His Eagle Eyes on Me novel Chapter 860

Mike held Avery in his arms and comforted her in a low voice. "Men and women have different ways of thinking. He must have been afraid that this would affect you and the children. He was wrong to assume your ability to handle these things."

"I don't want to know what he was thinking because he has never told me how he truly felt," Avery sobbed. "I would be a joke if I always had to depend on others, or the news, to find out what he was going through! I can't sympathize with him! Even if he died from a sickness right now, I still won't feel bad for him!"

"Don't cry, Avery." Mike had a mountain of things he wanted to say to console her, but they never escaped his lips.

Love was not something that could be explained with a few sentences.

Elliot was threatened into having to marry a disfigured Chelsea and become a laughing stock. He had spent the first half of his life in glory and never had to experience this type of humiliation.

However, what did Avery ever do wrong?

Avery got tired from all the crying and fell asleep.

She did not dream that night and had a fairly good night's sleep.

When she woke up the next morning, she was in good spirits apart from her slightly puffy eyes.

Today was the day of Adrian White’s surgery.

Avery made her way to the hospital at ten in the morning.

"Are you alright, Doctor Tate?" Adrian's father, Nathan White, asked as he gazed at her with shrewd eyes. "Your issues with Elliot Foster won’t affect the surgery, right?"

Avery did not expect Nathan to say such things.

Her relationship with Elliot had never completely been made public, but Nathan seemed to know quite a bit about it.

"Mr. White, I would be honest with you if I was not feeling well and not fit to perform surgery. Since I'm here, it means I'm fine," Avery explained clearly as she stared at Nathan's face.

For some reason, once again, looking at him in such close proximity made her feel a peculiar sense of familiarity.

"I'm sorry. I was not doubting you. I just don't think Elliot Foster should treat you like this." Nathan smiled softly.

"That's between him ;h-=SKV< me, Mr.