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.

what Ben said was true, then developing the new product was not the only reason Tate Industries was facing

of us should be careful about picking the correct wife,” Ben sighed. “If Jack Tate hadn’t had an affair with Wanda Tate back then, the Tates wouldn’t be in

said, “This proves that women are obstacles

to divorce Avery Tate!” Ben said. “When do you plan on going through with it? Should we have a party to celebrate

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

cleared his throat, and said, “I’m going now… Just a friendly reminder, though. Shouldn’t you do something about that bruise on your neck? If I didn’t know better, I’d think you got

 “Get out!” Elliot said

hurried out of

after Ben had left, Chelsea knocked on Elliot’s office

Elliot? I have something outside of work to talk to you

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

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

brought in to Elliot and said, “Take a

across from him, and her eyes

have to think hard to know what

jealousy

exclaimed with a slight tremor in her

 “Shut up!”

furrowed brows reflected