When His Eyes Opened By Simple Silence

Chapter 21

It was a long and painful night.

When it was all over, Avery was so tired that she passed out.

The next morning, Elliot showed up at Sterling Group around ten in the morning as usual.

Once he entered his office, Ben walked in.

“I went to Twilight to see you last night, but I didn’t catch you. Did you and Avery Tate leave early?”

Elliot raised his brows and said, “That’s what you’re here to talk about?”

Ben smiled bitterly and placed the file in his hand on Elliot’s desk.

“This is the financial reports for Tate Industries from the past few years. I took some time to look into it. They’re in pretty deep trouble.”

Ben paused, then added, “Their finance director embezzled at least three hundred million dollars. I heard that he was Jack Tate’s brother-in-law.”

Elliot’s eyes twitched slightly.

the new

should be careful about picking the correct wife,” Ben sighed. “If Jack Tate hadn’t had an affair with Wanda Tate

“This proves that women are obstacles on

do you plan on going through

Elliot cocked an eyebrow and said icily, “Don’t you have work to do?

something about that bruise on your neck? If I didn’t know better, I’d think you got scratched by a cat. It looks like you two

out!” Elliot said

hurried out of the

Ben had left, Chelsea knocked

of work to talk to you about,”

Elliot glanced at the emails in his inbox and said, “I’m busy right now. You can talk about non-work related matters

froze for a moment, but she stubbornly walked over to his desk and said, “I’ll just tell you now! This is more important

She handed the file she brought in to Elliot and said, “Take a look at this. I’m

She took a seat on the chair across from him, and her

have to think hard

of jealousy rose inside of

Tate last night?” she exclaimed with a slight tremor in her voice. “Elliot,

“Shut up!”

furrowed brows