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!”

……

listened to the

her laptop and went to a nearby cafe to work

had limited abilities. She needed

email around four in

of coffee on the table after reading its contents and then read the email once

was signed

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

mind was filled

about this person apart from the fact that he

Tate Industries, he could have just set up a meeting

some consideration, Avery replied to

this a

Z’s reply came

quite the sense of humor, Miss Tate. Here’s proof

an image file attached to

Avery opened the file, her eyes

a screenshot of a bank account showing he had close to

the calculations in her head many times before she was able to confirm the

and her heart raced. Her hands were trembling as

isn’t this going overboard? Who

you to believe me? How about you send over your bank

scamming techniques have advanced into? All you need is a bank account number to

respond to

for a while, Avery sent him a screenshot of an

was an account that could only receive funds, so it did not matter if he turned out to

and waited

received a transfer notification

and saw that Mr. Z had wired

…

that Avery was at half an hour

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

said, “This balance of eight

Shaun was ecstatic.

an

gave me was an address and asked me to meet him on Friday

the address to me, too. I’ll go

“Okay,” Avery responded.

appearance allowed Avery to temporarily put the issue of

about the identity of

Did he have too much money on his

it was, Avery thought it was