Behind the desk, a man was working hard.

Elliot's fingers were restless, constantly tapping on the keyboard, busy with work, he picked up the cup of coffee beside him, treated it like a cup of tea, drank it all, and then buried his head in work again.


Milan was right - if he dared to be careless and sluggish, there would be no way to deal with the blows Milan caused.

Only at this moment, Elliot feels powerless... When he and Milan were young, they were both friends and enemies, fighting each other in everything, but never won once.

At that time, he did not believe it, this feeling of disbelief, until adulthood, until today, is still the same.


It's just that, Milan is a monster, and only when he fought him, did Elliot discover, that this person in the business field, regardless of method money, or talent, is favored by the heavens.

"I never won a single battle when I was young, but this time I cannot lose." For Ashley, he couldn't lose to that guy named Milan.


4 a.m., Elliot's office, the lights were off.

---

When Ashley walked out of the door, she saw a man wearing a white shirt and sweatpants under the shade of that tree.

There was a hint of surprise in her eyes: "Elliot."

He hadn't appeared in front of Ashley for a while.

Today, he suddenly reappeared.

"Let's go, are you hungry?" The man stood under the tree, walked over, naturally reached out to her, and held her hand tightly. Ashley wanted to avoid him. At this moment, Elliot raised his head: "You know, your strength has never been able to defeat me."

These words were to remind Ashley: There was no need to waste energy.

"Get in the car, I've been a bit busy lately, it's been a long time since I've had Uncle Kai's beef noodles, come eat with me."

Ashley raised her head, looked at Elliot in front of her, then lifted her feet and got into the car… Well, if there's anything to say, let's wait until we finish our bowl of noodles together and then talk about it.

On the way, the two of them seemed a bit stiff.

Elliot seemed to not like talking, completely different from the man in Ashley's impression.

On the way, she glanced at Elliot who was driving beside her.

Ashley confirmed her guess. Elliot was in a bad mood, although he looked relaxed and comfortable, the dark circles and swelling under his eyes could not be hidden.

The two of them got out of the car, just like before, Ashley followed Elliot into the beef noodle shop.

While eating, Elliot's phone kept ringing, sometimes there were even messages sent.

Eating this meal, she thought to herself, wait until she finished her bowl of noodles, then she should make it clear to this man.

The phone on Elliot's desk rang again.

This time it wasn't a text message, Elliot looked at the phone, his eyebrows raised like two mountains, picked up the phone on the table, stood up, walked out, and said to Ashley: "Wait a minute, I'll answer the phone for a moment." and then hurriedly walked out of the noodle shop.

Ashley looked out, and Elliot looked angry, pacing back and forth.

A feeling of anxiety and restlessness emerged in her heart, waiting for Elliot to return, Ashley blinked, clearly seeing the impatience and anger in this man's eyes.

And the distance between his eyebrows became deeper.

"Elliot, has anything happened recently?"

Elliot didn't expect Ashley, who had always been quiet and reserved, to suddenly ask him like that.

He raised his head: "Why do you ask?"

"I... just feel that you seem to have something on your mind."

Ashley finished speaking, she suddenly felt regretful… Elliot had something on his mind, or something happened to him, originally she shouldn't have cared, not to mention today she was about to tell him, whether what he confessed to her was true or false, and how much sincerity, Ashley thought in her heart she shouldn't let an innocent person be locked up in prison.

Elliot was very happy at this moment, looking at Ashley lowering her head, not wanting to speak, he felt warm in his heart…

Ashley, did she care about him?

'It's okay." Between his eyebrows relaxed a little, seeing his gentle expression, 'The company's business, Ashley, you don't need to worry, this small matter, I can handle it."

'Oh…" She thought, if it wasn't something serious, then, those words that had never been said frankly, it was time to say them: 'Actually, today I want to tell you…" my past…

'The vast horizon…" The familiar phone rang again, and as soon as it rang, Ashley felt, the man beside her, immediately emitting a cold and gloomy aura, 'Ashley, I'll take you home first, today my company has a temporary meeting to hold."

Elliot glanced at the phone screen, did not answer the call, and ignored the ghostly ringing in this small noodle shop, then he quickly took out a bill, grabbed Ashley's arm, and hurriedly walked towards his car.

While driving, Elliot still remembered just now, Ashley seemed to have something to say: "That's right, what did you want to say just now? What did you want to say to me?"

"I..." want to tell you about my past, the woman sitting in the passenger seat originally wanted to say that, then thought about it, she hesitated for a moment, still deciding that this matter had to be said sooner or later, so there was no need to rush, but Elliot seemed to have something on his mind, thought for a moment, the words coming out of her mouth immediately changed: "It's not something important, wait until you get over this busy time, then it's not too late for me to tell you."

In Elliot's eyes, there was gentleness...

This woman had already unconsciously begun to care about him.

No matter what role Milan had played in her past, what kind of stories they had. He just needed to accompany this woman, Elliot believed, companionship was the deepest, unconscious confession, making her familiar with his existence, familiar with his companionship...

At that time, the past would eventually be the past, and would only become a small corner of her memory.