Chapter Twenty Three
Author: Perpetual
last update2025-03-27 04:48:58

Ethan watched his left and right to be sure he was not being followed before he left and went home in a hurry.

“Are you sure about this? "What if he was just there because he didn’t want to stay around his territory?” Liam must have been trying to make sense of it.

Then he could have gone anywhere? "Why closer to my own company? “ Ethan rolled up his sleeves and his mom slowly opened her eyes again.

“Mum” He walks up to her quickly.

“You’re not speculating it son, but I’m afraid he might have already done the damage just waiting for the result,” she said, and this makes him even more impatient.

“Bring me all the files on our staff, all of them! "I’m going to catch the bastards who might have been feeding him with details on our company”, Ethan ordered, and Liam's eyes went wide.

“How are you going to do that? "Do you know how many workers we have in the company in total?” Liam questioned him.

Ethan would have fired him on that spot, but that was the first time he would question his or
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