Avery had been quite calm before she saw him, and especially before he put down his signature. After all, she brought up the subject of divorce, and she had prepared herself to the best of her abilities before he returned to the country.
Unfortunately, when the time came for her to face him, she could visibly see how her relationship with him came to an end, and how their union was separated into two halves. From then on, they would no longer have anything to do with each other, and the pain suffocated her.
Regardless of who turned their back on the other first, their grievances and enmity with each other were severed from then onward.
"He signed it." Chad stood by the floor-to-ceiling window outside the cafe and saw Elliot signing the document. "How did they settle it so quickly?"
Chad was puzzled because he had always understood Avery to be the kind of person who would fight tooth and nail for custody of the children.
"Avery can give up custody of Layla and Robert, but Elliot knows that he can't get Hayden's custody. Other than that, there's nothing else to dispute." Mike could see Elliot penning down the signature too.
He did not know what to feel.
Everything was over, and he was a little surprised at how smoothly it all went.
He did not even expect Avery to come out that quickly, and he thought he was hallucinating when Avery walked up to him.
"Is there anything else you'd like to say to Chad? I’ll wait for you in the car first." Avery carried her bag, left him with that sentence, and strode towards the parking lot.
It was scorching hot at that moment and just standing outside for a moment was enough to make a person sweat.
Mike watched Avery get into the car before glancing into the cafe.
Elliot was still sitting there with a cup of tea in his hand, almost as if he was frozen stiff.
"What does Avery plan to do next?" Chad looked at Mike and asked.
"Why are you asking me that? Are you going to the airport to see us off?"
Chad shook his head. "I won't. I’m just asking."
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