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When His Eyes Opened Chapter 181
When His Eyes Opened Chapter 181
The most important thing was to cure Shea. Only then, could Zoe stay beside Elliot for a longer period of time.
Chelsea felt so angry that red blood vessels started appearing in her eyes, especially when Zoe mentioned ‘her boyfriend’. However, there was nothing Chelsea could do. In the end, she
could only leave.
Zoe looked at Chelsea’s back and sneered, “What a loser. I don’t even have to put in any effort.
At the Tate Industries, Avery was busy recruiting employees for various departments. Although most of the former employees have returned, the nature of their business had changed so there was a need to recruit more experienced personnel.
Mike would be flying in to help out today. Avery might be able to relax a little when Mike arrives.
“President Tate, should we look for a celebrity to be our ambassador?” asked the marketing manager while discussing the marketing plan with Avery.
Avery shook her head, “No.”
“The popular trend is endorsing a famous celebrity or cooperating with influencers…” the marketing manager tried to persuade Avery.
Avery interrupted, “No. We solely rely on our product.”
The manager was stunned, “So we don’t have to do any marketing or advertising?”
Avery replied, “I don’t mean that. It is still necessary to promote the product, just not with celebrities or influencers.”
The manager nodded, “Then how should we promote it?”
Avery put down the documents in her hand and said, “We should hire those professionals and experts in this industry to promote. If our product is irreplaceable, then we will automatically see sales coming in.”
It was definite that the manager knew and understood the theory. However, the actual product was still nowhere to be seen and it caused the manager to worry quite a bit.
“President Tate, are you really feeling very confident with the product?” asked the manager.
Avery raised the corner of her lips and said, “I don’t know how to explain it to you yet. Just wait till you see the product yourself.”
The manager nodded to show that he acknowledged.
Someone knocked on the door.
“Come in,” said Avery.
The door was opened. A young man with exquisite facial features appeared. He was wearing asymmetrical fashion clothing.
The manager frowned and asked, “Who are you? Are you in the wrong place? This is Tate Industries…”
Mike strode passed the manager and gave Avery a very passionate hug.
“It’s been only a few days but I have been missing you so much!” said Mike cheesily.
The manager felt awkward and left the office immediately. It seemed like the man was Avery’s boy toy. He guessed Avery must have changed her taste in men after living overseas for a couple of years. When the manager walked out of Avery’s office, Avery’s secretary was on her way to knock on the door.
“Don’t go in! President Tates’ boyfriend is here. They are snuggling together,” the manager hinted to the secretary, “You should wait for him to come out before going in.”
The secretary looked anxious, “But Elliot Foster from Sterling Group is here and wants to meet with President Tates. I can’t just let him wait downstairs, can I?”
The manager was shocked. After taking a deep breath, the manager said to the secretary, “I’ll go down and talk with him first. I will find out why is he looking for President Tate.”
After speaking, the manager marched towards the elevator. Coincidentally the elevator door slowly opened once the manager was in front of it. A tall man walked out from it.
The manager looked up and saw Elliot’s stern and solemn face. He was so scared that he did not even dare to breathe out loud. At that moment, he had forgotten what he had said to the secretary.
“President Foster, you are here. Let me lead you to President Tates’ office,” the manager flattered. He swiftly walked ahead of Elliot with his back bent a little to show respect.
When the manager was in front of the office door, he became a wuss. He had no courage to offend neither Elliot nor Avery.
“President Foster, this is President Tates’ office. You may go in,” said the manager.
Elliot frowned and did not hesitate to open the door with his long arm. He saw Avery sitting in her chair while Mike was sitting on the table facing Avery and playing with her hair. They were both very intimate with each other. Bang! Elliot kicked the door with his leg.
When His Eyes Opened Chapter 182
When His Eyes Opened Chapter 182
The loud sound startled Avery and Mike and they looked at the door with surprise. From there, they saw Elliot’s face looking horrible and sunken as if someone had offended him.
“Hi, Avery’s ex-husband!” Mike jumped off the table and marched towards Elliot as he greeted Elliot cheerfully.
Avery felt pain in her temples. Mike had no idea what a scary person Elliot was. It was up to Avery to stop Mike from inviting his own death. Avery quickly strode toward Mike and pulled him backward.
This action caused Elliot’s anger to slowly rise. What was the relationship between the both of them, Elliot wondered? Why was Avery being so protective of this inappropriate-looking man?
