As Asher began to understand the situation, fear turned his stomach cold. His first instinct was to run away.

But Maurice wasn’t going to give him that chance.

“Have a seat.”

Asher sat down uneasily.

Maurice sat as well. He got right to the point. “I want you to do me a favor, Mr. Harrison.”

Asher’s body stiffened, and he hesitated for a moment before replying, “How can I help you, Mr. Moran?”

Eliana clenched her fists. She had a feeling that Maurice was about to bring up the Pierce Group.

Maurice took a leisurely sip of coffee and placed his cup down. “It’s not a big deal,” he said slowly. “It’s about some rumors that I’ve heard recently.”

Asher’s throat tightened and cold sweat ran down his back.

“What rumors?” Asher asked.

“I’ve heard that the reason the Pierce Group went bankrupt is because someone plotted against it,” Maurice continued. “Mr. and Mrs. Pierce were driven to despair and died by suicide. Mr. Harrison, as a former employee of the Pierce Group, I thought that you might know the true story.”

If it was fated to happen, it would happen.

Asher’s face went pale visibly.

something out. He was testing Asher. If Asher didn’t give him

also well aware that if he told Maurice that Gerald was the

beside Maurice. She seemed calm, but her trembling hands gave her

enough air.

noticed her discomfort and held

palm spread through

nearly became blind with jealousy when he

never let Maurice win Eliana’s

what happened to the Pierce Group. I’m sure that Mr. Pierce’s death

jumped

the truth about to come

be honest, I suspected that the villain is you, Mr. Moran,” Asher said

The villain was… Maurice?!

like burning metal. Without thinking, Eliana snatched her hand out of Maurice’s and

face darkened. He raised his head and coldly stared

course, Maurice had done nothing that Asher was accusing him of. How dare Asher

talking nonsense. I’ll give you one last

wavered in the face of Maurice’s

fill him with the fuel of jealousy once again. He gritted his

you threaten to nullify the business relationship between us, that will not change my mind.

best to act like a noble and resolute man, and to paint Maurice as a bully who used his power to

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