When His Eyes Opened

Chapter 51 

Avery felt suffocated under Elliot’s fiery yet solemn gaze.

“Are you talking about leaving the recital early today?” Avery began to explain after a moment’s hesitation. “My friend texted me saying that she wanted to take a photo with you after the show. I figured that you wouldn’t like taking photos with strangers, and I didn’t want to explain to them why we were there together.”

“Why not?” Elliot asked, his voice as cold as ice.

“It wouldn’t exactly be a quick conversation, would it? Besides, you and I are too different from each other. Not only in status but also… in age. Would you be willing to hang out with my friends? We can be pretty immature… Wouldn’t it be annoying if they bothered you because of our relationship? Wouldn’t you rather have one less thing to have to worry about?”

In truth, the true reason why she did not want him to meet her friends was because they could get a divorce at any moment. There was no guarantee that they were going to spend the rest of their lives together.

If Avery revealed her relationship with Elliot to her friends, and they got divorced the next day… How humiliating would that be?

It would be better to wait until everything was settled.

Avery’s detailed and patient response calmed Elliot down quite a bit.

Her concern was not unreasonable.

He had no interest in any of her friends.

to

should go back to your room,” Elliot said through thin

a sigh of relief as if

peeled a banana, then stubbornly shoved it in his

think they taste better than normal bananas. Try it,” Avery urged with a look

the bruised skin on the banana made Elliot hesitate, but he

from her

little sour at first, but sweetness slowly filled

was sweet, sour, and starchy, and very different

its bruised skin. It’s completely fine on the inside,” Avery said with a sparkle in her eyes, then added, “Thank you for taking me to the recital today. We didn’t get to stay

to her room before she

Elliot was puzzled.

her

but she could have

the next day that Mrs. Cooper noticed that Avery had not come down for breakfast,

but Mrs. Cooper guessed that he wanted to have

Mrs. Cooper knocked on Avery’s door and did not receive

and announced, “Madam Avery i s hunched over asleep on her desk.

could finish her sentence, Elliot had already gotten up from the sofa and was making his