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!”

……

room, Avery listened to the discussion

done with breakfast, she took her laptop and

abilities. She needed to focus on her

new email

the table after

signed ‘Mr.

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

mind was

nothing about this person apart from the fact that he went

he could have just set up a meeting at the

Avery replied

this a new

reply

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

file attached to the

the file, her eyes instantly

he had close to two hundred million

and did the calculations in her head

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

isn’t this going overboard? Who would have

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

this what scamming techniques have advanced into? All you need is a

did not respond to Avery’s last

sent him a screenshot of an account

that could only receive funds, so it did not matter if he turned out to be a

lips and waited

transfer notification on

up the notification and saw that Mr. Z had wired

…

the cafe that Avery

Mr. Z

showed her phone screen to Shaun and said, “This balance of

Shaun was ecstatic.

You should set an appointment with him and talk face to

he gave me was an address and asked me to meet him

to me, too. I’ll go with you on Friday,” Shaun

“Okay,” Avery responded.

allowed Avery to temporarily put the issue of Tate Industries’ impending

wonder about the identity of Mr. Z, and where

given her eight hundred thousand dollars, and he had never even met her. Did he have too much money on his hands,

was, Avery thought it