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.

“What are you doing here? Didn’t you say

 She wanted to ask what he was doing

he was Mr. Z, but she did not dare

she had no idea what his answer would

how

he was not, how would she deal with

 “Come and drink with me,” Elliot ordered

raised

he

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.

open the door but noticed that

door no matter how much strength she put

Elliot? Let me out!” she snapped

in a threatening tone. “Did you not hear me, or are you feigning

cold sweat dripped down her back, and her

drink, then she would drink with

she could not drink

 She could not drink even

 The door was locked, so there was

 She could only walk toward him and try

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 to invest in

 “Who is he?” Elliot asked as he raised his gaze and stared

don’t know

his name, but you came

came with

 “Where is

 “Stuck in traffic.”

at Elliot with her watery eyes, and said, “I’m not a child. Even if I am your

Elliot picked up

help but be distracted by the

he get drunk, drinking

he get home if he got

was lost in thought,

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

 The couch was soft, but Avery

he

a toy that he

allowed to have her own thoughts and

teeth and got up from

with her, then there

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

 Elliot was

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