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. 

either. He raised his hand to touch his own face and confirmed that

was still calling out

“I startled her. She is

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

scared of you?” Avery questioned sharply

because he was wondering the same

late at night?” Avery continued

not that late.” Elliot studied the aggressive look on her face and felt a lump in his throat when he was reminded of the reason why she had taken

place and decided to drop by.”

house.” Avery exposed him of his lie

into the living room with Layla in his arms.

as well, but Layla had only shook her head and refused to say anything else.

didn‘t knock when I came in,” he explained, “I parked the car outside the yard so she didn‘t