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 living

she was done with breakfast, she took her laptop and went to a nearby cafe to work

had limited abilities. She needed to focus

new email around four

table after reading its contents and then read the

signed ‘Mr.

He wanted to learn more about it and

was

knew nothing about this person apart from the fact that he went

working with Tate Industries, he could

some consideration, Avery replied to

a

Z’s reply came

humor, Miss Tate. Here’s proof of

an image file attached

the file, her

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

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

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

pictures, but isn’t this going overboard? Who would have two hundred million in their checking

for you to believe me? How about you send over your bank account number, and

into? All you need is a bank account

not respond to Avery’s

pondering for a while, Avery sent him a screenshot of an

account that could only receive funds, so it did not

pursed her lips and waited for

transfer notification on her

that Mr. Z

…

at the cafe that Avery was at

Avery? Did this Mr. Z really send you eight

Shaun and said,

Shaun was ecstatic.

should set an appointment with him and talk face to

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

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

“Okay,” Avery responded.

put the issue of Tate Industries’ impending doom

the identity of Mr. Z, and where

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

Avery thought it was