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When His Eyes Opened Chapter 191
When His Eyes Opened Chapter 191
It was only five in the morning. He did not expect mom to be here so soon!
Although his mom had always said that he was adopted, he knew his mom loved him greatly.
“Hayden!” Avery saw her son sitting on the sill with two muscular men beside him. Tears welled up in her eyes.
Hearing Avery’s voice, Elliot stood up from the sofa and walked toward the door.
The bodyguards dared not stop Avery.
They had witnessed how much Elliot had loved this woman.
Although she was now his ex-wife, she was different from all the other women that Elliot was acquainted with
Elliot saw Avery carrying Hayden as her eyes reddened, she looked as if her son was being mistreated.
“Avery, let’s talk.”
Avery was fuming, “What gives you the right to bring Hayden to your house!? Did you have my permission? What you did was against the law!”
Elliot’s brows furrowed, “I did not hurt him! I only wanted to know when did he meet Shea? Why did they fall out?”
Avery refuted, “Can’t you ask Shea instead?! Elliot, I know Shea means a lot to you, but this is not a reason for you to bully my son!”
Elliot’s head was hurting badly. Indeed, he did not have her permission to bring Hayden home.
“I did not bully your son!” Elliot said.
“You brought him to your house by force and made him sit on the floor. Is this not bullying? Then, tell me! What is bullying?” Avery suddenly saw the tooth mark and dried blood on Elliot’ s neck.
Did her son bite him?
Suddenly, she grew uncertain.
Mrs. Cooper saw the two of them fighting in the front yard, she walked out and helped Elliot explain, “Avery, Master Elliot did not bully your son. I brought him food and drinks but he turned them down.” .
When Avery saw Mrs. Cooper, she calmed down.
She had not seen Mrs. Cooper for years but she still seemed as friendly as ever.
“Fighting won’t solve the problem.” Mrs. Cooper walked to Avery and patted her shoulder,” Don’t stand outside, come in and have a seat.”
Avery was unwilling to go in but Mrs. Cooper pulled her by her arm as she walked in.
The interior design and decoration were the same as they were four years ago.
Avery had an unsettling feeling inside her.
“I’d like to have a chat with you,” Elliot said.
Avery was worried about Hayden so she glanced at him.
Somehow, she saw Shea.
Shea was standing by the sofa as she looked at Avery blankly.
Avery quickly retrieved her gaze from Shea. She followed Elliot into the study room on the first floor.
Shea saw Avery’s face and instantly recalled the memories from before!
Instead of Doctor Sanford, she hoped that Avery could stay with her brother.
That way, she would be able to see Avery more often.
However, Avery seemed hostile toward her brother. She was scared of her.
After the study room door was shut, Hayden instantly walked over.
Shea saw and followed.
The two of them leaned on the door of the study room, listening to the conversation inside.
Mrs. Cooper saw the two of them and found them amusing.
Inside the study room.
Elliot broke the silence, “Before Shea went missing, she had no friends from school. So I’m guessing that she met your son when she was missing.”
Avery remained a calm look, her tone was calm too, “Oh, go and ask them, then! I don’t know anything.”
When Elliot saw her hardened face, he did not feel good, “Your son never mentioned anything about Shea?”
“No. My son doesn’t speak most of the time.” Avery ended the topic quickly, “Stop asking about my son. If you want to know, ask shea. If there’s nothing else, I will leave now.”
Elliot said, “There’s another thing.”
Avery halted.
“I heard that you’ve moved in with that dude,” Elliot said directly, “Moving in so soon, were you two together before our divorce?”
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When His Eyes Opened Chapter 192
When Avery heard him, she frowned.
“What do you mean by that dude? He has a name.” Avery corrected him, “Can you show some
respect?”
Elliot said, “Respect? You’re speaking of respect? You were together with that dude before our divorce, did you show me any respect?”
“Please be clear. I filed for divorce four years ago. You were unwilling to sign then!”
