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!”

……

room, Avery listened to the discussion

laptop and went to a nearby cafe to work on her

abilities. She needed to focus on her

received a new email around four

of coffee on the table after reading its contents

signed

Industries’ new product. He wanted to learn

mind was filled with

from

in working with Tate Industries, he could have just set up a meeting at the

some consideration, Avery replied to the

a new

reply came

quite the sense of humor, Miss

was an image file attached

opened the file, her eyes instantly widened in

screenshot of a bank account showing he had close to

and did the

cheeks flushed and her heart raced. Her hands were

this going overboard? Who would have two hundred million in their checking

send over your bank account number, and I’ll bank in a deposit of intent of cooperation to

All you need is a

did not respond to Avery’s

while, Avery sent him a screenshot of an

receive funds, so it did not matter if he turned

pursed her lips and

a transfer notification on her phone shortly

Mr. Z had wired over eight hundred thousand

…

that Avery was at half

Z

to Shaun and said, “This balance of eight

Shaun was ecstatic.

company is he from? You should set an appointment with him and talk

gave me was an address and asked me

address to me, too. I’ll

“Okay,” Avery responded.

temporarily put the issue

but wonder about the identity of Mr. Z, and

had given her eight hundred thousand dollars, and he had never even met her. Did he have too much money on his hands, or

it was, Avery thought it was