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

her laptop and went to a nearby cafe to work on

had limited abilities. She needed to focus on

new email around four in

after reading its contents and then read the email

was signed ‘Mr.

Tate Industries’ new product. He wanted to

was filled with

about this person apart from the fact that he

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

Avery replied to

a

Z’s reply came shortly

have quite the sense of humor,

file attached to the

the file, her eyes instantly

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

and did the calculations in her head many times

Her hands were trembling as she

overboard? Who would have two hundred million in

about you send over your bank account number, and I’ll bank in a deposit

All you need is a bank account

respond to

while, Avery sent him a screenshot of an

was an account that could only receive funds, so it

her lips and

received a transfer notification on

and saw that Mr. Z had wired over eight

…

Avery was at half an

Z really send you eight hundred thousand

Shaun and said, “This

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

great! Send the address to me, too. I’ll go with you on Friday,”

“Okay,” Avery responded.

Avery to temporarily put the issue of Tate Industries’ impending doom

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

he have too much money on his hands, or was he really

was, Avery thought