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. 

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 on the ground, so he immediately picked it up

Layla‘s scream, Avery was still calling out to

screen and explained, “I startled her. She is with Mike right now.”

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

is she that scared of you?” Avery questioned sharply

helpless, because he was wondering the same thing

you in my house this late at night?”

her face and felt a lump in his throat when he was

place and decided

the same direction as my house.” Avery exposed

living room with

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

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