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

aware that if he told Maurice that

beside Maurice. She seemed calm, but

enough air. She was

and held her

through Eliana’s body, slowly calming

nearly became blind with jealousy when he saw

let Maurice

deep breath and 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 say if

heart jumped into her

about

the villain is you, Mr. Moran,” Asher

The villain was… Maurice?!

felt like burning metal. Without thinking, Eliana snatched her hand out of Maurice’s

darkened. He raised his head and coldly

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

talking nonsense. I’ll give you one

wavered in the

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

relationship between us, that will not change my mind. I will still believe that you are the

best to act like a noble and resolute man, and to paint Maurice as a bully who used his power

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