The Mysterious Billionaire and His Substitute Bride

“Ethan, am I your all-around-nanny?” Garrett continued whining over the phone. “I only get paid for one person’s worth of labor,
but I put in twice as much time.”
“You want a raise? Wait, you don’t need money at all. What you really want is a vacation, don’t you?” How could Ethan not tell
what Garrett was thinking? He was like an open book.
Garrett raised his eyebrows and said, “Do you realize how long I’ve been working for you without having a proper vacation?
Years!”
“Fine. Once you finished the task I assigned to you, I’ll give you some time off.”
“Now we’re talking,” Garrett replied, obviously pleased with what Ethan said. But he had to be honest; the fire incident was really
weird.
“I’ll call you once I find out something.”
*******
For starters, Garrett visited the other residents of the building Ethan lived in and asked around about the truck.
It didn’t take long until he found some clues.
The fire incident happened on the day it stopped snowing in Seacisco.
Was it truly just a coincidence? If the fire broke out during a snowy day, it wouldn’t have spread to the rooftop that fast and cause
injury to Ethan.
Soon, Garrett told Ethan everything he found out.
They had their own theory about who had hired that truck driver. The man had once delivered seafood for clients who lived in
high-end gated communities, and the Lester family was on his customer list.
But still, it couldn’t really prove anything. The Lesters could argue that he was just a delivery man and they didn’t even really
know him.
“Without concrete evidence, it’s impossible to link the fire incident to the Lester family.” The case was a little complicated.

Although the clues seemed to lead to the Lester family, it was not enough.
For a moment, Ethan fell silent. Then he put down the documents he was holding and looked ahead, expressionless. Garrett
couldn’t guess what he was thinking. “Elissa has always liked this kind of dirty trick. I have long expected that she would make a
move since the day we came back from Grandma’s birthday party.”
Elissa had always wanted to get rid of Ethan ever since she first knew his existence. Ethan had been keeping a low profile
through the years, so that Elissa wouldn’t feel threatened and just let him be. However, when he was at Nora’s birthday party last
time, Elissa must have sensed something about him had changed and she was all vigilant again.
“You think Elissa is behind this? Do you think they have found out how you are related to the Larson Group?” Garrett looked
dead serious as well.
Having no idea what Ethan had been through during childhood, he didn’t know exactly what Elissa could do to the latter.
“I don’t think so. But one thing is for sure; Elissa won’t stop here. Sadly, we don’t have any conclusive evidence yet. And even if
we do, it will be hard to put Elissa behind bars because of the Lester family’s influence.”
Looking at Ethan, who was lying on the bed with an indifferent look on his face, Garrett asked with doubt, “Do you mean that we
should do nothing? This isn’t you.”
Ethan’s most terrifying and frustrating quality was that he could conceal his thoughts and feelings so well that no one could
guess.
“Are you going to let them go just like that?” Ethan closed his eyes for a few seconds and opened them again. This time, they
looked sharper than swords. His smile also added to his domineering aura. “The Larson Group will hinder the Lester family’s
business from now on. We will leave them nothing.”
Out of all people, he should know that the best way to get back at Elissa was to bring down the Lester family first. Ethan had
been doing it for a decade now. The Larson Group was his most powerful weapon, and he must be very careful with what he was
going to do next.
When Ethan was trapped on the rooftop, he had to call for the Larson Group’s helicopter. The news would reach Elissa for sure.
She probably saw him as a bigger threat now. If she knew he didn’t die in the fire, she would make a move again. When that
happened, Ethan would make sure he was fully prepared to fight back.

“Okay! This is more like it, buddy! We haven’t done anything big in the past few years. It’s getting boring. But now!” Garrett said
with a grin.
One thing he liked about Ethan the most was his determination. If it was someone else who told him about taking down the
Lester family, he would have laughed at that person.
But since it was Ethan who said that, Garret believed in him. He knew that the former never failed once he set his mind to
something.