When His Eyes Opened (full chapter)

Chapter 1005
“I’m not sure if I’m drunk.” He rubbed his aching temple with his slender fingers. How he wished he was drunk! If he were drunk, he would not remember anything that happened tonight the next day. “It looks like you had one too many a glass,” said Avery. “Go lie down. I’ll get Mrs. Scarlet to make you a bowl of hangover soup. Drink it before going to sleep.” He agreed to her request and ended the call. About half an hour later, Mrs. Scarlet came up with a bowl of sour plum soup.
Elliot was lying in bed, and he was still wearing the same clothes. His eyes were shut. Only one bedside lamp was turned on in the room, and it was quite dim.
Mrs. Scarlet was not sure if he was asleep, so she stood by the door of the room.

Then she heard his deep voice, “Come in.” He opened his eyes and sat up. Mrs. Scarlet served the sour plum soup. Inadvertently, she caught a glimpse of dark red blood on his palm. “Sir, your hand is bleeding!” Mrs. Scarlet was shocked. “I’m fine.” He took a sip of the soup. He sounded relaxed, but his voice held an undercurrent of steel, “Don’t tell Avery anything.” Mrs. Scarlet lowered her head: “Okay. Next time I’m worried, I’ll ask you.” “I saw Nathan White tonight.” Elliot continued to drink the soup, but his voice was tight. “Do you know what he said to me?”
Mrs. Scarlet’s face turned black. “No matter what he said to you, don’t believe him! No truth comes out of that mouth!”
“He said he was my biological father.” Elliot was completely awake, and he set aside his soup.” He said that my mother planned everything. My mother trusted you. Tell me now. Was he telling me the truth?” Mrs. Scarlet fell to the ground with a plop.
“Nathan White, he must have come to ask you for money, didn’t he?” Mrs. Scarlet said incoherently, “Madam Rosalie didn’t tell me anything about this. After all, I’m just a servant… but…”
“But what?” Elliot looked at her with his eyes that resembled a dark pool. His dark eyes seemed to penetrate through everything.
“I had to look after a child. That child was taken to see a doctor. He was gone for a while, EWF7 {tCV when he came back, I knew that it was not the same child that left. The child that came back was a different child,” said Mrs. Scarlet as tears streamed down her face. “We servants
who had taken care of the child know this well, but we didn’t dare say anything. I’m not sure if this was Madam Rosalie’s arrangement.” Elliot breathed a sigh of relief, but the pain he felt did not disappear. “Sir, don’t blame Madam… She treated you like her own and looked after you as she would her own. The reason she might have done such a thing was because she was depressed. Not a day went by where there would not be a fight. They fought over the children, and how they were both unhealthy. Madam probably did such a silly thing because of that…”