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 p 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?”


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    “You want to know what? Why don’t you exin yourselves first?”


    Ethan sat on the couch with a scowl before mming a stack of receipts on the table.


    “I allocated a budget of one million dors for Connor’s birthday party. How much did he line his


    pockets with?” Marcus was Helen’s only brother. After she passed, the Carltons had always treated him


    well, but he was used to cking off. He was also apulsive 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 reced that team with some hooligans off the streets who have no experience as bodyguards.


    They were all busy lighting fireworks and watching the fireworks show while the kidnapping went down.


    Theirck of professionalism caused a major security hazard!”


    “Mr. Miller, please let me exin. 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 ce was? Your backyard?”


    Standing up, Marcus tried to exin, “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 exin, “How would I know it would end up like this? I had hired someone to


    train them beforehand. You can’t me me for Connor’s kidnapping. I…”


    Ethan stepped on Marcus‘ shoulder harder. ring 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 body 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