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.

are you doing here? Didn’t you say you were going to the old

was doing in the room

wanted to ask if he was Mr. Z, but she did not dare

had no idea what his answer would

If he was Mr. Z, how would they

was not, how would she deal with the blatant lie she had told him

“Come and drink with me,” Elliot ordered

Avery raised

was he trying to

his eyes, nor could she read his heart. All she wanted to do was leave that place.

door but noticed that it was locked from the

of opening that door no matter how much

Elliot? Let me out!” she snapped

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

cold sweat dripped down her back,

would

However, she could not

not drink even if he strangled

The door was locked, so there

only walk toward him and

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 tonight. He agreed to

as he raised his

don’t know his

his name, but you

“Shaun came

is

“Stuck in traffic.”

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 to interfere in

While she spoke, Elliot picked up his glass and took another

but be distracted by the

Would he get

he get home

was lost in thought, Elliot’s big hand clasped

the time she noticed the pain, he had already yanked her over and

couch was soft, but

he

Was she a toy that he could throw around as

to have her own thoughts and

gritted her teeth and

Since he was unwilling to reason with her,

to stand up, from the corner of her eye, she saw a tall figure looming over her and blocking the light in front of

Elliot was