“Why are you here?” Avery stood in front of Elliot as she looked up at him, “Is there still reason for us to meet anymore?”
Elliot clenched his fingers so tightly that the paper in his hand almost ripped apart. He walked a step forward so that his body got closer to Avery.
Avery could feel the anger in Elliot rising and he could lash out at any time. She quickly pushed Mike out of the door and said, “Wait for me outside.”
After she pushed Mike out of the office, she closed the door.
“Who is that man?” Elliot questioned Avery with her cheek slowly turning red.
There was no one else in the room spectating, so Avery was no longer afraid of Elliot.
“Elliot, don’t force me to be rude. I don’t want to fight with you,” Avery said as she took the piece of paper away from Elliot’s hand, “This is…”
Before she could finish her sentence, she saw Hayden’s name on the piece of paper. Her body started to shiver and her face was full of terror and nervousness.
Elliot looked at the change of expression on Avery’s face coldly. His intuition became stronger.
“Avery Tate! Is this child mine?” said Elliot with a cold and sharp voice, without any trace of warmth.
Without any hesitation, Avery responded very quickly, “No. Our child was aborted a long time ago. This child… I adopted him while I was abroad.”
The only way to get through this was to lie. Avery must lie. If she did not, then Elliot would use all means to take the child away. He hated children and he vouched to never have children in this life.
In addition, Hayden was different from normal children. Who knew what would happen to Hayden if Elliot had custody over him.
“Adopted?” Elliot frowned as he did not expect that answer, “Why did you want to adopt a child?”
“Because he was different from a normal child. I think he’s pitiful and that’s why I adopted him. This will be the only and last time that I’ll explain it to you, Elliot. Stop messing around in my private life. If you have so much free time on your hands, why don’t you go take care of your girlfriend?”
Avery threw the piece of paper into the shredder.
Looking at how emotional Avery was, Elliot suddenly felt as if he was being doused with a bucket of cold water. The anger he felt was instantly extinguished.
News traveled so fast that even Avery now knew he had a new girlfriend. He wanted to explain to Avery, but he realized everything he said would be funny.
“Avery, the new boyfriend of yours doesn’t seem good. You should have better taste in men.”
It was supposed to be just an advice and yet, it turned out to be mockery.
Avery was agitated by him and wanted to show him what it felt like, “Your new girlfriend is nothing good as well. You should have picked Chelsea instead. I wonder what were you thinking.”
Elliot gritted his teeth, “Have you ever seen Zoe before? To me, she is far better than Chelsea!”
Avery raised her eyebrows, “What do you know about my Mike? He may look messy and playful but he has a pure heart. Unlike someone who is not only in two but even three relationships at the same time!” Elliot’s face turned pale after being agitated. Soon, he stormed out of Avery’s office.
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When His Eyes Opened Chapter 183
After Elliot left the office, Mike returned into the office.
“What does your ex-husband want with you? He looks very fierce. Did he bully you?” Mike asked as he brought Avery to her chair and gave her a glass of water.
At first, Avery was feeling very angry. After seeing how attentive Mike was, Avery felt a little relieved, “He thought you were my boyfriend and I did not deny it. Will it cause any trouble to
you?”
Mike blinked his eyes and said, “Just your boyfriend? If you want, I can be your husband. We can get married now.”
Avery said, “I don’t plan on getting married. Leave the space to write your true love’s name on it.”
Mike said with a depressed face, “I don’t plan on getting married too. My ex hurt me too deeply. I don’t think there is a true love for me in this world.”
Many years ago, Mike had a tumor inside of his brain. Avery was the one who operated on it and the operation was successful. However, in the midst of his illness, his boyfriend who Mike had been with for five years, dumped him. After the operation, Mike and Avery founded Alpha Technologies.
“Stop thinking about the unhappy thoughts. Have you found a place to stay? I can book a hotel for you if you haven’t.” Avery took out her phone and wanted to search for a hotel.
“I’m going to stay with you. I have already brought my luggage to your house. Your mother was very friendly to me,” said Mike pleasingly, “Think about our relationship. Your house is my house. Why should I stay in a hotel?”
Avery was speechless. However, she was not going to argue with him since Mike was gay.
Hayden did not attend school today. He and Layla went to Cole’s company. They wanted to know who their real birth father was. Since Elliot was a harder target to get close to, they had no choice but to start with Cole.
