When His Eyes Opened

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.

true, then developing the new product was not the

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

he said, “This proves that women

Ben said. “When do you plan on going through with it? Should we have a party to celebrate your

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

now… Just a friendly reminder, though. Shouldn’t you do something about that bruise on your

 “Get out!” Elliot said

hurried

minutes after Ben had left, Chelsea knocked

to you about,” she said as she walked in and closed the

“I’m busy right now. You can talk about non-work related matters after

she stubbornly walked over to his desk and said, “I’ll

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

across from him, and her eyes immediately fell on

think hard

of jealousy rose inside of

exclaimed with a slight tremor in her voice. “Elliot, she’s

 “Shut up!”

 Elliot’s furrowed brows reflected his