Chapter 72

They knew Ethan would never fall in love with Alice, so Irvin didn’t hold back with his mockery.

“My, she loves him so much. Even gave him a whole company before they got married,” Chris mocked,

emphasizing the ‘loves him so much’ part.

Ethan looked at the glass of red wine before him, his gaze piercing through the crimson liquid. Under

the light, the wine glinted like stars in the night sky.

She loves Bruce? Last time they talked about marriage, she said she would rather marry Bruce than

him. The night before, she said Bruce was leagues better than he was, and she said she didn’t like

Ethan. Does she really love him so much?

“She might have run the company to the ground, so her family handed things over to Bruce,” said

Benjamin. He thought of a lot of things in their oversimplified forms.

“No. The company’s been doing well lately. All their investments turned a profit,” Irvin said. He had

started to take over his family’s business, so he knew a bit about the business world.

“He’s right. Woland Group has been making profits lately. Every investment they make will turn a profit.

It’s loads better than my company. There’s no way Alice knew how to run a company, so there must be

someone teaching her. She’s lucky,” said Chris. He knew more than Irvin did.

Irvin’s eyes shone. “Oh, who is it?” He was reminded of the person who came up with the proposal for

him.

“No idea. I’ve looked into it, but I found nothing. From what I know, Alice never took part in any

decision-making. She never even joined any of their meetings. All she does is sign the documents. It’s

like picking up money with her eyes closed,” said Chris, but he wasn’t mocking this time. In fact, he was

jealous. He would love to have that kind of luck. “If I know who’s helping them, I’d hire them no matter

what.”

“Tanner’s already back, isn’t he? I mean, you can always try to hire him.” Irvin smiled at Chris. He

wanted to know if Chris had made a move.

“Don’t try to get any information from me. Every company in this city wants to hire him, but we can’t find

him. Can’t even contact him, so no offers can even be made,” said Chris. There was no need to hide

anything. They couldn’t find or hire Tanner anyway.

“Your father asked you to hire Tanner too, didn’t he, Ethan? How’s that going?” Chris only gave up on

hiring Tanner because he knew the Knights wanted to hire him as well.

“Couldn’t get in touch with him.” Ethan sipped some wine, but then he stopped.

He had a feeling he missed something. Caleb found out that Tanner reserved a room in Imperial Hotel,

and it was right beside Alice’s room. Alice checked out on the day of the wedding. Tanner hadn’t

checked out, but he had never gone back to the hotel. The Imperial Hotel’s presidential suite wasn’t

cheap. Even if Tanner could afford it, he wouldn’t spend unnecessary money on this. He was a

businessman after all. He’s never even stayed in his room after he reserved it, so why did he reserve

that room?

“See? Not even Ethan managed to get in touch with Tanner, let alone us. Eh, we should just give up. I

just want to find out who’s helping Woland Group and see if I can entice them into working with me.”

Chris was a practical guy. He wouldn’t dwell on impossible things. Instead, he would rather spend his

time on things that were possible.

“Sure. Good luck finding them.” Irvin raised a toast.

“Thanks.” Chris picked up a glass of wine and downed it. He was serious about what he said just now.

It wasn’t on impulse that he wanted to find who was helping Woland Group. The investigation had

started two years ago, but he still made no headway.

“Hey, you’re spacing out. What’s wrong?” Derek noticed that Ethan wasn’t saying anything, and he

wasn’t drinking either. He worked at the police department, so reading people was part of his job. He

could tell that something was off with Ethan. He has something on his mind.

“It’s because he married Alice. Why did you have to marry her? If you’re worried about Caroline getting

lambasted by your family, you can always use another way to get around it.” Chris couldn’t understand

why Ethan married Alice.

“Ah, he doesn’t care about that. He’s doing it because of the Wallaces.” Derek thought it was because

of that. That was the only reason he could think of.

“The Wallaces?” The mention of that made Chris shiver. The Wallace Family was a den of demons and

made life a living hell.

The head of that family had nine sons, and now, only three survived. Out of the three, one was a

cripple, and one was not right in the head. Everyone else died horribly.

After Felix married Christine, he announced to the public he wouldn’t take part in the game of thrones

that his family had. The Knights personally guaranteed it as well, but Felix still died in a car crash. He

and Christine and their toddler were in the car. Caroline only lived out of pure luck.

“They won’t even let his child go?” Irving frowned. The mention of the Wallaces reminded him of

Christine, and his heart sank.

“You do know who’s their young master, don’t you?” Derek shook his head. If the Wallace Family’s

young master were anyone else, Caroline would be fine, but…

Sh*t, Chris thought. It’s Triston. He’s Felix’s twin, and they’ve always been close. If he knows his

brother’s daughter is still alive, he’s going to jump into this mess. Even if he doesn’t, his family is going

to use the girl against him.

“Honestly, why did Christine fall for Felix? His family’s a mess.” Chris felt solemn too thinking about

what happened. “If she hadn’t married him, none of this would have happened.”