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.

letters every day. On the weekends, he would take me to art

precisely because all he thinks about is getting into a woman’s pants that his business is a mess,” said Elliot,

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

up!” Elliot roared as he snapped his cigarette in half; his eyes were

lips and

return to her room but walked to the dining room

to eat, Mrs. Cooper?” she

nonchalant as if it were someone else and not her that had just gotten into a fight

Cooper immediately prepared

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

not that into him. He’s a little too soft for me. He didn’t seem to be that into me either, but said that we should go out for dinner next time, probably because of pressure

much spending money! How could he

to get to the bottom of this!

tell you

right away after receiving

hand clenched

room and noticed Elliot

hear everything if she talked on

Tammy a text: [I can’t

paced back and forth in his room in a