When His Eyes Opened (Avery and Elliott)

Chapter 42 

Avery wondered if she would be his mistress if that woman was still alive.

If she was dead, then was she her replacement?

Either way, it made her heart ache and left a bad taste in her mouth.

While Avery was lost in thought, Elliot’s thoughts also wandered.

“Tell me, what exactly do you like about Cole?” he asked as he pulled out his cigarette box. His face was the epitome of an enigma.

“I don’t like him anymore,” Avery said coldly.

If they had not talked things out earlier, she might have continued to use Cole to anger him.

It was childish, but Elliot was always losing his temper over the smallest things.

If she did not retaliate, she would lose her mind.

“Is it because you realized he was nothing but a penniless loser?” Elliot asked as he held the unlit cigarette between his fingers.

“Is money all you think about?” Avery retorted. “Back when Cole was pursuing me, he would write me love letters every day. On the weekends, he would take me to art galleries and music recitals. We would have the most wonderful conversations-”

because all he thinks about is getting into a woman’s pants that his business

good grades. At seventeen, I was into basketball players. I liked talented guys when I was eighteen… I loved Cole. It’s all in the past, and I might hate him now, but I can’t pretend that all of

he snapped his cigarette in half; his eyes were cold. “Go back to your

lips and

did not return to her room but walked to the

there anything to eat, Mrs. Cooper?” she

if it were someone else and not her that had just

prepared

the dining table, pulled out her phone, and saw a series of text

party’s over! I’m not that into him. He’s a little too soft for me. He didn’t seem to be that into me either, but said that we should go out for dinner next

[He said his parents don’t give him much spending money!

going to have dinner with him this weekend! I have to get to

I’ll tell you once

right away after

clenched her

living room and

if she talked on the phone

and sent Tammy a text: [I can’t talk right now. Let’s talk

that night, Elliot paced back and forth