When His Eyes Opened

Anger was boiling within Elliot’s eyes. The word ‘skank’ was like a sharp blade that was sent piercing through his heart. To him, Avery had always been the purest, most innocent person in the world, so she couldn’t possibly be the woman in the video.

However, no matter how reluctant he was to admit it, the woman’s face and voice, along with her pregnant belly were all proving Elliot wrong.

“I’ve known you for almost twenty years now, Elliot, do you think I would hurt you?” Ben saw the pain in Elliot’s eyes and felt sorry for him. 

“If you don’t believe me, you can go ask Chelsea. We ran into the scene together that night. Do you know why we held back from telling you about it? It’s because we wanted Avery to give birth to your child and we didn’t want to cause any trouble at this time… But it turns out that Avery is shameless enough to record a tape like this!”

“Don’t you think that the video is blurred out?” Elliot’s senses and urges were playing a tug of war within him and tore him apart as they did.

 “That video has to be fake!”

Ben had never seen Elliot like this.

They had encountered dangerous situations countless times before, with the company almost going bankrupt in the most difficult moment. Elliot came close to bearing a tremendous debt, but didn’t even flinch at the

have thought that a man like that would struggle to

say the video is fake. So is the voice I heard in Caesar Hotel fake as well?” Ben pressed on

I called her that night but her phone was turned off. She didn’t call me back until the day

his words were piercing. “That bed in the video is one of the beds in Caesar

He supported his head with pale fingers and sank into silence

to believe in Avery unconditionally; but there was also another voice that told him to give up and accept the reality.He could feel

take this opportunity to make Elliot give up on Avery, he would soon find a way to help Avery dodge

feelings. Think about all the things she has done so far, she has been placing herself first. She knows how

Avery, everyone who knew

onto her phone and frantically tried to explain to Jun, “that woman in the video is definitely not Avery! Avery was in Caesar Hotel that day because the

thief trick her into sleeping with him as well? According