Spring Without Return - Chapter 8

Chapter 8 Olivia had spent the past few years at Ethan's side, gentle and attentive. She took good care of the child and obeyed Ethan in everything. A woman like that seemed incapable of doing something so cruel. "This is ridiculous." Ethan let out an icy snort and tossed the letter onto the desk. For some reason, the words in that letter clung to him like a thorn buried under his skin. He could not ignore them. Olivia had returned at the exact moment his company began to recover. Every now and then, she would casually ask about the company's finances.

Details he once overlooked connected together in his mind, one after another, and the uneasiness inside him grew stronger. Someone knocked on the office door. His assistant hurried inside. "Mr. Ferguson, we found something." The assistant stepped forward and handed Ethan a file. "We have continued searching for Ms. Quinn's whereabouts. We have not located her yet, but during the investigation, we uncovered suspicious information regarding Ms. Lynch. You should look at this personally." Ethan's heart sank. He grabbed the file and flipped through it.

Inside were records of Olivia's phone calls and financial transactions from the past year. She had been in frequent contact with an unknown number. Most of the calls happened late at night. After nearly every call, a large sum of money left her personal account and transferred into anonymous overseas accounts. What made it even more suspicious was that the paths of those transactions overlapped with several recent overseas projects tied to the Ferguson Group. "Did you identify the owner of this number?" Ethan asked sharply. "Yes." The assistant nodded. "A man named Charles Jackson.

Five years ago, he was briefly married to Olivia. They supposedly divorced later. "However, our investigation shows they continued meeting in secret. Usually during the times Olivia claimed she was visiting the child's grandmother." Charles Jackson. Ethan repeated the name in his mind. Amemory surfaced. Before the Ferguson Group collapsed years ago, they had worked briefly with a businessman named Charles. Then, without warning, Charles withdrew his investment and made the company's financial crisis even worse. At the time, Ethan assumed it was normal business.

Nowit felt planned from the beginning. Ethan sank into his chair, his thoughts in chaos. He did not want to believe Olivia had betrayed him. The evidence in front of him was impossible to ignore. "Send people to bring Charles here immediately." Avicious coldness filled Ethan's eyes. "I do not care what methods you use. I want him to tell me the truth himself." "Yes, Mr. Ferguson." The assistant left at once. Less than four hours later, he returned with several bodyguards. Charles was restrained between them, his hair messy and his appearance disheveled.