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!”

……

Avery listened to the discussion in the

she took her laptop and went to a nearby cafe to work

the moment, she had limited abilities. She needed to focus

email around four in

cup of coffee on the table after

was signed

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

mind was

person apart from the fact that he went by Mr.

interested in working with Tate Industries, he could have just set up a meeting at

consideration, Avery replied to the

a

Z’s reply came

humor, Miss Tate. Here’s proof of

an image file attached to

Avery opened the file, her eyes instantly widened in

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

at the image and did the calculations in her head many times before she was able to confirm the

Her hands were trembling as she typed her

isn’t this going overboard? Who would have

take for you to believe me? How about you send over your bank account number, and I’ll bank in a deposit of intent of cooperation

into? All you need is

not respond to Avery’s

Avery sent him

could only receive funds, so it did not matter

lips and waited

transfer notification on

and saw that Mr. Z had wired over eight hundred

…

Avery was at half an

on, Avery? Did this Mr. Z really send

to Shaun and said, “This balance

Shaun was ecstatic.

from? You should set an appointment with

expression on her face as she said, “All he gave me was an address and asked me to meet

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

“Okay,” Avery responded.

temporarily put the issue of Tate Industries’ impending

could not help but wonder about the identity of Mr.

met her. Did he have too much money on his hands, or was he really

was, Avery thought