When His Eyes Opened novel by Simple Silence
Chapter 2699

“Okay, don't be embarrassed. If you want to replace Maggie, go replace her! What's the matter? you won't tell your parents.” Mike laughed, “Eric didn't know you came to Bridgedale, did he?”

"I don't need to tell Eric about my own itinerary." Layla took the knife and wanted to cut the beef, "Do you know where Maggie works?"

"You can replace the details of her working place online. How about I accompany you there?" Mike picked up his phone and helped her look it up.

"No need. I'll go there by myself."

"Okay, take a good rest today, and go to her tomorrow!" Mike looked at Layla face and joked, "you've been on the plane for so long, you're ashamed." Layla: "I want to figure it out and go back quickly. If my parents replace out the real reason for my running here, they will definitely be very disappointed."

"It's not disappointing. It's just going to make trouble!" Mike held a fork and put the beef in his mouth, he chewed it, "Your father hates Eric, just like he hated me at the beginning. Your dad doesn't treat me much better now than Eric did when I didn't get along with Chad. Your dad can hold grudges."

Layla: "Uncle Mike, don't say that about my dad."

Mike: "What I mean is that your Dad will go crazy if you really want to be with Eric."

Layla: "..."

After lunch, Layla drove Mike's car to the research institute where Maggie worked.

When she arrived at the institute, it was already 4 o'clock in the afternoon.

The receptionist asked her if she had an appointment, she said no.

Seeing her extraordinary temperament, the receptionist felt that she was not an ordinary person, so she contacted Maggie's assistant for her.

"Miss, what's your name?" The receptionist asked Layla, holding the receiver.

"Layla." After Layla said her name, her heart began to beat faster.

She was not familiar with Maggie, but they both know each other's existence.

Maggie wanted to meet Layla as soon as she heard her name.

Sure enough, after the receptionist gave Layla's name, within ten minutes, Maggie came out in casual clothes.

"Hi! Layla, why are you here?" Maggie greeted her with a smile.

Layla smiled: "I'm here for something. I heard you work here, so I stopped by to visit."

"Haha! I'm quite surprised that you came to see me. Let me treat you to dinner!" Maggie took Layla out.

Layla: "I'm not hungry."

"How about coffee?" Maggie asked.

Layla: "Alright."

"There is a coffee shop near our research institute. I go there for coffee almost every day." Maggie took Layla over, "You came to see me, what is the matter?"

Maggie noticed that Layla's heart wanted to say some things even if she doesn't say it.

Maggie was also older than Layla, and her mind was clearer and more sensitive than hers.

"Have you always been this direct?" Layla asked jokingly.

"Yes. Does my way of speaking make you feel uncomfortable?" Maggie tilted her head and looked at Layla.

Layla shook her head: "Miss Maggie, I'm here... Actually, I came here on a special trip to replace you. After you and Eric made it public, you have been working in Bridgedale and he has been in Aryadelle. Are you two really in love?"

"Hahaha! Does Eric know that you are looking for me?" Maggie asked without answering.

"I don't know. I couldn't replace an answer from him, so I came to ask you. I always feel that the two of you are not in love." Layla said in her heart, "Miss Maggie, I hope you don't lie to me."

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Maggie curiously asked: "You asked Eric, how did he answer you?"

"He told me I shouldn't worry about his business." Layla felt that Eric didn't answer directly because he didn't want to tell the truth and didn't want to lie.

"Oh. What do you think about the relationship between me and him?" Maggie wanted to hear Layla's thoughts. She felt that Layla probably guessed it, so she made this special trip.

"I don't think you two are in a relationship. If you two are really in a relationship, it's impossible for him not to tell me before he made an official announcement. Miss Maggie, before I confessed to him, I asked him if he had a girlfriend. I-I only confessed to him on the premise of confirming that he has no dating partner." Layla said her analysis.

"Oh...that's indeed a bit of a flaw!" Maggie laughed.

