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

done with breakfast, she took her laptop and

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

received a new email around four

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

signed

contents stated his interest in Tate Industries’ new product. He wanted to learn more about it

was filled with

person apart from

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

Avery replied to the

a

Z’s reply

sense of humor,

was an image file attached to the

opened the file, her eyes

image was a screenshot of a bank account showing he had close to two hundred million dollars in his

was a tremendous sum, Avery stared at the image and did the

Her hands were

this going overboard? Who would have two hundred million in their

about you send over your bank account number, and

scamming techniques have advanced into? All you need is a bank account number to steal all of

not respond to Avery’s last

sent him a screenshot of an account

receive funds, so it did not matter if he turned out

her lips and waited for

received a transfer notification

saw that Mr. Z had

…

arrived at the cafe that Avery was at half an

this Mr. Z

and said,

Shaun was ecstatic.

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

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

address to me, too. I’ll

“Okay,” Avery responded.

to temporarily put the issue

about the identity of Mr.

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

it was, Avery thought it