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!' He 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 and 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 one another.
Perhaps their will for something to happen was too strong, and as they wished, the situation began to spin out of control.
"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 beside 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.
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: His Eagle Eyes on Me