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 some information, Maurice wasn’t going

Maurice that Gerald was the

and stood quietly beside Maurice. She seemed calm,

getting enough air. She was

discomfort and held her hand to

spread through Eliana’s body,

with jealousy when he saw

never let Maurice win Eliana’s

Pierce Group. I’m sure that Mr. Pierce’s death was

heart jumped into her

truth about to come

honest, I suspected that the villain is you,

The villain was… Maurice?!

been a comforting warmth from Maurice’s palm now felt like burning metal. Without thinking,

He raised his head and coldly stared at

that Asher was accusing him of. How dare Asher try to smear Maurice’s name right under

give you one last chance. Who is behind

confidence wavered in the face of Maurice’s

Eliana was enough to fill him with the fuel of jealousy once again.

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

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

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