When His Eyes Opened By Simple Silence

Chapter 20

Avery felt like someone was strangling her.

She felt suffocated as the world began to spin around her.

How could Elliot be Mr. Z?!

Mr. Z sent her eight hundred thousand dollars and wanted to invest in Tate Industries. How was it possible that Elliot would do that?

However, if he was not Mr. Z, then what was he doing there?

Her mind spun as she looked at the man before her. His wheelchair, dark shirt, and unusually fair skin told her that the man in front of her was no other than Elliot Foster.

Avery let out a cold breath and subconsciously took a few steps back, but the door to the private room was closed.

“Leaving before saying hello?”

Seeing her so nervous made Elliot press his lips into a thin line.

“What are you doing in a place like this?”

Avery raised her hand to push a strand of hair behind her ear. She forced herself to stay calm as she said, “I… I’m here to have dinner with some friends.”

“This is a bar.”

“Oh…”

Avery glanced around the private room. It was a large room that was lavishly decorated, but she felt like she was in hell and could not settle down.

“I… I think I came to the wrong place. I’ll go look for them now.”

“Avery Tate,” Elliot hissed. His voice was as cold as ice. “Did you not take what I said this morning seriously?”

“I heard you,” Avery said, “but I have no reason to live my life by your words.”

She remembered what happened last time like it was yesterday.

She had not drunk that night, but he had insisted that she had dressed like a prostitute so that she might go out drinking with other men.

Avery’s reply made Elliot raise his thick brows.

He knew she was different from other women. She had her own opinions, and she did not back down in the face of power. Most importantly, no matter how sternly he warned her, she would never take his threats seriously.

Which also meant that she did not take him seriously at all.

Elliot picked up a glass of wine and took a sip.

you doing here? Didn’t you

to ask what he was doing in the room that

She wanted to ask if he was Mr. Z,

This was because she had no idea what his answer

Mr. Z, how would they proceed to

would she deal with the blatant lie she had told him that

Elliot ordered as he glared at her

raised her

What was he trying

you I don’t drink,” she replied. She could not read his eyes, nor could she read his heart. All she wanted to do was leave that place. “Enjoy yourself.

door but noticed that it was locked from the

way of opening that door no

Elliot? Let me out!”

said in a threatening tone. “Did you not hear me, or are you feigning

down her back, and her

would drink with him

she could not drink

could not drink even if he

door was locked, so

could only walk toward him

to you this morning,” Avery said as she stood next to him and lowered her gaze. “I had something to do today, but it wasn’t something on campus. I made an appointment to meet someone

asked as he raised his gaze and stared at her flushed

don’t know

his name,

“Shaun came

is he,

“Stuck in traffic.”

deep breath, looked straight at Elliot with her watery eyes, and said, “I’m not a child. Even if I am your wife, I have my own space and social life. You have no right

Elliot picked up

could not help but be distracted by the sensual movements

he get

How would he get home if he

she was lost in thought, Elliot’s big hand clasped around

he had already yanked her over and thrown her onto

The couch was soft, but Avery was still

What did he

that he could throw around

allowed to have

her teeth and

unwilling to reason with her, then

the corner of her eye, she saw a tall figure looming

was