When His Eyes Opened By Simple Silence

Chapter 11

Elliot reached his arm out through the car window.

Clipped between his slender fingers was a pack of tissue.

Avery was stunned. She was about to decline but ended up uncharacteristically accepting it.

“Thanks.”

The warmth of his palm still lingered on the tissues.

Elliot quickly averted his gaze from her face and rolled up the window as the car sped off.

It was ten in the morning at Tate Industries, and all of its employees were working away at their respective stations.

It had been a month since the company had paid wages. However, Tate Industries was an old player in the industry. Even if all kinds of negative news were circulating on the internet, its employees refused to give up until the very last moment.

If she had not known about the company’s many debts, Avery could not imagine that the calm atmosphere in front of her was an illusion.

She entered the meeting room with the company’s vice president, Shaun Locklyn.

The lawyer went straight to the point when he saw Avery and said, “I’m very sorry for your loss, Miss Tate. Your father entrusted me to announce his will, which I will do now.”

Avery nodded lightly.

The lawyer opened up a file and said firmly, “Your father had six pieces of real estate which are respectively located in… Here is the file. Please go through it.”

Avery took the document and examined it thoroughly.

“Your father also had three parking lots,” said the lawyer as he passed another document to her, “as well as eight shop lots, and twelve vehicles.”

Avery knew nothing about the family’s fortune.

First of all, she had no interest in it.

Second of all, her father had never explained it to her.

Now that the lawyer was describing her father’s fortune to her, she could not help but feel a sense of unease.

had no idea that

assets, why did he not sell

we are sitting right now,” said the lawyer. Then, after a brief pause, he added, “Your father planned to leave the company to you,

lawyer and said, “By how

adjusted his glasses and chimed in, “The current deficit is a hundred and twenty-five million. If you take over your father’s company, you would also inherit his debt.

Avery was stunned.

hundred and

she sold off all of her father’s assets,

expression. “However, I hope you will seriously consider this. This company is

and Cassandra?” Avery asked

even mention your stepmother! It’s partly her fault that the company is in dire straits. She arranged for her brother to join our finance department a few years ago. He embezzled a lot of money

to see my father’s company fall either, but where am I supposed to

our new product research and development. If we manage to get a loan, once we launch the new product, we’ll be able to alleviate

would we ask for a loan from? Who would be able to give me that much?” Avery

We have to try. If we manage, then great. If we don’t, then you

……

top floor of Sterling Group, the

back facing the sun, Elliot’s chiseled features looked

holding a document that his assistant, Chad Rayner, brought to

facing a debt of a hundred and twenty-five million dollars. Jack Tate’s wife and youngest daughter took an early flight out of the country this morning. It doesn’t look like they will be returning before the company’s troubles are settled. I think Miss Tate will

had asked him for information on Tate Industries, so he figured that his boss

make a bet,

financial officer, Ben Schaffer, was stirring his cup of coffee as his eyes narrowed like a

to Elliot to ask for a loan. She’s in a favorable position to enjoy certain benefits. If she asks

“I doubt she has the

her last night. She smashed a bottle of wine from 1947 in front of our

make a bet with you!” Chad

we bet

you lose, you have to

“Okay.”

……

called up

not as simple as Shaun made

called eight banks, two of which the company