The Guardian's Return by Old Pumpkin

Chapter 18

"This is all part of Ethan's scheme. You don't understand him, but we do. I swear to God that he's not a good person."

Seeing how confident he was, the other governors began to feel uncertain. Could there really be an issue with Ethan Rivers? Were they all being deceived?

Amidst everyone's silence, George said, "Search the place!"

Stephen smirked as he ordered, "Follow me inside and search!'

"No!" Liam shouted, stepping in front and blocking their path.

Stephen raised his brows and asked, "What is the meaning of this? Are you trying to defend Ethan?"

"Of course not!" Ethan said, "This isn't about defending Ethan. These women's husbands sacrificed their lives for the country, yet not only have you ignored their welfare, but you've also accused them of being someone else's women. And now you're planning to barge into their homes with a group of men to ransack the place?

their souls rest in peace? Also, if you do this, how do you expect our soldiers to

Liam was genuinely furious.

If you died for your country and your wives and children

of soldiers

lines, protecting them from danger, yet their families

turned to George and said, "This is a

about this? Stephen, write a guarantee. If

publicly? That

capital. No one had ever dared to speak to him that way. However, upon recalling his purpose in coming here today, he knew no choice but to

proposed the search, but now it felt like he had dug his own grave.

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out except to jump in and hope there really was a problem

"I'll write a

that can be resolved by a guarantee. Searching their homes severely

few governors nodded in agreement, saying to