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 an affair
expression was cold as he said, “This proves that women are
“When do you plan on going through
cocked an eyebrow and said icily, “Don’t you have work to do? Do you
up from his seat, cleared his throat, 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,
out!” Elliot
immediately hurried out of
left, Chelsea knocked on
talk to you about,” she said as she walked in and closed the door behind
emails in his inbox and said, “I’m busy right now. You can talk about non-work related
desk and
she brought in to Elliot and said, “Take a look at this. I’m sure its contents
took a seat on the chair across from him, and her eyes immediately
think hard to
jealousy rose inside of
you sleep with Avery Tate last night?” she exclaimed with a slight tremor in her voice. “Elliot,
“Shut up!”
furrowed brows
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