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.

love letters every day.

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.

was sixteen, I liked guys with good grades. At seventeen, I was into basketball players.

his cigarette in

pursed her lips and

did not return to her room but walked to the dining room because

to eat, Mrs. Cooper?”

as if it were someone else and not her that had just

prepared

the dining table, pulled out her phone, and saw a series of text messages

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

spending money!

to get to the bottom of this!

I’ll tell you once I’ve

called Avery right away

hand clenched her

room

she talked

a text: [I

paced back and forth in his room in a gray,