The sleepiness in Avery vanished in an instant. He held Serena in his arms and asked, "What happened, Serena? Did I wake you up last night?"
Serena chuckled when she heard that. "Do you really think you are one to snore?"
He was very quiet after falling asleep, like a sleeping prince in a medieval oil painting with yellow hair, white skin.
"Alright. But then why do you look you are not so happy? Is it because I slept in for too long?"
Serena's anger built up because of Addilyn instantly disappeared. "It's really nothing, Avery."
"Oh no, the sun has risen. Sorry, Serena, I really did sleep in." Avery saw the red sun hanging high in the sky outside.
Seeing his self- blame expression, Serena suddenly broke into a smile. "There's nothing to be sorry for. We can watch it from right here."
Serena stretched out her hand and took Avery to the balcony. The room they were in was built high up on the mountain.
"The view from here is not as broad as the one up at the viewing pavilion at the mountain peak."
"And who's to say the broader the better? We get a totally different view from here, don't we? I like looking at it here. The sun is only marvelous to behold when I'm beholding it with you."
"Serena..." Avery leaned over and kissed Serena's lips.
The orange light broke the silence of the night. Thousands of golden threads spilled on the world, falling on the young couple who hugged and kissed each other. How harmonious this scene was.
Although they had been disturbed by Addilyn on this trip, Serena and Avery had gained a lot.
Serena recognized her own heart, and Avery also got the love he wanted.
The two of them hung around the valley for a while and then left after lunch.
They met Addilyn's family in the parking lot again but told nothing about what Addilyn did to Avery. She didn't like to bad-mouth.
Addilyn was about to get on the car when she saw Avery coming out with Serena, followed by the manager of the Valley, dragging their luggage.
She felt that the failure last night was all because of Serena. Avery promised Serena that he would go back soon. He must have rejected her only because he was afraid Serena would get mad at
him.
"Avery," she called out to him from a distance.
The second Addilyn's voice sounded, Serena had goosebumps popping out on her arms.
As for Avery, it was the first time he actually felt incredible about how shameless a woman could be. After what happened last night, how dare she call out to him?
After learning about Addilyn's true nature, Avery only wanted to stay as far away from her as possible. If it weren't for what happened the night before, Avery might stop to nod at her out of courtesy.
Today, he did not stop walking. He passed Addilyn and opened the car door for Serena.
He leaned over and fastened Serena's seat belt. "You wanna grab something to drink? The ride's gonna take hours."
"There's water in the car. I'm okay." Serena had never been a high-maintenance person. It just so happened that everyone around her, be it Avery's parents or her parents, or even their grandparents all liked to spoil her.
"Alright, I get it," Avery said as he got in the car and stepped on the gas.
Addilyn watched the luxury car leave. It was not the same car as the one she saw that night. His family was really rich.
Looking at the car her family had driven for over seven years, the gap between them made her sigh with sadness again.
She was gonna have to sit in the car with an old and coughing AC while Serena sat in the car that her parents were never gonna be able to afford for the rest of their lives.
"Addilyn, time to move."
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