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Chapter 102 Soaking Wet and Still Clueless
Ethan nced at Jonathan, then at the door to the hospital to Just as Jonathan thought than was about to go in and check on Lillian, he turned around instead, his back straight and cold, but his steps a little unsteady
Clearly, he’d <b>taken </b>a hit or two during <b>the </b>light earlier..
Jonathan blinkest “Hal”
He was just leaving Lillian’s pained groans were still echoing from side the room, and Susan’s soothing voice was trying to calu her down
Ethan wasn’t even going to check in on her. That was supposes to incan something, but what he couldn’t tell.
For a moment, Jonathan couldn’t make sense of the situation at all.
Meanwhile, on Ste’s end
Abel dropped her off at the Oriental Grand Tower
As Ste got out of the car, Abel told her, “Mr. Abraham has <b>a </b>few things to <b>take </b>care of today, but he’ll join you for dinner.”
“Okay, got it.”
Ste nodded sweetly, then turned <b>and </b>walked ott
Abel watched her figure disappear before pulling out his phone to call Abrahams. “Mt. ham.”
“You saw Madam Alice<b>? </b>
Abel replied. “We did, but we also ran <b>into </b>the Reed family and Ethan.”
At that, the <b>line </b><b>went </b>dead quiet for a <b>beat</b>. Even over the <b>phone</b>. Abel could <b>sense </b>the chill in Abratum’s mood.
“Ethan seems to have a lot of free time <btely</b>.”
Abel said, “The entire Reed family’s got too much time on their hands; they’re all orbiting around that wom
They really were just sitting around–hiring a huge medical team was one thing, but hovering <b>over </b>her every step was something else entirely,
Ethan, especially, had been personally visiting Lillian at the hospital every single day,
“Did Star react at all!”
This time<b>, </b>Abraham’s tone was noticeably colder than before.
Clearly, he didn’t care whether the Reeds <b>were </b>bored or busy, what he cared about was whether their actions were affecting Ste emotionally
Abel replied, “Ms Dawson didn’t seem bothered at all. She doesn’t appear to care about any of them”
The mood on the other end of <b>the </b>call noticeably softened.
Abraham hummed softly, just one syble–but Abel could still hear the trace of satisfaction in his tone.
Abel added, “But Ethan and the Reed <b>family </b>are scheming to kidnap Ms. Dawson”
The line instantly went icy again
Not long after Ste arrived at the office. Ethan showed up.
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“How many people can even reach you by phone <b>now</b>?”
wonds came with heat. Other than him, pretty much no one in the Reed family–or even the Keene family–could get through to her <b>anymore</b>.
Ste didn’t have much to say in the face of his anger.
She simply picked up her ss and took a sip of water. “Then just stop calling. It’s not like we need to stay in touch anyway.”
“Not a necessary rtionship? Then, who do you need to stay <b>in </b>touch with? Those men?”
That phrase “<b>not </b>a necessary rtionship hit Ethan right where it hurt. She’d blocked all of us. So who was she counting on now?
Those meu!
Just thinking about them darkened Ethan’s expression further. “That man at the hospital earlier–how did he address <b>you</b><b>? </b>Who are you? Do you work for a club or something? You two just met and aren’t even close?”
With <b>that </b>address… On the way here, Ethan had been turning it over and over in his head. And he still couldn’t figure out why that man had called Ste that way–unless…
“You really started this studio with dirty money, didn’t you?”
One question after another crashed down on Ste like a hailstorm. Ethan’s rage surged so high it blew away any shred of rationality,
But Ste, perfectlyposed, took the ss of water and flung it straight at him.
The water had cooled down by then.
When it hit Ethan’s face, that icy ssh yanked his mind back from the brink
Ste stared at him, cold and sharp. “You clear–headed now?”
If not, she’d go grab a basin and give him a full rinse.
Ethan red at her, jaw clenched so tight it trembled; his chest rose and fell rapidly with rage. “You-”
“A hostess at a nightclub? Ethan, with that brain of yours, I’m starting to think you’ve been sugarcoating everything when ites to managing the Keene Group”
Ethan snapped. “What are you trying to say?”
“I’m saying, with that IQ, other than lying to your parents, <b>what </b>else are you even capable of? You really think <b>you’re </b>running thepany properly?”