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!”

……

listened to the discussion in the living room with mixed

she took her laptop and

abilities. She needed to focus

new email around four

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

signed

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

was

person apart from the

he could have just set up

some consideration, Avery replied to

a new

Z’s reply

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

image file attached to

Avery opened the file, her

bank account showing he had close

did the calculations in her head many times before she was able to

raced. Her hands were trembling

pretty good at editing pictures, but isn’t this going overboard? Who would have two hundred million

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

need is a bank account number

did not respond

for a while, Avery sent him a screenshot

that could only receive funds, so it

lips and

a transfer notification

the notification and saw that Mr. Z had wired over

…

the cafe that Avery was

Avery? Did this Mr. Z really send you

phone screen to Shaun and said, “This

Shaun was ecstatic.

should set an

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

me, too. I’ll go

“Okay,” Avery responded.

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

the

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

it was, Avery thought