“As long as I haven’t signed, we’re still legálly married. How could you cheat on me!?” Elliot interrogated her.
Avery saw how serious he looked, she was almost convinced by him that she had cheated on him!
“Since when have I admitted that I was with him before our divorce?” Avery refuted, “It’s all your speculation! If you want to suspect yourself of being cheated on, don’t blame me!”
Elliot took a deep breath to calm himself down, “Then, what’s his name?”
“Why would you want to know his name?” Avery asked cautiously.
“Didn’t you ask me to show some respect? How am I supposed to respect him if you don’t tell me his name?!”
“Oh…even if I do tell you, you would not show him respect anyway.” Avery did not want to tell him because she did not want Elliot to run a background check on Mike, “Elliot, you already have a new girlfriend. Since we both have new lives now, let’s stop bothering one another!”
Avery finished speaking as Elliot’s phone rang.
He took out his phone and looked at the screen.
It was Zoe calling
Today was Zoe’s birthday. Yesterday, she had invited him to eat out with her today.
Since this was Zoe’s first birthday on her return, Elliot agreed.
Zoe had arrived at the restaurant so she phoned Elliot to ask him when he would arrive.
Elliot looked at his phone screen and hesitated.
Avery saw the name on his screen and turned to leave.
He grabbed her arm and did not want her to leave. He had not finished talking to her.
Even though they got divorced, he did not want her to self-sabotage.
That dude looked like a gangster!
How could she find this type of man!?
He accepted the call, “Doctor Sanford, apologies, something’s up…” Zoe, “Oh, it’s okay! I can wait for you. It’s still early.”
Elliot said, “I won’t be able to come.”
Zoe felt as if she was splashed in the face with water, she said disappointedly, “Elliot, can you tell me why?”
Elliot looked at Avery and said, “Shea is not feeling well. I need to stay with her.”
Zoe said, “I see, why don’t I come to join you two?”
Elliot said, “No need. Shea needs to be alone.”
After ending the call, he tossed his phone on the table.
Avery found it ironic.
It seemed that he was not so into his new girlfriend.
To him, Zoe was merely a chess piece of his to treat Shea.
How ironic and sad!
“Elliot, your wrongdoings will come back at you.” Avery kindly warned him.
“This was her choice, I made it clear to her in the beginning.” Elliot ended this quickly and changed the subject back to her.
“Why did you find such a man? Did you do it to trigger me?”
Avery was speechless.
Outside the study room.
Shea almost wanted to knock on the door to go inside.
“I hear nothing…nothing at all…”, she frowned.
‘Hayden did not hear anything as well.
Either the room was sound-proofed or they were not fighting at all.
Hayden went back to the living room and Shea followed behind him.
“I’m sorry!” Shea grabbed the hem of her skirt. She stopped for a moment and said bravely,” Hayden, I’m sorry!”
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When His Eyes Opened Chapter 193
She thought about the reason why Hayden got angry.
Could it be that she asked him to bring her out of school, and he was scolded for that?
Other than this, she could not think of anything else.
When Hayden heard her apologizing, he grew increasingly furious!
Was she admitting to her inappropriate relationship with Elliot? She was the reason why his Mom and Dad had a divorce?!
“Stop following me!” Hayden yelled at her, “I hate you!”
Shea stopped and her eyes teared up.
When Mrs. Cooper saw this, she instantly helped Shea to sit on the sofa, “Shea, don’t cry. If he doesn’t want to be your friend, stop following him.”
Since Hayden was so ill-tempered, Shea would hurt herself doing so.
However, Shea did not want to lose a good friend like Hayden. She shook her head vigorously.
Mrs. Cooper held on to her head and did not want her to keep shaking her head, “Stop shaking your head, you might hurt your head. Sit here, I will go and ask Hayden what it takes for him to befriend you, alright?”
Shea nodded diligently.
Mrs. Cooper picked up two pieces of chocolate from the table and walked toward Hayden.
