His Eagle Eyes on Me

"There's wine here, too!" Mr. Taylor's eyes lit up. "Is this for me? You don't drink."

"I guess... Maybe these supplements are for Mom," Shelly said. "I told her that Mom has recently gone through surgery."

"Avery is such a nice person." Mrs. Taylor was moved. "She has sent so many gifts, so you ought to pay her a visit in a few days to thank her, Shelly."

"Mom, even if I do, I can't afford to give them gifts of equal value."

"They don't care what gifts you bring with you. Just be a joy and make them happy. That will do you good," Mrs. Taylor said.

"Alright. It's not like I want to make them hate me on purpose, anyway!" Shelly put the gifts away.

Still, it was not until a week later that Shelly finally paid the Fosters a visit.

The Fosters were no ordinary family, and she knew that they would be swarmed by relatives who came to visit, so she waited a week before going to their house.

Avery had called her a few times during that time, asking if she wanted to join them for dinner, but Shelly refused every single time because she could hear all the noise on Avery's end and figured that there were a lot of guests in the house.

"Shelly, are you avoiding Hayden on purpose?" Avery welcomed Shelly enthusiastically. "Hayden starts working today. Don't you need to work?"

Shelly blushed sheepishly. "I worked for the past two days and decided to take today off."

"Haha, here I thought you are avoiding Hayden!" Avery presented Aiden to Shelly. "Look. Aiden has grown up a lot, hasn't he?"

"Yeah! He is so much bigger now!" Shelly's heart melted at the sight of her son. "He is looking more handsome as he grows, too."Nôvel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner.

"Hahaha! Everyone says the same thing, and I think so, too!" Avery could not be happier with her grandson. "Are your parents still around?" "They went home."

"Oh, that's a shame. They must have really wanted to see Aiden as well, and they didn't get a chance to." Avery felt sorry for Shelly's parents. "The next time they visit bring them here to play with Aiden. There's nothing to be embarrassed about."

Shelly instantly recalled how she thought that Avery would take Audrey away from her a few days ago and realized that she had been narrow-minded.

"Aunty Avery, why are you so nice?" Shelly asked gratefully.

"You call this nice?" Avery handed Aiden over to her. "If you truly think that I'm nice, don't refuse the gift I prepared for you today."

Shelly froze at the mention of a gift.

"What do you think of this house? It's

located near your cafe." Avery

unlocked her phone to show Shelly a picture and information about the house she found. "I can't be your mother-in-law, but you've given birth to Hayden's son and that makes you my half-daughter. I can't just let you stay in a rented apartment."

Shelly blushed. "Aunty Avery, this is far too expensive. I can't accept it. Besides, want to buy my own place with my own money. If everything goes well, I should be able to afford a place on my own this year Let me work on it myself, okay?"