Lord Protector Novel

This situation was a lot more than what could be seen on the surface, making Shawn Badley too nervous to join in.

He took a deep breath and said quietly, “Let’s go.”

Zeke scoffed coldly. “Despite eating, drinking, and breathing the taxpayers’ money, not only are you ignoring their requests, but you’re also interfering with their companies too. You’re disloyal, disrespectful, and just downright dishonest.”

“You-” The corners of Shawn’s mouth twitched in annoyance. Zeke was clearly pushing it.

However, Shawn stopped himself when he thought about the power Zeke had supporting him. “I’m sorry,” He apologized, disgruntled. “We’ve learned our lesson from this and won’t make the same mistake again.”

At that, he turned and left.

What the hell?

Henry’s eyes were wide in shock.

So you guys just came to apologize?

Did I just get beaten up for nothing?

No! No, I won’t accept it.

He hurriedly chased after Shawn. “Mr. Badley, you can’t just leave like that...”

Slap!

Shawn Badley cut him off with a harsh slap. “F*ck off! Are you trying to kill me? Go back and tell your dad that I don’t care if he wants to die, as long as he doesn’t drag me down with him!”

Lacey looked at Zeke pointedly. “Zeke, can you explain where exactly this money came from?”

Zeke started to ponder how exactly he should answer this question.

“Don’t you dare try to trick me. Tell me the truth now,” Lacey said.

Zeke had no choice but to come clean. “Okay, okay. I confronted the smuggling ring and Paul at the same time. I was the one who wanted the smuggling ring to transfer the money to Paul instead.”

“How could you?” Lacey kicked Zeke’s calf in anger. “You should have come clean from the start! Do you think you’re some kind of God? How could you possibly have controlled both the smuggling ring and Paul at the same time? Call Paul right now. I’ll believe you if he picks up.”

“I don’t have his contact information. It’s always been my subordinates who contacted him,” Zeke replied.

Lacey chuckled.

Zeke was left speechless.

What kind of society is this? Is the truth coming out of my mouth that hard to believe?

In the end, Dawn Castaneda was the one who broke the silence. “Lacey, you don’t have to worry about that stuff. At the end of the day, we got 1.5 billion out of nowhere. That’s enough for you to support, like, a hundred of your little flings.”

Lacey shook her head. “No, absolutely not. We have no clue where this money came from. We can’t just take it for ourselves. Contact Paul immediately and ask about it.”