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When His Eyes Opened Chapter 441
When His Eyes Opened Chapter 441
Once the call was connected, Elliot briefed through Shea’s situation and asked, “is it true that she can recover herself without further surgery?”
On the other end, the family doctor didn’t dare to make any guarantees. “It’s a good thing, but I can’t say for sure if she can continue to recover. One thing that’s certain is that going through with further surgery will damage her body.”
Elliot was aware of that. He had taken Shea to other doctors after the two craniotomies Zoe had performed on her. Shea had gone through a couple of other procedures since then, and Elliot was at a crossroad.
“Mr. Foster, have you consulted with Doctor Sanford?” The family doctor25 asked.
“No.”
“Oh… If you don’t intend on letting Doctor Sanford continue Shea’s treatment, perhaps you can try asking Avery Tate. I had a look at Eric Santos’s performance after he came back from his break, and he was doing great …Apart from not being able to dance like he did before, he could sing just as well, which means he is recovering well. It’s a miracle,” the family doctorgc exclaimed.
The reason that the family doctor mentioned this was because he was not aware that Avery was related to Elliot’s injury at the time.
the time.
Elliot’s mood took a sudden turn, because he had discussed this with Avery23 before.
Avery once said that she would never treat Shea even if she could, so he was not going to seek help from that merciless woman.
2a…
Meanwhile, inside a grand European-style mansion, Zoe did not leave immediately after dinner like she usually did, because Wanda’s plan did not go as planned.
Wanda had thought that Eric would lose all his fans once the scandal between him and Avery went public; but in reality, Eric did not lose many fans after explaining his relationship with Avery on social35 media.
Perhaps there were indeed a lot of fans who gave up on Eric, but because of the insanely large fan base he had, the scandal did not truly affect him; on the contrary, his discussion about him had placed him on the top news. With his new songs selling out rapidly on all platforms, many people had become new fans of his and he was as popular as ever.
“Aunt Wanda, what do you plan on doing next?” Zoe asked calmly after taking a sip of her tea. “I heard that Tate Industries’ sales rate has reached a new high… With how expensive their drones are, all they need is to sell one of their drones and it would bring them the profit
equivalent to a hundred of ours. They gain a hundred percent of their profits, whereas we are still putting capital on marketing… If this goes on, there won’t be enough money for you to carry on!”
“You are really not suited for managing a business if you are this impatient,” Wanda mocked sarcastically, “Tate Industries belongs to Avery, not Eric. Eric’s fans can’t keep buying her product and once the trend passes, their sales will naturally drop.”
“But you need to find a way to make it difficult for Avery!” Zoe set her teacup down and said with a dark expression, “I can’t stand seeing how smug she is!”
Wanda, on the other hand, was at ease. “I’ve already come up with a new plan! Just wait and
see.”
Just then, Zoe’s father decided to intervene. “Zoe, Wanda already has her hands full with the company, you need to be more polite when you talk to her.”
Zoe glared at her father. “I am her major stakeholder and it’s my right to make sure that she does her job! I can listen to you if you can find a way to invest 300 million as well!” :
With that, she stormed out.
Time flew and soon it was the end of April.
It was the night for the bachelor and bachelorette party for Tammy and Jun, and they arrived at Starry River Villa early in the morning to pick Avery up.
It had been a while since Jun last saw Avery and was stunned when he saw her. “Avery, why have you grown so thin? Are you ill?”
Tammy glared at him. “Shut up if you don’t have anything nice to say! Avery looks great! She is slim!”
Avery had lost three kilograms since she got pregnant. She had not been able to eat anything apart from soup and some fruits. She looked even better after losing weight, but appeared fragile due to the lack of energy.
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When His Eyes Opened Chapter 442
Tammy helped Avery into the car and Mike followed closely behind to remind her, “try talking some sense into her, Tammy! She refuses to eat because she is on a diet! It’s not right, but she doesn’t even recognize the severity of the issue! Look at how thin she’s gotten! She used to take walks around the area and now she won’t even move…”
Tammy patted Mike on the shoulder. “I’ll talk to her. Don’t worry. She wants to go on a diet now, but maybe she will change her mind after a while.”
