The Mysterious Billionaire and His Substitute Bride

Twenty minutes ago.

The Larson Group executives were in a conference with another high-profile company.

Ethan’s phone had been vibrating for quite a while, but he chose to ignore it the first couple of times. When the phone buzzed again and he finally glanced at the caller ID, his frown relaxed.

He raised a hand to signal a halt to the meeting. “I’m sorry, but I need to take this call,” he said, proceeding to answer his phone without waiting for the other men’s response.

As Ethan listened to Janet’s words, his face slowly darkened. His body grew tense, and a heavy pressure was palpable in the air.

Garrett turned to Ethan and noted how tight his grip was on his phone, as well as the slight tremor of his hand.

“What happened?” Garrett asked as soon as Ethan hung up.

But the latter barely acknowledged him. “Sorry, this meeting will have to be postponed,” Ethan announced. He stood up and walked out of the room.

The men looked at each other, dumbfounded, but none of them dared to raise a question.

hurried after Ethan and asked

took a deep breath. “Send out all our helicopters to look for a maple forest in the periphery of the

no further explanation. He nodded and rushed to do as

something had

helicopters hovered over the city, scouring

with back ramrod straight and his eyes

propellers in full action. “We’ve found it. There’s a

to turn around. The helicopter took sever seconds to

Meanwhile…

long time, Janet

up at the sky in despair, and thought she heard the distant

with an evil grin on his face. He undid his belt,

someone pulled him by the shoulder and sent him

to blink a few times and collect his bearings. When his vision finally cleared,

something had