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.

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. "If Jack Tate hadn't had an affair with Wanda Tate

was cold as he said, "This proves that women are obstacles on the road to success."

said. "When do you plan on going through with it? Should we have a party to celebrate

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

bruise on your

his throat

out of

Ben had left, Chelsea knocked on Elliot's office

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

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

desk and said, "I'll just tell

said," Take a look at this. I'm sure its

took a seat on the chair across from him, and

have to think hard to know

rose

with Avery Tate last night?" she exclaimed with a slight tremor in her voice. "Elliot, she's not worth your sincerity!" 3 "Shut up!"

brows reflected his

has nothing

opened up the file and

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