He opened her contact history and Cole's name came into sight. Without a moment of hesitation, he dialed Cole's number and Cole picked up in no time.
"Avery, I told you that I will update you tomorrow."
'Update?' Elliot's heart sank and asked, " What update?"
Cole froze and thought to himself, 'Why is it Elliot's voice on the other end?! This is Avery's number, but why is Elliot the one calling?'
Cole glanced at the screen of his phone to confirm that it was Avery's number, before taking a deep breath.
'Why are you calling me with Avery's phone? Don't you have your own phone?" Cole panicked. "Do you need something? There's nothing left to say between us!"
Elliot gritted his teeth and said, "What kind of update are you supposed to give Avery tomorrow? Spill!"
"Go ask Avery! I "
"If you have no concern for your life, I can send my men after you right now!" Elliot could kill Cole as easily as it would be for him to squish an ant. He used to hold back under consideration that Cole was his nephew, but with that no longer being true, he could act at any moment.
Frightened, Cole's face turned green." Don't! I will tell you!"
Elliot suppressed his anger and waited for an explanation.
"Here's what it is." Not daring to tell Elliot the truth, Cole proceeded to make up a story. "Adrian hasn't been feeling so well. Since Avery used to be his doctor, we went to Avery about his condition. Avery wants us to hand Adrian to her so she can treat him, but my dad doesn't feel so comfortable about that..."
"You mean your dad doesn't feel so comfortable about me!" Elliot said sarcastically.
"I don't know what's on his mind, but this is it. Wouldn’t Avery be mad if she finds out that you went through her phone?"
"This is between me and her and it's none of your business!" Elliot said, before hanging up.
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