“Hayden, I was close to your mom in the past.” Mrs. Cooper had a friendly smile on her face as she gave the chocolates to Hayden.
Hayden recalled how calm his mom was when she saw this woman earlier so he did not toss the chocolate away.
“Shea is just a kid and I hope she did not hurt you. Why do you hate her?” Mrs. Cooper asked.
“I don’t need a reason to hate her!” Hayden said and walked toward the door.
Mrs. Cooper did not follow him.
She knew that Hayden was looking down on Shea’s lack of intelligence. Mrs. Cooper felt bad for Shea but she could not bring herself to hate Hayden.
Hayden showed some traits of Elliot but he was not his son. Perhaps it was pure chance that they looked alike?
Mrs. Cooper went back to Shea and gave her tissue papers to wipe away her tears, “Shea, there’
s a way for everyone to like you.”
Shea looked at Mrs. Cooper curiously.
“That is, to focus on your studies and accept your treatments. Get well soon.” Mrs. Cooper looked at Shea with sympathy, “By then, everyone will like Shea.”
Shea believed her.
Inside the study room, the topic of Avery’s man finally ended due to Avery telling Elliot that, the more Elliot looked down on Mike, the more she liked Mike.
This was reverse psychology.
Avery knew very well how to beat Elliot in arguments. Therefore, he stopped mentioning Mike.
She thought she could leave now, but he was not done!
Avery saw him taking out a photo.
It was a screenshot of the CCTV from Elizabeth Hospital.
It was taken on the day when Avery performed surgery on Shea. Two children went to her and she left with both of them.
“The girl in your arms, you adopted her?” Elliot’s eyes were fixed on her face.
Avery tossed the photo into the bin, she said nonchalantly, “Yes! I adopted both of them. Why do you ask me? Do you want to adopt a child? Oh, I almost forgot, you don’t like kids.”
Elliot said, “You don’t even have time to take care of a child, so why did you adopt two children?”
Avery said, “I want to and I like to. What can you do?”
Elliot was speechless.
Avery saw that it was almost six. She had to bring Hayden home.
She marched out of the study room and went to the living room. She saw a woman with her long hair down. She had a lavender-colored long dress on. Was she Elliot’s new girlfriend, Zoe Sanford?
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When His Eyes Opened Chapter 194
“You must be Avery.” Zoe went forward to greet her, “Nice to meet you, I’m Zoe.”
Avery glanced at her and said without enthusiasm, “Yeah, I’m leaving now.”
Avery and Hayden left.
Zoe watched as she left and zoned out for a moment.
Avery was younger and more beautiful than she imagined.
Why did she look for Elliot today? She even brought a boy here…was that Elliot’s son?
So, she came here with the boy, trying to get back with Elliot?
Thinking of this, Zoe felt disgusted.
Would Elliot get back with Avery because of this?
“Elliot, sorry to show up unannounced.” Zoe pointed at the cake on the table, “My friend bought this cake for me but I can’t finish it on my own so I brought this over.”
Elliot glanced at the cake, “Happy birthday, did you receive your gift?”
Zoe halted, “Someone did send me a parcel in the afternoon. I didn’t know it was you who sent it, so I haven’t opened it.”
Elliot nodded, “I don’t eat cake, and neither does Shea. You can eat with Mrs. Cooper!”
With that said, he walked toward Shea and brought her back to her room.
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After they had left, Zoe took out the cake.
“Mrs. Cooper, when did Avery come?” Zoe smiled as she cut a slice for Mrs. Cooper.
Mrs. Cooper said, “Not long ago. She came to pick up her son.”
“Oh…that boy was her son! He doesn’t seem too young!”
Mrs. Cooper said, “He was adopted.”
Zoe was shocked and at the same time, the alarm in her was lifted, “I thought he was a child of hers and Elliot.”