“Oh… Why didn’t you guys invite me out as well today?” Mike was jealous.
“Because you need to take care of the kids!” Tammy25 said.
Once Tammy was inside the car, she waved at Mike. She closed the car door and the car tookgc off.
Avery laid in the backseat and asked, “did you invite Chad?”
“Why would I? He is Elliot’s assistant… I didn’t invite anyone related to Elliot, including my husband’s senior23 Ben…”
Avery couldn’t help but chuckle.
“It’s not entirely for you… I just don’t like them… I’ve already told my husband to stay away from them,” Tammy explained, “you know that saying, birds of a feather flock together? Elliot is a scum and so anyone around him couldn’t be any better. If only I met my husband a little later, he might just fall under their influence asza well.”
From the rear-view mirror, Avery saw Jun pursing his lips, not daring to object.
“Avery, when did you buy this dress that you are wearing? It’s so pretty!” Tammy’s attention was drawn to Avery’s clothes. “This white jacket looks nice,35 too!”
Avery’s morning sickness had been intense and so she had stopped going to the office. Feeling bored about staying home, she started enjoying online shopping and the clothes she was wearing were purchased online.
“Let me send you the link later!” She said.
“Sure! It’s been a while since I shopped online.”
Jun couldn’t help but join the conversation from the passenger seat. “Avery, if you really want to lose weight, you can go shopping with Tammy more often! Shopping is a kind of exercise as well, and it’s better than not eating.”
Avery was about to respond, when Tammy seized the chance and said, “it’s up to Avery how she wants to lose weight. Stay out of it.”
“Don’t be unreasonable, Tammy! I am only concerned for her health because she is your best friend.”
“Avery doesn’t need your concern. She only needs mine.”
Jun pursed his lips and sighed in his mind. Tammy didn’t usually speak to him in such a defensive manner, but would often become very protective when it concerned Avery.
‘It’s bad enough that she won’t talk some sense into Avery for trying to lose weight like that, now she won’t even let others do it. What’s her problem?’ He thought.
They arrived at the seaside mansion in an hour. The weather was great and the sun shone bright, with the temperature going up to twenty-five Celsius.
Tammy and Avery got out of the car and walked towards the mansion hand in hand, while Jun took out his phone to snap a picture of them from behind.
Once the photo was taken, he sent it to Ben with a message.
‘Guess which one is Avery?’
Ben had not paid much attention to news concerning Avery since he last went to eat at Elliot’s house; after all, Elliot said that he didn’t wish to hear anything about her at the time.
Ben narrowed his eyes at the photo he received from Jun and zoomed in. Tammy was very recognizable due to her ashy-gray coloured hair. The woman next to her was dressed in a flower dress with a white jacket on the outside.
One could hardly tell that it was Avery from behind, because of how thin she looked. It was almost as though a breeze could easily lift her off the ground.
Ben replied, ‘don’t tell me that the woman in the flower dress is Avery.”
‘That’s her! She went on a diet to lose weight and got so thin! I don’t know why she has to torture herself like that. Could it be for Eric’s sake? Otherwise, it doesn’t make sense.
‘It’s a shame that you can’t see it yourself. She got so thin that she looks different! I could barely recognize her when I first saw her this morning!’
‘Aren’t you exaggerating?
‘No! But she looks good after slimming down as well. She looks kind of fragile and weak from the diet and seems so vulnerable! If she looks the way she does right now back when she was with Elliot, those two wouldn’t have fought.’
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Intrigued by Avery, Ben took a moment to think before sending a message to Jun.
‘Snap a photo from the front and send it to me.”
‘You can’t be thinking of sending it to Elliot, can you?’
‘Hurry25 up!’
There were heaters inside the mansion and the temperature was slightly warm.
Both Tammy and Avery removed their jackets and sat down on these couch.
Tammy had prepared a lot of fruits and displayed them before Avery.
Avery picked up a peach in surprise and said, “I thought it’s not the season for peaches23 yet.”
“You can have this anytime of the year you want as long as you have the money. Try it!” Tammy urged.
Avery noddedWhen His Eyes Opened Chapter 443When His Eyes Opened Chapter 443 with aza smile.
Jun took the chance and took a picture of her biting into the peach.