"Miss Maggie, what do you mean?" Layla was confused, "Are you admitting that the two of you are not really talking? He asked you to help play his girlfriend?"

"Layla, if you got an affirmative answer, what do you want to do?" Maggie asked curiously, "As far as I know, your parents probably won't accept Eric. If you insist on doing what you want, you will make Eric very uncomfortable."

"I will solve the problem by myself, and I will not let Eric face my parents alone." Layla said firmly, "Miss Maggie, can you answer my question first?"

Maggie's face turned pale for a while.

It's too late to call or send a message to Eric to ask what to do now.

Layla came here specially to block her answer.

Maggie: "It's exactly what you think. I like Eric very much, but he doesn't like me. To be more precise, he regards me as a good friend. So he asked me to do this."

Layla got this answer, and it didn't take long. Unexpectedly, but with reproach: "Isn't he afraid of delaying your search for a partner? He came up with such a bad idea."

"I'm not in a hurry to get married." Maggie smiled, "At my age, I'm not in a hurry anymore. If I can meet the right person, I will get married. If I can't meet the right person, I will live on my own." Layla: "Then you two are a bit similar. I don't think he is in a hurry."

Maggie: "Because he doesn't want to settle down."

"Miss Maggie, thank you for telling me so frankly." Layla said gratefully, "Will he blame you if he knows?"

Maggie shook her head: "No way. Even if I didn't tell you, wouldn't you have guessed it?"

Layla: "Well. I guessed it a long time ago. He can't hide it from me."

Soon, the two walked to the coffee shop.

"Miss Maggie, let me buy coffee!"

Maggie: "Okay! If you can convince your parents, I will still congratulate you."

"It's very difficult." Layla didn't dare to be 100% sure, "But I still want to try my best. I can't give up." Maggie: "It seems really hard."

Layla: "Isn't there a saying that 'nothing is difficult in this world, as long as you are willing to give up""

"It makes sense. I also want to learn this spirit." Maggie said.

"Miss Maggie, you are so good, there are many men chasing you, right?"

Maggie: "Yes! I fell in love with Eric at first sight. When we were on a blind date, because of some misunderstandings, he didn't see me, but I saw him. He's so dazzling! After I've seen him, it's hard to catch my eye when I look at other men."

Layla: "Yeah."

"Have you ever been in love?" Maggie asked.

Layla shook her head.

"It's really rare. It stands to reason that there should be more and better suitors around you, but you have never been in a relationship." Maggie sighed.

Layla: "The reason is very simple. I like mature men, but the people around me are basically people of the same age."

After drinking coffee, Layla and Maggie returned to Mike's residence, and then began to buy air tickets back home. Mike: "Can't you stay with me for one more day? It's hard to come here, and you're going to leave without sleeping?" Mike wanted to stay with Layla.

But Layla's heart had already flown back to Aryadelle.

"I'll come to play for a few more days next time. I came secretly this time. Now that the matter is settled, I'd better go back." Layla said energetically. Because she got a satisfactory answer from Maggie, she didn't feel sleepy at all.

After Maggie parted ways with Layla, she told Eric about the meeting.

Eric had a severe headache.

Layla was so impulsive!

Now that she knew the truth, what would she do?

Eric looked at the screen of his mobile phone, and his breathing gradually became short of breath.

Layla didn't look for him. Did Layla want to go back to Aryadelle and look for him again?

Now that Layla was in Bridgedale, there was nothing she could do if she was in a hurry.

They could only wait for Layla to return home.

It was evening when Layla came home from the airport.

The length of Layla's Journey was twenty hours and she was very sleepy now, but she didn't sleep well on the plane, so after returning home, she looked very haggard.

Seeing her daughter's appearance, Avery immediately pulled her back.

"Baby, what's wrong with you? You look so bad, did you not sleep?"

"Mom, I'm going to sleep more now... When I have sound sleep, I'll let you know." Layla said, and walked upstairs by herself.

After Layla went upstairs, Elliot and Robert walked over.