“They did have a child. If they did not abort the baby, the baby should be around the age of that kid now.” Mrs. Cooper thought there was no harm to say this. After all, this happened a long time ago. “I guess Avery adopted this kid to make up for the aborted baby.”
Zoe asked, “Why did they abort the baby?”
Mrs. Cooper said, “Master Elliot didn’t want it. He doesn’t like children. Miss Sanford, my
advice to you is that, if you want to stay with him, don’t mention having a baby. Even if you have it, he will ask for an abortion.”
Zoe nodded quickly, “Thank you for reminding me.”
On the way home, Avery asked her son, “Did Elliot bully you?”
Hayden said, “No.”
Avery asked, “Was he mean to you?”
Hayden said, “No.”
Avery let out a sigh of relief, “Hayden, why don’t I transfer you to another school?”
“You don’t need to,” Hayden said.
“You like this school a lot?” Avery asked.
“I don’t hate it,” Hayden replied.
It was because he had no friends and nobody bossed him around.
The teachers worshipped him and let him do anything he wanted. He had more freedom than when he was at home.
“I’m afraid that you might bump into Elliot next time, what if he brings you home again…” Avery was worried.
She claimed that Hayden was adopted, how long would this excuse work?
If Elliot started to suspect her one day and ran a DNA test on Hayden, her lie would be exposed.
By then, both of her children would be in danger.
“He is my father, right?” Hayden said as he fiddled with a piece of paper.
Avery glanced at her son, “How do you know?”
“He looks like me,” Hayden replied. Avery did not know whether to laugh or cry, “Was it that obvious?”
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When His Eyes Opened Chapter 195
“Layla looks like you.” Hayden said.
“Hayden, he’s indeed the father of the both of you. However, he doesn’t like kids so it’s best if the both of you don’t go to him. If he finds out that you’re both his kids, I don’t know what he’ d do.” Avery said.
Hayden replied, “We don’t want a father like him!”
“Hayden, I feel that after you’ve come back home, you’ve changed and improved a lot,” Avery said.
“Mom, I’m not ill, I just find those people childish and boring, ” Hayden said.
Avery nodded, “I know. You like smart people like Uncle Mile. However, when you’re older, you will realize that the people who are not as smart are equally special. We must learn to focus on the merits of others, such as kindness and innocence.”
Hayden did not agree with that but he did not refute her.
Perhaps when he was older, he would understand what she meant.
Zoe arrived home at seven in the evening. She opened the gift she received in the afternoon.
She was disappointed in Elliot because it was likely that this gift was not chosen by Elliot.
The shop assistant sent it over, it could have been Elliot’s assistant choosing it.
She was right. Elliot made Chad choose it. Chad picked her a Chavel handbag.
Zoe looked at this bag and the image of Avery’s face came to her mind.
Elliot lied to her for Avery.
He claimed that Shea was not feeling well and that he had to stay home with her. The truth was that he was staying home for Avery.
He canceled their date for Avery.
Normally, she would not mind if he had done this to her. However, today was her birthday!
She felt very mistreated.
On the next day at Tate Industries.
The front desk called and announced that Elliot’s girlfriend came.
“Miss Tate, this woman would like to meet you.” The secretary said to Avery, “I phoned Sterling Group to verify her identity. They confirmed that he did have a new girlfriend.”
Avery looked down and thought for a moment. She put down the work she was working on.
On the first floor, Avery saw Zoe.
Zoe did not have makeup on today. She had a white t-shirt and jeans.
She did look younger in this outfit.
“Miss Tate, I heard that you’re a student of Professor Hough. So I came to you to have a chat… I wonder if you have time in the afternoon to have lunch together?” Zoe smiled politely.
It appeared as if Zoe merely wanted to catch up.
Avery knew her intentions. Though she still agreed to have lunch with her.
The both of them went to a restaurant close by.
After getting a table, Zoe smiled and asked, “Miss Tate, you started your business right after graduation? I heard that Tate Industries is your company. You’re so successful, unlike me. I have been working at the hospital and don’t earn much.”
