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!”

……

dining room, Avery listened to the discussion in the

laptop and went to a nearby cafe to work on her

abilities. She needed

new email around four in

placed her cup of coffee on the table after reading its contents and then read

signed

product. He wanted to learn more about it and would

mind was

person apart from the fact that

he could have just set

Avery replied to the

a new

Z’s reply came

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

file

opened the file, her eyes

bank account showing he had close

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

her heart raced. Her hands were trembling

going overboard? Who would have two hundred million

take for you to believe me? How about you send over your

this what scamming techniques have advanced into? All you need

not respond

for a while, Avery sent him a screenshot of

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

and waited for a

transfer notification

opened up the notification and saw that Mr. Z had

…

cafe that Avery was at half an

this Mr. Z really send you eight hundred

said, “This balance of eight hundred thousand is

Shaun was ecstatic.

You should set an appointment with him

face as she said, “All he gave me was an

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

“Okay,” Avery responded.

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

help but wonder about the

he have too much money on his hands, or was he really that interested in Tate

was, Avery thought