Chapter 837
When His Eyes Opened
Avery witnessed the entire thing.
"Come here, Hayden," she said as she tried to break the awkwardness.
Hayden hurried over to his motherâs side.
"You get over here too, Elliot!"
Avery called out when she noticed Elliot was in a daze.
Once they entered the studio, the photographer greeted thern warmly.
"I canât believe you already have three children at such a young age, Miss Tate," exclaimed the
photographer with an expression of envy and shock.
"You have such a great relationship with your husband, but I never heard any news about your
marriage!"
Avery felt embarrassed and said, "Weâre not husband and wife at the moment, but it wonât stop us from
taking a family portrait."
The photographer sensed that she had misspoken, then quickly apologized and changed the subject.
"Iâve got some samples here, Miss Tate.Please take a look.Otherwise, you can tell me if you have a
theme in mind."
Avery looked through the samples, then let Layla and Hayden choose.
"I think theyâre all pretty good, Mommy."
Layla was having a hard time choosing.
"Uncle Eric said that I look good no matter how Iâm photographed, so you should choose!"
Once Avery picked two different styles from the samples, the makeup artist began to style her.
Back in Aryadelle, Tanyaâs blood pressure had gone down and she was demanding to leave the
hospital.
Chad took her to his place in hopes that she would stay with him for a couple of days before sending
her home.
"When did you buy this house, Chad? I donât remember your place being this big! Why didnât you tell
me you were getting a new place?"
The more Tanya looked around Chadâs house, the more satisfied she was with what she saw.
It was a spacious and comfortable place with grated lighting.
There was not much furniture in the house, and it felt slightly empty, but it emanated a minimalistic
style.
"I canât afford a place like this on my salary," Chad said guiltily.
"Mike said my old place was too small, so he gave me the money to buy this one."
"Huh?!"
Tanyaâs cheeks flushed scarlet as her brows furrowed.
"He bribed you with a house? How much could this place cost?"
"This house cost fifteen million dollars, Mom."
Chad poured his mother a glass of water, then added, "Itâs nothing much, but itâs in a good location.I
can walk to work from here every day."
The words "fifteen million dollars " echoed in Tanyaâs mind as her expression turned awful.
"This place cost that much?!"
She stayed in shocked silence for a moment, then asked,"Whose name is on the lease? Was it paid for
in cash or did you take out a18 mortgage?"
"Itâs in my name."
Chad took a sip of water, then added, "I took out a mortgage.Iâm paying it off every month."
"Ha! I knew he wasnât thatdz rich!"
"He wanted to pay for the house for me, Mom.I was the one who insisted on taking out a mortgage.He
paid ninety-nine percent of it, and I took a mortgage for a hundred and fifty thousand dollars.I pay
fifteen hundred dollars a month in property taxes."
"Are you with him for his money, Chad?"
Tanya calmed herself down, then had a heart-to heart with her son.
"Iâve told you that you only need enough money to spend.Thereâs no need to do anything you dislike for
the sake of money..."
"I would still love him even if he didnât have money, Mom," Chad said sincerely.
"I know you and Dad canât accept this, and I donât plan on convincing you.Let us be for now.Weâll
naturally break up if we find that weâre not suitable for each other."
That evening, Chad went to see Mike.Mike opened a bottle of champagne for him.
"How did you convince your mother to go home?" he asked as he clinked glasses with Chad.
"She took my credit card.She said she had to have at least my person or my money with her," Chad
said frustratedly.
"Iâm penniless right now."
"Haha! Iâll take care of you!"
Mike was in a great mood.
"They shouldâve just said they wanted money! It didnât have to lead to someone being hospitalized!"
"I think you might be lovestruck, Mike."
Chad picked up the bottle of wine and poured himself a glass.
"You coughed up the money to buy me such an expensive house, but youâre still crashing at Averyâs
place.You got me a new luxury car, but youâre still driving that wreck of a car thatâs been discontinued."
"You call that lovestruck? I think the way Elliot spends money on Avery is even scarier.Would that make
him lovestruck, too?" Mike retorted.