Avery asked, “Didn’t Elliot pay you for treating Shea? No way! He spent a billion lucks searching for her, he should have paid you at least a billion, right?”
Zoe’s smile stiffened, “He did try to pay me one billion but how would I take that from him?”
“Oh, you’re afraid that if you take that, you won’t be able to ask him to be your boyfriend?” Avery said directly.
Zoe was speechless.
“Please excuse me, Miss Sanford, for being blunt. Hope you don’t mind.” Avery picked up her green tea and took a sip.
Zoe smiled, “It’s fine, I know you have your opinion on me. Without me, you might have a chance to get back with Elliot.”
Avery said, “Miss Sanford, you’ve mistaken. The reason I have an opinion on you is because of how insensitive you are.”
Zoe looked wronged, “Why would you say that? Is it because of how I took Elliot away from you and so you hate me?”
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When His Eyes Opened Chapter 196
Avery almost spat the green tea from her mouth. She took a tissue to dab on her lips.
“Miss Sanford, I was the one asking for a divorce with Elliot. As for you taking Elliot from me, what I hate is that you’re not married yet! Look at how alike you two are! He’s handsome and you’re beautiful, you’re made for one another! When are you two getting married? I will send a grand gift!”
Zoe had an awkward smile on her face, “Now I know this is what you’re thinking. However, I’ m sorry to disappoint you, as we don’t plan to get married yet.”
“Why not? Do you not want to? Or does he not want to? If he doesn’t want to, why don’t I help you talk to him?” Avery took another sip of green tea.
Zoe said, “You don’t have to. We will let things happen at their course. Right, Miss Tate, you called me insensitive earlier, I don’t understand why. This is only our first meeting, so why did you insult me?”
Avery sensed how fake this woman was.
Zoe looked pitiable and wronged, one would easily sympathize with her!
“Didn’t your teacher teach you this in school? One has to keep one’s greed at bay.” Avery thought she had made it clear.
However, Zoe continued to look at her, waiting for her to continue.
Avery found it exhausting to talk to her.
Did she think nobody would see through her lies?
Instead of using the operation as an excuse to force Elliot to be with her, if she just took his money, Avery would not dislike her.
How could she be so greedy?
Although Avery had divorced Elliot, she still did not like seeing how he was being played by Zoe.
;”Miss Tate, do you think I’m crossing a line by asking to be with Elliot?”
Seeing that Avery did not speak, she continued, “You might not know, Shea’s illness can’t be cured in one treatment. There are follow-ups. While my work was mainly overseas. Elliot hoped that I could stay here to treat Shea. This would affect my overseas work. Therefore, I resigned from my overseas work to come back here and treat Shea specifically…”
“Miss Sanford, you’ve sacrificed so much.” Avery mocked, “Didn’t you say you don’t earn much from the hospital? You could easily ask Elliot to compensate you two-fold. Unless you think that by asking him to be your boyfriend, you can get half of his assets?”
Zoe’s face turned pale, “Are you jealous of me? Just because my skills are better than yours?”
Zoe could tell from Avery’s tone.
Avery was hungry but now she was full.
“Jealous…Miss Sanford, how can your skills be so good? We’re both students of Professor Hough, how can you be so skilled while I’m so ordinary?” Avery sighed, “I heard that Elliot spent a lot of money to ask Professor Hough to treat Shea but he dared not perform the surgery on her! Who’d have thought that Miss Sanford could have so easily treated her! You’re more skilled than Professor Hough…”
Zoe was taken aback by her!
She felt that Avery was mocking her but she could not tell for sure.
After all, there was no way for Avery to find out that she was not the one treating Shea!
If Avery knew, she would have told Elliot a long time ago!
“Avery, stop being so passive-aggressive. I worked hard for my success. If you’re not as skilled as me, you should reflect on whether you worked hard back in school.” Zoe said calmly, “I remember how Professor Hough praised my hand when he saw me for the first time. He said I was born to be holding the scalpel.”
