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

her laptop and

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

email around four in

after reading its contents

signed ‘Mr.

He wanted to learn more about it and would invest

was filled

nothing about this person apart from the fact that he

working with Tate Industries, he could have

some consideration, Avery

a new

Z’s reply came

humor, Miss Tate. Here’s proof of my

an image file attached to the

file, her eyes instantly widened in

account showing he had close to two hundred million dollars in

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

cheeks flushed and her heart raced. Her hands were trembling as

good at editing pictures, but isn’t this going overboard? Who would

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

All you need is a bank account number to steal all of someone’s

Z did not respond to Avery’s last

while, Avery sent him

it did not matter if

pursed her lips and waited

transfer notification

that Mr. Z had wired over eight hundred

…

at the cafe that Avery

Avery? Did this Mr. Z really send you

phone screen to Shaun and said, “This balance of eight hundred thousand is from

Shaun was ecstatic.

You should set an appointment with him and talk face

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

me, too. I’ll go

“Okay,” Avery responded.

to temporarily put the issue

about the identity of Mr. Z, and where

dollars, and he had never even met her. Did he have too much

Avery thought it