When His Eyes Opened

Chapter 788

 ‘Why is he here all of a sudden? I‘ve already returned the box to him!‘ Layla thought. 

Scared that he was here looking for trouble, she immediately ran out of the living room and shouted, “Uncle Mike!” 

Layla’s scream had frightened Avery.

When Layla dropped the phone to the ground, the camera was faced at the ceiling of the living room so Avery could only attempt to guess what had happened from the noises as she couldn‘t see anything at all. 

One thing that she could be certain of was that Layla was in a dangerous situation. 

“Layla!” Avery grabbed onto her phone tightly and stepped out of her room. 

Her heart sank; though she was in Bridgedale at the moment, if something was about to happen to her daughter, Avery would not hesitate to travel back to Aryadelle right away. 

way Layla ran off in fear. He had met with Layla plenty of times and though she had never been polite with him before, she had never acted so frightened either. He raised his hand to touch his own face and confirmed that there was nothing on his face; what was Layla so scared of? He stepped into the living room and spotted the phone

by Layla‘s scream, Avery was still

“I startled her. She is with Mike right

his voice and saw his familiar face, the anxiety and tension in her heart faded, and was soon replaced by confusion.

that scared of you?”

felt helpless, because he was wondering the same thing as

at night?” Avery continued to ask when he did not respond.

a lump in his throat when he was reminded of the reason

to drive past this place and decided

house is in the same direction as my house.” Avery exposed him of his lie asked,

away, Mike walked into the living room

same question as well, but Layla had

came in,” he explained, “I parked the car outside the yard so she didn‘t expect someone to walk in out of the