Chapter 135
The cruise ship docked ahead of schedule before the sun was even up. The guests did not know what happened and were wondering why the event ended prematurely.
After all the guests had disembarked, Marina began to throw a temper tantrum.
“Why haven’t you sent people after Olivia? That bitch colluded with the kidnappers to take my son away. She…”
Brent felt a strong desire to slap her when he heard what she said. He kicked the culprit that allowed the kidnapping to happen into the room. It was Marina’s uncle, Marcus.
Marina became furious when she saw that. “What’s the meaning of this? You’re not looking for Olivia, and instead, you brought my uncle here?”
“You want to know what? Why don’t you explain yourselves first?”
Ethan sat on the couch with a scowl before slamming a stack of receipts on the table.
“I allocated a budget of one million dollars for Connor’s birthday party. How much did he line his pockets with?” Marcus was Helen’s only brother. After she pa*sed, the Carltons had always treated him well, but he was used to slacking off. He was also a compulsive gambler.
It was apparent that Marina insisted that he organize the birthday party so that he could skim some profits from it.
“It would’ve been fine if you just wanted your uncle to make a profit. But have you ever considered if he was up for the job? He tried to reduce costs by purchasing food that was no longer fresh, which was fine. But he fired the professional security team that I paid a lot of money for.
“He replaced that team with some hooligans off the streets who have no experience as b*dyguards. They were all busy lighting fireworks and watching the fireworks show while the kidnapping went down. Their lack of professionalism caused a major security hazard!”
“Mr. Miller, please let me explain. I…”
Ethan had already stood up, his figure casting a looming shadow on Marcus. He walked toward him menacingly as his eyes glowed with rage.
“In order to save money, you kept the original chefs but sent their apprentices away. You hired people at a low price to handle their jobs. What did you think this place was? Your backyard?”
Standing up, Marcus tried to explain, “I… I only wanted to help you cut some costs. Your money doesn’t grow on…”
Ethan kicked him on the shoulders, causing the man to cry out in pain and beg for mercy. Then, he met Ethan’s rage–filled gaze and fell silent.
“Those people were able to get on the ship because you hired people without conducting background checks. My son was kidnapped because you tried to skim profits! If anything happens to him, I’ll feed you to the sharks!”
Marina looked at the receipts and the quotations. The eggs alone cost five times the market price. She had known that Marcus was greedy, but she didn’t think he’d do it to this extent for the sake of profits.
“Uncle, this is all your fault!” Mariana threw the quotations on Marcus‘ face.
Marcus was still trying to explain, “How would I know it would end up like this? I had hired someone to train them beforehand. You can’t blame me for Connor’s kidnapping. I…”
Ethan stepped on Marcus‘ shoulder harder. Glaring at Marcus, he said, “If you tell one more lie, I’ll cut off your tongue!” Marcus instinctively covered his mouth with his hands, his whole b*dy trembling in fear.
Ethan felt the urge to kill Marcus when he was reminded of the fact that Olivia and Connor were taken because of him.
Brent returned from outside. He said with a heavy expression, “We tried to track the GPS on Ms. Fordham’s phone, but there’s
It seems Ethan only ever married Olivia to take revenge for what happened to his little sister. While Olivia is plagued by her sickness, he holds her chin and says coldly, “This is what your family owes me.” Now, she has no family and no future.
Her father becomes comatose after a car accident, leaving her with nothing to live for. Thus, she hurls herself from a building. “The life my family owes will now be repaid.” At this, Ethan, who’s usually calm, panics while begging for Olivia to come back as if he’s in a state of frenzy …