During the lunch break, Cole walked out of his office and planned to have lunch at a nearby restaurant. Layla appeared in front of the office with her backpack.
Cole immediately recognized Layla since Layla had given him a long-lasting impression with her doll-like hair. He had been having nightmares for a few nights. He dreamt that Layla was the one who had hacked his phone with a trojan horse virus.
Every time Cole woke up, he would not believe it. Who could have thought such a small child who might still be drinking milk could master the skill of the trojan horse virus.
“Kiddo!” Cole walked toward Layla and grabbed her arm, “Why are you here? Are you looking for me?”
Layla blinked her round, energetic eyes and nodded her head, “Uncle, I have been looking for
you!”
“Why are you looking for me? You borrowed my phone to call your father previously but I did not find the number you dialled.” Cole held Layla’s hand and headed toward a nearby restaurant.
The sun was scorching hot.
“Because I forgot my father’s phone number. I found him afterward and my father wanted me to say thank you to you. He even asked me to bring you a gift,” said Layla with clear pronunciation of words and perfect sentence structure.
Cole could not help but blame himself. How could he suspect such a small kid to input a trojan horse virus into his phone? Look at how pretty and pure she was. Her father must be a well mannered gentleman.
“Did your father bring you here?” Cole asked.
Layla nodded and tried to explain, “My father works around here. He had something to do so he went back to his office.”
Before Cole could ask another question, Layla took out the gift and put it on the floor. It was a small electrical toy.
“Uncle, can you switch it on?” Layla asked.
Cole squatted down and looked for the switch. At that time, Layla moved quickly and used her fingers to pull a few strands of Cole’s hair.
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When His Eyes Opened Chapter 184
“Uncle, don’t move!” Layla screamed frantically.
Originally, Cole wanted to stand up and ask what was Layla trying to do. However, Layla’s shouting gave him a scare, so much so that he paused his movement.
“Uncle, you have grown plenty of gray hairs. Let me get rid of them for you. People might think you are an old man.” Layla took the opportunity and put the hair she pulled into a plastic bag and put it back into her backpack.
After finishing what she was doing, she patted Cole’s shoulder and said, “Alright, I have removed all of it.”
Cole stood up while enduring the pain he felt from his scalp, “Let me see. I don’t remember having gray hairs.”
Layla pointed at the air innocently, “I have already thrown it away. Why do you want to see it? It’s just any normal type of gray hair.”
Cole was speechless.
Layla continued to hurt Cole’s heart by saying, “Your hair is very oily. I need to go wash my hands or else my hands will be stinky.”
After that, Layla left while feeling disgusted after touching Cole’s hair. As Cole watched Layla’s back, he had dozens of questions appearing in his mind. He reached out for his hair to check the status of his hair and scalp. It was unlike what Layla said, his hair was just dry and soft, not oily at all. Why would Layla say his hair was oily? He remembered clearly that he did not have any gray hair.
What a strange little girl. That was the same feeling Cole felt the last time he met Layla. Could it be another conspiracy? With that thought in mind, he quickly took out his phone to check if his phone had been planted with another virus.
Layla trotted towards her brother. She took out the hair to show her brother.
“Am I amazing?” Layla asked proudly.
Hayden was very satisfied with Layla’s performance, “I’ll buy you ice cream.”
“Oh yeah! Will mummy be angry since I skipped kindergarten today?”
It was more fun being out with Hayden than going to the kindergarten. However, Layla was worried that her mother would be upset with her.
Hayden said with a calm face, “No.”
Their mother was aware every time they skipped class. However, their mother had never spoken to or scolded them for skipping. From Hayden’s point of view, kindergarten was too easy and childish for him.
“Hehe! Let’s go buy ice cream. I want chocolate-flavored ice cream!” Layla hugged her brother ‘s arm and smiled brightly.
Hayden put Cole’s hair into his bag and took his sister for ice cream. Fifteen minutes later, the two children were sitting down having ice cream.
“What should we do if our father is Elliot?” Layla looked worried, “Mummy said he would strangle us.”
Hayden said, “Don’t worry. I will protect you.”
“Are we going to call him daddy? Didn’t you say he is very wealthy?” Layla was confused.
Hayden answered, “No.”
Looking at Elliot’s house, Shea was recovering pretty well after her surgery. Other than experiencing headaches and refusing to eat, she was pretty quiet most of the time. Mrs. Cooper took care of her with extra caution.
