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 discussion

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

limited abilities. She needed to

new email

table after reading its contents

was signed ‘Mr.

stated his interest in Tate Industries’ new product. He wanted to learn more about it and would invest if the

was filled

person apart from the fact that

in working with Tate Industries, he could have

Avery

this a new

reply came shortly

the sense of humor, Miss Tate. Here’s

was an image file attached to the

file, her

account showing he had close to two hundred

tremendous sum, Avery stared at the image and did the calculations in

Her hands were

overboard? Who would have two hundred million

me? How about you send over your bank account number, and

this what scamming techniques have advanced into? All you need is a

Z did not respond to Avery’s

pondering for a while, Avery sent him

account that could only receive funds, so it did not matter if he turned

and waited for a

a transfer notification on her

the notification and saw that Mr. Z had

…

Avery was at half an hour

Z really send you eight

showed her phone screen to Shaun and said, “This balance of eight hundred thousand is from

Shaun was ecstatic.

he from? You should set an

face as she said, “All he gave me was

too. I’ll go with you

“Okay,” Avery responded.

Z’s appearance allowed Avery to temporarily put the issue of Tate

wonder about the identity of Mr. Z, and where

met her. Did he have too much

it was, Avery thought