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.

breath and asked, “What are you doing here? Didn’t you say you were

ask what he was doing

wanted to ask if he was Mr.

had no idea what his answer

If he was Mr. Z, how would they proceed

deal with

Elliot ordered as he glared

Avery raised

was he

“I told 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. I’m

but

There was no way of opening that door no matter how much

me out!” she snapped as

a threatening tone. “Did

Avery’s cold sweat dripped down her back,

could drink, then she would drink with him to his

However, she could not drink right

could not drink even

was locked, so there was no way

She could only walk toward him and

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 tonight. He agreed to invest in my father’s

he?” Elliot asked as he raised his gaze and stared at her

don’t

don’t even know his name, but you

came with

“Where is he,

“Stuck in traffic.”

breath, looked straight at Elliot with her watery eyes, and said, “I’m not a child. Even if I

she spoke, Elliot picked up his

but be distracted by the sensual

he get drunk, drinking

would he get home if he

was lost in thought,

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

The couch was soft, but Avery was still

What did he think she

she a toy that he could throw around as he

she not allowed to have her

gritted her teeth and got

was unwilling to reason with her, then there was no point in holding

Just as Avery was preparing to stand up, from the corner of her eye, she saw a tall figure looming over her and blocking the light

was