Chapter 21
It was a long and painful night.

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?”

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.”

Elliot’s eyes twitched slightly.

If what Ben said was true, then developing the new product was not the only reason Tate Industries was facing bankruptcy.

be careful about picking the correct wife,” Ben sighed. “If Jack Tate hadn’t had an affair with Wanda Tate back then, the Tates

as he said, “This proves that women are obstacles

you’re really determined to divorce Avery Tate!” Ben said. “When do you plan on going through with it? Should we have

and said icily, “Don’t you have work to

bruise on your neck? If I didn’t know better, I’d think you got scratched by a cat. It looks

out!” Elliot

hurried out

left, Chelsea knocked on

to talk to you about,” she said as she walked in and

glanced at the emails in his inbox and said, “I’m busy right now. You can

she stubbornly walked over to his desk and said, “I’ll just tell you now! This is

said, “Take a look at this. I’m sure its

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

to think hard to know what it

jealousy rose

last night?” she exclaimed with a slight tremor in her voice. “Elliot, she’s

“Shut up!”

furrowed brows reflected his

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