"I see!" Relieved, Elliot said, "Our darling Aiden must be starving."The servant brought a bottle of milk over. Aiden responded by reaching his arms out for it.Just then, Hayden returned home and scowled when he spotted his son drinking milk as he changed into his slippers."Why is he eating whenever I come home?" Hayden recalled seeing the same thing the past two days.Avery was not sure how to respond to his question and smiled as she tried to change the subject. "Maybe you should come home at a different time, then. Robert and Ivy went out shopping and ran into Shelly.""Mom, I came home at a different time yesterday. Are you overfeeding him? He is getting chubby.""Babies are like this, and they look really chubby when they're around a year old. Why don't I show you the photos of you, Layla, and Robert when you were one? He will start to slim down once he starts taking solid food.""Your mom has raised enough children to be qualified for caring for your son," Elliot said.
Shelly paled at Avery's words. "Aunty, when will your driver arrive?""Probably in a while because he is dropping someone else off right now. Are you home today?""I am, but my apartment is messy.""It's fine. I've bought quite a lot of things for you, so I will get him to carry them up to your apartment. You don't have to tidy your apartment for that. I know that you are busy with work...""Sure. Thank you, Aunty Avery." Unable to refuse Avery's offer, Shelly said, "I will come to visit you when I have the time.""Of course. Just let me know when so I can be prepared," Avery said enthusiastically.Shelly massaged her temples after hanging up. "Mom, Aunty Avery is sending someone to deliver gifts to me, and her driver will be here later. You need to take Audrey outside with you." Shelly was having a rather relaxing day up until the moment Avery called."It's so cold out there so where on earth am I supposed to go with Audrey?" Shelly's mother asked. "Everyone should be on holida
"There's wine here, too!" Mr. Taylor's eyes lit up. "Is this for me? You don't drink.""I guess... Maybe these supplements are for Mom," Shelly said. "I told her that Mom has recently gone through surgery.""Avery is such a nice person." Mrs. Taylor was moved. "She has sent so many gifts, so you ought to pay her a visit in a few days to thank her, Shelly.""Mom, even if I do, I can't afford to give them gifts of equal value.""They don't care what gifts you bring with you. Just be a joy and make them happy. That will do you good," Mrs. Taylor said."Alright. It's not like I want to make them hate me on purpose, anyway!" Shelly put the gifts away.Still, it was not until a week later that Shelly finally paid the Fosters a visit.The Fosters were no ordinary family, and she knew that they would be swarmed by relatives who came to visit, so she waited a week before going to their house.Avery had called her a few times during that time, asking if she wanted to join them for dinner
Avery felt relieved. "How's business lately?""Ever since we launched the new cakes after New Year's, our sales have been going up! We have a lot of repeat customers, so we are making profits," Shelly said. "Aunty Avery, thank you. If it weren't for you, our business wouldn't run so smoothly.""Don't thank me. I can't rest until I see you living a great life yourself," Avery said. "By the way, Shelly, I wanted to ask how many cakes you can make each day. My daughter's company would like to order cakes for its employees once a week, but I don't know if you can supply that many cakes."Shelly was thrilled. "We sell approximately a thousand cakes each day, and since that's way past our usual daily sales, we intend to hire a few more employees.""Haha! That's great! Layla's company will need about five hundred cakes, and you can have those delivered to her every Friday. Will that be okay?" Avery was worried that Shelly might not accept it and said, "The cakes distributed to employees a
Hayden could not help but admire how wild Avery's imagination was. In the end, he caved and said, "Alright, Mom. I will deliver the contract tomorrow morning.""Good! It's just a contract, so why are you overreacting? I only asked you to do it because your company is located near her cafe," Avery teased. "When I saw the address of the office, I suspected that you chose that location just so you can be close to her.""... Mom, it's just a coincidence! That's it! Besides, I didn't decide on the address, my team did. You can ask my employees if you don't believe me.""No, thank you." Avery turned around with a grin and played with Aiden. "Hayden, do you want to come and see your son? Shelly said that he is looking more handsome."Hayden walked over to glance at Aiden. "What else did she say?" Hayden wanted to say that he was starving but changed his mind at the last second. He wanted to talk about Shelly to show Avery that he was not avoiding Shelly. "She said that she wants to wo
Satisfied, Avery said, "Be nicer to Shelly.""I'm nice to her all the time, Mom," Hayden said. "I know that you want us to date, but you can't force this sort of thing.""I'm not forcing anything. I'm just asking that you treat her better. No matter what, she is Aiden's mom!" Avery reasoned with him. "She comes from poverty, so we should help her where we can."Hayden nodded and agreed, "Which is why I think you are doing great whenever you offer to help her. With you to look after her, I have nothing to worry about."Avery fell silent."I'm done, Mom." Hayden finished his milk and prepared to head out for work."Are you eating properly for lunch? I can always get the driver to deliver lunch to you." Avery was worried that he was not eating properly. Home-cooked meals would always be more nutritious than food outside."It's fine, Mom. I might not be in the office in the afternoon." Hayden wiped his lips with a tissue and headed out.In Courtney’s Cafe, Shelly received a text fr
After all, compromises were required for the bettering of the business.Shelly tensed for a few moments when she saw Hayden and forced a smile. "Hello, Mr. Tate. Aunty Avery told me that you are here to deliver the contract to me."Hayden took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed the one-paged contract to Shelly.Shelly accepted it and noticed that Hayden had already signed it, so she only needed to add her signature."I will grab a pen from my office. Please wait," she said before heading back to her office.Hayden was curious to see what her office looked like, so he followed her.From his perspective, the cafe was extremely small, and he was amazed that there was an office in such a small area.He followed Shelly curiously to her office and to his surprise, Courtney was there as well.When the staff called out for Shelly, Courtney wanted to go outside as well, but she had not put on makeup that morning when she went to work, so she hesitated, not expecting Hayden
Shelly immediately locked her phone and smiled at Courtney. "I don't have Mr. Tate's number, so you should use your phone! You just bought it right? The camera is better than mine.""You can take my number down now, then!" Hayden said before unlocking his own phone to give her his number.Shelly could not believe what she was hearing and stared at the screen."Shelly, hurry up! I'll take his number if you don't!" Courtney urged.Shelly hummed and hurried over to her desk. "I'm a little thirsty. Let me take a sip of water first."She fumbled for a glass as she unlocked her phone to navigate to the contact list. Thankfully, she only had the photo of the twins on her locked screen and not anywhere else.She took a sip of water and returned to take Hayden's number down."Mr. Tate, can I have your number as well? Don't worry. I won't bother you. I just want your number in my contact list so I will be more inspired to work hard when I look at your number!" said Courtney.Moved by her