Chelsea decided to add fuel to the fire when she saw Elliot's savage fury.

"Before she married you, Avery Tate was dating your nephew, Cole. It's not a big deal since everyone has a past, but she slept with your nephew after she married you! She's made a fool out of you. I bet they did this thinking you were going to die back then!"

Elliot's fists were clenched and his face was stone-cold.

His expression was a face of seething anger. His cold eyes glared furiously at the maternal health file on his desk.

"I suspect they did this to get your inheritance. When the doctor issued a notice of critical illness, all of us thought you didn't have long to live. If she got pregnant with your kid at the time, then your estate would fall right into her hands. They planned everything to the tee! When you unexpectedly regained consciousness, it ruined their plans."

"Get out!" Elliot roared.

Whet

Elliot unceremoniously slapped Avery's hand away and hissed coldly, "Letting you live is already showing you mercy. Shut your mouth and stop p*ssing me off!"

Avery looked at his heartless expression and swallowed all of her pain.

There was nothing she could say or do to make him change his mind.

She pressed herself into the seat and gazed miserably out the window.

When the car came to a halt in front of the hospital, Avery was forcefully yanked out of the car and dragged to the gynecology clinic.

Elliot stayed in a car and lit a cigarette.

Avery's teary eyes and the hateful expression she shot at him kept replaying in his head.

He refused to go easy on her!

Everyone who betrayed him had to pay for the consequences.

The large doors to the operating room slowly shut after Avery was pushed into surgery.

The doors reopened about half an hour later.

The doctor walked out and inform

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.

"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 back then, the Tates wouldn't be in this mess."

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

"It looks like you're really determined to divorce Avery Tate!" Ben said. "When do you plan on going through with it? Should we have a party to celebrate your return to single life?"

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

Ben jumped 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, I'd think you got scratched by a cat. It looks like you two had a steamy night!"

"Get out!" Elliot cleared his throat and said hoarsely.

Ben immediately hurried out of the room.

Fifteen minutes after Ben had left, Chelsea knocked on Elliot's office door.

"Are you busy, Elliot? I have something outside of work to talk to you about," she said as she walked in and closed the door behind her.

Elliot glanced at the emails in his inbox and said, "I'm busy right now. You can talk about non-work related matters after work!"

Chelsea froze for a moment, but she stubbornly walked over to his desk and said, "I'll just tell you now! This is more important than work."

She handed the file she brought in to Elliot and said, "Take a look at this. I'm sure its contents will shock you."

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

She didn't have to think hard to know what it was.

A wave of jealousy rose inside of her.

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

"Shut up!"

Elliot's furrowed brows reflected his impatience.

"My relationship with her has nothing to do with you!"

As he said those words, he opened up the file and looked at the documents within.

Maternal Health File

Name: Avery Tate

Sex: Female

Gestational Age: 12 Weeks

The vein on Elliot's forehead throbbed as he read the file.

The chill in his eyes could kill.

He held back his rage and continued reading.

Father: Cole Foster

Elliot threw the file onto the table.

Avery was pregnant, and Cole was the father!

Chelsea decided to add fuel to the fire when she saw Elliot's savage fury.

"Before she married you, Avery Tate was dating your nephew, Cole. It's not a big deal since everyone has a past, but she slept with your nephew after she married you! She's made a fool out of you. I bet they did this thinking you were going to die back then!"

Elliot's fists were clenched and his face was stone-cold.

His expression was a face of seething anger. His cold eyes glared furiously at the maternal health file on his desk.

"I suspect they did this to get your inheritance. When the doctor issued a notice of critical illness, all of us thought you didn't have long to live. If she got pregnant with your kid at the time, then your estate would fall right into her hands. They planned everything to the tee! When you unexpectedly regained consciousness, it ruined their plans."

"Get out!" Elliot roared.

Whether or not what Chelsea said was true, the thought of this scandal being exposed to the public made 

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