His Eagle Eyes on Me

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.

lawyer was describing her father's fortune to her, she could not help but

had no idea that her father

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

sitting right now," said the lawyer. Then, after a brief pause, he added, "Your

glanced at the lawyer and said, "By how

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

Avery was stunned.

and twenty-five

assets, it still would not cover a hundred

company is your father's life's work. Do you really have the heart to watch it

Cassandra?" Avery asked after taking

her fault that the company is in dire straits. She arranged for her brother to join our finance department a few years ago. He

to find all of that money-" 6 "Borrow it!"

would be able to give me that much?" Avery

replied. "If the banks won't give it to you, we can find another investor. We have to try. If we manage, then great. If we don't,

top floor of Sterling Group, the sun was shining through the spotless floor-to-ceiling

facing the sun,

was holding a document that his

youngest daughter took an early flight out of the country this morning. It doesn't look

is an impossible amount

had asked him for information on Tate Industries, so he figured that his boss was

a

cup of coffee as his eyes

benefits. If she asks Elliot for the money, I'm guessing he'll at least lend some of it to her." Chad shook his head

1947 in front of our faces and went up against Chelsea. She might look gentle, but she's even

then. I'll make a bet with

should we

you have to buy coffee for everyone in the president's department for a month.

called up

not as simple as Shaun made it

which the company still owed

other two banks did not dare give

meeting with the managers

up? Can't I just go