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.

Tate Industries 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

he said, "This proves that women are obstacles on the road

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

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

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

Elliot cleared his throat and said

immediately hurried out of the room.

had left, Chelsea knocked on Elliot's

to talk to you about,"

said, "I'm busy right now. You can talk about non-work related matters after work!"

moment, but she stubbornly walked over to his desk and said, "I'll just tell you now!

in to Elliot and said," Take a look at

seat on the chair across from him, and her

to think hard to know what it

rose inside

a slight tremor in her voice. "Elliot,

furrowed brows reflected

with her has nothing to do with

up the file and looked

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