When His Eyes Opened

Chapter 8

Rosalie stood looking into the room from the open door.

Avery was curled up in a ball with her arms around her knees as she leaned against the wall.

Her hair was down, and it was a mess.

She looked up in a daze when she heard the commotion at the door.

“Avery! What happened to you?” Rosalie exclaimed. When she saw Avery’s face, which was white as a sheet of paper, her blood pressure instantly shot up.

“How did you become like this? Was it… Was it Elliot? Is he abusing you?”

At this point, there was a slight tremble in Rosalie’s voice.

Avery had lost a lot of weight.

Her face was void of any color, and there were faint cracks on her dry lips.

Her chest rose and fell unsteadily. She wanted to speak, but she could not find her voice.

Mrs. Cooper walked over with a glass of warm milk and passed it to Avery.

“Have a glass of milk first, Madam. Don’t be afraid. Now that Madam Rosalie is here, you can eat.”

Rosalie’s brows furrowed furiously as she said, “What’s that? Elliot isn’t letting Avery eat? How did she get so skinny? Is he trying to starve her to death?”

The incident shocked Rosalie to the core.

She stormed over to the living room and stood before her son.

“Elliot, Avery is the wife that I arranged for you. What would you have me think if you tormented her this way?”

“She should be punished for her mistakes. If it weren’t for your sake, do you think I would have allowed her to stay until now?” Elliot said in a cold, nonchalant voice.

The way he saw it, starving her for two days was a lot more merciful than breaking her arm.

She touched something she was not supposed to. She crossed his line. How could he easily forgive her?

“Mistake? What did Avery do?” asked Rosalie.

and observant girl. She would never be stupid enough to deliberately

pursed his lips and

“Elliot, it’s because I know too well exactly what you’re thinking that I can’t allow you to do this. Avery is a good girl. It’s fine if you don’t love her. You just have to

Rosalie’s eyes welled up

more

was about to retaliate when he noticed his mother’s condition. He signaled to his bodyguard to hold on to

can’t chase Avery out! Divorce isn’t out of the question… You just have to find a girl you like. I will not allow you to spend the rest of

feel herself running out of breath as she said

later, Rosalie’s head tilted and she fell

old Mrs. Foster, who justhad just been discharged that morning,

expect his mother to be so stubborn.

thought that the matter with Avery could be settled quickly, but

did not only hate Avery,

another woman for

……

the glass of

heard everything that was happening outside the

but he still managed to provoke his mother to

picked up a brush

you hear that, Madam? As long as Madam Rosalie is around, Master Elliot won’t

starved for two days. She was tired and out of energy,

each of her words was clear. “Whether he wants to or not, I will

did not want to linger in this hell for

wanted to see that

said awkwardly. “Have some oatmeal. I’ll go and take

Cooper arrived at the door, she saw the bodyguard pushing Elliot over in his wheelchair and immediately said,

but his eyes were as cold

bodyguard pushed Elliot to the

shot up suddenly, and

was the crackling of sparks in

divorce, Elliot!” Avery said as she put down the

luggage

her things two nights ago and was prepared to leave the place at

someone you actually like!” she said

narrowed as he said, “You hate me that much. Do you not think

as she tried to control her breathing. “I’ve already gotten my punishment, so we should be even. Do you have the divorce papers with you? If not, I

way she could not wait to distance herself from him,

It was as if she just took a blow to the