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.

her, she could not help

idea that her father was this

why did he not sell them and use the money to treat

the aforementioned assets, there is also the company in which we are sitting right now," said the lawyer. Then, after a brief pause, he added, "Your father planned

at the lawyer

inherit his debt. You may have to sell off all of the properties and

Avery was stunned.

and

her father's assets, it still would not cover a hundred and

consider this. This company is your father's life's

Cassandra?" Avery asked after taking a

straits. She arranged for her brother to join our finance department a few years ago. He embezzled a lot of money from the company through

she said, "I don't want to see my father's company fall either, but where am I supposed to find all of that money-" 6 "Borrow it!" said Shaun. "We've reached the end of our new product research and development. If we manage to get a

be able to give me that much?" Avery said as she raised

to you, we can find another investor. We have to try. If we manage,

president's office on the top floor of Sterling Group, the sun

back facing the sun, Elliot's chiseled

his assistant, Chad Rayner,

twenty-five million dollars. Jack Tate's wife and youngest daughter took an early flight out of the country this morning. It doesn't look like they will be returning before the company's troubles are

is an impossible amount for her,"

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

a bet,

his cup of coffee as his eyes narrowed like a

come to Elliot to ask for a loan. She's in a favorable position to enjoy certain benefits. If she asks Elliot for the money, I'm

smashed a bottle of wine from 1947 in front

I'll make a bet with you!" Chad

we bet

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

called up every

simple as Shaun

banks, two of which the company still owed

course, the other two banks did

a way to set up a meeting with the managers of the other two banks. Go and put on something nice,

I need to dress up? Can't I just go like