Chapter 189

Seeing Francisca come to her aid, Lilian immediately grew bolder as she cried out. “Young miss, save me, these men are accusing me wrongly.”

“Sir Ghost, what's going on?... Surely there has to be a reason you wish to detain Lilian.” Francisca remarked.

“Were you the one in charge of the convoy that was designed to bring me back home?”

“That…” Francisca trailed off as she realized her mistake.

Ethan had informed her not to delegate that task to anyone else but because she trusted Lilian, she hadn't considered it then but now, she realized there was something deeper going on.

“Sir, is there a problem?”

“The convoy was ambushed and five men died trying to deal with the enemies. You tell me if that's a problem or not.” Ethan remarked.

“This… but how come?”

“I have enemies, Francisca, which is why I warned you not to let anyone know of the convoy yet you went ahead to give this traitor. Do I take it that you are tired of working for me!?” Ethan questioned harshly.

As much as he tried to re