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 living room with mixed

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

She needed to focus on her studies

new email around four

after reading its contents and then read the

signed ‘Mr.

his interest in Tate Industries’ new product. He wanted to learn more about it and would invest if the meeting went

mind was

knew nothing about this person apart from the fact that

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

some consideration, Avery

a

Z’s reply came

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

an image file

her eyes instantly widened in

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

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

her heart raced. Her hands were trembling

this going overboard? Who

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

techniques have advanced into? All you need is a bank account number to

Z did not respond to

while, Avery sent

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

lips and waited for a

a transfer notification

saw that Mr. Z had wired

…

at the cafe that Avery was at half an hour

Mr. Z really

and said, “This balance of eight

Shaun was ecstatic.

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

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

too. I’ll go

“Okay,” Avery responded.

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

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

and he had never even met her. Did he have too much money on his hands, or was he really that interested in Tate

it was, Avery