They knew Ethan would never fall in love with Alice, so Irvin didn’t hold back with his mockery.

“My, she loves him so much. Even gave him a whole company before they got married,” Chris mocked, emphasizing the ‘loves him so much’ part.

Ethan looked at the glass of red wine before him, his gaze piercing through the crimson liquid. Under the light, the wine glinted like stars in the night sky.

She loves Bruce? Last time they talked about marriage, she said she would rather marry Bruce than him. The night before, she said Bruce was leagues better than he was, and she said she didn’t like Ethan. Does she really love him so much?

“She might have run the company to the ground, so her family handed things over to Bruce,” said Benjamin. He thought of a lot of things in their oversimplified forms.

“No. The company’s been doing well lately. All their investments turned a profit,” Irvin said. He had started to take over his family’s business, so he knew a bit about the business world.

“He’s right. Woland Group has been making profits lately. Every investment they make will turn a profit. It’s loads better than my company. There’s no way Alice knew how to run a company, so there must be someone teaching her. She’s lucky,” said Chris. He knew more than Irvin did.

Irvin’s eyes shone. “Oh, who is it?” He was reminded of the person who came up with the proposal for him.

She never even joined any of their meetings. All she does is sign the documents. It’s like picking up money with her eyes closed,” said Chris, but he wasn’t mocking this time. In fact, he was

can always try to hire him.”

but we can’t find him. Can’t even contact him, so no offers can even be

hire Tanner too, didn’t he, Ethan? How’s that going?” Chris only gave

with him.” Ethan sipped some wine, but

but he had never gone back to the hotel. The Imperial Hotel’s presidential suite wasn’t cheap. Even if Tanner could afford it, he wouldn’t spend unnecessary money on this. He was a

touch with Tanner, let alone us. Eh, we should just give up. I just want to find out who’s helping Woland Group and see if I can entice them into working with me.” Chris was a practical guy. He wouldn’t dwell on impossible

them.” Irvin

was serious about what he said just now. It wasn’t on impulse that he wanted to find who was helping Woland Group. The investigation had started two years ago, but he still made

either. He worked at the police department, so reading people was part of his job. He could

Alice. Why did you have to marry her? If you’re worried about Caroline getting lambasted by your family, you can always use

of the Wallaces.” Derek thought it was because of that. That was the only reason he could think

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