When His Eyes Opened

Chapter 56 

“Stop acting like a baby,” Avery said in a low and gentle voice as she wiped down Elliot’s face. “Do you think I want to care for you like this? You stink of booze… Aren’t you a clean freak? Was that all an act? | wouldn’t even bother helping you if your legs weren’t still recovering.”

The sound of her voice calmed Elliot’s breathing, and he was overcome by a sudden wave of drowsiness.

Her voice was like a hypnotic lullaby.

Once Avery finished wiping Elliot down, she pulled the covers over him and tucked him in.

By the time she cleaned up in the bathroom and returned to the bedroom, he was already fast asleep.

She finally let out a huge sigh of relief.

She sat down on the edge of the bed and glanced around the room.

The memory of how her every move was monitored and recorded by surveillance cameras for the first three months she was there sent a shudder down her body.

The cameras were probably gone by now.

Elliot was erratic and bad-tempered, but he was not a pervert.

and retrieved her pillow and blanket from her

several times during

sober, so he did not notice

spending the

crept in through the large windows, enveloping

arm rested on his chest, her slender leg

splitting headache woke him up and that was when he

strange feeling washed over

than a minute after he had opened his eyes, Avery’s eyes slowly opened

of embarrassment crackled in the air around them. Elliot’s

awkward positions of her arm

it, she decided to casually dismiss the

have a good night’s sleep?” Elliot said in a husky voice.

as

said, “You didn’t take a shower last night. Aren’t you going to

words rescued her from

bed and walked

sight, Avery picked up her pillow and blanket and fled