"My sister looks like a thief." Robert said, "I haven't seen her sleep like this before."

Elliot asked Avery: "What did my daughter just say?"

"She said she will tell me after she sleeps." Avery said, still worried, so she found her mobile phone and called the vice president of the company to ask if something happened to the company at upstairs. After Layla went back to her room, she went to bed with her clothes on.

Shortly after she fell asleep, her phone screen lit up. Mike sent a message asking if she would return to Aryadelle. It's a pity that Layla has fallen asleep and cannot reply.

Downstairs, Avery finished the phone call with the vice president, and said to Elliot: "The vice president said that everything in the company is normal. But Layla didn't go to the company yesterday and today. The vice president told me secretly, and asked me not to tell Layla."

Elliot frowned: "...So where has my daughter been these two days?"

Avery looked at Robert: "Do you know where your sister has been these two days?"

Robert shook his head: "Since my younger sister came back home, my older sister tells her everything, even though she used to not want to talk to me."

Avery immediately went upstairs to replace Hazel.

When Hazel heard that Layla was back, she immediately wanted to replace her.

"Your sister is asleep. I just went to her room to take a look. She fell asleep without taking off her shoes. I guess he hasn't slept in two days." Avery sighed, "Did she tell you where she went these two days?" Hazel wanted to keep a secret for her sister, but she didn't dare to lie to her mother at all.

Seeing her daughter's hesitation, Avery immediately smiled and said: "It seems that what Robert said is true, your sister will tell you everything now. Don't worry and tell your mother! Your sister said to tell me when she woke up. now I'm too worried to ask you."

"My sister went to replace Mr.Eric's girlfriend." Hazel thought about it, and told the truth, "Mom, don't be angry with my sister, okay? I don't want to see you quarreling."

Avery smiled, but after hearing this, Elliot, who was behind Avery, had a gloomy expression on his face.

Hazel: "Dad."

Elliot: "Aside from telling you this, did your sister tell you anything else?"

Hazel shook her head.

"She didn't say what her next plan is?" Elliot had a strong sixth sense, feeling that Layla would be desperate because of this matter.

"Hazel said there is no more, you still ask?" Avery glared at Elliot, then turned to Hazel and said, "When your sister wakes up, we will have a good talk with her, don't worry, don't worry whatever happens, we will resolve it peacefully."

Hazel nodded.

Avery dragged Elliot back to his room.

Layla was asleep now, and everything had to wait for Layla to wake up.

In the bedroom, Elliot paced up and down the room.

Avery was dizzy due to his anxious expression.

"Okay, don't walk around, I'm dizzy from the shaking of your head." Avery took the pajamas from the closet, "Why don't you go to the gym for exercise! Otherwise, I'm afraid you won't be able to sleep at night."

Avery knew Elliot too well.

Elliot must have trouble sleeping at night because this problem wasn't solved and Avery didn't know how Layla would react when she woke up.

"You still know me best." Elliot was a little moved when he was anxious, "Honey, are you on the same page as me?"

Avery: "Elliot, you should go to the gym!"

"You call me by my name... ...Are you compromising?!" Elliot felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart, "How can Eric be worthy of our daughter?"

"What is worthy or not, I don't like this word." Avery said, "When I was with you, I heard enough people saying that I was not worthy of you. Even now, searching for our names was full of gossip and the news said that I was not good enough for you."

"Really? I would have deleted those tedious headlines!" Seeing that his wife was unhappy, Elliot pretended to use his mobile phone to make a call.

"I don't care now. Elliot, go to the gym! How about I go with you? I'm quite confused... Let's talk about everything when my daughter wakes up tomorrow! Don't be too anxious." Avery Putting down her pajamas, she dragged Elliot to the gym.

In another room.

Robert sat on the sofa half a meter away from Hazel, and the two brothers and sisters had an in-depth discussion about Layla.