It was only on the third day that Shea started to trust Mrs. Cooper a little. Although Shea still did not talk to Mrs. Cooper, she would accept the food and water Mrs. Cooper gave her.
Mrs. Cooper was curious about the relationship between Elliot and Shea. Due to her professionalism, she did not dare to ask anything. Of all the years Mrs. Cooper had worked for Elliot, this was the first time she saw Elliot being so tender, caring, and spoilt towards a woman.
It was different from the way Elliot treated Avery and Zoe. Although he was good to the both of them, the way he treated Shea was more like a parental type of love. He was at his most tender loving moment when he was with Shea. Whereas, Elliot fought with Avery most of the time they were together. Perhaps it was because Shea’s IQ was below average and that caused Elliot to be more patient with her, Mrs. Cooper thought. “Play outside,” Shea requested after her headache eased.
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When His Eyes Opened Chapter 185
Mrs. Cooper replied troublingly, “Shea, the doctor said you have to be in bed for at least half a month. It’s not even one week after your surgery. If I bring you out, Master Elliot will be mad at me.”
Shea raised her head slightly, “Who is Master Elliot?”
Mrs. Cooper answered, “Elliot Foster,” and she paused for a while and asked again, “What do you call him?”
Shea thought for a while and pointed at the window, “Play outside.”
Mrs. Cooper was lost for words. She did not dare to make the decision, so she called Zoe.
After a while, Zoe came into the room.
“Shea, you want to play outside?” Shea asked with a smile, “I can bring you out, but you’ll have to sit in the wheelchair. I’m scared that you will get dizzy walking by yourself.” Zoe offered.
All Shea wanted was to get some fresh air, it did not matter to her if she had to sit in the wheelchair. Hence, Shea agreed and Mrs. Cooper took out the wheelchair Elliot had used before.
“Mrs. Cooper, I’ll push Shea out,” said Zoe to Mrs. Cooper as she took over and pushed Shea out to the front yard.
In order to reassure the status of being Elliot’s girlfriend, Zoe would need to make a good connection with Shea. Zoe must make good use of each opportunity she has, such as pushing Shea out now.
Shea was starting to show less resistance toward Zoe. It was very good progress. Zoe believed that with a little progress each day, her relationship with Shea would definitely get a huge improvement.
The temperature was over 86 Fahrenheit today, even when the sun was not out entirely.
“Shea, are you still having headaches? I can prescribe you some painkillers if you can’t take the pain,” Zoe asked softly.
According to Zoe’s analysis, Shea now had the IQ of a ten year old child. Hence, she would just need to treat Shea like a ten year old child.
Shea replied, “No.”
Shea would not take any medicine given by strangers, especially Zoe. Unless Elliot was the one giving it to her.
Zoe smiled, “Shea, it’s good that you are talking. Elliot and I are hoping you get well soon.”
Shea did not respond. After having some fresh air, she suddenly asked, “Is it really you who did my surgery?”
If Zoe was the one who did the surgery, why did Shea not remember her face before she lost consciousness? Shea could only vaguely remember Avery’s face in her mind. Unfortunately, she did not know Avery’s name.
Zoe was shocked to hear Shea’s question since Shea did not talk but instead would only act like a ten year old child. Could it be that Shea remembers the person who performed the surgery?
At that moment, Zoe’s face blushed, and she started to think how would Elliot react if he knew of the truth.
“Doctor Sanford?” Shea called since Zoe did not respond to her question.
Zoe took a deep breath and decided to take a chance, “Yes, it was me. Did you remember anything? You can tell it to me.”
Shea pursed her lips and stopped talking.
The next morning, Avery’s phone rang when Avery was still asleep. She looked at her phone and saw that it was Tammy calling.
“Tammy, it’s seven in the morning. Why did you wake up so early?” Avery asked after answering the call.
Since Avery had to work through the night, Laura was the one sending the children to school.
Tammy replied, “My parents are away traveling. I sent them off to the airport. I stopped by Starry River Villa on my way back since it was on the way. Which villa are you staying at? I bought breakfast and I want to visit your new home.”
Avery was so shocked that she jumped off her bed vigorously and it caused her brain to spin as her blood supply to the brain was insufficient upon getting up so swiftly.
“Avery! I’m already at the entrance. Surely you won’t reject me, right?” Tammy said angrily as she put her hand on her hips.
