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!”

……

the discussion in the living room with mixed

was done with breakfast, she took her laptop and

had limited abilities. She

new email around four

the table after reading its

signed ‘Mr.

in Tate Industries’ new product. He wanted to learn

mind was filled with

nothing about this person apart from the fact that he

was really interested in working with Tate Industries, he

consideration, Avery

this a

Z’s reply came

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

file

the file, her eyes

screenshot of a bank account showing he

and did the calculations

flushed and her heart raced. Her

but isn’t this going overboard?

take for you to believe me? How about you send over your bank account number, and I’ll bank in a

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

not respond to

pondering for a while, Avery sent him a

only receive funds, so it did not matter if he

pursed her lips and waited for

received a transfer notification on her phone

Mr. Z had wired over eight hundred

…

that Avery was at half

this Mr. Z really send you eight hundred

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

Shaun was ecstatic.

should set an appointment with him and talk face to

gave me was an address

Send the address to me, too. I’ll go

“Okay,” Avery responded.

Avery to temporarily put

not help but wonder about the identity of Mr. Z, and where he came

he have too much money

Avery thought