Elliot and Avery

Chapter 19

It was Sunday, and Avery did not get out of bed until it was ten thirty in the morning.

It was the first time she had slept in at Elliot’s house.

When she walked out of the room, the group of men in the living room shifted their gaze toward her.

Avery was dressed in a loose nightgown with her disheveled hair falling to her shoulders, framing her clean, spotless face.

She did not expect Elliot to have guests that day.

Elliot and his guests stared sternly at her as if they did not expect her to suddenly appear.

Something snapped in Avery’s head.

When she realized the awkward situation she was in, she instantly turned around and made her way back to her room.

At that moment, Mrs. Cooper walked over and pulled her in the direction of the dining room.

“You must be hungry, Madam. You were sleeping soundly when I went to your room earlier, so I didn’t wake you.”

“Those people… Who are they?” Avery stammered.

“They’re friends of Master Elliot. They came to visit him. Don’t worry. It’s fine even if you don’t greet them,” answered Mrs. Cooper.

“Okay,” Avery responded.

She did not even greet Elliot when she saw him, why would she greet his friends?

If she had known that he was having guests over, however, she would have woken early and spent the whole day out.

Elliot’s friends in the living room were very interested in Avery.

“Elliot, why’s that young girl staying with you? Is she a caretaker? Or maybe…”

“We’re all adults here. Elliot is a man, after all. It’s normal to have a young lady in his house! Ha ha!”

When Elliot did not respond, everyone shut their mouths and dropped the subject.

“Do you guys know Avery Tate from Tate Industries? They say she’s Jack Tate’s daughter—”

“I know. She called me Friday night asking for an investment, but I hung up before she could finish talking.”

“She really is something. What does her father’s debt have to do with her? She must be insane for jumping into this mess!”

“Young people are reckless like that! I looked into their new product, but it’s a total bust! A self-driving system might sound cool, but the conditions are complicated and uncontrollable. Whoever invests in it would be an idiot!”

……

the dining room, Avery listened to the discussion in the living room with

laptop and went to a nearby cafe to

limited abilities. She needed to focus on her studies

received a new email around four in

of coffee on the table after reading its contents and then

was signed ‘Mr.

interest in Tate Industries’ new product. He wanted to learn more about it and

mind was filled

knew nothing about this person apart from the fact that he went by

in working with Tate Industries, he could have

consideration, Avery replied to the

this a new

Z’s reply

humor, Miss Tate. Here’s proof of

image file attached to

Avery opened the file, her eyes instantly widened in

showing he had

the image and did the calculations in

cheeks flushed and her heart raced. Her hands were

this going overboard? Who would have two hundred

over your bank account number, and I’ll bank in a deposit

advanced into? All you need

Z did not respond

pondering for a while, Avery sent him a screenshot

receive funds, so it did not matter if he

pursed her lips and waited for a

notification on

up the notification and saw that Mr. Z had wired over

…

that Avery was at

Mr. Z really send you eight hundred thousand

screen to Shaun and said,

Shaun was ecstatic.

from? You should set an appointment

as she said, “All he gave me was an address and asked me to meet him

too. I’ll go with you on

“Okay,” Avery responded.

temporarily put the issue of Tate Industries’ impending doom

about the identity of Mr. Z, and where he

had given her eight hundred thousand dollars, and he had never even met her. Did he have too much money on his hands, or was

Avery thought