Zoe spoke as she showed Avery her hands.
Avery did not want to look at her hands.
She had hands too!
Zoe was insensitive, it was obvious that Avery had no interest in her hands but she kept showing them to Avery.
Avery felt as if she was in a nightmare.
If not, how could this be happening?
Avery pushed Zoe’s hands away…
“Ah!” Zoe cried out!
• Avery gently pushed her hands away but the teapot was knocked over. It was boiling water inside… The water happened to splash onto her special hands!
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When His Eyes Opened Chapter 197
Even porcelain would not crack!
Avery looked at her bad acting in shock!
In her head, she already pictured the dramatic scene from romantic movies when the female lead bickered with the other woman.
The staff rushed over and helped Zoe up to treat her burn.
Avery sat on her chair as she felt an incoming threat.
Now that Zoe was hurt, she had the upper hand. She could say that this was an accident. She could also say that Avery burned her intentionally and her words were to be taken seriously.
Avery asked for the bill.
Soon after, the news of Avery burning Zoe got to the ears of Elliot. Out of all parts of Zoe’s body, her hands meant the most to him.
This was because Zoe had to perform surgery on ‘Shea.
And now, Avery had burned her hands…
“There’s no way Avery would do this!” Elliot said.
The bodyguard showed the video footage to Elliot.
The camera was facing Avery, it clearly showed how when Avery pushed Zoe’s hands away, the teapot was knocked over.
When Elliot saw the footage, he said again, “Avery did not intend to.”
Knowing Avery, he knew for sure she would not do this kind of thing.
The footage was showing video without audio.
If Zoe did not extend her hands in front of Avery, Avery would not have pushed her hands away.
The bodyguard did not expect Elliot to side with Avery!
“Boss, we have their audio recording here.” With that said, the bodyguard played it for Elliot.
“Look at how alike you two are! He’s handsome and you’re beautiful, you’re made for one another! When are you two getting married? I will send a grand gift!”
“Why not? Do you not want to? Or does he not want to? If he doesn’t want to, why don’t I help you talk to him?”
While Elliot listened to the recording, his face darkened.
His fingers clenched tightly.”
What Avery said stabbed him in the heart.
She wanted him to marry Zoe?
How funny!
At the Tate Industries.
Avery was waiting for Elliot’s call.
Zoe spent so much effort coming all the way here to create this incident. This was a perfect opportunity for Zoe to badmouth Avery to Elliot.
Suddenly, her phone rang.
She saw Elliot’s name on her screen.
After picking up, Elliot’s voice was heard, “Avery, Zoe’s hand was burned. Did you intend to do this?”
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When His Eyes Opened Chapter 198
When Avery heard his questioning, she had a wave of emotions.
“What did your girlfriend say to you?” she asked.
Elliot halted. He had not visited Zoe.
After listening to the recording, he got triggered and so he called her first.
“Avery, I’m asking you! Don’t change the topic!” His tone was more serious this time.
When Avery heard him yell, she began fuming, “Isn’t it obvious? I burned your girlfriend’s hand with boiling water! Tell her to stay away from me, if not, I will burn her face!”
Elliot was speechless.
Avery, “Why’re you not speaking? Are you not trying to speak up for your girlfriend?”
Elliot gulped and gritted his teeth.
“If Miss Sanford’s hands are damaged, who will operate on your Shea? sigh, I’m suddenly so worried. Elliot Foster, will you take revenge on me?” Avery continued.
“Avery Tate, even a fool knows you didn’t mean that! Even so, I do get angry listening to what you say!” Elliot responded to her triggering words.
“Then stop calling me! You called on behalf of her, did you think I would cry to you saying I didn’t do it and then ask for your forgiveness? This is more absurd than a dream!” Avery refuted coldly. There was a knock on the office door.
Avery held on to her phone as she called out to her door, “Come in!”
