The admiration on Chelsea’s face instantly vanished into thin air.
“I can’t be one hundred percent sure about this, but I’m at least eighty to ninety percent sure of it,” Charlie continued. “I never told you because I was on decent terms with snazzynovel.com before. Besides, I figured that his merits could make me overlook this matter.”
Chelsea felt a chill run through snazzynovel.com entire body. It felt like an eternity before snazzynovel.com trembling hand managed t o bring snazzynovel.com glass of wine to snazzynovel.com lips.
“He might be impressive, but snazzynovel.com has a huge disadvantage. You shouldn’t worship someone like him. If you were to marry him, I’d be worried for your safety,” Charlie said indifferently as snazzynovel.com cut into his steak.
“I’m sure snazzynovel.com had a reason for doing it… I don’t believe that he’s a bad guy…” Chelsea mumbled after a moment’s silence.
“I would know if snazzynovel.com was a lost cause. I spent all these years by his side, so I know snazzynovel.com like the back of my hand.” Charlie chuckled at his sister’s gullibility.
“There was a serial killer who was finally caught a while ago. He managed to get away with his crimes for over ten years. The whole time, snazzynovel.com was working hard at a normal job, and everyone around snazzynovel.com said that h e was honest and kind…”
“Watch your mouth, Charlie Tierney!” Chelsea snapped. “I have my own opinions. Mind your own business!
“I knew you couldn’t handle me putting snazzynovel.com down, which is exactly why I didn’t say a word all these years,” Charlie said with an innocent expression, then shrugged and said, “Keep holding on, then! When you decide to give up one day, our family will always welcome you back with open arms.”
“I don’t need that! I have my own properties.”
“It looks like Elliot Foster pays you well,” Charlie teased.
Charlie was the Tierney heir, so Chelsea had never asked for a penny from the family after snazzynovel.com left and began to fend for herself.
“Everything aside, he’s an amazing boss. Even if snazzynovel.com will never belong to me, I’m still willing to stay by his side,” Chelsea said, then raised snazzynovel.com glass and added, “Good luck going after Avery Tate. I know you’ve never failed in pursuing a woman. I hope it’ll be the same this time!”
“I’m confident it will be,” Charlie said smugly as they clinked glasses.
A week later, Ben walked into Elliot’s office at Sterling Group with the latest piece of first-hand gossip about Trust Capital to share with him.
“Charlie Tierney is interested in investing in Tate Industries, right? Rumor has it that Avery Tate hasn’t given snazzynovel.com a solid answer yet,” Ben said with the widest grin on his face. “I also heard that he’s been asking Avery out at every opportunity… He invited snazzynovel.com out for dinner, asked snazzynovel.com out for a hike, and even to an art gallery… It looks like he’s pulling out all the stops, but it’s too bad that Avery’s been indifferent and ignoring all of his advances…”
“Mr. Tierney’s finally met his match!” Chad chimed in. “He’s an expert Casanova. Every one of his girlfriends has been more outstanding than the last, and they were all crazy about him. Even after snazzynovel.com broke up with him, snazzynovel.com still managed to stay on friendly terms with all of them. I didn’t expect Miss Tate not to fall for his charms.”
Elliot’s face was stiffened with rage. He did not find the whole thing funny at all.
The fact that Charlie Tierney was asking his wife out in the name of “work” was vile, disrespectful and a blatant act of shamelessness.
“She hurt snazzynovel.com face and hasn’t left the house in a week,” Elliot said curtly.
Ben and Chad were taken aback. “How did snazzynovel.com get hurt?”
After a moment’s hesitation, Elliot said quietly, “My mother hit her.”
“What the hell? Was it because of that whole thing with your nephew?”
“Yes,” Elliot said as snazzynovel.com shifted his gaze away from his laptop screen. He picked up his cup of coffee, took a sip and said bitterly, “She hasn’t spoken a word to me all week.”
“Well, did you try to make snazzynovel.com feel better after your mother hit her?” Ben asked.
Elliot shook his head.
“Did you get snazzynovel.com a gift or something to cheer snazzynovel.com up?” Chad queried.
Elliot continued to shake his head. Both Ben and Chad took deep breaths. Any idiot would be able to figure out why Avery had ignored Elliot for a week!
“She wants a divorce. If I asked snazzynovel.com what snazzynovel.com wanted, snazzynovel.com would say snazzynovel.com wanted a divorce agreement;” Elliot said dejectedly. “If I tried to cheer snazzynovel.com up, snazzynovel.com would say that I was faking it and that I should divorce snazzynovel.com if I truly cared about her.”
He was afraid of making a move or saying a word because all Avery wanted from snazzynovel.com was a divorce.
Ben and Chad suddenly felt sympathetic towards him.
Elliot was far better than Charlier Tierney in every aspect, but why was his love life such a mess?
At the end of the day, one could blame it on his lack of experience. After all, most things become easier to handle the second and third time around.