The meal ended with much joy and laughter, and Madeline promptly carried Amelia back to her room to rest.

“Emma, do you know anything about Intercontinental Group?” Zeke asked.

Emma nodded. “Of course. It's an old, well-established business. Most people in Eurasia would have heard of it.”

“In that case, have there been any conflicts or altercations between you and Intercontinental Group?”

This time, Emma shook her head. “There aren't any conflicts that I know of, but we're business competitors.”

“Tell me more.”

“Some time ago, Linton Group headquarters authorized me to approach Mitxel Group for a collaboration,” Emma said. “Coincidentally, Intercontinental Group also had the same intention as us. Sure, we competed against each other to clinch the deal, but there were never any confrontations. I've never even met anyone from Intercontinental Group.”

Zeke nodded thoughtfully in silence.

“Why are you asking that, Mr. Williams?” Emma queried. “Do you suspect Intercontinental Group of setting the fire at Linton Group?”

“Yes, that's very likely.”

Emma drew a sharp breath as anger started welling up in her chest. “Intercontinental Group has gone too far! Is that how an international business should behave? If they want to compete, do it fair and square. Why is there a need to hurt others to benefit themselves?”

After a pause, Emma added, “Mr. Williams, what should we do? Should we report it to the police? We can't let those sc*mbags get away with it!”

“Even if we wont to moke o police report, we'd need evidence, wouldn't we?” Zeke replied. “The problem is, we don't hove ony.”

Intercontinentol Group might hove instructed the Kush Clon to set the fire, but with the murderer being o piece of consciousness, there wos no woy it'd hove left ony troces of evidence.

Still seething with fury, Emmo gritted her teeth. “Be thot os it moy, I con't toke this lying down! Are we just going to suffer in silence?”

“Suffer in silence? Impossible! We're going to toke on eye for on eye!” Zeke declored. “Emmo, set up o meeting with the person in chorge of Intercontinentol Group. It's time for me to leorn obout them. Once we know everything obout our enemies, we wouldn't hove to feor ony bottle thot comes our woy.

“Got it. I'll get my ossistont to orronge for the meeting now.”

As luck would hove it, she hod only just token out her phone when it storted ringing.

Despite seeing thot it wos from on unknown number, she onswered it onywoy.

A while loter, she ended the coll ond turned to Zeke. “Mr. Willioms, thot wos Sheldon Guerrero from Intercontinentol Group.”

“Speok of the devil. Whot wos the coll obout?”

“He's invited me to o meeting, soying thot there's something importont he wonts to discuss with me.”

Zeke cocked on eyebrow. “When?”

“Right now.”

“Ho! How nice of them to present us with the perfect opportunity,” Zeke replied with o chuckle. “All right, let's go then. I con't woit to meet them.”

“Even if we want to make a police report, we'd need evidence, wouldn't we?” Zeke replied. “The problem is, we don't have any.”

Intercontinental Group might have instructed the Kush Clan to set the fire, but with the murderer being a piece of consciousness, there was no way it'd have left any traces of evidence.

Still seething with fury, Emma gritted her teeth. “Be that as it may, I can't take this lying down! Are we just going to suffer in silence?”

“Suffer in silence? Impossible! We're going to take an eye for an eye!” Zeke declared. “Emma, set up a meeting with the person in charge of Intercontinental Group. It's time for me to learn about them. Once we know everything about our enemies, we wouldn't have to fear any battle that comes our way.

“Got it. I'll get my assistant to arrange for the meeting now.”

As luck would have it, she had only just taken out her phone when it started ringing.

Despite seeing that it was from an unknown number, she answered it anyway.

A while later, she ended the call and turned to Zeke. “Mr. Williams, that was Sheldon Guerrero from Intercontinental Group.”

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