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.

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

told Maurice that Gerald was the real culprit, he would

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

wasn’t getting enough air. She was close to

her discomfort and held

Maurice’s palm spread through Eliana’s body,

nearly became blind with

would never let Maurice

“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

jumped into

about

honest, I suspected that the villain

The villain was… Maurice?!

burning metal. Without thinking, Eliana snatched her hand

face darkened. He raised his head

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

nonsense. I’ll give you one last chance.

wavered in the face

look at Eliana was enough to fill him with the fuel of jealousy once again. He gritted his teeth and continued

business relationship between us, that will not change my

and resolute man, and to paint Maurice

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