Chapter 175 Divorce (1)
Most importantly, this was an act put on by him and Alice in front of the Wolands and the person hiding behind the Woland Family. He wouldn’t really investigate Alice, to begin with, so he could absolutely get something from Ethan without spending a dime. If he were to turn down such a good offer, he would be doing an injustice to himself.
Ethan fell silent for a moment. Then, he slowly replied, “In that case, I’ll make this a matter within the Knight Family.”
Caleb was stunned as he looked on. What does Mr. Knight mean by this? He obviously sounds like he’s gonna throw his weight around!
Once again, Archie was stunned on the other end of the line. Clever as he was, he understood what Ethan meant, of course. By saying that he would make this a matter within the family, Ethan implied that he would make Galerprises belong to the Knight Family!
He had long heard about Ethan being ruthless in doing things, and it now seemed that the rumor was true. But now, Ethan was pleading on Alice’s behalf, and Galerprises was Alice’s company in the first place. He wondered what Alice would do if Ethan really were to make the company belong to the Knight Family.
At the thought of this, Archie couldn’t help curling his lips into a smile. For an instant, he wanted to yell at Ethan, ‘Go ahead and try to make Galerprises belong to the Knight Family, then!‘ and see whether Alice would let Ethan off for this. In the end, however, he forcibly suppressed the urge to do so. Ethan was not to be messed with, and he still had no idea what was going on right now. So, he had to ask Alice about this before deciding on what to do. Letting out a breath in secret, he suppressed all the mischievous ideas in his mind and replied ambiguously, “I’ll think about your offer, Mr. Knight.”
“Alright, I’ll wait for your reply, Mr. Moreno.” Ethan, who had always been a man of few words, gave a polite reply.
After hanging up on Ethan, Archie immediately dialed Alice’s number. As soon as he got through, he yelled, “Alice, I want an explanation!”
Alice was instantly dumbfounded. “An explanation? For what? Did our plan go wrong or something? It’s been going smoothly, no?” Having devised the plan herself, Alice knew how it was going, of course. Things had turned out exactly as they had planned.
“No, the plan didn’t go wrong, but something happened, which makes me very curious,” Archie replied in a loud voice that sounded quite agitated at this moment.
“What is it?” Alice was really dumbfounded; she really had no idea what was going on.
“Ethan Knight just called to ask me to stop investigating you. So, explain to me what’s going on here!” Archie yelled, once again raising his voice by a few decibels.
Alice was stunned for a moment. “Ethan Knight just called you?” She was equally surprised by this turn of
events.
Hearing the tone of her voice, Archie let out a snort at once. “Yeah, that’s right! Not only did he call to ask me to stop investigating you, he even offered to compensate me, saying he’s willing to fulfill whatever conditions I propose. Now answer my question: what did you do to make him plead on your behalf? What’s your relationship with him?”
Hearing the tone of Archie’s voice, Alice knew that she had to explain this. After seven years of spending time together, she absolutely trusted Archie, so she didn’t hide this from him either. “Caroline is a
member of the Knight Family.”
“The kind that you must apply for at the city hall with a partner. You know, the kind that many people will get once they reach a certain age-” Alice wished she could tell Archie directly that she and Ethan were officially married, but she feared that doing so might upset Archie badly. Well, I’d better be more tactful by letting him figure it out on his own so that he can take some time to come to terms with it.
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