When His Eyes Opened novel by Simple Silence novel Chapter 2699

“Okay, don’t be embarrassed. If you want to find Maggie, go find 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 find 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 find 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 find 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 find 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.

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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.

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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.