Her assistant came in, not knowing that she was on her phone, “Miss Tate, a man named Cole Foster claimed to be your friend. He would like to meet you.”
Avery said to her phone, “Your nephew is here, I’m not talking to you anymore!”
After hanging up, Avery walked to the washroom.
Five minutes later, Cole was brought to Avery’s office by her assistant.
Avery had already calmed herself down.
Looking at that familiar face of Cole’s, she felt disgusted as ever.
Her assistant closed the door when leaving.
“Avery, I can’t believe you’re back! I just found out you’re back a few days ago. You spent six hundred million buying the building for Tate Industries and it went viral! However, I was busy a few days ago so I couldn’t visit you.”
Cole walked toward Avery with a smirk.
“Cole, you’re more annoying than before.” Avery looked at him, “What brings you here?”
“I came here to catch up with you…”
“Okay, then let’s talk about Cassandra’s death.” Avery walked over from her table, ready to ” catch up” with him.
Cole’s face changed, “She’s dead, why do you mention her?”
“How could you be so cruel! Back then, during your Uncle and my wedding, you two were so happy! Have you forgotten?” Avery saw his face turning red and white, she continued, “If this is the attitude you show to a woman you slept with, why would you even remember me?”
Cole was extremely triggered but he dared not offend her, he wanted to please her but did not know how to.
“Since there’s nothing left in us, you came here to talk about money?” Avery asked, “Unless you think starting my business is tiring and you want to lend me money? Right, how’s your company doing? You’re probably earning quite a lot? If you want to lend me money, you won’t take interest, right?”
Cole was speechless.
Regret was all he felt.
He should not have come.
Avery attacked him with words.
“Avery, can we not go against one another.” Cole sighed.
Avery took out her phone and texted Tammy to complain about him while speaking to him,” How are we going against one another? I’m just trying to help you grow up. You’re not young now and you’re still thinking of using women to get rich? I’d rather adopt a dog than find you!
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Cole asked, “Avery! Are you comparing me to a dog?!”
Avery replied, “Yeah! I know Cassandra well enough to know that she won’t have the guts to buy a killer! However, I’m not interested in the two of you, so whether you two die or live has nothing to do with me! If you keep bugging me, I won’t hesitate to find someone to investigate this!”
Cole’s face changed, “Avery! I didn’t come here for you, I happened to…pass by. I will catch up with you another time!”
Avery did not anticipate that random words from her would expose him.
Cole did not like Elliot but dared not use his name to buy a killer and sacrificed Cassandra.
The phone screen lit up as there was a message.
Avery clicked open the message, it was from Tammy: (How’s Elliot so low?! He called you for that woman! What’s wrong with him! He should have known you better!)
Cole saw that she was on her phone, so he stood up ready to leave.
Somehow, he glanced over and saw the chat background on her phone.
The background photo was two children. One boy and one girl.
The girl looked familiar!
“Avery, who’s the girl in the photo? I might have seen her before…” Cole walked toward Avery and asked.
Avery instantly turned the phone away. She glared at him coldly, “You can go now!” Cole was taken aback by her look, “I’ll leave now…I have been pestered by the girl, the girl seemed strange. She looks like the girl in your photo…maybe I’m wrong. I’ll leave now.”
After Cole had left, Avery was feeling uncertain
Could it be that Layla had gone to look for Cole?
.She knew that Hayden and Layla had been taking days off. She did not blame them. Perhaps they just came back and were getting used to the lifestyle here. Therefore, Avery gave them a lot of freedom.
The more she thought about it the more uncertain she was.
Why did these children look for Cole?
To her, Cole was as dangerous as Elliot.
On the other side.
After Elliot had phoned Avery, he went to visit Zoe.
Her hands were burned so they were bandaged.
He could not see the extent of the burn, so he did not know how severe
“Have you been to the hospital?” Eliot asked.
Zoe shook her head, “I can sort it out myself.”
“Severe?” he asked.
Zoe continued to shake her head, “Probably not, it’s just hurting a lot.”
