When His Eyes Opened

Chapter 20

Avery felt like someone was strangling her.

She felt suffocated as the world began to spin around her.

 How could Elliot be Mr. Z?!

 Mr. Z sent her eight hundred thousand dollars and wanted to invest in Tate Industries. How was it possible that Elliot would do that?

 However, if he was not Mr. Z, then what was he doing there?

 Her mind spun as she looked at the man before her. His wheelchair, dark shirt, and unusually fair skin told her that the man in front of her was no other than Elliot Foster.

 Avery let out a cold breath and subconsciously took a few steps back, but the door to the private room was closed.

 “Leaving before saying hello?”

 Seeing her so nervous made Elliot press his lips into a thin line.

 “What are you doing in a place like this?”

 Avery raised her hand to push a strand of hair behind her ear. She forced herself to stay calm as she said, “I… I’m here to have dinner with some friends.”

 “This is a bar.”

 “Oh…”

 Avery glanced around the private room. It was a large room that was lavishly decorated, but she felt like she was in hell and could not settle down.

 “I… I think I came to the wrong place. I’ll go look for them now.”

 “Avery Tate,” Elliot hissed. His voice was as cold as ice. “Did you not take what I said this morning seriously?”

 “I heard you,” Avery said, “but I have no reason to live my life by your words.”

 She remembered what happened last time like it was yesterday.

 She had not drunk that night, but he had insisted that she had dressed like a prostitute so that she might go out drinking with other men.

 Avery’s reply made Elliot raise his thick brows.

 He knew she was different from other women. She had her own opinions, and she did not back down in the face of power. Most importantly, no matter how sternly he warned her, she would never take his threats seriously.

 Which also meant that she did not take him seriously at all.

 Elliot picked up a glass of wine and took a sip.

breath and asked, “What are you doing here? Didn’t you say you were going

he was doing in the room that Mr.

ask if he was Mr. Z, but she did not dare

 This was because she had no idea what his answer

Z, how would they proceed to

he was not, how would she deal with the blatant lie she had told him

Elliot ordered as he glared at

 Avery raised

 What was he trying to

eyes, nor could she read his heart. All she wanted

door but noticed that it

no way of opening that door no matter how much strength she put

Elliot? Let me out!” she snapped as

told you to drink with me,” Elliot said in a threatening tone. “Did you not hear me,

cold sweat dripped down her back, and her ankles

she could drink, then she would drink with him to his

 However, she could not

could not drink even if he strangled

 The door was locked, so there was no way

toward him and try to reason

“I had something to do today, but it wasn’t something on campus. I made an appointment to meet someone tonight. He agreed to invest in my

he raised his gaze

 “I don’t know

his name, but you came

 “Shaun came

 “Where is he,

 “Stuck in traffic.”

straight at Elliot with her watery eyes, and said, “I’m not a child. Even if I am your wife, I have my own space and social life. You have no right to interfere in my

she spoke, Elliot picked up his glass and took another

 She could not help but be distracted by the sensual movements

he get drunk, drinking

he get

she was lost in thought,

noticed the pain, he had already yanked

 The couch was soft, but

he think she

he could throw

allowed to have her

teeth and

was unwilling to reason with her, then there was no point in

of her eye, she saw a tall figure looming over her and blocking the light

 Elliot was