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.

are you doing here? Didn’t you say you were going to the old mansion

to ask what he was doing in the room that Mr. Z

if he was Mr. Z, but she

because she had no

Mr. Z, how would they

not, how would she deal with the blatant lie she

and drink with me,” Elliot ordered as he glared at her with

 Avery raised her

 What was he

 “I told you I don’t drink,” she replied. She could not read his eyes, nor could she read his heart. All she wanted to do was leave that place. “Enjoy yourself.

to open the door but noticed

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

out!” she snapped as

with me,” Elliot said in a threatening

 Avery’s cold sweat dripped down her

she would drink with him to his heart’s

she could not drink

could not drink even if

door was locked, so there was no

could only walk toward him and

him and lowered her gaze. “I had something to do today, but it wasn’t something on campus. I made an appointment to meet someone tonight. He agreed

is he?” Elliot asked as he raised his gaze and

 “I don’t know

don’t even know his name, but you came to

came with

 “Where is he,

 “Stuck in traffic.”

 Avery took a deep breath, looked straight at Elliot with her watery eyes, and said, “I’m not a child. Even if I

up his glass and took

 She could not help but be distracted by the sensual movements

he get drunk, drinking

get home if he

 Just as she was lost in thought, Elliot’s big hand clasped around her

 By the time she noticed the pain, he had already yanked her over and thrown

 The couch was soft, but Avery was still

did he think she

 Was she a toy that he could

she not allowed to have her own thoughts

 She gritted her teeth and got up from the

was unwilling to reason with her, then there was

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

was standing