When His Eyes Opened

Chapter 51

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

“Are talking the early today?” Avery began to explain a moment’s hesitation.

friend texted me saying that she wanted to take a photo with you after the show.

I figured that you wouldn’t taking photos with strangers, and didn’t want to explain them why we were together.

”

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

“It wouldn’t exactly a quick conversation, would it? Besides, you and I are too different each other.

only but in age.

Would you be willing to hang with We can be pretty immature… Wouldn’t annoying if they bothered because of our Wouldn’t you rather have one less thing to have to worry about?”

In true reason why she not him to meet her friends was because they could get a divorce at moment.

There no guarantee that they were going the rest their lives together.

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

would be better to wait until everything was settled.

Avery’s detailed and patient response down quite bit.

Her concern not unreasonable.

He had no interest in any of her friends.

Apart he had no of getting to know anyone younger or more immature he was.

“You should go back your room,” Elliot said thin lips.

Avery let out a sigh of relief as if she just received a pardon.

She peeled a banana, then stubbornly it in his face.

got these Goldfinger bananas today.

my favorite.

I better than normal bananas.

Try Avery urged with a look of her face.

Seeing the bruised on banana made hesitate, but he did have the to turn down.

He the banana her hand and a bite.

It tasted a little sour at but sweetness filled his as he continued to chew on it.

On the it was sweet, sour, and and very different from the average banana.

judge it by its bruised skin.

It’s completely fine on the inside,” Avery said with a sparkle in her then added, “Thank you for taking me to the recital today.

We didn’t get to stay until the end, I wanted to thank you.

”

She hurriedly finished her sentence, then rushed back to her room before she could get response and shut door.

Elliot was puzzled.

this her so-called gratitude?

might have felt sincerity, but she could have least until finished eating before running

It was in the late morning the next day that Mrs.

Cooper noticed that had not down for breakfast, and Elliot was waiting in the living room.

He did not say what he was waiting but Mrs.

guessed that he wanted to have breakfast with Avery.

Mrs.

Cooper on Avery’s door and did not receive a response, she opened door and walked in.

After taking in the scene in the room, she quickly entered the living and announced, Avery i s over asleep on her desk.

I think she stayed up all night.

Maybe should go ahead and without Master Elliot.

”

Before she could finish her sentence, Elliot already up from the sofa and was making his way Avery’s bedroom,

He picked up from the and lay her on the bed.

She was in such deep sleep that she had stirred despite movement.

It must have been since fallen asleep.

she this far her thesis?

Elliot his gaze to on desk.

was from a brand that had already gone out of business, and the model was at least a few years old.

It no wonder that it had shut down before, and she was forced to use the in study.

He walked over to her desk noticed that the laptop’s screen was blurry, so he hit the power button.

The screen lit up moments later, revealing a screen with a few icons on it.

There was Avery’s thesis and a file Plan”, which Elliot opened up without hesitation.

The document’s was bolded and in caps, making it stand out greatly.

The was “Three-Month Divorce Plan”!