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.

Industries was facing bankruptcy. 4 "This is the lesson. All of us should be careful about picking the correct wife," Ben sighed. "If Jack

he said, "This proves that women

you're really determined to divorce Avery Tate!" Ben said. "When do you plan on going through with it? Should we have a party to celebrate

"Don't you have work to do? Do you have that much free

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 got scratched by a cat. It looks like you two had a

out!" Elliot cleared his

out of the room.

Ben had left, Chelsea knocked on Elliot's

you about," she said as she walked in and closed

his inbox and said, "I'm busy right

and said, "I'll just tell you now! This is

file she brought in to Elliot and said," Take

and her eyes immediately fell on the scratch on his

have to think hard to know

of jealousy rose inside of her.

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

furrowed brows reflected his

with her has nothing to

he said those words, he opened up the

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