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.

the lawyer was describing her father's fortune to her, she

idea that

did he not sell them and use

from 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 to leave the company to you, but

the lawyer and said, "By

deficit is a hundred and twenty-five million. If you take over your father's company, you would also inherit his

Avery was stunned.

hundred and twenty-five

all of her father's assets, it still would not cover a

I hope you will seriously consider this. This company is your

and Cassandra?" Avery asked after

our finance department a few years ago.

forehead, and her voice trembled as 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 loan, once we

be able to give me that much?"

investor. We have to try. If

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

the sun, Elliot's chiseled features

document that his

daughter took an early flight out of the country this morning.

impossible amount

for information on Tate Industries, so he figured that

a

Group's chief financial officer, Ben Schaffer, was stirring his cup of coffee as his eyes narrowed like

for a loan. She's in a favorable position to enjoy certain 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 and said, "I doubt she has the guts to do

of wine from 1947 in front of our faces and went up against Chelsea.

then. I'll make a bet with you!" Chad

should we bet

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

Avery called up every major

as simple as

which the company still owed

the other two banks did not dare give her

our new product. It's a very promising product. I'll think of a way to set up a meeting with the managers of the other two banks. Go and put on

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