When His Eyes Opened (full chapter)

Chapter 19

Chapter 19
It was Sunday, and Avery did not get out of bed until it was ten thirty in the morning.

It was the first time she had slept in at Elliot’s house.

When she walked out of the room, the group of men in the living room shifted their gaze toward her.

Avery was dressed in a loose nightgown with her disheveled hair falling to her shoulders, framing her clean, spotless face.

She did not expect Elliot to have guests that day.

Elliot and his guests stared sternly at her as if they did not expect her to suddenly appear.

Something snapped in Avery’s head.

When she realized the awkward situation she was in, she instantly turned around and made her way back to her room.

At that moment, Mrs. Cooper walked over and pulled her in the direction of the dining room.

“You must be hungry, Madam. You were sleeping soundly when I went to your room earlier, so I didn’t wake you.”

“Those people… Who are they?” Avery stammered.

“They’re friends of Master Elliot. They came to visit him. Don’t worry. It’s fine even if you don’t greet them,” answered Mrs. Cooper.

“Okay,” Avery responded.

She did not even greet Elliot when she saw him, why would she greet his friends?

If she had known that he was having guests over, however, she would have woken early and spent the whole day out.

Elliot’s friends in the living room were very interested in Avery.

“Elliot, why’s that young girl staying with you? Is she a caretaker? Or maybe…”

“We’re all adults here. Elliot is a man, after all. It’s normal to have a young lady in his house! Ha ha!”

When Elliot did not respond, everyone shut their mouths and dropped the subject.

“Do you guys know Avery Tate from Tate Industries? They say she’s Jack Tate’s daughter—”

“I know. She called me Friday night asking for an investment, but I hung up before she could finish talking.”

“She really is something. What does her father’s debt have to do with her? She must be insane for jumping into this mess!”

“Young people are reckless like that! I looked into their new product, but it’s a total bust! A self-driving system might sound cool, but the conditions are complicated and uncontrollable. Whoever invests in it would be an idiot!”

……

the discussion in the living room with

took her laptop and went to a

limited abilities. She needed to focus on

new email around four in

placed her cup of coffee on the table after

signed ‘Mr.

contents stated his interest in Tate Industries’ new product. He wanted to

was filled

from

in working with Tate Industries, he could have just set up

consideration, Avery replied to the

a

Z’s reply came

humor, Miss Tate. Here’s proof

file attached to the

Avery opened the file, her eyes instantly

showing he had close to two hundred

Avery stared at the image and did the calculations in her head many times before she was able to confirm the

Her hands were trembling as

this going overboard? Who would have two hundred

take for you to believe me? How about you send over your bank account number, and I’ll

into? All you need is a bank account number to steal all of someone’s

Z did not respond

Avery sent him a screenshot of

so it did not matter if he turned

her lips and waited

a transfer notification on

saw that Mr. Z had wired over eight hundred thousand

…

the cafe that Avery

on, Avery? Did this Mr. Z really

showed her phone screen to Shaun and said, “This balance of eight hundred thousand is from

Shaun was ecstatic.

company is he from? You should set an appointment with

uneasy expression on her face as she said, “All he gave

Send the address to me, too. I’ll go with you on Friday,”

“Okay,” Avery responded.

allowed Avery to temporarily put the issue of Tate Industries’ impending doom

she could not help but wonder about the identity of Mr. Z,

met her. Did he have too much

was, Avery thought

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