When His Eyes Opened By Simple Silence

Chapter 19

It was Sunday, and Avery did not get out of bed until it was ten thirty in the morning.

It was the first time she had slept in at Elliot’s house.

When she walked out of the room, the group of men in the living room shifted their gaze toward her.

Avery was dressed in a loose nightgown with her disheveled hair falling to her shoulders, framing her clean, spotless face.

She did not expect Elliot to have guests that day.

Elliot and his guests stared sternly at her as if they did not expect her to suddenly appear.

Something snapped in Avery’s head.

When she realized the awkward situation she was in, she instantly turned around and made her way back to her room.

At that moment, Mrs. Cooper walked over and pulled her in the direction of the dining room.

“You must be hungry, Madam. You were sleeping soundly when I went to your room earlier, so I didn’t wake you.”

“Those people… Who are they?” Avery stammered.

“They’re friends of Master Elliot. They came to visit him. Don’t worry. It’s fine even if you don’t greet them,” answered Mrs. Cooper.

“Okay,” Avery responded.

She did not even greet Elliot when she saw him, why would she greet his friends?

If she had known that he was having guests over, however, she would have woken early and spent the whole day out.

Elliot’s friends in the living room were very interested in Avery.

“Elliot, why’s that young girl staying with you? Is she a caretaker? Or maybe…”

“We’re all adults here. Elliot is a man, after all. It’s normal to have a young lady in his house! Ha ha!”

When Elliot did not respond, everyone shut their mouths and dropped the subject.

“Do you guys know Avery Tate from Tate Industries? They say she’s Jack Tate’s daughter—”

“I know. She called me Friday night asking for an investment, but I hung up before she could finish talking.”

“She really is something. What does her father’s debt have to do with her? She must be insane for jumping into this mess!”

“Young people are reckless like that! I looked into their new product, but it’s a total bust! A self-driving system might sound cool, but the conditions are complicated and uncontrollable. Whoever invests in it would be an idiot!”

……

the dining room, Avery listened to the

breakfast, she took her laptop and went to a nearby cafe to work

limited abilities. She

new email around four

cup of coffee on the table after reading its

signed

wanted to learn more about it

was filled

nothing about this person apart from the fact

he was really interested in working with Tate Industries, he could have just set up a meeting at

consideration, Avery replied to

a

Z’s reply came

quite the sense of humor, Miss Tate.

an image file attached to

Avery opened the file, her eyes instantly widened in

of a bank account showing he had

sum, Avery stared at the image and did the calculations

cheeks flushed and her heart raced. Her hands were trembling as

good at editing pictures, but isn’t this going overboard?

would it take for you to believe me? How about you send over your bank account number, and I’ll bank

advanced into? All you need is

did not respond to

sent him

it did not matter if he

pursed her lips and waited for

transfer notification on her

Mr. Z had wired over

…

arrived at the cafe that Avery

Avery? Did this Mr. Z really

and said, “This balance

Shaun was ecstatic.

from? You should set an appointment with him and talk

on her face as she said, “All he gave me was

too. I’ll go with you on Friday,” Shaun

“Okay,” Avery responded.

put the issue

she could not help but wonder about the identity of Mr.

he have too much money on his hands,

it was, Avery thought