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. 

never been polite with him before, she had never acted so frightened either. He raised his hand to touch his own face and confirmed

Avery was still calling out to

looked at the screen and explained, “I startled

his familiar face, the anxiety and tension

that scared of you?”

because he was wondering the same thing as well:

in my house this late at night?” Avery continued

and felt a lump in his throat when he was reminded of

place

my house.” Avery exposed him of his lie asked, “what exactly have

far away, Mike walked into the living room with Layla in his

Layla had only

explained, “I parked the car outside