The result was great; the structure, lighting and general outlook of the photo were perfect. Avery looked both seductive and adorable in the35 photo.
Jun sent the photo to Ben and Ben couldn’t help but exclaim after seeing it.
‘Are those arms even real?’
The dress Avery wore inside the jacket was sleeveless, and showed her slim and fair-skinned
arms.
‘Doesn’t she look like someone who lost weight after being terminally ill?’ Jun typed.
‘You are such a big mouth. You shouldn’t wish for her to get sick even if she had separated with Elliot!’
Jun felt mistaken. ‘I’m not wishing her ill… You haven’t seen her in person, but it’s even more shocking to look at her in real life!’
Ben instantly wanted to head over for a look, but going alone felt lonely, so he wanted a companion.
He sat on his leather chair thoughtfully, before dragging his finger across the screen of his phone to locate Elliot’s number.
Naturally, he couldn’t directly send Avery’s photo over, or Elliot would be mad, so he sent Elliot a message.
‘Elliot, the financial report for Quarter 1 is being sent to you right now. Look at it when you have the time.’
Shortly after, Elliot replied. ‘Okay.’
Ben sent the financial report over with a smile, and attached Avery’s photo along with it. He stared at the screen after pretending to have accidentally sent the photo of Avery over.
He desperately wanted to know how Elliot would react, but couldn’t see Elliot’s reply even after refreshing the chat a few times.
“Could it be that he didn’t recognize Avery?!” Ben mumbled to himself, “that would be funny!
Ten minutes had passed but still, there was no reply and Ben could no longer contain himself. He stepped out of his office and strode towards Elliot’s office.
Meanwhile, in the President’s office.
Elliot stared at the photo of Avery and scowled. He couldn’t recognize Avery at first, and simply thought that the woman in the photo looked familiar.
It was not after seeing Tammy next to her that Elliot managed to reach the conclusion that the woman holding the peach was Avery.
‘Why has she slimmed down so much? Is she sick? A person couldn’t possibly lose so much weight in such a short period of time if they weren’t sick,’ he thought as his heart sank.
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When His Eyes Opened Chapter 444
Ben did not knock before walking in and simply pushed open the door to Elliot’s office.
Elliot immediately put his phone down at the sound.
“Ahem! Elliot, I accidentally sent a photo of Avery to you…Ben said in a pretentious tone.
Elliot looked up. “I won’t do anything to you even if you just be straight and say that you did it on 25 purpose.”
Ben laughed awkwardly. “Jun said that Avery lost a lot of weight, almost as though she was sick. I didn’t believe it, so he sent me a photo of her.”
“I suppose she is not actually sick based on the fact that you are laughinggc now.”
The smile on Ben’s face froze. “Um… I heard that it was because she was trying to lose weight. She sure is determined. There are plenty of ways to lose weight and she chose to go on a diet. Isn’t she a doctor? Doesn’t she know that not eating isn’t healthy? I feel like she’s lost her senses… It’s almost as shocking to me as the time she tried to kill you.”
The composure on Elliot’s face faded as he set the documents in his hand down. “Why don’t you go work for Tate Industries instead, if you care so much about23 her?”
“Forget I said anything! I came here for something serious! I am getting off work a bit earlier today. I want to go join them for the big meal.”
“Since when do you need to report to me about yourza schedule?”
“Alright, no more beating around the bushes. Do you want to come? Jun said that there will be a lot of pretty ladies around…”
35″Scram!”
Ben escaped swiftly.
Once the door was closed, Elliot unlocked his phone and the photo of Avery came into sight.
He zoomed in on the photo and saw the cheerful smile on Avery’s face. She looked like the way he remembered when they met for the first time: naïve, young and innocent.
It had been so long since he last saw her this relaxed, because she did not behave this way in front of him.
Back in the resort, the guests slowly began to arrive. Most of the guests were under the age of thirty, with each looking fashionable and stylish.
Avery sat on the couch and felt as though she was an audience to a fashion show.
There were no activities for the morning, so everyone simply gathered around to eat and chat
happily.
They had to prepare their own lunch, so everyone went over to the open kitchen to discuss who was to cook and what to cook.
