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 facing bankruptcy. 4 "This is the lesson. All of us should be careful about picking the correct wife," Ben sighed. "If Jack Tate hadn't had an affair with Wanda Tate back then, the Tates

cold as he said, "This proves that women

to divorce Avery Tate!" Ben said. "When do you plan on

said icily, "Don't you have work to do? Do you

something about that bruise on your neck? If I didn't know

Elliot cleared his

hurried out of the room.

Ben had left, Chelsea

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

and said, "I'm busy right now. You

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 you."

seat on the chair across from him, and her eyes immediately

didn't have to think hard to know what

wave of jealousy rose inside of her.

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

brows reflected

has

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

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255