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

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

she had limited abilities. She needed to focus on her

new email around

of coffee on the table after reading its contents

signed

new product. He wanted to

mind was

from the

he could have just set up a

some consideration, Avery replied to

a new

reply came

quite the sense of humor, Miss Tate. Here’s proof

file attached to

the file, her

showing he had close to two hundred million dollars in his checking

the calculations in her head many times

heart raced. Her hands were trembling as she typed her

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

you send over your bank account

have advanced into? All you need is a bank

Z did not respond to

for a while, Avery sent him a screenshot of an account

receive funds, so it did not matter if he turned out

lips and

a transfer notification

the notification and saw that Mr.

…

at the cafe that Avery was

going on, Avery? Did this Mr. Z really

and said, “This balance of

Shaun was ecstatic.

he from? You should set an

said, “All he gave

me, too. I’ll go with

“Okay,” Avery responded.

temporarily put the issue of

not help 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

was, Avery