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-”

he thinks about is getting into a woman’s pants that his business is a mess,” said Elliot, cutting her off. “What you consider

I was into basketball players. I liked talented guys when I was eighteen… I loved Cole.

as he snapped his cigarette in half; his eyes were cold. “Go

pursed her lips and

did not return to her room but walked to the dining room

anything to eat,

it were someone else and not her that had just gotten into a

Cooper immediately prepared dinner for

out her phone,

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 time, probably because

money! How could he possibly have two hundred million? Did

have to get to the bottom of

I’ll tell you once I’ve

Avery right away after receiving

clenched her

the living room and

hear everything if she talked on

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

Elliot paced back and forth