"I am telling Layla’s teacher that you will be going to the parents’ meeting tomorrow. I left the information about the father empty when I filled in the background form, so I'm worried that her teacher might not know who Layla's father is."
Elliot felt as though he had been stabbed in the heart. "News of us getting married had gone onto the headlines a few days ago, do you really think that the teacher would not know?”
"Us getting married is one thing. How would the teacher know who Layla's father is? Us marrying doesn't mean that my kids are yours!" She continued to tease him.
"Fine, carry on and explain to the teacher then," Elliot said bitterly. He knew that the teacher knew about his relationship with Layla because he had informed the principal of the school when school first started; he was simply slightly hurt at Avery's behavior.
Did she plan on giving birth to another man's child?
After dinner, Elliot proposed that they all go shopping.
"Is the sun going to rise from the west tomorrow?" Avery stared at him in confusion. "I know that you don't like shopping."
"I like shopping with you." He corrected her. "You go straight for what you want without having to pick around, just like me.
"You could just say that I am swift at buying things, which is precisely what
people do when they don’t enjoy shopping; people who enjoy shopping would enjoy the process of comparing and going through different options."
"I want to buy some new clothes," he confessed shyly, "I want to look my best for our daughter's parents’ meeting tomorrow."
"???"
"Mom, let's go shopping! I want to go too!" Layla agreed in excitement.
Avery hummed in response before lowering her voice at Elliot. "Aren't all those clothes in your closet rather new? Why do you need new clothes?"
"Those look too formal," he explained.
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