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.

testing Asher. If Asher didn’t give him

aware that if he told Maurice

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

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

and held her hand

Maurice’s palm spread through Eliana’s

became blind with jealousy when

would never let Maurice

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

jumped into

truth about to come

be honest, I suspected that the villain

The villain was… Maurice?!

from Maurice’s palm now felt like burning metal. Without thinking, Eliana snatched her hand out of

He raised his head and

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

I’ll give you one last chance. Who is

wavered in the face

enough to fill him with the fuel of jealousy once again. He gritted his teeth and

the business relationship between us, that

and resolute man, and to paint Maurice as a bully who used his power to target those beneath

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