Chapter 370
When His Eyes Opened
Chad opened the door to Elliotâs office in Sterling Group once the company network was restored.
âMr. Foster, the Network Security Department asked me to take this to you,â he said while setting down a
stack of documents before Elliot.
Elliot glanced at the document and asked, âWhat are these?â
â⦠I think these are the codes of the malware written by Hayden Tate.â Chad simply glanced through it.
He did not dare continue reading.
Elliot opened the file and saw a sentence hidden within the code that said, (Elliot Foster is an idiot.)
His expression darkened. When he flipped to the second page, he saw another sentence.
(Elliot Foster falls into the river while driving!]
On the third page was (Elliot Foster runs out of toilet paper in the bathroom), while on the fourth page,
there was another sentence (Elliot Foster chokes on bread.]
Elliot picked up the documents and tossed them into a paper shredder. Despite the dark expression on
his face, he did not respond in any way. Hayden was a four-year-old child, after all, and Elliot did not
intend on taking him too seriously.
Just then, someone knocked on the door and pushed the office door open..
Ben stood by the door and said, âLetâs go eat, Elliot!â
Chad cast Ben a look, and Ben immediately stepped in to have a look. âWhat happened?â
Chad walked toward him and whispered, âAveryâs son is too good at pissing people off.â
âOh⦠Well, I am mad, too!â huffed Ben. âIsnât that kid just four years old? How can he be this good? This
makes me feel like everyone in the network security department is all trash!â
It was hard to respond to what Ben had said. After all, all the employees of the network security
department were talented people.
âMaybe itâs because Hayden has a good teacher.â
âOh, you mean Mike?â
Chad blushed slightly and left. He was escaping from any further discussion of the subject.
Ben and Elliot headed to a restaurant near the company. After ordering, Ben asked in a voice laced with
jealousy, âDid you all go to Averyâs for a barbeque? Why didnât you call me?â
âDo you know why Hayden Tate decided to hack my companyâs network?â Elliot asked.
âBecause he hates you!â
âI went uninvited.â
Shocked, Ben asked, âElliot, since when have you grown so thick-skinned?â
âI wanted to know why Avery was in a good mood.â Elliot took a sip of his tea. To his understanding,
people would only invite their friends for a barbeque when they were happy.
âSo did you find out after going there last night?â
Elliot shook his head. âThey didnât welcome me.â
Ben suddenly felt sorry for him. âJust donât go over there if you arenât welcomed. I can treat you to
whatever you want to eat.â
âTheir displeasure does not affect my mood.â Elliot set his cup down calmly.
Seeing how composed Elliot was, Ben smiled and said, âYou just canât help but go looking for Avery, can
you? You canceled your engagement because of her.â
âYou are wrong,â Elliot corrected him. âThe main reason I canceled my engagement is because I donât
love Zoe.â
âThough I donât like Zoe, I have to say, she has suffered quite a lot this time. She lost you and her childâ¦
Do you really not feel anything for that child? Thatâs your child, after all, and it would have been born into
the world in a few mouthsâ time had it not been for the miscarriage, âBen said regretfully.
Elliot remained expressionless, and his voice was cold and void of emotion. âIf I have to have a child, I
do not want it to come from another woman.â