Avery had no appetite and went to rest in the guest room after informing Tammy.
When Jun spotted Avery walking away, he leaned over to Tammy and asked, “she can’t be thinking of skipping lunch, can she?”
“She is! Jun, I told you to stay out of it, have you forgotten already?” Tammy shoved his head aside.
Jun grabbed onto Tammy’s wrist and deadpanned, “I think that you are acting weird. You get all worked up whenever I mention her, almost like you are scared of having me talk about her.”
“I don’t like you talking about her because you side with Elliot.” Tammy made up an excuse and said, “Avery doesn’t want anything to do with Elliot anymore, so whether she is on a diet or not is none of your business!”
Jun sighed. “Fine! I’m only asking out of concern because I feel like she could just pass out at any moment.”
“I get it! But she’s not a child and doesn’t need others telling her what to do. If she really ends up fainting, we will just send her to the hospital.”
After lunch, Tammy called everyone out to play at the beach, and the mansion instantly became quiet.
Avery slept all the way until evening. It wasn’t until Tammy brought her dinner that she woke up to the wondrous smell.
“Avery, I brought you spicy chicken soup. My mom once told me that she couldn’t eat when she was pregnant with me, but she loved spicy chicken soup.” Tammy placed the bowl of spicy chicken soup onto the coffee table in the room and said, “I kind of feel bad when I see you suffering so much. How long until you recover?” Avery got out of bed.
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Avery felt much better after sleeping for most of the day, and the nausea seemed to have subdued as well.
“It’s hard to say. It might get better soon, or later. Don’t be afraid, some people barely react to pregnancy, so maybe you won’t suffer from morning sickness when you are pregnant.” Avery went to sit down on the couch and beamed at Tammy. “Thank you for being so considerate, Tammy. It’s been so long since I had spicy chicken soup.”
“Don’t eat too much, or you might puke.” Tammy sat on the couch across from her and said,” do you know what Jun did today? He was worried that you might pass out in here because you skipped lunch, so he went and booked an ambulance, which is still waiting outside the mansion as we speak!”
Moved, Avery smiled. “Tammy, I wish that you and Jun would live happily ever25 after.”
“I know! Right now, your mission is to take care of yourself and the baby in your belly. When I picture your baby to be as smart and pretty as Hayden and Layla, I can’t help but pray that it comes into this world safely and healthily.”
9c”Yeah.”
After dinner, Avery came out of the guest room with Rammy.
When everyone else saw her coming downstairs, they urged her to sit down in the middle of the23 couch.
“Avery! Come play games with us! Don’t worry, Tammy already took us that you are not feeling well, so we don’t force you to do anything even if you lose!”
Avery gave Tammy a look ofza gratitude.
“What are we playing? I am not that good at games.” Avery felt rather energetic at the moment and was itching to play with the others.
“We are doing this challenge where you can’t get attracted! We will play some videos and you lose if you feel 35 attracted!”
After hearing the introduction of the game, Avery felt it was almost too easy. She had never truly been attracted to anyone apart from Elliot before, so she couldn’t possibly lose.
Seeing how confident Avery was, Tammy reminded her, “they are shameless, and they might show you videos that are way out of line…”
Avery instantly blushed, but was still very confident.
Just then, Tammy’s cousin Ellie put a heart rate monitor around Avery’s wrist. “Avery, if you win, you get to make an unreasonable request to anyone here; though, I don’t think you can
win this.”
“I am so going to win this,” Avery said.
The lights in the room dimmed and a large screen lit up before them.
A handsome man appeared on the screen and lifted his shirt to reveal the six-pack hidden underneath.
Everyone in the living room burst out laughing.
Avery, too, was chuckling, but her heart rate had only risen slightly.
Soon, they jumped to the next video but Avery managed to maintain her heart rate and composure.
She had met plenty of handsome men back when she was in Bridgedale, and had since become immune to them.
Finally, Eric’s alluring face appeared on screen. Videos of him in a white shirt, a knight’s armor and suit flashed by and the room erupted into chaos as everyone shouted excitedly.
Avery’s heart rate rose immediately, when suddenly, the lights in the living room were turned on following a ‘snap’ and the room was instantly as bright as day.
