Grant Group.
"Mr. Grant, about this quarter’s..."
Ethan Grant was in a eting when suddenly, a phone rang.
The conference room beca dead silent in an instant.
Everyone looked at each other in fear, wondering who dared to forget to silence their phone during an internal eting and even brought it in...
Just as everyone was trembling with fear, Ethan Grant took out his own phone.
Everyone sighed in relief.
Ethan Grant frowned slightly as he looked at the unfamiliar incoming call on his personal phone. There weren’t many who knew this number.
"Hello?"
On the other end, an innocent voice tinged with tears spoke. "Daddy, please co save , sob sob..."
It was Sumrs, crying and calling for her dad to save her.
The conference room was so quiet, everyone was shocked as they looked at Ethan Grant.
Since when did their Mr. Grant have a child? Is this a hidden marriage?
Listening to the crying on the phone, Ethan Grant felt a pang in his heart and suddenly stood up.
He gestured for the deputy to continue the eting and walked briskly outside. "Sumrs, what happened?"
"They, they set the house on fire, I’m scared..." Sumrs was crying so hard she could barely catch her breath. "Daddy, they hit , there’s so much blood, it won’t stop. They also hit uncle, uncle’s hands are all bloodied, sob sob... Mommy is missing."
Ethan Grant’s expression turned extrely grim, and the pressure was intensely low.
Everyone in the conference room looked at Ethan Grant in fear, wondering if their Mr. Grant was about to go commit murder.
Outside, Christopher Carter, holding coffee, was stunned for a mont. Seeing Mr. Grant’s enraged expression, he handed the coffee to soone beside him and quickly followed. "Mr. Grant, what happened?"
"Get the car!" Ethan Grant’s emotions were sowhat out of control.
Christopher Carter hurried into the elevator, pressing the buttons frantically, anxious to get to the underground parking lot to get the car, thinking sothing major had happened.
"Don’t be afraid, I’ll be there soon." Ethan Grant softly soothed Sumrs’ emotions.
Was it really his mistake...
If Yvette Aston hadn’t told the police about her connection to Charlotte Sumrs yesterday, would The Aston Family and Jayden Grant have left her alone?
"Daddy, I’m scared..."
Sumrs was still crying.
Ethan Grant wasn’t good at comforting children; after all, he had never done so before. "Sumrs, count to a hundred, and I’ll be there soon, okay?"
For so reason, Ethan Grant felt a stabbing pain in his chest.
He was never fond of children, yet he couldn’t bring himself to dislike Sumrs; he even felt a bit of affection.
"1..."
Sumrs started counting while sobbing.
Ethan Grant didn’t dare hang up the phone and quickly walked out of the company just as Christopher Carter arrived with the car.
"Mr. Grant, get in!"
With a press of the gas pedal, the car sped off, and Christopher Carter rembered to ask, "Mr. Grant, where are we going?"
"Caden Sumrs’ house."
Christopher Carter slamd on the brakes. "Huh?"
"Hurry up!"
Ethan Grant’s expression was very unpleasant.
Christopher Carter shivered with fear, not daring to ask more questions. He opened his phone to search for Caden Sumrs’ repair shop and sped off.
...
Demolition area.
Sumrs hid in a corner, looking at the charred house after the fire, crying as she counted. "15, 16..."
In the yard, Caden Sumrs didn’t dare let Sumrs see his injury and couldn’t bring himself to go to the hospital for an X-ray. He could only take a few wooden splints to immobilize his fingers and hand, clumsily wrapping them up.
"89, 90..." Sumrs cried as she counted, looking expectantly outside the door.
But her dad hadn’t arrived yet.
"98..."
"Sumrs!"
A black luxury car suddenly sped in, and Ethan Grant and Christopher Carter got out anxiously.
Caden Sumrs looked at the car and Ethan Grant getting out in panic, instinctively grabbing a stick beside him. "What do you want! Do you think having money and power ans you can keep pushing people to their deaths?"
Caden Sumrs had seen Ethan Grant before, back when he went to the Grant Family to kneel and beg Jayden Grant to spare Yvette.
In Caden Sumrs’ view, these people were the sa as Jayden Grant and Stellan Aston.
"Daddy!" Sumrs hung up the phone and cried as she ran out, throwing herself directly into Ethan Grant’s arms.
Caden Sumrs stared in shock at Sumrs and then at Ethan Grant, who was holding her. He looked like he had no ill intentions, but Caden Sumrs no longer trusted them. "Ethan Grant, what do you want to do! Sumrs, he’s not your daddy, co over here!"
Sumrs’ eyes reddened, looking at Caden Sumrs. "Uncle, Daddy can protect and Mommy."
Caden Sumrs was stunned in place. A five-year-old child already knew to seek support from soone powerful...
This was all his fault, because he couldn’t provide the little one with a sense of security.
"Sumrs, he’s in cahoots with those bad people. Stay away from him, be obedient..." Caden Sumrs didn’t believe Ethan Grant could have good intentions. People like him had no heart.
"Mr. Sumrs, please co with us to the hospital first. Your hand looks seriously injured." Christopher Carter took a look at Caden Sumrs’ hand and inhaled sharply.
Caden Sumrs glared at Christopher Carter, hiding his hand behind him. "I don’t need your pretense."
"Where’s Yvette?" Ethan Grant frowned and asked.
Caden Sumrs sneered, sure enough, they were after Yvette. "Ethan Grant, Yvette hasn’t done anything against the Grant Family. Even if she did owe sothing, it was to The Aston Family. You have no right to go after her. Please leave."
Yvette had left. Her choice to escape ridia might have been the right one.
To get away from these scumbags.
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