When His Eyes Opened (full chapter)

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-”

bullsh*t to me! It’s precisely because all he thinks about is getting into a woman’s

were cute. When I was sixteen, I liked guys with good grades. At seventeen, I was into basketball players. I

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

pursed her lips and stood

but walked to the

to eat, Mrs. Cooper?”

else and not

immediately prepared dinner

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

that into me either, but said that we should go out for dinner next time, probably because of pressure from

[He said his parents don’t give him much spending money! How could he possibly have two hundred million? Did

to get to the bottom of this! Also, why did you have to leave in

tell you once I’ve found the

away after receiving her

hand clenched her

at the living room and noticed Elliot was still

would hear everything if she talked on the

text: [I can’t talk right now. Let’s talk

night, Elliot paced back and forth