Everyone looked over to the door in shock and saw Elliot standing there in an all-black outfit; he appeared mysterious and elegant with the darkness of the night behind him. He oozed an intimidating aura with the cold expression on his handsome-looking face.
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Avery glanced at the heart rate monitor on her wrist and noticed the number going down from a hundred to eighty.
‘Why is he here? Tammy said she didn’t invite Elliot or his friends, so is he here uninvited?’ She thought.
Tammy, too, was stunned. She pinched Jun on the arm and asked, “what’s going on? Why is he here?”
The temperature in the air dropped the moment Elliot25 arrived.
Tammy did not welcome his presence, but couldn’t pluck up the courage to chase him out.
Jun leaned towards Tammy. “Now that Elliot is here, we should welcome him! Enough with the long face and do this forgc me!”
After that, Jun hurried over to Elliot to welcome him with a smile. “Elliot, Ben, here you are! Have you eaten? If not, there’s still something in the kitchen…”
“We aren’t hungry at the moment,” Ben said, “what were you guys playing? You were all shouting so23 loud!”
Ben’s words had eased up the tension and those who were stunned instantly felt less nervous.
“We were playing a game where you lose if you are attracted! Do you want to join?” Tammy’s best friend Lisa invited themza enthusiastically.
“Sure! How do we play?” Ben dragged Elliot along and walked towards the group.
Tammy glared at her best friend for doing something35 unnecessary.
Feeling misunderstood, Lisa whispered her plan to Tammy. “We can prank them if they lose!”
Tammy instantly came to a realization.
“Avery, let’s sit on the side.” Tammy helped Avery up from the center of the couch, while Ben and Elliot were invited to sit instead.
The heart rate monitor around Avery’s wrist was taken off and Lisa walked towards them with it. “Which one of you want to go first?”
Without a moment of hesitation, Ben pointed at Elliot. “Him first.”
Elliot stared daggers at Ben.
Ben cleared his throat and picked up the snacks on the table, before explaining, “I’m a bit hungry, so I’ll eat something first.”
Lisa handed the monitor to Elliot. “Put this on.”
Elliot had always hated games, regardless of genres or nature of the game itself, so he rejected coldly, “I’m not playing.”
“If you are not here for games, then why are you even here?” Lisa looked at him in confusion.
Jun tensed beside them nervously. Tammy was fearless and apparently, so were her friends.
‘How are they not afraid of Elliot?’ He thought.
Just when Jun was about to intervene, Elliot took the monitor from Lisa’s hand.
Ben assured him with a smile, “I just looked it up online and it’s a simple game. They are going to show you some videos and you win as long as you don’t feel attracted. Hahaha, this is the perfect game for you, because you won’t budge no matter what they show you.”
Being overly confident, Ben announced, “let us bet on this! I bet that he’s going to win! Which one of you think that he would lose? Let’s place bets on this!”
Other than Ben, Jun, Tammy and Avery, no one else in the room knew anything about Elliot apart from the fact he was a powerful man.
In order to cheer everyone up, Lisa stepped up. “I’ll bet that he loses, then! If I lose the bet, I will drink three glasses of wine; but if you lose, you need to drink a bottle! How’s that?”
“Hahaha, sure!” Ben agreed.
The women gathered around and started looking for videos. For men as successful as Elliot, he must have seen his fill of beautiful women, so they had to find something more stimulating to make him lose. “I have some classic kiss scenes in my collection, along with some really hot sex scenes!”
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“Hahaha, let’s put all of them in here! We also need something else. What if he doesn’t like women? Let’s include some handsome guys as well!”
“Sure! I have a collection for men!”
“What’s that? Show me!”
“Hahaha! It’s hilarious! Not25 bad!”
The women were having a wonderful time trying to look for videos, but they were too young and were clueless as to what kind of man Elliot9c was.
Ben did not waver despite hearing every word they said, and even felt amused. Elliot might not lose even if they were to show him R-rated videos.
Jun walked towards Tammy and Avery, before explaining, “I can’t refuse Ben when he asked for the location. He is my senior… Ben didn’t mention that Elliot would be here, but even if he did, I would welcome23 them!”
