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

was done with breakfast, she took her laptop and went to a nearby cafe to work

abilities. She needed

new email around four in the

on the table after reading its contents

was signed ‘Mr.

to learn more about it

was

person apart from

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

consideration, Avery replied to

a new

reply came

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

an image file attached

opened the file, her eyes instantly widened in

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

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

flushed and her heart raced. Her hands were trembling as she typed

pretty good at editing pictures, but isn’t this going overboard? Who

you send over your

advanced into? All you need is a

Z did not respond to Avery’s

a while, Avery sent him a screenshot of an

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

and waited for a

transfer notification on her phone

the notification and saw that Mr. Z had wired over

…

the cafe that Avery

Did this Mr. Z really send you

said, “This balance of

Shaun was ecstatic.

should set an appointment with

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

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

“Okay,” Avery responded.

temporarily put the issue of Tate Industries’ impending doom

but wonder about the identity

met her. Did he have too much money on his hands, or was he really that

it was, Avery thought it was