"I'm worried that Hayden would find me annoying," Adrian said shyly.
"How could he possibly find you annoying? He doesn’t like taking naps," said Avery, consoling Adrian, before turning back to Lilith. "Hayden is in Robert’s room. Take Adrian there."
Once they left, Avery was about to walk toward Ben, but he noticed her from afar and approached her.
His head was spinning but he knew that Avery would find the opportunity to talk to him, so he waited in the hall. Worried that Elliot would find out that he was talking to Avery, he asked, "Where's Elliot?"
"He is drinking tea with the guests," she said. "What did Ruby say in her messages?
Can you show them to me?"
Ben knew she would ask to see it, so he took his phone out to show her. He had deleted the photo of Ruby's child and only showed Avery what Ruby said about her child getting sick and that she wanted Elliot to name her daughter.
"Elliot doesn't want to name the kid, so the name I sent was my idea," Ben explained. " Just think of the name as me taking pity on the kid."
Ben had named her Ivy Foster and added, "I named her Ivy because I want her to grow as fast and strong as the plant itself."
"You take pity on her." Avery handed the phone back to him and mumbled, "But what about me?"
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