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.

realized Maurice had found something out. He was testing Asher. If Asher didn’t give him

Asher was also well aware that if he told Maurice that

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

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

her discomfort and held her hand to

through

nearly became blind with

let

to the Pierce Group. I’m sure that Mr. Pierce’s death was a result of overwhelming pressure from the Moran Group. But

heart jumped into

the truth about

honest, I suspected that the villain is you, Mr.

The villain was… Maurice?!

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

He raised his head and coldly stared at

Asher was accusing him of. How dare Asher try to smear Maurice’s

one last

the face of Maurice’s threatening

at Eliana was enough to fill him with the fuel of jealousy once again. He gritted his

business relationship between us, that will not change my mind. I will still believe

resolute man, and to paint Maurice as

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