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.

Asher. If Asher didn’t give him some information,

Asher was also well aware that if he told Maurice that Gerald was the

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

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

discomfort and held her hand to support

from Maurice’s palm spread through Eliana’s body,

with

would never let Maurice win Eliana’s

know exactly what happened to the Pierce Group. I’m sure that Mr. Pierce’s death was a result of overwhelming pressure from

jumped into her

the truth about to come

that the villain is you, Mr. Moran,” Asher said

The villain was… Maurice?!

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

face darkened. He raised his head and coldly stared

of. How dare Asher try to smear Maurice’s name right

nonsense. I’ll give you one last chance. Who

the face

to fill him with the fuel of

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

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

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