Cielo left the room afterward, and Helena, who had a disappointed look on her face, did the same thing.Ethan, who was usually silent in times like this, also showed emotions for the first time.His eyes were cold, showing hostility toward Carson, thinking a useless man like him ruined Ava’s life.“Aren’t you going to leave as well? I heard that you are taking care of some work by now,” Ethan asked, referring to the pending proposal in the Medivien Corporation’s subsidiaries. “Come with me. I will accompany you.”“No thank you, Ethan. I need to talk to Carson,” Ava answered, her gaze moving toward her husband. “Can we talk for a minute in private?” she asked, yet she had a commanding tone.But instead of answering, Carson stood up and slammed his hands on the table, causing the fork to fall on the floor, before leaving the dining room without saying a word.“That son of a bitch. Is he just adopted? Because I couldn’t see even a small similarity to the other members of the Ferremento f
TAKING THE phone from his pocket, Carter called one of his people. “I want you to transfer the house I recently bought to Carson’s name. Do it immediately, and inform me when you are done.”“Yes, Sir,” the person on the other line affirmed.“And one more thing. All the investments I gave to one of Ava Medivien’s subsidiaries… Pull it immediately,” Carter commanded, causing Carson to look at him in shock. “I want you to take care of everything as cleanly as possible. Do you understand?”“I understand, Sir.”Carter ended the call afterward. A few seconds later, he got a message that the house transfer had been processed, and his investments had been pulled out.“I already transferred one of my houses to your name. It was located in the suburbs, so you and Ava would have privacy, and at the same time, it was near the City. Hence, the less travel time,” Carter said, mainly explaining why he bought that house in the first place. “You can ask Ava to evacuate this instant.”“Wait… That fast?
“Young master, Carter has deceived us! Someone entered the secret room without anyone noticing, and took the files inside the vault!” Leo reported, his tone panicking. “The whole warehouse was in chaos right now. Hera also couldn’t have a grip on herself!”“Shit. I can’t go there just yet. I have an urgent meeting in five minutes,” Damian replied, his gaze fixated on the wall clock. It was with a potential business partner so he couldn’t cancel it. “Can you manage it for an hour? I will immediately go there after the meeting.”“It will be hard, but I will do my best and update you from time to time, young master.” Leo tried to sound confident despite his heart beating rapidly.“Thank you, Leo,” said Damian in a low tone before he ended the call.He could only sigh repeatedly while resting his elbows on the table, and burying his face on his palm. But he couldn’t afford to think about everything right now. He was at work, and he should be professional.Fortunately, the meeting’s locatio
MEANWHILE, Damian went to the warehouse to sort some things out. Despite Leo managing to stop the chaos of the employees, the tension was still all over the place.The employees thought that one of them was a possible traitor, which is the reason why the secret room was infiltrated.“If there is something we need to do in a critical situation like this, it is to trust each other,” Damian said, trying to meet everyone’s gaze. “Whoever the traitor was, I’m sure that he or she will be caught soon. It has nothing to do with all of you.”“How can you still say that despite knowing that one of us here could stab you in the back, young master?” asked one of the employees, and the confusion was evident in her tone.“My wife told me that one who cannot trust someone, can’t be trusted.” Damian smiled, remembering how those words were ingrained in his heart. “So, continue doing all your tasks like nothing happened. I and the management will solve this. Meeting adjourned.”Damian left the podium
Anya gasped, her eyes widening in shock. “Is that… a memory card? Inside the pendant?”“Yes.” Damian nodded, moving his fingers to scan the memory card he was holding. “When did she give it to you again?”“A few days before graduation.”“Then, Dollie and Carson already met before you two had a girls’ date…” It wasn’t a question, but a statement.“Yes, they did. But why would Dollie give me a pendant with a memory card inside? She didn’t even mention that when placing it on my neck,” Anya mumbled, her brows furrowing. “What could that possibly contain?”“That is what we need to know.”Damian stood up and took his robe. He also gave Anya one before he went to his working table. Upon opening his laptop, Damian placed the memory card and clicked the only folder in the file manager.Both of them gasped in shock upon seeing the memory card’s contents, the pictures Dollie had taken in Carter’s documents when they met each other at the restaurant.“Oh my God…. The evidence for Carter’s evil p
“What is that?” Damian asked, his brows furrowing as he stared at the small box in Anya’s hands.“This?” Anya raised the box and showed it to Damian. “I don’t know, either. But this box was in front of our gate, and it was addressed to you, so I took it,” she explained. “Wait, didn’t you notice this when you entered the house?”“It wasn’t in the gate earlier. I’m sure of that,” Damian said, his tone low. “Give me that. I will look at it.”“Sure.”Anya gave him the box. Before opening it, Damian tried shaking the thing that was inside the package, making sure it wasn’t a bomb or something that could threaten their lives.As he ensured that fact, Damian took the cutter from his drawer and opened the package. He raised an eyebrow upon seeing what it was.“A memory card… again?” Anya, who was behind Damian, asked with confusion. “There is a letter on the side. Let’s read it.”Damian obliged. He took the letter and opened it, and even though there was no mention of who the letter was from,
“Damian got his attitude from Veron. No wonder that both of them were in the losing game right now,” commented Correl, who was sitting across Carter, as the side of his lips rose. “But I can’t deny how clever they were. Who thought that there would be a decryption for the files itself?”“They were able to do that because they have Hera.” Carter sighed, remembering how the decrypting process would take a long time.If only he could do it himself, but there were so many things he needed to do.“Hera is quite the key employee we can use to our advantage, isn’t it? Like, it takes a lot of intelligence to create a difficult encryption and to make you amazed, which she did.” Correl leaned forward, placing both arms in his legs, and looked Carter in the eye. “Should we just kidnap her and make her work for us?”“I planned that before when one of my spies infiltrated the secret room. Unfortunately, she wasn’t there.” Carter bit his lower lip, remembering that it was Hera who handled wiping Da
“Who’s there?” Catelyn asked, her voice low and attentive. “Get out from where you are hiding, or I will scream.”Upon hearing her words, a man wearing a black sando and pants went out in hiding. His hands were hidden beside him, and he had a cold expression.Raising an eyebrow, Catelyn scanned the man’s body while her arms were folded. Upon seeing a red snake tattoo on his shoulder, a smirk showed on her face, and she knew what that meant.“I knew it. Carter will save me,” said Catelyn as her lips curved into a smile. “How are you planning to escape us from here?”“Escape?” the man laughed sarcastically as if he just heard a ridiculous statement. “Dream on… Because the command I received from young master Carter was to kill you, and not to save you.”Before Catelyn even knew it, the man placed his hand in front, which was holding a knife, and stabbed the side of her neck with it.“Aah!” Catelyn exclaimed, her eyes widening in shock because of the sudden pain infiltrating her body.Ho