Tammy glared at him. “What’s the point of explaining when you’ve already gone and done it?”
Jun cast her a flattering smile. “I was scared that you two would be mad, especially2a Avery….”
“They are your friends. It’s normal that you invite them here. I’m fine,” Avery said.
Gratitude filled Jun’s face. “You are so understanding , Avery! Seriously though, I wasn’t the one who invited them. They wanted to 35 come.”
Naturally, Jun couldn’t tell the truth about taking a photo of Avery in secret; otherwise, it would expose the fact that he was the reason why Ben and Elliot had decided to come.
Tammy looked over at Elliot coldly.
It was obvious that Elliot had come for Avery; he wouldn’t have come if Avery wasn’t here.
“You two should go sit on the couch! Don’t you feel tired standing here?” Jun said.
“Avery doesn’t want to sit there.” Tammy had tried to lead Avery to sit on the side of the couch, but she refused to. Because Elliot was on the couch, Avery walked over to somewhere where Elliot couldn’t see her.
“Alright, I will move two chairs over for you, then.” Jun hurried over to bring chairs over to them.
Once the two sat down, Tammy leaned towards Avery and whispered, “I saw your heart rate going up to a hundred just now during the challenge. Hahaha! You are attracted!”
Avery had completely regained her composure and responded calmly, “it’s still within the normal range as long as it is within a hundred.”
Tammy felt like Avery was making an excuse. “If only Elliot hadn’t barged in just now, your heart rate is definitely going to be above a hundred!”
“It doesn’t matter. It didn’t go above a hundred in the end.”
“Haha! Avery, can you be falling for Eric? He seems pretty obedient towards you, so he will surely spoil you rotten if you are willing to let him!”
Avery cringed at her words.
“I’ll admit that I admire him. I also like his face, but that has nothing to do with romance. Aren’t you his fan as well? Does that mean that you don’t love Jun? Don’t make that kind of joke again, I don’t want to have my face on the news for being involved in scandals.”
Tammy nodded awkwardly.
Soon, Lisa and the others had gathered the videos and Elliot’s challenge was about to start.
“Avery, do you think he’s going to lose?” Tammy asked.
“I don’t know.”
Just then, the scene of a couple kissing on bed appeared on the big screen and Avery blushed. She couldn’t imagine Elliot’s reaction to the video.
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Avery awkwardly took out her phone to focus on something else.
Ben glanced at the screen and lowered his gaze to look for any change to Elliot’s heart rate.
‘Good for him! His heart rate is as steady as a rock!’ He thought. Ben even started to suspect if there was something wrong with the monitor, or Elliot had truly overcome all urges.
Jun, too, was staring at the heart rate monitor around Elliot’s wrist and said, “the monitor should be fine. The number was moving when Avery was wearing it just25 now.”
“How did Avery do on the challenge?” Ben asked.
Jun glanced at Avery; Avery was expressionless, but Tammy was staring daggers at him. He looked away and said, “she won. The monitor will ring if the heart rate is too high, but I didn’t hear anything when she was9c playing.”
Ben hummed in response and looked over at Avery.
Avery lowered her head and was looking at her phone, clearly trying to avoid23 them.
The first video ended and the second one began with a mature-looking beauty posing in front of the camera in sexy outfits. Everything, including her expression and body language, was seductive.
Someone catcalled in excitement, while some other people peeped at Elliot to observe hisza reaction.
Elliot scowled sternly. Despite the fact that he was watching a video of a beautiful woman, his expression looked as though he was attending someone’s funeral.
His heart rate was affected slightly, on the other hand, as he was still human, but there was barely a change and was most likely only the result of him breathing35 faster.
“He doesn’t seem to like women! Show him hot guys!” Lisa had been paying close attention to Elliot’s reaction and shouted to the person controlling the screen when she noticed that Elliot was not reacting in any way.
Soon, the face of a handsome foreign man appeared on screen. Not only did the man have silky, golden locks, but he also had strong muscles…
Elliot’s expression turned from stern to dark, because he immediately associated what he saw with Mike’s face.
Lisa felt defeated at the way Elliot frowned, because it was obvious that he didn’t like men
either.
