When His Eyes Opened By Simple Silence

Chapter 42

Avery wondered if she would be his mistress if that woman was still alive.

If she was dead, then was she her replacement?

Either way, it made her heart ache and left a bad taste in her mouth.

While Avery was lost in thought, Elliot’s thoughts also wandered.

“Tell me, what exactly do you like about Cole?” he asked as he pulled out his cigarette box. His face was the epitome of an enigma.

“I don’t like him anymore,” Avery said coldly.

If they had not talked things out earlier, she might have continued to use Cole to anger him.

It was childish, but Elliot was always losing his temper over the smallest things.

If she did not retaliate, she would lose her mind.

“Is it because you realized he was nothing but a penniless loser?” Elliot asked as he held the unlit cigarette between his fingers.

“Back when Cole was pursuing me, he would write me love letters every day. On the weekends, he would take me to

all he thinks about is getting into a woman’s pants that his business is a mess,” said Elliot,

into basketball players. I liked talented guys when I was eighteen… I loved Cole. It’s all in the past, and I might hate him now, but I can’t pretend that

his cigarette in half; his eyes were cold. “Go back to your

lips and stood

to her room but walked to the dining room because she was still

eat, Mrs.

were someone else and not her that had just gotten into

prepared

at the dining table, pulled out her phone, and saw a series of text messages

too soft for me. He didn’t seem to be that into me either, but said that we should

money! How could he possibly have two

with him this weekend! I have to get to the bottom of this! Also,

(Long story. I’ll tell you once I’ve found

Avery right away

clenched her

glanced at the living room and noticed Elliot was still

everything if she talked on the phone

Tammy a text: [I can’t

his shower that night, Elliot paced back and forth in his room in a gray, silk