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.

Avery took a deep breath and asked, “What are you doing here? Didn’t you say you were going to the old mansion for dinner?”

what he was doing in the room

to ask if he was Mr. Z, but she did not dare be

she had no

Z, how would

was not, how would she deal with

drink with me,” Elliot ordered as he

Avery raised her brows.

he trying

you I don’t drink,” she replied. She could not read his eyes, nor could she read his heart. All she wanted to

open the door but noticed that it was locked from

no matter how

she snapped as her cheeks flushed

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

her back, and her ankles

she could drink, then she would drink with

could not

drink even if

locked, so

could only walk toward him and try to reason with

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

raised his gaze

don’t know his

even know his name,

“Shaun came with me.”

“Where is he, then?”

“Stuck in traffic.”

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

Elliot picked up his

distracted by

he get drunk,

home

as she was lost in thought, Elliot’s big

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

soft, but Avery was still

he

a toy that he could throw around

have her own

teeth and got

reason with her, then there was no point in

as Avery was preparing to stand up, from the corner of her eye, she saw a tall figure looming

Elliot was standing up!

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