Avery quickly stormed out of her bedroom. Seeing that both children had went to school, she ‘quickly took all the toys to the children’s room. After she finished tidying up, she gave Tammy
her location.
Three minutes later, the doorbell rang. Avery walked out of the toilet while brushing her teeth. Just then, Mike dashed over and opened the door while wearing just his pants.
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When His Eyes Opened Chapter 186
The toothbrush in Avery’s hạnd fell to the floor. Even Tammy was shocked and dropped the bag of breakfast when she saw Mike.
Luckily, Mike reacted quickly and caught the bag of breakfast.
“Avery, is this your best friend?” Mike asked with a head of messy hair.
After that, he opened the bag of breakfast, took out a pancake, and stuffed it into his mouth. Later, he took another pancake and wanted to feed it to Avery, “Not bad, do you want it?”
Avery saw Tammy’s shocked expression and quickly pushed Mike into his room.
“Tammy, wait a second. Go sit down first,” Avery told Tammy.
Suddenly, Tammy came to her senses. She took a deep breath and took out her phone and sent a message to Jun.
Tammy texted Jun, “Oh my! Avery really knows how to enjoy. She is living together with a handsome man!”
Jun replied, “Who? Avery?”
Tammy replied, “If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I would not have believed that she is such an open woman. I don’t feel sorry for Elliot anymore. Elliot knows how to enjoy himself, and so does Avery. That man is so handsome. Other than being a little too slim, everything else looks good.”
Jun asked, “Did you take any photos? I want to see!”
Tammy answered, “Avery pulled the man back into the room. I will interrogate her when she comes out. Wait for the updates!”
Jun replied, “Alright.” After Avery sent Mike back to his room, she went back to the living room to pick up her toothbrush and continued to freshen up in the bathroom.
Five minutes later, she finally calmed herself and went looking for Tammy.
“Avery, are you going to explain it to me, or do I have to force it out of you?” Tammy asked.
Avery sighed, “That’s my business partner.”
“Oh, so you guys got together privately too?” Tammy asked.
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Avery stopped drinking the water, “Did you see us sleep together with your own eyes?”
“Isn’t it obvious? If both of you are not sleeping together, then why doesn’t he stay at a hotel? ” Tammy refuted.
Avery put the glass of water onto the table and gave up arguing, “Is it wrong for me to be with another man since I am single now?”
“Of course not! If that man is really your new lover, then I’m happy for you,” said Tammy happily as she sat beside Avery, “I didn’t know you made such quick progress. Elliot will go mad once he finds out.”
“He already did, the day before yesterday,” Avery told.
Tammy replied, “What? Was he mad?”
Avery spoke calmly, “We are both adults, not children.”
Tammy desperately wanted to know Elliot’s reaction when he found out about it. Hence, once she left Starry River Villa, she quickly called Jun and asked Jun to convey the information to Elliot.
Jun did what he was told. He called Elliot.
“Elliot. Tammy was visiting Avery just now,” Jun said while adding more flare to the story,” She said there is a man staying with Avery. She even said that the man was very handsome.”
Elliot thought of the man he saw in Avery’s office. He did not expect them to be living together.
“She can live with anyone she wants. You don’t have to call and tell me specifically,” Elliot scolded and hung up the phone.
Jun was feeling wronged and complained to Ben. Ever since Ben fought with Elliot, both of them had not spoken for a few days. However, after knowing that Avery has a new boyfriend, he no longer felt depressed.
Could Avery purposely find a new boyfriend just to make Elliot angry? If that was the case, good on Avery. If it was not, then it was still good too. It was nice to see Avery torment Elliot for once.
Changing the scene to Angela Special Needs Academy.
Hayden had received the DNA report. The report stated that Hayden, Layla, and Cole were not father and child. It meant that Cole was not their father.
‘However, the report stated that Hayden, Layla, and Cole were related somehow. Summing it
up, Hayden could conclude that Elliot was their birth father.
When Hayden thought Cole was his father, he was quite dissatisfied. However, he now felt like he was faced with a bigger problem since he knew that Elliot was his father.
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When His Eyes Opened Chapter 187
It did not require much effort to teach Cole a lesson. However, it was a different story if Hayden wanted to go after Elliot.
Ever since Hayden successfully hacked into the cyber security of Elliot’s company, Elliot had spent a huge amount of money to install a powerful firewall. Now Hayden could no longer get past the firewall.
