When His Eyes Opened

Chapter 35 Avery decided to play along. 

“It’s true. He’s incredibly rich. He’s just old, ugly, and barely hanging on.”

The crowd was scratching their heads trying to figure out who this old, ugly, and unfit bigshot was.

A waiter walked over to Avery and said, “Please proceed to the second floor, Miss Tate.”

Avery instantly looked up.

The building had an open concept, and the second-floor railing could be seen from the living room on the first floor.

Elliot’s bodyguard was standing by the railing and looking down at her.

When the waiter escorted her away, the faces of the people in the crowd changed from one of mockery t o one of awe.

Those in attendance at the banquet were the creme de la creme of high society.

Even the wealthy had their own form of social hierarchy.

That night, the more ordinary members of the upper class were mingling amongst themselves in the banquet hall on the first floor.

power over society, on the other hand,

invited up there! Who exactly is her

the second floor. All I can say is that she must have a trick or two up her sleeve! Even if her

there aren’t that many old men at tonight’s

just messing

looked at the second floor

less than ten people in attendance,

over and sat herself down next to

was covered

make me come here

then said in a low voice, “Cole will be here, too. Didn’t you secretly meet with him while I was away on business? I invited you here so that you could meet him

did not expect this to be

he think that she was so obsessed with Cole that they could not bear to be apart even for

Ha!

dinner yet, so

up her knife and fork and began to enjoy

of money, but I

flirting with my twenty-year-old daughter once. I called him up and gave him a piece of my mind! He didn’t manage to trick me into investing with him, so he thought he could try his luck with my little girl! It’s disgusting!” “Cole Foster is infamous in the financial world. Everything he invests in eventually goes bust. He’s so stupid that you can’t help but feel a little bad for him. He would’ve been a goner a long time ago