Avery should feel sad or upset, but no tears to her eyes. There was no reaction in her heart either.There was only the splitting pain in her head. It was so excruciating that even breathing hurt. She wanted to get up, but her body was sore and aching.She was having a fever. Her body was extremely hot, but she was cold.When Elliot finished his call, he passed his phone back to the bodyguard. The bodyguard pointed at the bed. Elliot looked. Avery's eyes were open, but there were no signs of life on her face. She was awake, but she looked dead.He hated her in this state! He wanted her to fight him!Elliot strode over to the bed and grabbed her chin with his long slender fingers.Her body was so hot that he immediately let go!"Go get the doctor!" he sternly instructed the bodyguard. The bodyguard immediately left to fetch the doctor.After the bodyguard left, Avery looked the other way. She did not want to see him.Elliot was furious. He grabbed her chin once again, forcing

Elliot's face darkened terribly because of Avery's silent resistance! Elliot indeed could force her mouth open and feed her spoon after spoon, but he was not going to do so! Since she was refusing food, let her starve to death then!He looked away and stormed out of the room!After he left, she relaxed a little. Suddenly, a car honk came from outside the window. Avery pricked her ears and listened to the sounds outside the window. Many cars pulled up in front of the mansion. A moment later, a cacophony of sounds came from downstairs. Why were there so many people here so late at night? Why were they here at such a remote place?Elliot had said that this was one of his holiday villas. Did he invite them there? His mother had just passed, but not only was he not with her, but he was in a remote forest villa hosting a party?!Just when she planned to get out of bed to head over to the window to have a look, the room door swung open.The doctor entered with his case of med

Elliot thought that Avery had gone to the washroom and then to her room. When he realized that she had gone upstairs, he stopped drinking. A thought suddenly flashed through his mind. Would Avery have… run away?!The villa was encircled by the forest that was a hundred kilometers in radius. How was she going to leave the forest when she was this weak? He clenched his fists tightly, turned around, and prepared to head downstairs."Mr. Foster! I'll go check the surveillance footage right away! I'll see when she left!" When the bodyguard realized that Avery was gone, he immediately said, "It's dark at night, and there are no street lights too. I'm sure she did not go far!""A bunch of idiots! You can't even guard a woman properly!" Elliot snarled through gritted teeth! "I'm sorry! I'll get people to look for her right now! I promise we'll bring her back by dawn!" The bodyguard swore with fear on his face.Elliot instantly sobered up! His mind was extremely clear at that moment

They were soaking wet by the time they had reached the mansion. It was three in the morning.A few of Elliot's friends were still drinking in the main hall. They were waiting for Elliot to return. When they saw him returning with Avery in his arms, they all got up from the sofa. They should have said something to lessen the awkwardness, but no one said anything.Elliot was only wearing a thin t-shirt. He was soaked from the rain, so the t-shirt was clinging tightly to his body. Water dripped down his hair.His deep amber eyes were filled with despair and darkness.The woman in his arms was covered in his jacket. Only her pale and lifeless face could be seen. Her eyes were closed, and they looked as if they would never open again.The scene at that moment was inexplicably sad and tragic!Elliot carried Avery upstairs and vanished from everyone's sight.…After Rosalie's autopsy report came out, Henry sent it to Elliot immediately.Rosalie did not die of poison or other injuries

"Miss Tate, you're finally up!" A man's voice rang in her ears.Avery looked to where the sound was coming from. It was Elliot's bodyguard."Miss Tate, do you still remember what happened last night?" The bodyguard stood by the side of the bed and said, "Last night when Mr. Foster carried you back, it was raining extremely heavily! He even lost his shoe! He carried you all the way back barefooted!"Avery was speechless."Although your leg is seriously injured, Mr. Foster's feet were cut deeply too…" The bodyguard looked down at her. "You were under the rain last night, and you developed a fever, and so did Mr. Foster. After bringing you back, he dealt with the injury on his feet, took some medication, and left to attend Madame Rosalie's funeral without any time to rest."The bodyguard looked at her emotionless face. He thought that, perhaps, the fever had made her stupid."Miss Tate, you're the craziest and bravest woman I've ever met." The bodyguard had an expression of admirati