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!”

……

room, Avery listened to the discussion in

took her laptop and went

moment, she had limited abilities. She needed to focus

email around four in

the table after reading its contents and then read the email once

was signed

new product. He wanted to learn more about it and would invest if the meeting

mind was filled

nothing about this person apart from the fact that he went by Mr.

he could have just set

some consideration, Avery replied

this a

Z’s reply came

of humor, Miss Tate. Here’s proof

image file attached to

her eyes instantly widened

image was a screenshot of a bank account showing he had close to

at the image and did the calculations in her head many

heart raced. Her hands were trembling as she

editing pictures, but isn’t this going overboard?

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

this what scamming techniques have advanced into? All you need is a bank account number

Z did not respond

while, Avery sent him a screenshot of an account

receive funds, so it did not matter

her lips and

received a transfer notification on her phone

and saw that Mr. Z had wired over eight

…

the cafe that Avery was at half an

Avery? Did this Mr. Z really send you eight hundred thousand

phone screen to Shaun and said, “This balance of eight hundred thousand is

Shaun was ecstatic.

from? You should set an appointment with

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

too. I’ll

“Okay,” Avery responded.

put the issue

wonder about the identity of Mr. Z, and where he came

dollars, and he had never even met her. Did he have too much money on his hands, or was

it was, Avery thought it