When His Eyes Opened (full chapter)

Chapter 21

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.

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

expression was cold as he said, “This proves

you’re really determined to divorce Avery Tate!” Ben said. “When do you plan on going

“Don’t you have work to do? Do you have that much free

and said, “I’m going 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

out!” Elliot said

out of

Ben had left, Chelsea knocked on

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

busy right now. You can talk about non-work related matters after

for a moment, but she stubbornly walked over to his desk and

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

took a seat on the chair across from him, and her eyes immediately fell on the scratch on

hard to

wave of jealousy rose

exclaimed with a slight tremor in her voice. “Elliot, she’s

“Shut up!”

furrowed brows reflected his

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