His Eagle Eyes on Me

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 her why we were there together." sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ (ꜰind)ɴʘvel.nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

"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?" 2

In truth, the true reason why she did not want him to meet her friend 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 friend, and they got divorced the next day... How humiliating would that be? 1

It would be better to wait until everything was settled.

Avery's detailed and patient response calmed Elliot down quite a bit. 1

Her concern was not unreasonable. 1

He had no interest in any of her friends.

Apart from Avery, he had no intention of getting to know anyone younger or more immature than he was.

"You should go back to your room," Elliot said through thin lips.

a sigh of relief as if she had just received a great

stubbornly shoved

than normal bananas.

Elliot hesitate, but

took the banana from her hand

but sweetness slowly filled his mouth as he

was sweet, sour, and starchy, and very

her eyes, then added, "Thank you for taking me to the recital today. We didn't get to stay until the end, but I

back to her room before she could get a response and shut the

Elliot was puzzled.

her so-called

felt her sincerity, but she could have at least waited until he

was in the late morning the next day that Mrs. Cooper noticed that Avery had not come down for breakfast, and Elliot was

say what he was waiting for, but Mrs. Cooper

knocked on Avery's door and did not receive a

living room and announced, "Madam Avery is hunched over asleep on her desk. I think she stayed up all night. Maybe

sentence, Elliot had already gotten up from the sofa and was making his way

from the chair and lay her down

such deep sleep that she