The Guardian's Return by Old Pumpkin

Chapter 22

Brandon picked up his coffee mug, intending to take a sip to calm his anger. "I'm not deaf. What's the good news?"

The young man, Sky North, caught his breath and said, "Ethan Rivers has been arrested."

The mug fell and shattered on the ground with crash, coffee spilling everywhere. However, Brandon seemed not to notice.

He stared at Sky wide-eyed and enunciated each word, "Ethan Rivers has been arrested?"

Sky nodded, saying excitedly, "Yes, I heard it downtown. The charges are embezzlement and bribery."

"What?"

Brandon thought he must have misheard. Embezzlement and bribery? Who? Ethan Rivers?

That was an absolute joke. Did they not know who Ethan was? The man did not need to resort to such despicable means to make money.

If Ethan really wanted money, all he needed to do was say the word, and they would all willingly hand it over to him, just begging for him to spare their livelihoods.

false information," Brandon said. "Could Ethan have released this

paranoid

town of over ten thousand people to an annual income of over a hundred million, he had never managed to beat Ethan. In fact,

should be true," Sky said. "Many people

picture, he could return to

find out more about it. We'll wait a little. Once we're sure Ethan has

someone with unshakable confidence. However, ever since meeting Ethan, he had become

chance fighting against the odds, but if he fought against Ethan, one wrong move

Sky ran off

up with excitement as he muttered, "If he has

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back! This is truly a stroke of

mature and steady Brandon could not help

Stephen and George had returned to

of the fallen heroes' widows. If they did not

afford any more mistakes in our

make sure the widows were satisfied. With that, the staff brought in various documents about the

concerned about it, remarked, "If Ethan could afford to support them,