Elliot’s face sank, “Why did you look for Avery? We had a divorce, you shouldn’t have looked for her.”
Zoe looked apologetic, “Sorry, Elliot. I heard that she’s a student of Professor Hough, so I thought we would have some mutual topics. I went over to look for her but didn’t see this coming.”
Zoe spoke and grimaced in pain with tears falling.
When Elliot saw her like this, he could not blame her any further.
“It hurts…” Zoe sobbed and leaned her head into Elliot’s chest. She said with a hoarse voice,” If my hands are badly burnt, what if I can’t perform surgery anymore?”
Elliot frowned and carried her in his arms, “I will bring you to the hospital.” Zoe put her arms around his neck and cuddled into him. She had a sly smile on her face.
When His Eyes Opened Chapter 200
When His Eyes Opened Chapter 200
It was six in the evening.
,
Avery was driving back to Starry River Villa. The villa door was open.
There was a red BNW parked in the front yard.
Avery recognized this car, it was Tammy’s car.
Why did Tammy come all of a sudden?
“Avery!”
When Tammy saw Avery come home, she ran out, “I saw your two children! If I didn’t hear from other people about you adopting the children, were you going to hide it from me forever?
Once Avery heard Tammy’s complaining voice, she almost dared not get out of her car.
She realized that whenever Elliot found out anything about her, the rest of the world would know!
Furthermore, whenever Tammy found out anything, Elliot would get the news, too!
One could only blame Tammy’s relationship with Jun Hertz. Though, she could not cut Tammy off just because she was seeing Jun.
“How could you?!” Tammy walked toward Avery and pulled her out of her car, “Isn’t it just adopting two children? Why did you hide it?”
Avery was speechless…
“Also, the two adopted children do look like you and Elliot! Did you adopt them because they look beautiful?” Tammy asked.
Avery said, “…Yeah! Hayden did not look like Elliot when he was younger. If he did, I wouldn’t have adopted him.”
Tammy said, “Oh! How magical! They look alike even though they are unrelated!”
• Who knows. Kids change a lot as they grow.”. Avery said guiltily.
“I see…Avery, why did you adopt the children?” Tammy did not understand, “I heard from your mother that Hayden has some issues, he’s not easy to work with. How exhausting it must be to adopt this kind of child!”
Avery knew Tammy was being kind, so she explained with patience, “Tammy, the kids are angels even if they have issues.”
“I didn’t say they’re bad, I just feel that you must be exhausted.”
“He’s a good kid. He never makes a mess.” Avery walked forward to change her shoes.’
Hayden and Layla walked over instantly.
“Mom, is Aunt Tammy your best friend? She bought a lot of pretty dresses and hairpins for me. Can I keep them?” Layla asked curiously with her chin up.
“Of course! Aunt Tammy is my best friend.”
“Oh…thank you, Aunt Tammy!” Layla thanked Tammy right away.
Tammy ruffled Layla’s hair and said sadly, “It’s a shame that Hayden doesn’t like the gift I got him.”
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“Aunt Tammy, my brother likes to solve puzzles. You can give him difficult puzzles next time. “Layla explained, “My brother solves the easier puzzles very quickly.”
Tammy agreed, “Okay! I will buy one tomorrow. Layla, you’re so pretty, you look just like your mother when she was young!”
Layla said proudly, “I’m my mother’s daughter, of course I look like her!”
Tammy was speechless…
Avery instantly pulled Tammy who was in shock into the bedroom.
“Avery! These are your kids? No wonder I thought they look like you and Elliot! They are yours, right?!” Tammy saw that Avery’s lips parted, but she cut her off, “Don’t lie to me! If you lie to me, I will tell Elliot that these are his kids!”
Avery was speechless.
She should have known better about these secrets getting exposed.
The secrets could only be kept if she never came back and avoided the people she knew
However, the world was too small. How could she avoid the people she knew? Now it was too late.