Chapter 530 Tammy shook her head and said, “Nope! Wasn’t there a sender’s name on the package?”
“I just glanced at it. I think it was the name of some company.” Avery then revealed the suspicious part of the matter and said, “I asked the delivery man to leave it at the neighborhood’s delivery counter or hand it over to the nanny, but he insisted on me signing for it personally.”
“Maybe it’s something expensive. You usually have to sign for something like that.” Tammy flashed a mysterious grin and said, “Could it be something from Elliot? Aren’t the two of you in the middle of a passionate relationship?”
Avery responded without hesitation, “It probably isn’t him. He’s never used a courier service to send me gifts. Even if it’s from abroad, he’d send it to his place and check it before giving it to35 me.”
“Tsk! Hearing you say all this is making me fall in love with him all over again. After all, he once was my dream man!” Tammy picked up her teaspoon and stirred her coffee, then said,” Have you completely gotten over things, Avery?”
Avery’s behavior today was like a young girl deep ine8 love.
Avery knew she could not hide it, so she nodded and said, “I’m letting bygones be bygones!”
“I respect your decision. Who could go through life without making some mistakes?” Tammy was happy for her friend. “I feel like you’ve turned into a different person after reconciling with him. Of course, he’s changed as well. Since you’re so happy together, then just stay together from now on! That way, your three children would finally have a complete home. How great is79 that?”
Avery lowered her gaze and said, “I’m not certain about the future, but I’ll definitely cherish our time together more than I did before. We’re not children anymore. Our kids are all grown up, too.”
She had given it a lot of87 thought.
At this point, marriage was not important to her and Elliot.
What they needed was the trust between family members, and not a marriage7a license.
At five in the evening, the nanny took Layla home from school.
While changing into her house slippers, Layla’s eyes landed on the package on the shoe rack.
“Whose package is this? What’s inside?” she asked.
“It’s your mother’s,” answered the nanny:
“Oh… I want to open it…”
Layla thought that whatever belonged to her mother was hers, too.
The nanny felt uneasy, then said, “Your mother will be home soon. Let’s wait for her to come back and open it up, okay? Or we could wait for your brother to come home and see what he thinks.”
Layla thought of how Hayden would be home soon, then nodded her head.
About ten minutes later, the bodyguard returned home with Hayden.
“Hayden! The nanny made me some really yummy pancakes today!”
Layla was holding a fluffy pancake in her hand, and was so happy that she utterly forgot what happened ten minutes ago.
As Hayden changed into his house slipper, he glanced at the package on the shoe rack
Avery rarely shops online, so they don’t usually receive packages.
“Hayden! That’s Mommy’s package. I want to see what’s inside! Let’s open it together!”
With her brother’s company, Layla was not afraid even if they got in trouble.”
“It’s Mommy’s. We can’t open it,” Hayden said.
“Mommy’s stuff is our stuff… Our stuff is Mommy’s, too!” Layla pouted, then said, “I really want to see what’s inside!”
Hayden was worried that his sister would touch the package, so he dragged her into the living room.
“We can only open it with Mommy’s permission,” he said.
“… I can open up whatever I want in the house.” Layla shook off her brother’s grip unhappily, then said, “Mommy won’t be angry at me!”
Layla rarely went against Hayden like this.
“Go and open it, then,” Hayden said coldly. “I won’t be your brother after that.”
Layla was speechless.
When Avery got home, she felt a weird atmosphere in the house.
The children did not run up to greet her like they usually did.
“Layla!” she called out as she changed into her house slippers. “Hayden! Mommy’s home!”
Layla and Hayden walked over from two different directions.
“Mommy, I fought with Hayden.” Layla ran up to her mother with reddened eyes and said, ” He said he won’t be my brother anymore.”
Hearing this, Avery turned to Hayden and asked, “What’s wrong Hayden? Did your sister upset you?”
Hayden pursed his thin lips and said nothing.
Layla impatiently dragged Avery to the shoe rack and said, “I wanted to open your package, Mommy, but Hayden wouldn’t let me… Mommy, you wouldn’t be mad at me if I’d opened it, right?”
