When His Eyes Opened

Chapter 44 

The bodyguard yanked Avery out of the way, causing everyone in the office to look toward the door.

When Elliot recognized Avery’s slender figure, he got up from his seat and said, “What are you doing here?”

Avery shook off the bodyguard’s grip once again, smoothed her clothes, and walked into the office.

“I’m here to see Professor Hough,” she said, then looked curiously at Elliot and asked, “Are you here to see him, too?”

Professor Hough examined the two, then adjusted his glasses, and asked, “Do you two know each other?”

Avery was about to tell the professor that they were acquaintances, but Elliot was one step ahead of her.” Professor, please keep the matter we talked about private.”

“Of course,” answered the professor. “It’s doctor-patient confidentiality.”

“I’ll be off, then,” Elliot said.

The professor nodded in response.

walked past Avery, he glanced at her, but said nothing and walked

was a little

he not answer

conversation did he have with the professor? What secret

Miss?” asked the professor, refocusing Avery’s attention on him. “I have to leave i n about ten minutes.

name is Avery Tate, and I’m a senior in the medical college here at Avonsville. This is a paper I wrote on some of your previous clinical cases. I got all of the information online, and since there weren’t many details on the internet, I had to come to my own conclusion for a lot of the cases. I

the document from Avery’s hands and began to

was in the car, he

a

what he knew, she was an art

out his phone and

Avery before stated that she was an art student, but what is

art student. I confirmed it with

bumped into her at the medical

mean the medical

“Yes.”

away,” Chad said, then added after a brief pause, “I’ve sent