Chapter 174 Ethan Warns Jasmine against Premature Dating

Ethan sat broodingly in front of his computer and pointed to where Jasmine should be. "Get to work."

Jasmine's eyes were red with tears welling up, unsure if Ethan doubted her trustworthiness.

"No dating!" After a prolonged silence, Ethan's deep voice scolded her.

Jasmine turned to look at Ethan, responding with a bewildered "Oh." As an adult, his scolding didn't seem particularly useful in advising her not to date at her age.

While Jasmine went to her own station to work, Ethan stealthily downloaded the encrypted files from Daniel's computer to the desktop, then transferred them onto his phone, and swiftly deleted them.

"Mr. Ethan... aren't you going to check the people around you?" Jasmine squirmed anxiously, afraid that Ethan might suspect her but also wanting to prove her innocence. "In such cases, it's usually a virus that has infected the computer."

Ethan leaned back in his chair and tapped on the desk as he called out for Liam.

Outside the door, Liam, who had been eavesdropping, rushed in panicking. "Mr. Ethan! I'm here."

"Who entered my office after I left yesterday afternoon?" Ethan asked. He'd normally check his computer every day, but yesterday... in the chaos of dealing with the paternity test, he'd rushed off without shutting it down.

However, Liam usually shut it down for him before leaving work. That meant, after he left and before Liam finished for the day, someone had accessed his computer.

"No one, just me and Jasmine," Liam said in a hurry, defensively adding, "It really wasn't Jasmine."

Jasmine was also panicking, her eyes reddening as she bowed her head.

Ethan massaged his temples. "You'll head to the desert project site tomorrow."

Liam didn't know what he had said wrong, but even at the risk of Ethan's wrath, he bravely spoke up for Jasmine. "Mr. Ethan, you can't suspect Jasmine, I really don't think she's involved."

was furious with Liam, who still believed he was being righteous, trying to score

not a single decent one among

slapped his

an

Liam whispered. "But she was just sitting here while I got her a

there's no doubt," Ethan asserted confidently.

while the computer is on and connected to the internet. In the

"Then... should

you have any evidence?"

didn't have a surveillance

shook his

a hushed tone, glancing at the time. "The Brown family should be holding a press conference right about now. She gave me a gift; don't I owe

coming off Ethan. "Mr. Ethan, are you doing what I think you're

walked to the door, and grabbed Mitchell who was still eavesdropping. "Come

happens when you cross Mr. Ethan. The Brown family has provoked him

also sweaty. "What is Mr. Ethan going to

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said as he sighed deeply. "Didn't you ask me what Mr. Ethan is like

Jasmine nodded, somewhat bewildered.

was just an inexplicable warning against her dating

dark; the Brown family really crossed the line this time,"

at Daniel." Jasmine wondered if it was just her misperception. It must have been Daniel who hacked Mr.

Liam was somewhat excited, curious about how Ethan would handle the

clutching a portrait of her deceased child. Accompanied by other victims

offer us three million dollars, as if that could compensate for my daughter's life. She claimed my daughter's life was expendable, that she should have been able to withstand the abuse and deserved her tragic fate!" The mother, losing

disdained. No one she took a dislike to was spared her torment... Another woman stepped forward bravely. "I thought I could forget the pain after all these years, but some wounds are just too deep to heal. I live in hell every day." She pulled back her collar to reveal a constellation of cigarette burns on her collarbone. "She and her cronies bullied me, made me kneel, and extinguished cigarettes on me, saying my collarbone was the

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