Uncle Mike had been busy with Tate Industries and had no free time to help him. In the end, Hayden could only look at Elliot’s photo and slowly unleash his dissatisfaction.
There was only one student in the classroom, Hayden. Whereas, there were two teachers looking after him in the classroom, a teacher who looked after him and another one who was responsible for teaching.
The teaching teacher was lecturing at the front while Hayden was wearing his headphones and playing with his computer. It was very harmonious.
Suddenly, a shadow appeared outside the classroom door. Hayden spotted it and quickly retracted his gaze.
Knock! Knock! Someone knocked on the door.
It was Shea. The teacher saw her and immediately walked to the door.
“Shea, why are you here? Are you here alone?” The teacher looked at Shea enthusiastically.
Since Shea was not having any more headaches, she could not stay put at home and was clamoring to go to school. As such, the driver drove her to school and would pick her up in the afternoon.
After reaching the school, she quickly walked around the entire campus with the nanny accompanying her. No one knew what she was searching for.
It was until she arrived at the classroom where Hayden was at. She looked inside and refused to leave. She saw Hayden and instantly recognized him.
Hayden was wearing a cap which made it easy to identify him.
Shea pointed at Hayden.
The teacher walked over to Hayden and asked, “Hayden, Shea is looking for you. Do you know her?”
Hayden, “No!”
When Shea heard Hayden’s reply, her mind got shocked. She moved her lips and shouted out loud, “Yes!”
The teacher was speechless. Why did these two who normally could not bother to talk, start talking now?
Hayden shouted back, “No!”,
Shea countered, “Yes!”
After a few rounds, Hayden was feeling pain in his eardrums. He stood up from his chair and walked over to Shea.
Both of them acted like they had been friends forever and moved toward a corner where no one was around.
“You are a bad woman! I am not going to help you anymore!” Hayden said with disgust.
Shea felt wronged, “Why? Why? I am not a bad woman! I am not!”
Hayden said, “No one would ever admit that they are a bad person. Don’t come looking for me. I won’t talk to you anymore!”
After saying that, Hayden hurried and left.
Shea looked at Hayden leave and tears started welling up in her eyes. The nanny walked over to her and took a tissue out to wipe away Shea’s tears, “Don’t cry, Miss Shea. Why did the both of you argue? When did you get to know that little boy? How come I don’t know that you know him?”
At first, Shea was still holding back her tears. After listening to the nanny, she started crying.
The nanny took her back to her room and called Elliot to report the incident to him.
“That boy’s name is Hayden Tate. Miss Foster spent the entire morning looking for him. They started arguing when they saw each other. The boy insisted that he does not know Miss Foster but Miss Foster said he knows her,” the nanny sighed, “Master Elliot, you need to come over. Miss Shea is still crying.”
Hayden Tate! Avery’s adopted son. Why would shea cry over him? Since when did they know each other? Did Avery know about it? Elliot clenched his fists so tightly that his knuckles were turning white.
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When His Eyes Opened Chapter 188
When Elliot arrived at the school, he immediately held Shea in his arms and patted her back lightly upon seeing Shea’s swollen eyes. .
“Stop crying, Shea,” Elliot comforted.
Shea was having a headache because she had been crying too hard. After hearing Elliot’s voice, she felt safer and leaned on Elliot’s chest while her emotions began to stabilize. After a while, she fell asleep
Elliot carried her to bed and placed her on the bed. After that, he walked out of the room. He needed to go look for Hayden to find out what happened. Later, he arrived at Hayden’s
classroom.
The teachers saw Elliot coming and left the classroom. As such, only Elliot and Hayden were in the classroom.
Elliot walked over and stood in front of Hayden. Hayden saw him coming and started to pack his books into his backpack.
“Hayden Tate, I already know who your mother is,” Elliot pulled a chair over and sat in front of Hayden to block him from leaving.
Seeing how domineering Elliot was, Hayden knew that he did not have the chance to leave the classroom. Hence, he sat quietly and pretended Elliot was not there.
“Since when did you know Shea?” Elliot asked while looking at Hayden’s half-covered face.
He had no idea why Hayden kept wearing his cap. It made sense to wear it outside, but why wear it inside the classroom too? Was it because Hayden did not have any hair or was he just trying to be cool?
