The CEO Gets What He Wants
Chapter 44
Isabella was like a mad woman, shoving and hitting Avery non-stop. As a result, Avery's hair was a mess, and several scratch marks appeared on her neck. Moreover, the cheek that Isabella had hit earlier was still hot with pain.
Isabella then grabbed Avery's hair tightly and cursed, “A woman like you should be stoned to death! Why are you so desperate for money? You're throwing away your dignity and pride for money! Who cares if you want to be someone's sugar baby, but you've wasted my son's life away! How are you going to pay him back for five years of his time?”
Unable to endure it in silence anymore, Avery pried Isabella's hand off her hair despite the pain before shoving the older woman away. “That's enough!”
The force of her push shoved Isabella over a meter away. Nevertheless, Isabella's face was still purple with rage as she jabbed a shaky finger at Avery. “You unfaithful woman! You cheating woman! Do you think that you're in the right?”
More and more people were starting to crowd around them.
One of the middle-aged women even came over to stop them. As she grabbed Isabella, she cried out, “Ma'am, don't be so mad. You can't listen to just one side of the story before coming to the conclusion of whether or not your daughter-in-law is cheating!”
Isabella knew who that middle-aged woman was.
It was one of the women who had been gossiping with Deborah about how Avery was bringing an unfamiliar man home.
“I know whether or not I'm falsely accusing her of cheating!” Isabella shot the middle-aged woman a glare. “Stop poking your nose in our family business!”
An embarrassed look crossed the middle-aged woman's face when she heard Isabella's retort.
Meanwhile, Avery had already entered her unit. She did not want to waste her time pointlessly fighting with Zayne's family.
The first thing she did upon reaching home was to turn on her laptop and log into the home rental website to look for a house.
Just then, the phone by her side rang.
Nina was calling her.
Avery picked up the call.
Nina sounded anxious as she said, “Ery, are you okay? I heard that my mother went to look for you! Did you encounter her?”
“I did, but it's fine now.” Avery knew that Nina was worried about her and wanted to reassure the latter, so she gave her no details about what had happened earlier.
“Zayne and Mom are going to drive me mad!” Nina choked out, almost sobbing. “I'm going to come to you now. Please wait for me!”
However, instead of calling Nina, Avery sent her a text message: Don't be mad. Everything will soon pass.
Nina's reply came swift, and it came with a crying emoji: You seem so nonchalant about this. My family really has wronged you.
Avery lowered her head. What can I do but try to stay unperturbed?
Almost an hour later, Nina finally arrived at Avery's residential area.
Once she rang the doorbell, Avery opened the door for her.
After entering Avery's house, Nina noticed something amiss with Avery's face. Stunned, she then hurried forward to check her cheek before widening her eyes. “Did my mom... hit you?”
Avery nodded.
“Is she insane?” Nina was at a loss for words. She frowned and continued, “I really think that both my brother and mother are mad. They'd rather believe a gossipmonger than the people close to them. They won't even believe what I said!”
The two entered the bedroom.
Nina then noticed the webpage that Avery had opened on her computer—a website for home rentals.
“Are you going to move?”
“Yes. I can only get my peace if I move away,” Avery helplessly muttered.
Nina then went to grab a drink from the refrigerator before returning to the bedroom. After she skimmed through the information for the house, she said, “You should rent one with two rooms. I'll come and stay with you so the two of us can take care of each other.”
Avery turned to Nina at that. She did not wish for Nina to move out just to keep her company.
She was scared that Nina's relationship with her family would sour because of that.
As if having read Avery's mind, Nina said, “Don't worry. I'm not moving out because of you. Honestly, I've been wanting to move out since my second year at university. My parents keep arguing all day long...”
Avery had never recalled a moment in her life where she saw both her parents together.
An interaction between her parents was a wish for her, regardless of whether they would be harmonious with each other or fighting with each other non-stop. That was something Avery was certain she would never be able to witness.
That evening, both Avery and Nina decided on a house.
The next day, Avery and Nina went to see the house. They then signed a contract, paid the rent, and moved in by the end of that day.
The day after that, Avery announced that they were going to clean up the whole place.
Worried that Avery's body would be unable to take the laborious work, Nina hired a cleaner.
“This is great. I finally have a space of my own,” Nina blissfully remarked.
Avery was glad to change a place as well. The change of environment made the accumulating gloom in her heart fade away.
One week of holiday passed in the blink of an eye.
Avery had no choice but to lift her spirits and return to work.
To Avery's surprise, just as she reached the design department, she spotted Zayne by his desk.
Seemingly having sensed her presence, Zayne raised his head to glance at Avery.
That very glance made Avery feel uneasy.
Zayne had called her a wench the other day outside the room. Now, the look he was giving her was as vicious as the insult he had bellowed then.
Cecelia soon sent a group message to the others: Meeting at twenty minutes past nine sharp.
Thus, at twenty minutes past nine, everyone in the design department appeared on time in their conference room. Yulissa, the head of the design department, was a fierce woman who refused to bow to men. Therefore, it was not unusual for her to side with ambitious women.