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!”

……

to the discussion in the living room

took her laptop and went to a nearby cafe to work

the moment, she had limited abilities. She needed to focus on her studies and

email around

after reading its contents and

signed ‘Mr.

interest in Tate Industries’ new product. He wanted to

was filled with

from the fact that he

was really interested in working with Tate Industries, he could have just set

consideration, Avery

a

Z’s reply came

sense of humor, Miss Tate.

file attached to

file, her eyes

account showing he had close to two

a tremendous sum, Avery stared at the image and did the calculations in her head many times before she was able to confirm

Her hands were trembling as she typed her

at editing pictures, but isn’t this going overboard? Who would have

your bank account

All you need is a bank account number

did not respond to Avery’s

for a while, Avery sent him a screenshot of an

was an account that could only receive funds, so it did not matter if he turned out to be

her lips and waited

a transfer notification

the notification and saw that Mr. Z had wired over eight

…

at the cafe that Avery was at half an hour

going on, Avery? Did this Mr. Z really send you eight hundred

Shaun and said, “This balance

Shaun was ecstatic.

company is he from? You should set an appointment with

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

me, too. I’ll

“Okay,” Avery responded.

appearance allowed Avery to temporarily put the issue of Tate

but wonder about the

her. Did he have too much money on his

Avery thought it was