“As long as you answer my questions, I won’t give you any trouble,” Elliot said while feeling his patience disappear little by little, “If you are not going to talk, then we can sit here until you do.”
It was a threat. However, Hayden was not afraid. He rested his head on the table and closed his eyes to sleep.
There was nothing Elliot could do, other than stare at how cool and snobbish Hayden acted. He could not possibly bully a four years old boy, especially when this boy was actually Avery’s son.
The classroom was so quiet that the both of them could hear their heartbeats. Ten minutes passed. Twenty minutes had passed and both of them were still at a standstill.
Elliot was convinced that if he still did nothing, the boy would just fall asleep. He walked over to Hayden’s side and used his strong arms to carry Hayden.
Hayden was shocked and thought, ‘What is this jerk trying to do?’
“Don’t touch me!” Hayden shouted angrily.
As Elliot heard Hayden speak, he felt he had the upper hand and that he had regained control.
Looking at Hayden now, he had spoken even when he had a bad temper alongside his habit of not talking to strangers. It just meant that his illness was not that serious. If he was in the worst stage, he would not talk even under such circumstances.
“Tell me! When did you know Shea? Why did the both of you argue?” Elliot held Hayden’s body tight as Hayden struggled to break free.
Elliot could tell that Hayden disliked people touching him. If that was the case, Elliot was determined to hold him until Hayden answered.
Hayden was outraged. How could this jerk hold him? Hayden decided not to answer the question.
‘Why didn’t Elliot just ask Shea if he wanted to know? Why should Elliot think it was other people’s fault just because Shea cried? No wonder, mummy decided to divorce him,’ Hayden thought in his mind.
Hayden’s eyes were reddened because he was really angry at Elliot. In the end, he took a bite out of Elliot’s neck.
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When His Eyes Opened Chapter 189
Hayden did not stop biting until he tasted blood in his mouth.
It was four o’clock in the evening. The school had called Avery telling her that Hayden had bitten someone and requested her to go to the school.
Avery did not understand. Hayden was the only student in his class. Since he did not have any classmates, who could he bite? Was it the teacher who got bitten? With the possibility in her mind, Avery quickly shut down her computer and took her keys with her.
‘How could Hayden bite his teacher? Even if he had an argument with his teacher, he should not resort to violence.’ Avery kept on thinking.
She remembered Hayden was a well-mannered boy. When did he change?
Avery had been working very late and she had recently somewhat neglected her two children. She decided to have a good talk with the both of them tonight.
After reaching the school, Avery’s teacher said apologetically, “Miss Tate, your child has been taken away.”
Avery was shocked.
“But don’t worry, Hayden was taken away by Mr. Foster. You should have heard about him. I can give you his address and you can go pick Hayden up,” The teacher explained.
Avery was so angry that her cheeks started to turn red, “Why did he take Hayden away with him? Doesn’t the school have any policies against it? Why didn’t you inform me when he took Hayden away? I’m very disappointed with the school.”
The teacher explained immediately, “Miss Tate, please listen to me. Mr. Foster has just taken Hayden away. I wanted to call you but since I knew you were coming, I did not call you. As for why Mr. Foster insisted on taking Hayden, it was because Hayden had a big argument with Shea. When Mr. Foster arrived, he asked Hayden for the reason they argued and Hayden refused to tell him. Shea woke up just now and wanted to go home. That’s why Mr. Foster brought Hayden together with him. He wanted to understand why they had an argument.”
Even though the teacher had explained in detail, Avery was still very angry. With the car keys in her hand, she strode off.
The teacher followed closely behind Avery and said, “Miss Tate, please don’t be angry. I can go pick Hayden up with you. I can go with you since you don’t know Mr. Foster’s address…”
Avery was having a headache, “Stop following me! I will go on my own!”
The teacher replied, “Oh, okay. Let me tell you the address. It is…”
“Stop talking and stop following me!” Avery’s heart was on fire.
She had no idea how Hayden would be treated when he was in Elliot’s house. She was extremely anxious and needed to rush to Elliot’s house immediately.
Her car sped off after Avery started the car engine.
The teacher mumbled as she saw Avery’s car driving off, “Does she know Mr. Foster’s address? Why didn’t she let me tell her?”
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After Elliot brought Shea and Hayden back to his house, Mrs. Cooper quickly served them snacks and fruits.
Mrs. Cooper looked at Hayden and asked curiously, “Master Elliot, who is this boy?”