"Actually, I don't know Uncle Eric very well, but I'm not very unfamiliar. Because Uncle Eric will give me gifts every year. Even if I can't meet him, his gifts will be delivered." Robert recalled, "Many of my classmates like him."

"Then do you like him?" Hazel asked.

"I like him a lot! It's just that if he wants to be my brother-in-law, I have to think about it." Robert lowered his eyebrows, "Dad won't marry my sister to him. If I were Dad, I probably wouldn't either." "Huh? My sister likes Eric very much!" Hazel felt sorry for her sister.

Might be because Layla was a girl, she was more delicate emotionally. She didn't care about the gap with Eric, just like Hazel didn't care about the gap with Lucas.

Because Lucas has never disliked Hazel, so now that she was the daughter of the Foster family, she would not dislike Lucas's status as not worthy of the Foster family. But she knew that her Dad would care.

"Hey! It's not easy! My sister has a stubborn temper." Robert sighed suddenly.

"Second brother, what should we do if my sister quarrels with her parents?" Hazel asked.

She chatted with Layla, and she could feel that her sister would probably fight for Eric.

Robert looked embarrassed: "To be honest, I don't know. I don't think Mom and Dad don't know what to do. Otherwise, I wouldn't be so worried."

Chapter 2699

After a few seconds, Robert said again: "Let it be!"

"I must help my sister." Hazel said, "I can't help my sister all the time. Then what if my sister runs away from home?"

Hazel's words gave Robert an idea: "Well, if they really quarrel, You stand on my sister's side, and I stand on my father's side to persuade my father."

"Yes!" Hazel continued to ask, "What's the attitude of the eldest brother?"

Robert said with a serious face: "The attitude of the elder brother should be the same as that of my father. The two of them are more and more alike now. The way they speak and behave...they are the men I

admire the most."

"Maybe you will be like them in the future."

"No. I have a personality like my mother." Robert knows himself very well, "Although I look more like our father, my personality is like that of our mother. I don't have such a strong sense of professionalism. I just want my family to be happy and healthy together."

"I also really like our mother." When Hazel talked about her mother, the expression on her face softened, "Second brother, who do you think I look like?"

"You look like our father, but your personality well, I can't see it for the time being. Sometimes I think you are like our father, more calm and independent, and sometimes I think you're very lively and warm. Maybe you combine the advantages of both of them."

"Second brother, I'm ashamed of your boasting."

"You are fine!" Robert boasted with sincerity.

"If I replace a boyfriend in the future that you think is not good enough for our family, will you be disappointed with me?" Hazel put forward this hypothesis somewhat pessimistically.

Robert: "Why do you ask? Do you have someone you like?"

"I just think that sometimes I can't control who I like. Maybe that person is not that good, but I like him...and you guys think it's very good I don't like a man like that?" Hazel explained.

"Oh... Indeed, emotional matters are more complicated. I haven't figured it out yet. Maybe our parents don't like the girlfriend I replace in the future." Robert was infected by his sister, and his mood was a little

pessimistic.

"Then you will support me from now on, and I will support you too, okay?" Hazel smiled.

"Okay!" Robert suddenly felt emotional, "Then I'd better support my sister. Dad has our mother, so I don't need to persuade you."

Hazel: "Hahaha! Yes!"

The following day, Layla slept until afternoon.

After waking up, she didn't have time to think about what time it was, nor did she have time to recall what happened before.

Because her stomach was rumbling with hunger.

Relying on her survival instinct, she quickly got out of bed and went downstairs to replace food.

Unexpectedly, when she went downstairs, she saw that her parents and brothers were all at home!

The three of them sat in the living room, not knowing what they were doing.

"Sister, have you slept well?" Robert asked for leave today and waited for his sister to wake up at home.

Robert was afraid that they would quarrel, so he could at least persuade them at home.

"You don't have class today?" Layla asked, walking towards the kitchen.

"Uh...I'm not feeling well today, so I asked for leave." After Robert finished speaking with a smile, Elliot stood up from the sofa.

Avery pressed her back on the sofa again.

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