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 to

that if he told Maurice that Gerald was the real culprit, he would die in

and stood quietly beside Maurice. She seemed calm, but her

she wasn’t getting enough air. She was close to

held

Maurice’s palm spread through

blind with jealousy

never let Maurice win Eliana’s

deep breath and said, “I don’t know exactly what happened to the Pierce Group. I’m sure that Mr. Pierce’s death was a result of overwhelming pressure from the Moran Group. But I can’t say if

jumped into

about

suspected that the villain is you, Mr.

The villain was… Maurice?!

burning metal. Without thinking, Eliana snatched her hand out

He raised his head and

course, Maurice had done nothing that Asher was accusing him of. How dare Asher try to smear Maurice’s name right

nonsense. I’ll give you one last chance.

the face of

him with the fuel

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

like a noble and resolute man, and to paint Maurice as

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