Hayden was wearing a baseball cap and carrying a large backpack. His hands were grabbing the shoulder strap of the backpack tightly. The baseball cap had covered his eyes. However, it did not prevent Mrs. Cooper from knowing that Hayden was very angry with his pouted cheek and pursed lips.
“Avery’s son,” Elliot answered plainly while sitting on the couch, “adopted.”
That last word had startled Mrs. Cooper and stunned Hayden
‘Adopted? When did I become mummy’s adopted son?’ Hayden thought. Soon, he realized his mum must have told Elliot that on purpose. He remembered his mum say that Elliot would
strangle both him and Layla if he found out about them.
“Oh… Avery is such a kind-hearted person,” said Mrs. Cooper as she peeled a banana and gave it to Hayden.
Hayden refused to eat any food from this house. He turned his body around.
Mrs. Cooper put the banana down and went to the bathroom to take a bucket of warm water. Without asking for permission from Hayden, she took off his baseball cap, “Look at all the sweat on your face, let me wipe it off.”
The moment Mrs. Cooper took off Hayden’s baseball cap, Elliot finally had the chance to see Hayden’s face clearly. The thought of Hayden looking similar to Elliot immediately sprung into his mind.
When His Eyes Opened Chapter 190
When His Eyes Opened Chapter 190
“Don’t touch me!” Hayden yelled out.
He quickly wore his cap back on his head.
Mrs. Cooper got shocked when Hayden yelled at her.
Elliot and Shea stared at Hayden while Shea was frightened because Hayden yelled out. Whereas Elliot was stunned because it was the first time he saw Hayden’s full face. He even saw similarities between his and Hayden’s face.
“Then can you wipe it yourself?” Mrs. Cooper asked after twisting the towel and handing it to Hayden, “You have sweat on your face. It’ll be more comfortable after wiping it.”
Hayden took the towel and threw it back into the bucket.
Since Hayden was very temperamental, Mrs. Cooper took the bucket and left.
“If you don’t tell me how you know Shea and why did you both argue, don’t even think about going home tonight,” Elliot returned to his senses and threatened Hayden.
Hayden turned a deaf ear and walked towards the door.
Two bodyguards appeared outside of the door and stopped Hayden from going any further. Hayden raised his head and stared at them.
The two bodyguards felt stressed as Hayden continued to stare at them. They wondered why this boy had such a fierce expression.
Hayden was unlike any other normal kid. The bodyguards could tell that Hayden was a threat to them when he looked at them so fiercely. Hayden had a similar aura as Elliot and that pressured the bodyguards.
Hayden looked at his watch. It was 4:50 p.m. He knew his grandma would inform his mum if she failed to pick him up from school at 5:30 p.m. He was certain that his mum would come looking for him. All he needed to do was wait patiently.
When Elliot saw Hayden sitting down beside the door, he knew that he had lost. There was nothing else he could do. It was impossible for Elliot to use any tactics against him. He knew ‘Avery would never forgive him if he had tried anything.
“Shea, when did you get to know Hayden?” Since Elliot could not get an answer from Hayden, he asked Shea instead.
Shea was eating the banana that Mrs. Cooper had peeled for Hayden. As she listened to Elliot’s question, her eyes flashed with anxiousness and nervousness.
At that moment, she remembered the time when she begged Hayden to bring her away from the school. She knew if she told it to Elliot, he would be mad at her.
It did not matter if Elliot was mad at her. The most important factor was that she did not want Hayden to be mad at her. Hayden would totally ignore her if that was the case.
Hence, she slowly ate her banana and looked at Elliot with a pair of innocent eyes. Her eyes were telling Elliot that she would not answer his question, and it was best if he stopped asking.
A sense of failure slowly appeared in Elliot’s heart. There were so many similarities between Shea and Hayden. Both of them disliked talking. They did not like to interact with strangers.
Elliot was flustered as he kept thinking about how both of them knew each other and what had they said to each other.
“Master Elliot, how did you hurt your neck?” Mrs. Cooper was shocked to see the bite marks on Elliot’s neck, “I’ll go get the first aid kit.”
Elliot glanced at Hayden and said, “You don’t have to.”
He presumed that Avery would arrive anytime now and she would be very angry. He wanted to save the bite mark and show it to Avery.
A Rower parked up outside in the front yard. Avery got off from her car. Hayden immediately stood up when he saw his mum.