When His Eyes Opened (full chapter)

Chapter 44 

The bodyguard yanked Avery out of the way, causing everyone in the office to look toward the door.

When Elliot recognized Avery’s slender figure, he got up from his seat and said, “What are you doing here?”

Avery shook off the bodyguard’s grip once again, smoothed her clothes, and walked into the office.

“I’m here to see Professor Hough,” she said, then looked curiously at Elliot and asked, “Are you here to see him, too?”

Professor Hough examined the two, then adjusted his glasses, and asked, “Do you two know each other?”

Avery was about to tell the professor that they were acquaintances, but Elliot was one step ahead of her.” Professor, please keep the matter we talked about private.”

“Of course,” answered the professor. “It’s doctor-patient confidentiality.”

“I’ll be off, then,” Elliot said.

The professor nodded in response.

turned toward the exit. When he walked past Avery, he glanced at her, but said

was a little

not

mysterious conversation did he have with the professor?

professor, refocusing Avery’s attention on him. “I have to

and said, “I’m sorry for bothering you, professor. My name is Avery Tate, and I’m a senior in the medical college here at Avonsville. This is a paper I wrote on some of your previous clinical cases. I got all of the information online, and since there weren’t many details on the internet, I had to come to my own conclusion for a lot of the cases. I was hoping that you could take a look at it and let me know if there are

took the document from Avery’s hands and began

in the car, he glanced over at

a medical

she was an art student. Was the report he

out his

check you did on Avery before stated that she was

in fact, an art student. I confirmed it with

“I bumped into her at

you mean the medical

“Yes.”

brief pause, “I’ve sent you

“Got it.”