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 in

and went to a nearby cafe

moment, she had limited abilities. She needed to focus

received a new email around four

placed her cup of coffee on the table after

signed

product. He wanted to learn

was filled with

about this person apart from the fact that

Industries, he could have just set

some consideration, Avery replied

this a new

Z’s reply

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

image file

her eyes instantly

a bank account showing he had close to two hundred million dollars in

image and did the calculations in her head many times before she was

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

overboard? Who would have two hundred million in their

you send over your bank account number, and I’ll bank in a deposit of

you need is a bank account number to

did not respond

for a while, Avery sent him

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

and

notification

and saw that Mr. Z

…

cafe that Avery

Mr. Z really send you

phone screen to Shaun and said, “This balance of eight

Shaun was ecstatic.

set an appointment with him and

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

too. I’ll go with

“Okay,” Avery responded.

temporarily put

but wonder about the identity of

he had never even met her. Did he have too much money on his hands,

Avery thought