Chapter 332


    After he hung up, Ethan looked at all the new leads before him. In the time Olivia was out of town, he


    had gotten to investigating the whereabouts of Toxic Hive and about the past.


    He found the hometown of Paul Cruz and ra Foster. ording to what his people found out, the


    child had been gone for some days. From the pictures provided by the vigers, the child looked a lot


    like Belle and had some of Paul’s features.


    Paul and ra had also disappeared from Aldenvine. Even though he couldn’t bring the child back,


    their existence was proof enough.


    Someone had pinned the me on Jeff. The ims about Belle having his baby and Jeff forcing her


    away, which caused her to suffer from mental illness before she ultimatelymitted suicide didn’t


    hold up to scrutiny.


    Someone had plotted everything, even before Jeff’s traffic ident. But it didn’t seem like the person


    wanted to harm him. Their main objective was to destroy his rtionship with Olivia.


    The person went to great lengths to get him to divorce Olivia. They spent countless time and energy


    over a few years to set everything up.


    Now that most of the truth was revealed, one thing remained a mystery. What did the person stand to


    gain from his divorce? If it was to take Olivia’s ce, no young women had approached him in the two


    years he was divorced.


    Ethan also didn’t understand the connection between Leia’s death and Jeff.


    After he went through all his leads, he looked at Brent and asked, “Did that Moriarty kid take any


    action?”


    “No. His routine has been very simple. He spends most of his time at the office and goes home


    afterward. Besides the asional social engagement, he hasn’t been anywhere special.”


    “What about people he socialized with?”


    “We’ve people keeping an eye on those people as well. We haven’t noticed anything off about them.


    But our tapping devices are running out of power soon.


    “Mr. Miller, we’ve spent the entire week keeping an eye on the kid. We haven’t found anything


    suspicious. Could we be wrong about him? Maybe his motive was just to help Mrs. Miller escape.”


    Ethan rested his head on his hands and said with a severe expression, “No. The most suspicious thing


    abou. is that we can’t find anything wrong with him.”


    Ethan felt like Colin seemed too calm. He wasn’t even 20 years old, but he didn’t even show the


    slightest bit of fear when he


    was about to be thrown overboard.


    He might’ve already known it wouldn’t happen. Ethan recalled Olivia’s actions that night. Colin had


    stood farther from Olivia than him, but they grabbed Olivia almost simultaneously.


    That meant he had known what Olivia was about to do. Ethan smiled bitterly. He didn’t expect Olivia to


    pull a stunt like that just to get him to let Colin off the hook.


    But there was nothing Ethan could do even if he knew. Colin was cunning. Ethan had already


    witnessed that firsthand.


    “If my guess is correct, he must’ve known we would monitor him.”


    Brent was stunned momentarily. “So that means he has been putting on a show for us? Damn, this kid


    is so cunning.


    “No wonder he would always go the longer route. Sometimes, he’d buy a slice of cake. Other times,


    he’d buy pastries. So he’s been ying us all along.”


    Ethan said with a grunt, “He’ll reveal his true colors eventually. He’ll keep scheming as long as Liv


    doesn’t show up. We have the initiative.”


    “Mr. Miller, you mean …”


    “Liv wants toe back. I need to clear out all the threats before she does.”


    Brent frowned. “But we haven’t found Toxic Hive’sir.”


    “If we can’t trap them in theirir, why don’t we lure them out?”


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    They had always been put in a passive position and manipted at every turn.


    “What will we use as bait?”


    Ethan stood up. His coat slipped off his shoulders as he moved. His tall figure blocked the light above,


    casting a shadow over his desk. His face was shrouded in the shadows.


    Only the silhouette of his face was visible. He was like the devil in the dark.


    He said slowly, “Me.”.


    Meanwhile, at the Moriarty residence, Colin was toying with a tapping device on his palm. He smirked


    as its power ran out. He then threw it on the floor and stomped on it.


    The device was instantly crushed, and Colin disappeared into the darkness.