Doctor Tate?â Adrianâs father, Nathan White, asked as he gazed at her with shrewd
eyes.
âYour issues with Elliot Foster wonât affect the surgery, right?â
Avery did not expect Nathan to say such things.
Her relationship with Elliot had never completely been made public, but Nathan seemed to know quite
a bit about it.
âMr. White, I would be honest with you if I was not feeling well and not fit to perform surgery. Since Iâm
here, it means Iâm fine,â Avery explained clearly as she stared at Nathanâs face.
For some reason, once again, looking at him in such close proximity made her feel a peculiar sense of
familiarity.
âIâm sorry. I was not doubting you. I just donât think Elliot Foster should treat you like this.â Nathan
smiled softly.
âThatâs between him and me, Mr. White,â Avery said in astonishment.
âDo you perhaps know him well?â
Nathan shook his head with a grin and said, âHow could I possibly know a bigshot like him? Iâm just an
ordinary businessman. Iâm afraid my annual income isnât even as much as how much he makes in a
day!â
His teasing came with a hint of mockery and made Avery feel extremely uneasy. She could not help but
feel like his words carried a strange vendetta against Elliot.
âYou should go and check on Adrian, Doctor Tate! The doctor gave him a checkup and said he was fit
for surgery,â Nathan said after holding back his emotions. Before Avery walked into the patientâs room,
she glanced at the man and woman standing behind Nathan
The woman was Adrianâs sister whom she had metd3 before. However, this was the first time she had
seen the man standing next to her.
âThis is Adrianâs brother, Doctor Tate. Heâs normally quite busy, so you havenât met him before. Since
todayâs the day of Adrianâs big surgery, our whole family came to support him,â explained Nathan.
âI see. Is your wife not here today?â Avery could not help but ask. She typically did not care much about
her patientâs familyâs private matters, but Nathan made her uncomfortable and she had to ask.
âWeâre divorced.â
âIâm sorry.â Averyâs curiosity came to an end. Once the conversation was over, she entered the patientâs
room. After she looked through Adrianâs vitals and test results that day, she pulled out her phone and
checked the time.
She was not sure how long the surgery would take. What she could confirm was that, by the time the
surgery was over, Elliot and Chelseaâs wedding should already be nearing its end.
They had announced the news of their engagement a few days ago, and could not wait to hold the
wedding. It did not matter if Elliot wanted this wedding or not.
Today, he was about to become someone elseâs groom! Avery pursed her lips, then pressed down on
her phoneâs power button until the screen turned dark.