Upon her words, Adrian let her go, but he looked at her with tears falling down his face.
Avery saw him in that state and she did not dare to leave. She went over to grab her bag. She found her phone and wanted to make a call to Elliot.
She pressed the button, but her screen was black. She did not know when her phone battery ran out.
"Please lend me your phone," Avery said to the bodyguard. The bodyguard immediately unlocked his phone and passed it to her. She keyed in Elliot's phone number and dialed.
She was quickly thinking of ways to explain to him why she could not make it
for the date. She was afraid it was not possible to lie to him anymore. She could only come clean.
The call was connected but no one picked up. After the system automatically disconnected the call, she returned the phone to the bodyguard.
"Can you help me get a charger from the nurses? My phone ran out of battery," Avery said to the bodyguard.
"I'll go ask and see." The bodyguard left.
Once the bodyguard left, Avery looked at Adrian. "I'm not leaving yet. If you don’t feel that nauseated anymore, close your eyes and rest. Only with you getting better can I take you away."
Adrian closed his eyes upon Avery's words.
A moment later, the bodyguard entered with a charger. Avery connected her phone to the charger and turned it on. When she saw missed calls from Elliot, she wanted to return the calls, but she was afraid that she would disturb Adrian’s rest.
She had to wait for Adrian to fall asleep before she could leave. She sent a message to Elliot, [I'll come to look for you in a while ]
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