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!”

……

listened to the discussion in the living

took her laptop and went to a

She needed to focus on her studies and

a new email

coffee on the table after reading its contents

was signed ‘Mr.

new product. He wanted to learn

mind was filled with

about this person apart from the fact that he went

he was really interested in working with Tate Industries, he

some consideration, Avery replied to the

this a

reply came

have quite the sense of humor, Miss Tate.

was an image file attached to

Avery opened the file, her eyes instantly

a bank account showing he had close to two

image and did the calculations in her

and her heart raced. Her hands were trembling as she

pictures, but isn’t this going overboard? Who

your bank account number, and

what scamming techniques have advanced into? All you need is

Z did not respond

a while, Avery sent him a screenshot

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

lips and waited for a

received a transfer notification on her phone shortly

the notification and saw that Mr. Z had

…

cafe that Avery was at

Mr. Z

to Shaun and said, “This balance of eight hundred

Shaun was ecstatic.

is he from? You should set an

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

Send the address to me, too.

“Okay,” Avery responded.

temporarily put

not help but wonder about the identity of Mr. Z, and where he

Did he have

was, Avery thought