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 some information, Maurice

that if he told Maurice that Gerald

quietly beside Maurice. She seemed calm, but

getting enough air. She was

and held

palm spread through Eliana’s body, slowly

with jealousy when he

let Maurice win

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.

heart jumped

truth about to come

be honest, I suspected that the villain is you, Mr. Moran,”

The villain was… Maurice?!

previously had been a comforting warmth from Maurice’s palm now felt like burning metal.

his

done nothing that Asher was accusing him of. How

one last chance.

the face of Maurice’s

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

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

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

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