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!”

……

dining room, Avery listened to the discussion in the living room with

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

She needed to focus on her studies and

a new email around four in

her cup of coffee on the table after reading its contents and

signed

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

was filled

from the fact that he went by

he could have just set up a meeting at the

Avery replied to

this a

Z’s reply

humor, Miss Tate. Here’s proof

an image file attached to

file, her eyes instantly widened in

account showing he had

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

flushed and her heart raced. Her hands

isn’t this going overboard? Who would have two

it take for you to believe me? How about you send over your bank account number,

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

respond to Avery’s last

a while, Avery sent him a screenshot

so it did not matter if he turned out to be

pursed her lips and waited

a transfer notification on her phone shortly

Mr. Z had wired over eight

…

Avery was

Z really

said, “This balance of eight hundred thousand is

Shaun was ecstatic.

set an appointment with him and talk face

on her face as she said, “All he gave me was an address and asked me to meet

Send the address to me, too. I’ll go

“Okay,” Avery responded.

appearance allowed Avery to temporarily put the issue of Tate Industries’

wonder about the identity of Mr. Z, and where

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

was, Avery thought it was