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

and

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

new email

her cup of coffee on the table after reading its contents

signed ‘Mr.

new product. He wanted to learn more about it and would invest if the meeting went

mind was filled with

this person apart from the fact that he went

working with Tate Industries, he

some consideration, Avery replied to the

a

reply

humor,

was an image file attached

the file, her eyes instantly widened in

a screenshot of a bank account showing he had close

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

raced. Her

overboard? Who would have two hundred million in

you send over your bank account number, and I’ll bank in

this what scamming techniques have advanced into? All you need is a

respond to Avery’s

for a while, Avery sent him a screenshot of

it did not matter

pursed her lips and waited

a transfer notification on

that Mr. Z had wired over eight

…

at the cafe that Avery

on, Avery? Did this Mr. Z

and said, “This balance of eight hundred thousand

Shaun was ecstatic.

is he from? You should set an

“All he gave me was an address and

great! Send the address to me, too. I’ll go with you

“Okay,” Avery responded.

allowed Avery to temporarily put the issue of Tate Industries’ impending

about the identity of Mr. Z, and

Did he have too much money on his hands, or was he really that interested

Avery thought