Chapter 115

As soon as Eliana arrived at the Golden Imperial Club, she saw an acquaintance.

‘Isn’t that Hodge?’

Hodge was lying on the floor while people were attacking him mercilessly. He was beaten black and

blue. If Eliana had not remembered him well, she would not have been able to recognize him.

After all those months she spent looking for him, she did not expect to stumble upon him at the Golden

Imperial Club.

She was determined to seize the opportunity and ask him what had happened to the Pierce Group all

those years ago.

“Stop!” she shouted at the group.

The leader of the group, a man with tattoos on his arms, stared at Eliana, and said fiercely, “Who are

you? This is none of your business.”

However, she had already made up her mind to meddle in their affairs.

Instead of retreating, Eliana walked closer to the group of people and shouted, “Help! Help! A man is

molesting me!”

Everyone in the club immediately turned around and the man was shocked and frozen in place.

The security guards rushed over to the scene at once.

“What are you doing? I’m warning you! Not to make trouble here. Or else, you need to get out of here!”

The leader of the group did not want to give up at all, but given that the club was run by a powerful

person, he had no choice but to retreat for the time being.

Looking at Hodge with a murderous gaze, he spit at him and hissed, “You’re lucky to escape death this

time. But if you don’t settle your debt, I am gonna kill you!”

When he walked past Eliana, he glared at her.

“Are you okay?”

Eliana reached out to help Hodge get up.

Hodge’s ears were buzzing and when he finally came to his senses, he heard a familiar voice.

The moment he looked up and saw Eliana, he was more terrified than he had been when he had met

his creditor.

‘Why is she here?’

Hodge immediately wanted to run away and escape.

However, in his wounded state, he could not move and was caught by Eliana.

Eliana pulled him to a quiet corner and asked, “Mr. Chadwick, tell me, what happened to the Pierce

Group all those years ago? What caused my dad’s death?”

She had tried to contact him numerous times ever since she saw him at the dinner party, but he had

always avoided her, which could only mean that he was hiding something from her.

Hodge stammered, “Stop asking. There’s no secret behind what happened to the Pierce Group. It was

all because of the poor management. Your father just couldn’t accept the fact. No one else could be

blamed for…”

“Bullshit!” Eliana exclaimed, interrupting him.

“Dad was not the kind of man who was not able to take a blow. Besides, he was not the kind who’d

leave his family alone. Tell me, did it have something to do with Mom? Or did the Moran Group do it?”

Eliana forced him to tell her the truth by holding his shoulders tightly.

Hodge panicked. After all, he knew very well that he would be facing a fate worse than death if he told

her the truth.

He had no choice but to escape.

All of a sudden, he placed his hand over his chest and cried out, “Ouch! It hurts so badly!”

Hearing that, Eliana loosened her grip and asked nervously, “What’s wrong?”

Hodge seized the opportunity, pushed her away, and rushed out.

Caught off guard, Eliana bumped into a table accidentally. The glass bottles on the table smashed to

the floor, crashing loudly.

Just when Eliana was about to fall down, she felt someone catch her from behind.

She looked up in a panic and saw Preston.

Ignoring her pain, she wanted to chase after Hodge.

However, Maurice grabbed her wrist. “You are injured. Why are you still keen on running after him?”

By then, Hodge had already disappeared.

“Why are you stopping me? Do you have any idea of what I just missed?”

Eliana was almost furious. She was just about to find out the truth about Pierce Group’s bankruptcy.

“Preston, was I indebted to you in my past life that you’re now trying to collect the debt?”

Maurice became angry when he heard that. After all, he was only trying to protect her.

“Shut up! Look at yourself!”

Maurice raised her hand. Only then did Eliana notice that several pieces of glass were deeply stuck in

her arm, which was oozing with blood.