His Eagle Eyes on Me

It was a long and painful night. 3

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?" 1

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." 2

Elliot's eyes twitched slightly.

was true, then developing the new product was not the only reason Tate Industries was facing bankruptcy. 4 "This is the lesson. All of us should be careful about picking the correct wife," Ben sighed.

that women are

Avery Tate!" Ben said. "When do you plan on going through with it? Should

said icily, "Don't you have work to do? Do you have that much free time on your hands?"

now... Just a friendly reminder, though. Shouldn't you do something about that bruise on your neck? If I didn't know better, I'd think you

his throat

immediately hurried out of

left, Chelsea knocked on

outside of work to talk to you about,"

in his inbox and said, "I'm busy right now. You can talk about non-work

froze for a moment, but she stubbornly walked over to his desk and said, "I'll

Take a look at this. I'm sure its contents will shock

on the chair across from him, and her eyes immediately fell on the scratch on his neck.

have to think hard to know what it

rose inside of

last night?" she exclaimed with a slight tremor in her voice. "Elliot, she's not worth your sincerity!"

furrowed brows reflected

relationship with her has

he said those words, he opened up the file and looked