Chapter 1030
A while later, Elliot and Avery walked down the stairs and the others stared sternly at their entwined hands.
“Let’s head out to eat!” Elliot walked towards them. “If we depart now, we will arrive at the hotel in time.”
“Sure! But is she going out dressed like this?” Someone stared at the way Avery was dressed and said, “Elliot, don’t you think that it’s embarrassing for you if she walks out dressing like that?”
Elliot scanned Avery up and down. She was wearing a sleeping gown that was slightly creased at the bottom and a pair of flat slippers. Though it was a casual outfit, it was also a refreshing one; on top of that, he didn’t have a change of clothes for her and she was hungry, so going out to eat became his first priority.
Elliot glanced at Avery and did not respond to the man. Avery looked at the man with a smile. “I don’t want to trouble everyone. Whoever thinks it’s embarrassing to eat with me, you may be excused from eating with us later.”
The others’ wanted to argue, but they weren’t certain about what to say. If Elliot wasn’t concerned about how she was dressed, what could the others say?
Seeing that they weren’t speaking, Avery looked at Elliot and said, “Let’s go! I’m so hungry.” She had to eat her fill to regain her strength to argue with the others. Once everyone was in their car, they headed toward the hotel. Shortly after, everyone arrived at the hotel. Since they were quite a big group of people, Elliot had booked a small event hall. Some of them brought their dates, so someone suggested for women and men to be at different tables. Just then, one of the men dragged Elliot to the men’s table and Avery calmly followed, before taking a seat next to Elliot.
“Ever since we’ve been in a relationship, we have always sat next to each other during meals. It’s a promise of love.” Avery smiled sweetly as she scanned the frozen expressions on all the men. “If you can’t bear to see me, you are welcome to sit at the next table.”
Indeed, they all disliked Avery, but none of them dared to say so to Elliot’s face.
“Hahaha! I guess Miss. Tate can drink? You will need to drink with us if you sit at this table!” Once all the men were seated, one of them plucked up the courage CWB7{1BP said. Avery smiled confidently. “Drink? Quit joking around! Elliot would never let me drink with another man. The last time a man passed me a glass of wine, he broke that person’s arm. I was so scared back then!”
The expressions on all their faces darkened. “There’s also that one time that a man forced me to drink. Elliot beat him so bad that he ended up in the hospital.” Avery chuckled cheerfully. “Those men you were talking about are strangers to Elliot, how could they compare to us?” A dignified old man shouted. Avery batted her eyes innocently. “But to me, you are all the same! No man can make me drink except for Elliot! Or would you all prefer Elliot to feed me the wine you are trying to force down my throat?”
The men resented Avery and turned their attention to Elliot instead, to pressure him into interfering.