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.

found nothing. From what I know, Alice never took part in any decision-making. 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

mean, you can always try to hire him.” Irvin smiled at Chris. He wanted to know if Chris

from me. Every company in this city wants to hire him, but we can’t find him. Can’t even contact him, so no offers

you to hire Tanner too, didn’t he, Ethan? How’s that going?” Chris only gave up on hiring Tanner because he knew the Knights

touch with him.” Ethan sipped some wine, but then 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

and see if I can entice them into working with me.” Chris was a practical guy. He wouldn’t dwell on impossible things. Instead, he would rather spend his time on things that

Good luck finding them.” Irvin raised

what he said just now. It wasn’t on impulse that he wanted to find who was helping Woland Group. The

spacing out. What’s wrong?” Derek noticed that Ethan wasn’t saying anything, and he wasn’t drinking either. He worked at the police department, so reading people was part of his job. He could tell that

you have to marry her? If you’re worried about Caroline getting lambasted by your family, you can always use another way to get around it.” Chris

it because of the Wallaces.” Derek thought it was because of that. That

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