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.

picking the correct wife,” Ben sighed. “If Jack Tate hadn’t had

as he said, “This proves that

do you plan on going through with

you have work to do? Do you have that much free

something about that bruise on your neck? If I didn’t know better, I’d think you got

Elliot

immediately hurried out

had left, Chelsea knocked on Elliot’s

Elliot? I have something outside of work to talk to you about,” she said as she walked in and

glanced at the emails in his inbox and said, “I’m busy

stubbornly walked over to his desk and said, “I’ll just

to Elliot and said, “Take a look

on the chair across from him, and

think hard to know what

wave of jealousy rose inside of

exclaimed with a slight tremor in her voice. “Elliot, she’s not worth

“Shut up!”

brows

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