“Show that video that’s labeled ‘must watch for macho men…”
A few seconds later, a chubby baby face appeared on screen.
The group burst out laughing; most of them being men.
‘See? Guys like to watch babies,” Lisa thought and glanced at Elliot.
Elliot’s brows were no longer furrowed as tightly, but his heart rate remained steady at around eighty without the number increasing by five or less.
Ben sat beside him and chuckled smugly while looking at the video of the baby on the screen.” This game isn’t challenging at all!”
Lisa had already admitted defeat in her mind, but still didn’t want to give up.
“I’ve never seen a man who’s not interested in anything.”
“Why else do you think he’s successful? It’s because he’s only interested in money.”
“Alright! But the game is not over yet! I won’t admit defeat just yet!”
Another round of videos of kissing scenes and sex scenes started on screen, when suddenly, Avery was being pushed over to Elliot.
“…” Rendered speechless, Avery thought, ‘has Tammy gone mad?! How can she push me towards Elliot?’
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Elliot gaped at the woman next to him.
He had only gotten to take one look at Avery from afar when he first entered the mansion. She was smiling at first, but the smile on her face disappeared the moment she saw him. By the time he sat down on the couch, Avery had already moved out of his sight quietly.
Now that she was sitting beside him, Elliot could see how slim her face was as well as the panic in her eyes.
‘She has slimmed down so much!’ He25 thought.
Avery seemed to have lost he edge and became extremely fragile, to the point that he felt as though he could crush her with just one hand.
She met his eyes for a brief moment, before trying to get up and9c leave.
Elliot immediately grabbed onto her wrist and refused to let her go.
Everyone else in the room watched the drama unfolded with anticipation. All of Jun and Tammy’s friends knew that Elliot and Avery were once in a romantic relationship, and they couldn’t help but feel excited when they saw the way the two interacted with one23 another.
Perhaps their will for something to happen was too strong, and as they wished, the situation began to spin out of control.
2a”Ding!’
The alarm on the heart rate monitor around Elliot’s wrist went off as his heart rate rose from eighty to a hundred and twenty.
Elliot, who had not reacted to videos of beautiful woman, handsome men, adorable babies, kiss scenes or sex scenes, had lost all control over his heartbeat within two minutes of Avery sitting beside35 him.
‘How curious!’ Everyone was surprised at the sudden turn of events.
The alarm struck both Elliot and Avery like a hammer to the head.
Embarrassed , Avery blushed and put her hands over her face, not daring to face the others; whereas Elliot swiftly took the monitor off his wrist and threw it away.
‘Damn that bracelet!’ He thought.
Elliot’s expression was both stern and awkward, and everyone around him was trying to suppress their laughter; but Ben, who sat next to him, started laughing and everyone started laughing as well.
Instantly, the living room was filled with deafening laughter.
Avery desperately wanted to hide and flung Elliot’s hand away, before escaping the room. After leaving the couch, her eyes locked onto the culprit, Tammy.
She dragged Tammy with her and the two went into a guest room. As soon as she closed the door, Avery questioned angrily, “Tammy Lynch! Are you crazy?!”
Tammy couldn’t hold back her laughter and said, “I did it on purpose. Don’t you want to know why he showed up out of nowhere? I thought that he came here for you, but couldn’t be sure, so I ran a test… And well, here’s the result!”
Avery was completely rendered speechless.
“Don’t be mad, Avery. I wanted to test him for your sake. Now that you know he still wants you, you will have to avoid him by all means! That man is just terrifying! How can he not give up even after you stabbed him? I have to say I’m impressed!” Tammy explained her action.
Naturally, Avery’s anger couldn’t be appeased that easily, because she didn’t want to know how Elliot felt to begin with.
It took a lot of effort for her to finally find peace and everything turned into a mess after what happened earlier, and she didn’t know how to face him from now on, unless they were to never see each other again.
“I’m sorry, Avery! I went ahead of myself. Why don’t you rest in this room tonight?” Tammy said, “I will let you know once they are gone.”
Avery was in a horrible mood, but it was Tammy’s wedding the next day and she didn’t want to ruin it for her.
“Yeah, I’m not mad. Go play with them! I will go shower.” Avery opened the door and let Tammy out.
