Elliot might as well just be blunt and say that he only wanted Avery to bear his children and that he did not care if his children with any other woman died, because he did not want them to begin with.
"So you want Avery to bear your child, then?" Ben teased.
"Yeah."
Ben gasped and almost dropped his cup. " You really want her to bear your child?!"
"Zoe asked that I avenge our child's death."
"So you are trying to get Avery pregnant with your child as revenge?" Ben was amused. "Zoe is probably going to cry so much that she passes out if she learns that this is your way of taking revenge." "How I take my revenge is up to me."
"Is Avery willing to do it?" Ben instinctively knew that there was more to the story.
Avery already had two children, and even if Hayden was adopted, Ben could tell that she saw Hayden as her own from the way she treated him. It was only natural that she was unwilling to give birth to any more children.
"She isn't." Elliot scowled. "She hates me now."
"Of course, she is going to hate you if you are forcing her to have your baby!"
Ben was surprised by Elliot's radical actions. Although Elliot had never been a gentleman, Elliot was not a barbarian. Ben was certain that Avery did not mean for Zoe to lose his baby, so why would Elliot try
and get Avery pregnant with his child as a form of revenge?
It only made sense if Elliot was trying to keep Avery to himself.
"She has a scar across her abdomen," Elliot said in a hoarse voice, "That scar is a reminder that she has had a child with another man. Even if he had not touched her, she had still gotten pregnant with another man's child. I can't stay calm whenever I think of it."
It formed a huge part of the reason why he wanted Avery to bear his child. The smaller part of why he wanted her to bear his child was dedicated to revenge. He wanted the child now even though he had never thought of raising a child before.
"Elliot, if you want her and only her to bear your child, it means that you still love her." Ben studied the miserable expression on
Elliot's face and ordered a bottle of wine.
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