When His Eyes Opened

Chapter 19

It was Sunday, and Avery did not get out of bed until it was ten thirty in the morning.

It was the first time she had slept in at Elliot’s house.

When she walked out of the room, the group of men in the living room shifted their gaze toward her.

Avery was dressed in a loose nightgown with her disheveled hair falling to her shoulders, framing her clean, spotless face.

She did not expect Elliot to have guests that day.

Elliot and his guests stared sternly at her as if they did not expect her to suddenly appear.

Something snapped in Avery’s head.

When she realized the awkward situation she was in, she instantly turned around and made her way back to her room.

At that moment, Mrs. Cooper walked over and pulled her in the direction of the dining room.

“You must be hungry, Madam. You were sleeping soundly when I went to your room earlier, so I didn’t wake you.”

“Those people… Who are they?” Avery stammered.

“They’re friends of Master Elliot. They came to visit him. Don’t worry. It’s fine even if you don’t greet them,” answered Mrs. Cooper.

“Okay,” Avery responded.

She did not even greet Elliot when she saw him, why would she greet his friends?

If she had known that he was having guests over, however, she would have woken early and spent the whole day out.

Elliot’s friends in the living room were very interested in Avery.

“Elliot, why’s that young girl staying with you? Is she a caretaker? Or maybe…”

“We’re all adults here. Elliot is a man, after all. It’s normal to have a young lady in his house! Ha ha!”

When Elliot did not respond, everyone shut their mouths and dropped the subject.

“Do you guys know Avery Tate from Tate Industries? They say she’s Jack Tate’s daughter—”

“I know. She called me Friday night asking for an investment, but I hung up before she could finish talking.”

“She really is something. What does her father’s debt have to do with her? She must be insane for jumping into this mess!”

“Young people are reckless like that! I looked into their new product, but it’s a total bust! A self-driving system might sound cool, but the conditions are complicated and uncontrollable. Whoever invests in it would be an idiot!”

……

to the discussion in the living

her laptop and went to

she had limited abilities. She needed to focus on her studies and

received a new email around four

placed her cup of coffee on the table after reading its

signed

interest in Tate Industries’ new product. He wanted to learn more

mind was filled

this person apart from the

Industries, he could have just

Avery replied to

this a new

reply came

quite the sense of humor, Miss Tate.

an image file attached to

opened the file, her eyes instantly widened

a screenshot of a bank account showing he had close to two hundred million

was a tremendous sum, Avery stared at the image and did the calculations in her head many times

Her hands were trembling as she typed her

isn’t this going overboard?

over your bank account number, and I’ll bank in a deposit of intent

techniques have advanced into? All you need is

not respond

pondering for a while, Avery sent him

was an account that could only receive funds, so it did not matter

and waited

notification

Mr. Z had

…

arrived at the cafe that Avery was at half an hour

this Mr. Z really

phone screen to Shaun and said, “This

Shaun was ecstatic.

is he from? You should set an appointment with him

face as she said, “All he gave me

Send the address to me, too. I’ll go with you on Friday,”

“Okay,” Avery responded.

temporarily put the issue of Tate Industries’

the identity of Mr. Z, and where he

dollars, and he had never even met her. Did he have too much money on his hands, or was

Avery thought it