Meanwhile, in the living room.
Elliot had failed the challenge, so both him and Ben had to finish a bottle each.
Ben had a glass in his hand and drank the bottle glass by glass; while Elliot, on the other hand, held the bottle and drank the entire bottle in one-go.
When His Eyes Opened Chapter 450
When His Eyes Opened Chapter 450
However, no one was forcing Elliot to drink. Once he finished the bottle, Ben looked at him and asked, “is your injury completely recovered? Didn’t the doctor tell you to stay away from alcohol for three months? It hasn’t been three months yet, right?”
Jun heard them and hastily brought over a bottle of fruit juice.
“Elliot, drink some juice!” Jun cleared all the wine bottles in front of Elliot. “There’s still food left in the kitchen, do you guys want25 some?”
Ben finished his own bottle and dragged Elliot towards the kitchen. As soon as the two left, the mood in the living room had lightened up instantly.
Ben went to pour a glass of juice and passed it togc Elliot.
“If only I knew that it’s going to be this awkward, I wouldn’t have brought you here,” Ben said with a bitter smile, “why don’t I send you back?”
Jun stood beside them and said, “you both drank, so neither of you can drive. I booked an ambulance today, so maybe you guys can go back by23 ambulance?’
Both Ben and Elliot were rendered speechless by the notion.
Seeing how shocked they were, Jun said, “um… If you don’t want to head back, you can just rest here. I booked a total of eight mansions, so there should be enoughza rooms.”
Confused, Ben asked, “why did you book an ambulance?”
“…Avery skipped lunch today and needed Tammy’s help going upstairs. I was worried that she might faint, so I called an ambulance here to standby,” Jun explained, “this place is miles away from the closest hospital, after35 all.”
Ben felt even more confused. “Why didn’t she eat?”
“I don’t know! Tammy won’t let me ask about it and said that I am on Elliot’s side… It’s not that she hates Elliot, but she is very protective over Avery. I can understand, since they have been friends for many years…” Jun said while peeping at Elliot.
Elliot’s face was slightly flushed from the wine he drank earlier, but he wasn’t sure if he was in the right mind. “Did she eat at night?”
“I think so! Tammy drove and bought some spicy chicken soup for her. Avery seemed quite energetic when she came downstairs, so she must have eaten,” Jun said.
Elliot picked up the glass of juice and took a sip. Jun suddenly remembered something and added, “Avery ate a lot of fruit this morning,
though! She hadn’t touched any other snacks and only ate fruits. Tammy had ordered those fruits from overseas beforehand, and I was wondering why she had ordered so many; I didn’t realize it was for Avery until I saw how happy she was when she was eating those fruits this morning.”
Both Elliot and Ben remained quiet thoughtfully.
After a while, Ben narrowed his eyes and concluded, “I guess she is really trying to lose weight, then. My last girlfriend tried losing weight by eating nothing but fruit back then. She won’t even touch anything that has gluten in it because it contains high sugar content.”
“Isn’t that the case for fruits as well?” Jun asked in confusion.
“Still better than gluten. They will have to calculate the calories of their food intake precisely… “Ben explained, “my ex-girlfriend went on a diet to please me. She wasn’t fat to begin with, just slightly chubby. But when she found out that all my exes were skinny, she went on a crazy diet… In the end, I was just too worried that her body would collapse from the diet, so I broke up with her.”
“So… Can Avery be on a diet to…please a certain guy?”
Ben glanced at the dark expression on Elliot’s face and said, “probably for Eric’s sake!”
The temperature in the air instantly dropped.
To ease the tension, Jun picked up a wine glass and said, “Ben, if you guys are not going back, then let’s drink.”
“It depends on whether Elliot wants to head back. I’ll go with him if he wants to; if he is not going, then I’ll stay and drink with you.”
“You two go ahead!” Elliot said in a dark expression, before getting up from the chair and heading towards the stairs.
Sensing that something was wrong, Jun followed him. “Do you want to rest, Elliot?”
Elliot only hummed in response.
“I’ll take you to the guest room next door, then.” Jun took his arm and tried to lead him outside, as the guest rooms in this mansion had been assigned.
Elliot scowled. “Leave me alone.”