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 in the living room

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

She needed to focus on her studies and

email around

of coffee on the table after reading

signed

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

was filled

knew nothing about this person apart from the fact that he went

working with Tate Industries, he could have just set

some consideration, Avery replied to

a

reply came

humor, Miss Tate. Here’s proof

an image file attached to

the file, her eyes

bank account showing he had close to two

the calculations in her head many

flushed and her heart raced. Her hands were trembling as she typed her

this going overboard? Who

you send over your bank account number,

into? All you need is

not respond to

sent him a screenshot of an

could only receive funds, so it did

and

transfer notification

and saw that Mr. Z

…

arrived at the cafe that Avery

Did this Mr. Z really send you eight hundred

her phone screen to Shaun and said, “This balance

Shaun was ecstatic.

is he from? You should set an appointment with

as she said, “All he gave me was an address and asked me

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

“Okay,” Avery responded.

temporarily put

about the identity of Mr. Z, and

he have

it was, Avery thought it was