The CEO Gets What He Wants novel Chapter 140

“Ms. Ery...”

Upon hearing that voice, Avery instinctively raised her head.

It was Zachary.

The Musks invited the Moores too.

The room's interior was luxurious, and the large table was occupied with people, some of whom she knew, some she did not. Moreover, there were plenty of expensive dishes and wines on the table.

Rory's rosy cheeks appeared behind the desserts.

When Avery's eyes flitted past the man with a grim expression, she suddenly felt like a boulder had landed upon her chest. She lowered her head and tried to pull her hand away from Dylan's.

Not only did he not let go of her, but he even pulled a chair out and said, “Come and sit beside Mom.”

The color of the two marriage certificates was eye-catching—it was as red as fresh puddles of blood.

“We're a family from now on. Don't be reserved, Ery. No matter what happens, you have me backing you up.”

While those words were directed to Dylan as Talia hoped that her son would treat her daughter-in-law well, at the same time, they were meant for Cayden too. She was reminding him that not only was Avery his subordinate, but she was also his cousin-in-law.

Her words implied that Cayden had to respect her.

The others chimed in and said similar things; none could come up with anything too original.

Evidently, there was something amiss about the atmosphere at the table.

“I need to use the restroom.”

With that, Avery stood up and left the room.

She had never been in such a wretched state.

Still, she reminded herself, The presence of Cayden's family isn't that important. What's most important is Grandpa's safety.

Dylan had shown her a video that someone else took. In that video, her injured grandfather was taken to a hospital. However, Avery did not know which hospital he was at.

It was unpractical for her to look for him in all the hospitals.

Avery was devastated to have married a monster, but she had no other choice.

Meanwhile, back in the room, when Allie saw that Rory's fingers were dirty, she said, “My darling, look at how dirty your fingers are. Come with me. I'll take you to wash your hands.”

Bits of the desserts were all over Rory's little hands.

Once they went out of the room, they headed toward the women's restroom.

Avery, who was in the restroom, was surprised to see Allie entering with Rory.

“Rory, let's wash our hands.” While Allie helped the girl wash her hands, she asked Avery, “Have you really legally married Dylan?”

“Yes.”

Avery could see shock and rage on Allie's face.

However, her granddaughter was around, so she could not say anything else to Avery.

Indeed, she had asked Avery to stay away from her son, but she did not want Avery to approach the rest of her relatives either.

Allie had been praying all day and night that Avery would get married and stay away from her. It would be best if she were to move overseas and start a family there instead. Allie even hoped that Avery would die in an accident if she could not move somewhere far.

Yet, as it turned out, Avery left the Moore family only to join the Musk family.

Not only did she not stay far away from Allie, but she was even getting closer and closer.

After Allie led her granddaughter back to the room, Avery soon returned too.

After all, she could not possibly stay out of the room for the rest of her life. The earlier she was done with the meal, the earlier she could visit her grandfather.

When she returned to the room, she encountered Zachary holding his bag and saying to his sister, “Rory, we're leaving.”

“Ms. Ery, can you come and sta—”

Rory did not filter her words.

She wanted to say, “Ms. Ery, could you come and stay at my daddy's condominium?” However, before she could finish her sentence, her father's hand covered her mouth.

“You have crumbs all over your lips. How unladylike.” Cayden carried his daughter and furrowed his brows. At the same time, he raised his hand to brush the dessert crumbs off the girl's lips.

Talia hastily said, “Cayden, go ahead if you need to do something.” She sounded eager as a thought crossed her mind. Sending away this cold man will definitely put Ery more at ease.

Dylan led Avery over to her seat before saying, “I'll send him off.”

It was not long before the Moores were gone.

Finally, Avery's expression lightened up a little.

Meanwhile, outside the hotel, Dylan opened the car door and ruffled Zachary's hair. “Boy, you're quite adept with taking care of your sister.”

Zachary helped his sister into the car before asking, “Uncle Dylan, why is Ms. Ery your wife?”

“You should be calling her Aunt Avery in the future,” Zachary patiently explained to Dylan. Once he was done, he glanced at the boy's face, which was somewhat similar to Avery's.

Right then, a government official spotted Cayden. Naturally, he had to come forward to greet Cayden. The man then briefly chatted with Cayden, talking about which plots of land in Ackleton were about to go on sale soon.

Cayden was in no mood to talk about work as his mind was all over the place.

Meanwhile, Dylan, who was outside, chatted a while with the children. When he realized that Cayden's conversation with the other man was not going to end any time soon, he headed upstairs.

Instead of returning to his condominium, Cayden drove back to the Moore residence.

Then, he left the two children to Jeffrey and the housekeeper.

Just as Cayden took his suit jacket and was about to leave, Zachary asked in confusion, “Daddy, Uncle Dylan told me to call Ms. Ery Aunt Avery in the future. Is that true?”

Cayden paused, but only for a second. The next moment, he silently left the house.

Both Jeffery and the housekeeper were stunned.

The housekeeper then hurried over to take Zachary's and Rory's bags. Her lips were pursed, for she did not dare to speak. Ms. Rumpley has been on good terms with Mr. Moore's family, so why did she suddenly...

On the other hand, Jeffrey raised his brows and called for his great-grandson. “Come here. Tell me what happened.”

Zachary then told the elderly man everything he had heard about.

All of a sudden, he found himself feeling bad for his father.

After ten at night, Dylan brought Avery to her grandfather.

Besides suffering mild injuries, Blake was also unconscious.

Avery did not know when Dylan left.

It was not that she was interested to know, anyway. In fact, Avery wished that Dylan could stay as far away as possible from her.

She stayed by her grandfather's bedside for the entire night. The next morning, an exhausted Avery called Cecelia to apply for leave, but she did not know whether her leave would be approved or not.

When Cecelia heard her request, she instantly said, “Take care of your grandpa first. The handover of the project is still ongoing, so there's no need for you to rush to work.”

“Thank you.”

Avery was grateful for Cecelia's help.

After that, Avery stayed by her grandfather's side for a week. During that week, she also had to visit her father, sign papers, and hand over the money.

One afternoon, Avery noticed that the figures in her bank account were dwindling. Hence, she had no choice but to recompose herself to head to work.

When she reached the design department, one of her coworkers glanced at her in the middle of her work and said, “Oh, you're here, Ery. Your team has gone to the top floor for a meeting. You might be able to catch the end of the meeting if you head there now.”

Avery said her thanks with a nod before rushing upstairs with her laptop. She did not even have time to arrange her stuff.

While she was rushing upstairs, the meeting ended. Her coworkers went downstairs in another elevator, so no one replied to her when she knocked on the door to the conference room. After she quietly opened the door to enter the room, she realized there was no one around anymore.

Avery knew that the project was getting handed over recently, so they were concluding the important matters in the meeting.

She did not want to become a burden to her team, so she thought about turning on the recorder in the conference room to watch the replay of the meeting.

To her surprise, when she walked over with her laptop, she saw the aloof-looking Cayden smoking in silence at the gigantic conference desk.

The man's solemn gaze flicked toward her.