In Ylore airport, it had been half an hour since Elliot had finished his call with Leah.
Leah had expressed her wishes to help Layla adjust her attitude toward studying and would like for Elliot and Avery to support her.
As parents, both of them naturally wished that their children would be motivated to learn and accepted Leah's proposal.
Toward the end of the call, Leah informed them of her relationship with Natalie and confessed that she was not close to Natalie.
Elliot stiffened at the information, so Avery took over and assured Leah that it was alright.
"There are surveillance cameras
everywhere at school, right? She said she could use her break time to help Layla with her homework and try to motivate her while she's at it. Just ask the bodyguard to keep an eye on them," Avery said to him." She sounds pretty sincere. Besides, even if she is Natalie's cousin and is close to her, it doesn't mean that she would actually hurt our daughter, right? Since you've already given Tate Industries to Natalie, why not give your daughter to her cousin, too?"
Elliot could sense the sarcasm in her tone and said, "Work is work. How can that be the same as my daughter?"
"Tate Industries is like my child as well." Avery felt like the two were the same thing.
"So should I give it back to you?" "I thought you gave it to Natalie?"
"I made a bet with her, and more precisely,
she is still considering it, so she hasn't signed the agreement, because I've set a target that's nearly impossible to achieve. Even if Tate Industries doesn't belong to you, it's still mine. Do you really think I would just hand it over to some outsider like that?" Elliot said. "Don't believe everything you hear on the news."
Avery gave him a look, and just as Elliot thought that she was moved by his words and was about to say something, she yawned.
"We will stay in the presidential suite." Elliot looked away from the bodyguard and turned his attention back to Avery. "It’s easier for us to video-call our children. You can pick your room and I can choose mine." Avery could not refuse seeing how sincere he seemed to be.
Usually, there were rooms in presidential suites and the distance between rooms could very well be further away compared to the distance between normal hotel rooms.
"How many rooms are there in your presidential suite?" she asked the receptionist.
The receptionist checked the computer and said, "There’s one with five rooms and another with nine. These are the only two presidential suites we have at the moment."
Avery remained thoughtful for a moment before saying, "We will get the one with five rooms, then! All four of us will stay together."
Elliot fell into silence.
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