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.

found something out. He was testing Asher. If Asher didn’t give him some information, Maurice wasn’t going to

Asher was also well aware that if he told Maurice

stood quietly beside Maurice. She seemed

getting enough

held her hand to

through Eliana’s body, slowly

became blind with

would never let Maurice win

took a deep breath and said, “I don’t know exactly what happened to the Pierce Group. I’m sure that Mr. Pierce’s death

jumped into

the truth about to come

I suspected that the villain

The villain was… Maurice?!

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

He raised his head and coldly stared at

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

nonsense. I’ll give you one

the face of

one look at Eliana was enough to fill him with the fuel

it would be wise for you not to push me. If you threaten to nullify the business relationship between us,

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

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