Chapter 174 Why, Ethan Knight (6)
After watching the live stream, Charles quickly made a phone call, which the person soon answered. However, the
person clearly sounded impatient. “What’s the matter this time?”.
The excitement in Charles’ voice was evident at this moment. “Did you watch the live stream just now? Alice just
stole Galerprises’ tender document for Bruce’s sake, and the company’s gonna investigate her
and take her to court for this!”
There was a brief silence on the other end of the line; the person was probably checking the news. After a while,
the person replied, “Is she out of her mind?”
“Alice is stupid in the first place, plus she’s head over heels in love with Bruce and would do anything for him. I
already told you that she’s nothing to worry about,” Charles said in an apparently relaxed voice. He analyzed on his
own, “I already told you that she had nothing to do with those things. She’s just an idiot. If I were Pierce, I wouldn’t
tell her anything, so I don’t think she knows anything about him. Are we still gonna look into her now? Do we still
need to get rid of her?”
There was another silence on the other end of the line. Then, the person replied with a chuckle, “Well, so much for
the Morenos. In that case, we’ll let her off for now. As for Pierce, we’ll start elsewhere to investigate him.”
Charles replied, “Now that Alice got involved in Bruce’s theft of trade secrets, we can seize the opportunity to get
our hands on the Woland Group right now.” This was his main purpose in making the phone call.
“Yeah, we can do that. The Woland Group has made a lot of money these years, so it’s okay to make it ours. And
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtbesides, we might be able to force Pierce to show himself by doing so. Once he dares to do that, I’ll make him
disappear from this world forever.” The person on the other end did nothing to conceal their murderous intent.
“You’re right that we mustn’t let Pierce stay alive. Alice is an idiot, but Pierce isn’t. I’m worried that he’s still alive
and has found out some secrets about what happened seven years ago.” Charles also had ruthlessness written all
over his face with complete disregard for his past relationship with Pierce. Of course, there was another important
reason why he wanted to get rid of Pierce-he wanted to take back the Glenn Group and get his hands on the
Woland Group. If Pierce really were still alive, this probably wouldn’t go smoothly.
At this moment, the two of them thought of Alice as an absolute good-for-nothing. As they thought little of her, they
didn’t watch out for her at all; they even withdrew the men they had initially sent to investigate her.
Since it was a live stream, Charles wasn’t the only person who watched this.
Ethan received news of the live stream, too.
“Mr. Knight, Archie Moreno said he’s gonna investigate Young Madam Knight. If she really has something to do with
the matter, I’m afraid he’ll even take her to court,” Caleb reported in a low voice. He was really scared. He had
reported this to Ethan a few days ago, at which time Ethan told him to let her be, which he actually did. But who
would’ve thought that the matter would turn out like this? Alice actually went so far as to steal trade secrets. Caleb
didn’t think the theft of trade secrets was the point here, as this was no big deal for Ethan. The point was Alice had
done so for Bruce’s sake, which was…
Caleb gingerly looked up at his boss. When he saw Ethan purse his lips thoughtfully, his legs actually stopped
trembling. Much to his surprise, Ethan didn’t seem very angry.
Indeed, Ethan wasn’t really angry at this moment. He was only puzzled as to why the matter would turn
out like this. Smart as Little Fox is, there’s no way she couldn’t tell that Bruce Yeager was coaxing her, yet she
actually helped him steal the tender document. Why? Why would she do this? Even if she really did that, with her
cleverness, there was no way she would leave behind such an obvious flaw and wait for others to catch it. As I see
it. the situation right now is full of holes. This isn’t supposed to be her way of doing things! So why on earth would
things turn out like this? Just what exactly is her intention?
That being said, he just watched Archie say he was going to investigate her. Archie had said so directly in front of
the reporters, so it was obvious that he wasn’t joking. Well, whatever her purpose and intention are, I can’t let
others investigate my wife. However, he couldn’t ask her directly about this. If he were to do so, it would appear
that he was suspecting her and questioning her. Therefore, he’d better help her out by getting to the root of it first.
He found a phone number and dialed it. It belonged to Archie, and he saved it after having somebody look into
Galerprises a few days ago.
Caleb stood there without saying a word.
When the phone call was answered, Ethan first politely introduced himself. “Hi, I’m Ethan Knight.”
“H-Huh? You’re Mr. Knight? Are you Ethan Knight?” Archie said on the other end with apparent bewilderment in his
voice; obviously, he was shocked by Ethan’s self-introduction. However, he reacted quickly enough. The next
moment, he asked, “May I know why you called me out of the blue, Mr. Knight?”
Ethan had always been direct. Without beating around the bush, he came straight to the point. “Forget about
investigating Alice, and I’ll compensate for your losses. Let me hear your conditions.” Naturally, he already
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmunderstood the whole situation and knew full well that Galerprises didn’t suffer any losses. However, what he said
indicated that however much Archie demanded as compensation and whatever conditions he proposed, he would
agree to them.
Only then was Archie really taken aback; he was even more astounded than when he suddenly got a phone call
from Ethan for no apparent reason just now. “You’re freaking me out, Mr. Knight. What’s going on here?” Ethan
Knight’s pleading for Alice? What’s going on? Ethan and Alice? What do these two have to do with one another?
Why didn’t I know that? Wait a minute, why should Ethan Knight plead for Alice? Does Alice need him to plead on
her behalf?!
At this moment, Archie almost jumped to his feet and slapped his desk. Why? Why? Why on earth would Ethan
Knight do this? What the heck does Alice have to do with him? This is none of his business, so why would she need
him to plead for her?
Ethan replied, “I think I’ve made myself clear enough. As I said, let me hear your conditions. If I can’t meet them,
there’s still the Knight Family.” Such words carried even greater weight, for they meant that even the Knight Family
could stick up for Alice.
“Ha!” Archie let out a chuckle. “No, I don’t understand what you mean. Alice is just an employee of our company. Is
she related to you in any way, Mr. Knight?” Why would Ethan Knight mention the Knight Family? Just what did Alice
do to get this guy to step in for her? Not only that, he’s even willing to let the Knight Family intervene in this! I don’t
get it!
Ethan stopped Archie’s curious inquiry with just a sentence. “Mr. Moreno, you just have to tell me your
answer
“What if I say no?” Archie asked tentatively. Honestly, the offer Ethan made was really very tempting.