When His Eyes Opened

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.

no idea that her father was this

all these fixed assets, why did he not sell them and use the money to

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

glanced at the lawyer and said, “By how

and twenty-five million. If you take over your father’s company, you would also inherit his debt. You may have to sell off all of the properties and cars that were mentioned just now in order to

Avery was stunned.

and twenty-five

assets,

choose not to accept this, Avery. That way, your father’s debt would not fall on you,” Shaun said with a sullen expression. “However, I hope you will seriously consider this. This company is your father’s

and Cassandra?” Avery

dire straits. She arranged for her brother to join our finance department a few years ago. He embezzled a lot of money from the company through the years. We don’t even know

trembled as she said, “I don’t want to see my father’s company fall either, but where

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

would be able to give me that much?” Avery said as she

we can find another investor. We have to try.

……

the president’s office on the top floor of Sterling Group, the sun was shining through the

facing the sun,

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

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

on Tate Industries, so he figured

a

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

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

head and said, “I doubt she has

wine from 1947 in front of our

I’ll make a bet

we bet

month. If you lose, you have to

“Okay.”

……

Avery called

not as simple

two of which the company