Adopted to Biological? Keep Your Golden Child Scapegoat Out novel Chapter 57

Chapter 21

It had been forever since Avery really let loose. At her pajan party she downed several drinks.

After an intense pillow fight her mood hit an all–time high. She was so excited she’d even say hi to random cats.

This buzz lasted until the party ended. After walking her last two completely wasted neighbors home she headed back to her place humming a tune.

From a distance she spotted a figure standing by her door holding a box.

It was late and her birthday was over. Who could be visiting how?

As she got closer and recognized the face, her smile instantly vanished and her tone turned cold.

“What are you doing here?”

Catching her mood shift, Ethan’s eyes flashed with barely noticeable pain. His voice sounded rough.

“Avery, Happy birthday.”

She didn’t respond. She walked straight to her door unlocked it and was about to go inside.

Ethan thought she hadn’t heard him so he called out again.

“Happy birthday Avery. I brought you a gift.”

He spoke so loud that her mom heard from the living room.

“Who’s there? Avery is that you?”

Avery didn’t want her parents knowing Ethan was here so se quickly replied.

“It’s me! Just getting some fresh air. I’ll be in soon.”

Then she turned to look at Ethan and made it clear where she stood.

“I don’t want it.”

The light in Ethan’s eyes slowly died out.

But he still forced a smile and kept trying.

“Look I know you don’t want to see me.” His voice was pleading. “But I promised I’d give you a birthday gift every year. I don’t want to break that promise. Please just take it.”

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Chapter 21

As he spoke he opened the box.

Seeing the stunning jeweled necklace inside Avery fell silen

On her sixteenth birthday her parents had given her a necklace too.

When Ethan saw it he’d told her excitedly that his family had a heirloom necklace similar to hers.

Worried she wouldn’t believe him he’d rushed home to get it proudly showing it off.

“Isn’t mine prettier than yours? But, it is for my future wife. You can just look at it.”

Back then Ethan constantly talked about Sophia.

Avery thought he was hinting that he didn’t like her and they’d never be together.

Those unspoken feelings got buried deep in her heart.

Even later when they shared a bed and he whispered countless sweet nothings that made her heart race…

She never had the guts to tell him she’d liked him for years.

She would never forget the smug smile on his face when he held up that necklace and his confident tone.

So seeing this necklace again, Avery felt strangely detached.

There were memories of the past but no emotional response anymore.

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