When His Eyes Opened By Simple Silence

Chapter 11

Elliot reached his arm out through the car window.

Clipped between his slender fingers was a pack of tissue.

Avery was stunned. She was about to decline but ended up uncharacteristically accepting it.

“Thanks.”

The warmth of his palm still lingered on the tissues.

Elliot quickly averted his gaze from her face and rolled up the window as the car sped off.

It was ten in the morning at Tate Industries, and all of its employees were working away at their respective stations.

It had been a month since the company had paid wages. However, Tate Industries was an old player in the industry. Even if all kinds of negative news were circulating on the internet, its employees refused to give up until the very last moment.

If she had not known about the company’s many debts, Avery could not imagine that the calm atmosphere in front of her was an illusion.

She entered the meeting room with the company’s vice president, Shaun Locklyn.

The lawyer went straight to the point when he saw Avery and said, “I’m very sorry for your loss, Miss Tate. Your father entrusted me to announce his will, which I will do now.”

Avery nodded lightly.

The lawyer opened up a file and said firmly, “Your father had six pieces of real estate which are respectively located in… Here is the file. Please go through it.”

Avery took the document and examined it thoroughly.

“Your father also had three parking lots,” said the lawyer as he passed another document to her, “as well as eight shop lots, and twelve vehicles.”

Avery knew nothing about the family’s fortune.

First of all, she had no interest in it.

Second of all, her father had never explained it to her.

Now that the lawyer was describing her father’s fortune to her, she could not help but feel a sense of unease.

no idea that

he not sell them and use the

aforementioned assets, there is also the company in which we are sitting right now,” said the lawyer. Then, after a brief pause,

glanced at the lawyer and

over your father’s company, you would also inherit his debt. You may have to sell off all of the properties and cars that were mentioned just now in

Avery was stunned.

and twenty-five

all of her father’s assets, it still would not cover a hundred and

Shaun said with a sullen expression. “However,

about Wanda and Cassandra?” Avery asked after taking a

even mention your stepmother! It’s partly her fault that the company is in dire straits. She arranged for her brother to join our finance department a few years ago. He embezzled a lot of money from the company through the years. We don’t even

hands on her forehead, and her voice trembled as she said, “I don’t want to see

and development. If we manage to get a loan, once we launch the new product, we’ll

for a loan from? Who would be able to give me that much?” Avery said as she raised

banks,” Shaun replied. “If the banks won’t give it to you, we can find another investor. We have to try. If

……

top floor of Sterling Group, the sun was shining through the spotless

the sun, Elliot’s chiseled

that his

the country this morning. It doesn’t look like they will be

asked him for information on Tate Industries, so he figured

make a

officer, Ben Schaffer, was stirring his cup of coffee as his eyes

in a favorable position to enjoy certain benefits. If she asks Elliot for the money, I’m guessing he’ll at least lend some of it

head and said, “I doubt she has the

her last night. She smashed a bottle of wine from 1947 in front of

make a bet with you!” Chad

we bet

I lose, I’ll buy you coffee for a month. If you lose, you have to buy coffee for

“Okay.”

……

afternoon, Avery called

simple as Shaun

eight banks, two of which the company still