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!”

……

Avery listened to the discussion

with breakfast, she took her laptop and

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

new email around

on the table after reading its contents and then read

signed ‘Mr.

product. He wanted to

was filled with

from the fact that he

interested in working with Tate Industries, he could have just set up a meeting

some consideration, Avery

this a new

Z’s reply

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

was an image file attached to the

Avery opened the file, her eyes

screenshot of a bank account showing he had close to two hundred million dollars

a tremendous sum, Avery stared at the image and did the calculations in her head many times before

heart raced. Her hands were trembling

at editing pictures, but isn’t this going overboard? Who would have two hundred million in their checking

you send over your bank account number, and

this what scamming techniques have advanced into? All you need is a bank account number to steal all of someone’s

Z did not respond to

pondering for a while, Avery sent him a screenshot

was an account that could only receive funds, so it did not matter

her lips and waited for

a transfer notification on her phone

that Mr. Z had wired over eight hundred thousand

…

cafe that Avery was at half

Did this Mr. Z really send

said, “This balance

Shaun was ecstatic.

company is he from? You should set an appointment with him and

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

to me, too. I’ll go

“Okay,” Avery responded.

temporarily put the issue of Tate Industries’

but wonder about the identity of Mr. Z, and

her eight hundred thousand dollars, and he had never even met her. Did he have too much

Avery thought