When His Eyes Opened (full chapter)

Chapter 51 

Avery felt suffocated under Elliot’s fiery yet solemn gaze.

“Are you talking about leaving the recital early today?” Avery began to explain after a moment’s hesitation. “My friend texted me saying that she wanted to take a photo with you after the show. I figured that you wouldn’t like taking photos with strangers, and I didn’t want to explain to them why we were there together.”

“Why not?” Elliot asked, his voice as cold as ice.

“It wouldn’t exactly be a quick conversation, would it? Besides, you and I are too different from each other. Not only in status but also… in age. Would you be willing to hang out with my friends? We can be pretty immature… Wouldn’t it be annoying if they bothered you because of our relationship? Wouldn’t you rather have one less thing to have to worry about?”

In truth, the true reason why she did not want him to meet her friends was because they could get a divorce at any moment. There was no guarantee that they were going to spend the rest of their lives together.

If Avery revealed her relationship with Elliot to her friends, and they got divorced the next day… How humiliating would that be?

It would be better to wait until everything was settled.

Avery’s detailed and patient response calmed Elliot down quite a bit.

Her concern was not unreasonable.

He had no interest in any of her friends.

of getting to know anyone younger or

go back to your

a sigh of relief as if she had just received

peeled a banana, then stubbornly shoved it in

favorite. I think they taste better than normal bananas. Try

on the banana made Elliot hesitate, but he did not have the heart to

the banana from her hand and took

sour at first, but sweetness slowly filled his mouth as he continued to chew on

sweet, sour, and

a sparkle in her eyes, then added, “Thank you for taking me to the recital today. We didn’t get to stay until the end, but I still

to her room before she could get a response

Elliot was puzzled.

her

she could have at least waited until he finished

the late morning the next day that Mrs. Cooper noticed that Avery had not come down for breakfast, and Elliot was stubbornly waiting in the

did not say what he was waiting for, but Mrs. Cooper

and did not

living room and announced, “Madam Avery i s hunched over asleep on her desk. I think she stayed up all night. Maybe you should go ahead and have breakfast

had already gotten up from the sofa and