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 product was not

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

as he said, “This proves that women are obstacles on the road

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

said icily, “Don’t you have work to do? Do you have that much free time

about that bruise on your neck? If I didn’t know better,

 “Get out!”

immediately hurried out

minutes after Ben had left, Chelsea knocked on

of work to talk to you about,” she said as she walked in and closed the door behind

at the emails in his inbox and said, “I’m busy right now. You can talk

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

to Elliot and said, “Take a

seat on the chair across from him, and her eyes immediately fell on the scratch on

 She didn’t have to think hard to know what

 A wave of jealousy

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

 “Shut up!”

 Elliot’s furrowed brows

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