A while later, Elliot and Avery walked down the stairs and the others stared sternly at their entwined hands.
"Let's head out to eat!" Elliot walked towards them. "If we depart now, we will arrive at the hotel in time."
"Sure! But is she going out dressed like this?" Someone stared at the way Avery was dressed and said, "Elliot, don't you think that it's embarrassing for you if she walks out dressing like that?"
Elliot scanned Avery up and down. She was wearing a sleeping gown that was slightly creased at the bottom and a pair of flat slippers. Though it was a casual outfit, it was also a refreshing one; on top of that, he didn’t have a change of clothes for her
and she was hungry, so going out to eat became his first priority.
Elliot glanced at Avery and did not respond to the man.
Avery looked at the man with a smile. "I don't want to trouble everyone. Whoever thinks it's embarrassing to eat with me, you may be excused from eating with us later."
The others' wanted to argue, but they weren't certain about what to say. If Elliot wasn't concerned about how she was dressed, what could the others say?
Seeing that they weren't speaking, Avery looked at Elliot and said, "Let's go! I'm so hungry.”
She had to eat her fill to regain her strength to argue with the others.
Once everyone was in their car, they
headed toward the hotel.
"Hahaha! I guess Miss. Tate can drink? You will need to drink with us if you sit at this table!" Once all the men were seated, one of them plucked up the courage
The expressions on all their faces darkened.
"There's also that one time that a man forced me to drink. Elliot beat him so bad that he ended up in the hospital." Avery chuckled cheerfully.
"Those men you were talking about are strangers to Elliot, how could they compare to us?" A dignified old man shouted.
Avery batted her eyes innocently. "But to me, you are all the same! No man can make me drink except for Elliot! Or would you all prefer Elliot to feed me the wine you are trying to force down my throat?"
The men resented Avery and turned their attention to Elliot instead, to pressure him into interfering.
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