In Aryadelle, Elliot could not sleep. It was not because of Avery, but because of Layla.
The program that Eric took Layla along with was an outdoor entertainment program. The entertainment program's main theme was to get celebrities to live together with ordinary kids, letting the celebrities experience being a father.
They found a few non-celebrity kids, a mixture of boys and girls, but all very goodlooking. Of course, in Elliot's eyes, none of the kids were as good-looking as Layla.
The reason Elliot could not sleep was that he was afraid that by spending time with Eric, Layla would slowly treat Eric as her father!
Back then, Elliot asked the director a lot of detailed questions on set. The director told him that the children would eat, stay, and play together with the celebrities, just like real parents bringing their children up.
When he heard that, he was utterly disappointed.
He wanted to kill the program. No. he wanted to kill Eric! If Layla insisted on partaking in this program, changing a different partner for Layla would not make him feel too terrible.
However, Elliot knew that Layla joined the program because of Eric. If Elliot were to boycott Eric once more, Avery would argue with him terribly. Avery’s tummy was getting bigger by the moment. Elliot did not dare to make her angry in case it affected the child, so he let her be.
That night, Elliot did not shut his eyes at all.
When the day came, he got up and made himself some coffee. After drinking coffee, he decided to use work to distract himself from thinking.
Before Avery returned to the country, he could not change anything.
An hour later, Chelsea called her cousin, Nora.
"Nora, quickly go dress up. Elliot is going to visit the Dream City site today. Follow along. If he asks why are you going, just say that you liked this project a lot."
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