When His Eyes Opened

Chapter 42 

Avery wondered if she would be his mistress if that woman was still alive.

If she was dead, then was she her replacement?

Either way, it made her heart ache and left a bad taste in her mouth.

While Avery was lost in thought, Elliot’s thoughts also wandered.

“Tell me, what exactly do you like about Cole?” he asked as he pulled out his cigarette box. His face was the epitome of an enigma.

“I don’t like him anymore,” Avery said coldly.

If they had not talked things out earlier, she might have continued to use Cole to anger him.

It was childish, but Elliot was always losing his temper over the smallest things.

If she did not retaliate, she would lose her mind.

“Is it because you realized he was nothing but a penniless loser?” Elliot asked as he held the unlit cigarette between his fingers.

write me love letters every day. On the weekends, he would take me to art galleries and music recitals. We would have

me! It’s precisely because all he thinks about is getting into a woman’s pants that his business is a mess,” said Elliot, cutting her off.

cute. When I was sixteen, I liked guys with good grades. At seventeen, I was into basketball players. I liked talented guys when I was eighteen… I loved Cole. It’s all in the past, and I might hate him now, but I can’t pretend that all of

roared as he snapped his cigarette in half; his eyes were cold. “Go

lips and stood

walked

anything to eat,

as if it were someone else and not

immediately prepared dinner for

the dining table, pulled out her phone, and saw a

that into him. He’s a little too soft for me. He didn’t seem to be that into me either,

much spending money! How could he possibly have two hundred

with him this weekend! I have to get to the bottom of this! Also, why did you have to

replied: (Long story. I’ll tell you once I’ve

called Avery right away after receiving

clenched her

living room and

would hear everything if she talked

sent Tammy a text: [I can’t talk

shower that night, Elliot paced back and forth in his room in a gray,