Chapter 464
She immediately tensed. Since she was facing her back at him, she couldn’t see his face and had no clue as to what he was trying to do.
She was instantly at a crossroad, thinking to herself, ‘what should I do if he tries something?’
To her surprise, he did not move after laying down.
His breath was close to her and she could feel his strong heartbeat. As the pace of his breathing slowed down, he wrapped his arm around her waist abruptly; like the way he would naturally pull her into his arms back when they were in 25 love.
She opened her eyes and dazedly thought back to the past. After a while, tears began to gather in her eyes, while the man behind her fell deeply into sleep.
She lifted his arm off of her and sat up, before wiping the tears in her eyes as she studied Elliot while he wasgc asleep.
Her gaze lowered to his chest and she suddenly felt the urge to see the wound on his chest. She reached out and unbuttoned his shirt.
As soon as she unbuttoned the first one, he scowled and instinctively shoved her hands away23 forcefully.
She looked at him dazedly and thought to herself, ‘but he’s asleep! How can he be so alert when he doesn’t even know who touched him? Has he always been so alert to others’ touch? But if that’s the case, how did he manage to be intimate with Zoe?’
She sank into depression at theza thought.
She had never been with any other man apart from him, so she couldn’t tolerate the fact that he had been with another woman. She couldn’t possibly accept a flawed relationship, even when his heart still beat for her.
She sat dazedly as tears scrolled down her face uncontrollably. She knew that she would easily get emotional because of the pregnancy, so she had been trying to remain calm to counter the effect of her hormones; she never expected that Elliot would be able to break her with35 ease.
As though he had sensed something, Elliot opened his eyes abruptly.
Avery didn’t have the time to adjust herself and so he caught sight of her in such a discomfited state.
“What’s wrong, Avery?” Startled, he sat up hastily before he was fully awake and reached out to wipe away her tears. “Why are you crying?”
Embarrassed, she stopped crying and came up with an excuse. “I wanted to see your wound, but you shoved me away.”
“I’m sorry. I was asleep,” he said, before unbuttoning his own shirt. “The wound isn’t that good to look at.”
She saw his exposed wound the next moment and she felt as though she was being mocked by the hideous wound.
Avery reached her fingers to touch it.
He shivered slightly and grabbed her hand. “Don’t touch it. It doesn’t hurt anymore.”
She retracted her hand from his and scolded, “you are a madman! If you died back then, even if your families and friends didn’t come looking for trouble, they would be certain that I was the one who killed you! I could have been condemned for life!”
He studied her reddened eyes and pursed his lips.
He acted on impulse at the time because he was provoked. He loved Avery so much, and yet she wanted to kill him. He felt that there was no longer any meaning in life and thought that it would be better to die and be free.
“Are you blaming me for wanting to kill you?” Though Elliot didn’t say anything, Avery had guessed what he was thinking and retorted, “what I think is my own business. It doesn’t count as long as I don’t act on it!”
