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!”

……

the discussion in the living

laptop and went to a nearby cafe to work

had limited abilities. She needed to focus on her studies

email

on the table after reading its contents and then read

signed

wanted to

mind was filled with

person apart from the fact that

with Tate Industries, he could have just set up a meeting

consideration, Avery replied to

this a

Z’s reply came shortly

humor, Miss Tate. Here’s proof of my

file

the file, her eyes instantly widened

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

a tremendous sum, Avery stared at the image and did the calculations

heart raced. Her

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

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

into? All you need

did not respond to

Avery sent him a screenshot of an account

it did not matter if he turned out to be a

pursed her lips and waited for

notification on

notification and saw that Mr. Z

…

Avery was at half an

going on, Avery? Did this Mr. Z really send you eight

screen to Shaun and said, “This balance of eight

Shaun was ecstatic.

company is he from? You should set an appointment with him and talk face to

face as she said, “All he gave me was an address

address to me, too.

“Okay,” Avery responded.

to temporarily put the

help but wonder about the identity of

met her. Did he have too much

it was, Avery thought it was