Chapter 194 Everything Has to Do with Ste
<b>And </b>yet she said nothing and had been watching the show.
The more Ethan <b>thought </b>about it, the angrier he got as his face darkened.
About <b>ten </b>minutester, Judson came out from inside with a gloomy face. You didn’t need to guess to know the negotiations had failed.
<b>The </b>moment his eyes met Ethan’s, mes were practically shooting <b>out </b>of them.
He held it in again and again. But finally, <b>he </b>couldn’t take it anymore as he walked straight up and kicked Ethan and said. “You worthless brat, you’re killing me!”
It wasn’t a light kick. Ethan staggered. If Jason hadn’t caught him from behind in time, he probably <b>would </b>have stumbled
onto the floor<b>. </b>
Judson <b>red </b>at him with his grim face. By looking at his face, it was obvious <b>that </b>the negotiation failed,
Judson looked like he wanted to say more, but he was <b>too </b>angry to speak, storming off instead.
He was afraid that if he stayed any longer, he might beat his only son to death.
The butler, Tower, who’de along with Judson, rushed out behind him. He nced at Ethan before catching up with Judson.
But Ethan stopped him and asked, “Tower, how did it <b>go</b><b>?</b>”
Honestly, Judson’s face already gave away the answer. But Ethan still couldn’t help asking.
Tower nced at him, sighed, and shook his head. Then he said, “They said the Luke family will only choose one partner at Rivermount. And the candidate is the Parker family.”
Saying they’d only <b>choose </b>one was just <b>a </b>nice way of saying that they won’t work with the Keene family.
Even with Judson showing up personally, it didn’t work out for them.
It could be seen that this whole situation was pretty serious.
Seeing Ethan in his worried expression, Tower hesitated a moment and reminded him, “Mr. Keene, with your falling–out with Ms. Dawson, now it…”
Thinking about <b>what </b>Mr. Luke had said inside, Tower could only shake his head.
“Mr. Keene<b>, </b>allow me to remind you, rumors from Fleule are saying that Mr. <b>Luke </b>is a person who is protective of his people.
Ethan was left <b>speechless </b><b>as </b>he <b>thought</b>, Protectivet Protective of whom? Ste?She’s <b>just </b>a woman. Is that worth it?
Tower then left.
A storm was brewing on Ethan’s face. <b>Jason </b>looked at him<b>, </b>unsure of what to say,
From how Judson left, you could easily tell how furious he was.
And he should be <b>furious</b><b>. </b>
The Luke family’s ores were theirst viable option, which was now gone too
Right now, the Keene Group was at stake!
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Chapter 194 Everything Has to Do with Ste
From what Tower said earlier, it sounded like all of this was somehow rted to Ste.
Jason pondered, then he figured <b>he </b>should update Ethan on the current situation at Reed Group.
Jason said, “The Reed Group’s in a lot of trouble right now. Word <b>is </b><b>it’s </b>tied to Sterling Global.”
Upon hearing him, Ethan tilted his head to look at Jason and asked, “Sterling Global?”
Jason replied, “That’s thepany Ms. Dawson earned several hundred thousand dors from.”
Last year<b>, </b><b>she </b>made 980,000 dors. It seemed that more than 840,000 came from Sterling Global.
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Her other earnings, from smaller outside projects, added up to just a few tens of thousands, which is the normal profits for a
studio..
But with Sterling Global, everything changed.
It instantly brought her studio to the top in Rivermount.
Ethan remembered when they tried to <b>shut </b><b>her </b>studio down a while back, they called Sterling Global and got told off
Those people were so arrogant that thinking of it still made his face darken.
Ethanughed coldly and said, “You’re telling me <b>this </b>has nothing to do with Ste?”
Jason said nothing<b>. </b>
Clearly, everything <b>had </b>to do with her.
Ethan then asked, “Who’s the president of Sterling Global?”
<b>Jason </b>answered, “It’s a foreigner called Job Hog
Ethan remained silent as he thought, foreigner!No wonder he didn’t understand how things worked inRivermount
His eyes flickered with frustration as he said,. “We underestimated Ste. We really did.”
<b>Ethan </b>then <b>said</b><b>, </b>“Look into the rtionship between this guy <b>and </b>Ste.”
This felt so unreal.
Lately, everything that went wrong around here <b>was </b>somehow rted to her.
Nothing was ever unrted to <b>her</b>.
<b>Jason </b>replied, “Got it.”
Then he asked. “Did Mr. Judson just meet Mr. <b>Luke </b>earlier?*
Ethan kept quiet.
It would’ve been better if he <b>hadn’t </b>brought that up. At the mention, Ethan’s face darkened.
Ethan then said, “Verdant Vi belongs to the Luke family”
<b>Jason </b>then said. “What? So you’re saying Ms. Dawson has gotten close with someone from the Luke family recently
Ethan said, “Drop the subject”