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.

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

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

her head and stood quietly beside Maurice. She seemed

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

noticed her discomfort and held

Maurice’s palm spread through Eliana’s body,

became blind with jealousy

let

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

jumped into her

about to

I suspected that the villain is you, Mr.

The villain was… Maurice?!

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

darkened. He raised his head and

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

you one last chance.

wavered in the face of Maurice’s threatening

fuel of jealousy once again. He gritted his

Moran, please, it would be wise for you not to push me. If you threaten to nullify the business relationship between us, that will not change my

and resolute man, and to paint Maurice as a bully

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