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 only reason

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

 Elliot’s expression was cold as he said, “This proves that women

do you plan on going through with it? Should we have a party to celebrate

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

 Ben jumped up from his seat, cleared his throat, and said, “I’m going now… Just a friendly reminder, though. Shouldn’t you do something about that bruise

out!”

hurried out of

left, Chelsea knocked

to you about,” she

glanced at the emails in his inbox and said, “I’m busy right now. You can talk about non-work related

over to his desk and

and said,

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

have to think hard to know what

jealousy rose

 “Did you sleep with Avery Tate last night?” she exclaimed with a slight tremor in her voice. “Elliot, she’s not worth

 “Shut up!”

 Elliot’s furrowed brows