His Eagle Eyes on Me novel Chapter 76

If Ben had mentioned this when he arrived at the house, Avery never would have gotten into his car.

"Mr. Schaffer, I know that all of you want to get on Elliot's good side—" Avery began to say.

"What do you mean? Haven't you ever gotten presents for your friends?" Ben interjected with a smile. "He always gets us something for our birthdays." 1

"So, you don't get him gifts just because he told you not to? That just shows that you don't see him as a friend at all, but as a boss," Avery said. "I don't think you should drag me into this. If I accept your gifts on his behalf, it would be the same as me accepting gifts from him. If that's the case, I won't be able to take pleasure in reprimanding him when he makes me angry in the future."

Ben was bewildered.

Took pleasure in reprimanding him? 1

How exactly did Avery treat Elliot every day?

Ben began to suspect that his boss had a masochistic side to him.

"You should think of something else! I'm leaving," Avery said, then turned and began to walk away. 1

Ben immediately reached out and grabbed her arm.

"Miss Tate, Elliot's birthday this year is different from the ones before," he said. 1

He had already prepared the perfect, and his professional acting instantly silenced Avery.

"It was after his last birthday that he had gotten into that accident and that rendered him a vegetable. At the time, the doctors said that he didn't have much longer to live... None of us expected him to pull through, but he woke up in the end. It's a good thing he did, too. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to celebrate his birthday this year..." 1

Avery's heart turned as soft as cotton.

She put herself in his shoes and thought about how painful it would have been if she was the one who was in a coma after getting into a car crash.

All Ben wanted was to celebrate Elliot's birthday and get him some gifts to cheer him up. Was that so wrong?

"Don't worry, Miss Tate. We won't give you anything too expensive. I hope you will be able to accept it with ease," added Ben.

Avery gestured at the jewelry counter and said," Everything here is too expensive. Let's go somewhere else."

She finally gave in!

"Do you need some beauty products, Miss Tate? I see you've got makeup on. Should we get some new

foundation? You'll need some makeup remover to go along with those, right?"

Ben was in full swing.