Moonlit Betrayal (Alpha Rick)

Chapter 116 

Patrick was a bit upset. Jenna. I believe you are well aware of how much I value you and that I place high hopes on you. You will take over my business in the future. You are making these efforts for yourself rather than for me.” 

Jenna slightly lowered her eyes. “I know, Grandpa. I’m doing this with all my might for you, but I will be kicked out of the Lewis family again if I take obvious actions. I’m of humble status in the Lewis family after putting in a lot of effort to get their approval for my returning to the Lewis family.” 

Patrick snorted disdainfully. “As Jasmine’s father, I know well about her. As long as you do a good job of feigning kindness, it will soften her heart, and she won’t kick you 

“Just focus on accomplishing the task 1 assigned. You don’t need to worry about anything. That brat Dominick won’t be back in a short period!” 

Jenna smiled and was about to ask when she suddenly heard Ethan’s voice from outside. 

She lowered her voice and said, “Grandpa, I have a bit of a situation here. I’m going out now. Til call you 

later. 

Ethan asked, “I have reviewed this project and found it will bring unprecedented benefits to our company indeed. What made you hesitate?” 

Lola hesitated for a moment before speaking. Jenna said that Mr. Sinclair has a cruel heart and malicious means, so he won’t be a suitable partner. 

So I want to ask you whether we should agree to cooperate with him? 

Ethan sat opposite Lola, saying seriously, “Layla, tell me, what do you think of Dominick?” 

Lola slightly clenched her hands on the desk, thinking what kind of person Dominick was. 

“He saved me time and again and is gentle to me…” Lola said in an increasingly low voice, seemed to have suddenly realized something, and looked at Ethan. 

She continued, “Ethan, I got what you meant. I shouldn’t judge Mr. Sinclair and even deny his kindness to me based on Jenna’s words. 

“But…when Jenna mentioned Mr. Sinclair, she was furious and didn’t seem to be pretending. She claimed that Mr. Sinclair beat her and left the injuries on her, and she’s our family member… 

It seemed that cooperating with Dominick was a betrayal of Jenna, her family member. 

Lola was extremely conflicted, not knowing what she should do. The one thing that worries me the most is that Jenna hast appeared, but Mr. Sinclair hasn’t. Could it be 

Ethan had also thought about it, for he, who failed to contact Dominick, was uncertain about Dominick’s situation. 

After all he had been through, Ethan had faith in Dominick and believed he did everything for a reason. 

Ethan said, “Since I don’t know what I should do, I’ll just think about the benefits this project can bring to our company.” 

Lola nodded slightly. “We should give the green light to this project for the sake of our company’s interests.” 

Just as Ethan was about to speak, his phone suddenly rang 

“Hello? What?! Are you sure?” Ethan said sullenly. Lola was a little worried and had a bad feeling. 

“Send it to me!” Ethan said in great displeasure. 

Ethan, who had always been gentle, rarely displayed such an expression. 

Lola somehow panicked. “Ethan, what’s going on?” 

Ethan gazed at the documents on the desk. “Don’t sign the contract.” 

Lola realized something instantly. “Did you get any news about Mr. Sinclair? Bad news?” 

Ethan frowned and turned on the computer urgently instead of answering Lola’s question. 

Although Ethan was expressionless, his hand, with which he was holding the mouse, trembled slightly, which showed his uneasiness at this moment. 

Lola could tell that Ethan was panic–stricken, disbelieving, and even disappointed at this moment. 

What had happened to make Ethan display such an expression? 

He seemed to have opened a file. After he clicked the mouse, she suddenly heard a familiar voice from the computer. “This project is of vital importance to our company. Given our company’s current situation, we can’t surrender the slightest profits, so the contract means nothing. After the Lewis Group signs it, our company will get all the benefits, while the Lewis Group will have to count on itself” 

Lola, who had never thought about when she would be able to meet Dominick again, didn’t expect to hear his voice again in this situation! 

Lola subconsciously looked at the computer screen, which showed nothing other than a recording. “Ethan…Mr. Sinclair… 

Ethan’s hand, with which he was holding the mouse, was trembling slightly. “Layla, is this Dominick’s voice?” 

Lola’s heart skipped a beat. Ethan had treated Dominick as his best friend all this time and had full trust in him. 

So when he heard Dominick say those words, he must be distressed. 

Ethan was more able to tell that it was undoubtedly Dominick’s voice, but at this moment, he was very eager to hear that it wasn’t Dominick’s voice. 

Lola sighed and spoke with distress. “Ethan, there might be some misunderstanding. Mr. Sinclair has disappeared for so many days. Maybe he will give us an explanation after we meet him.” 

Disappointment spread slowly all over Ethan’s body like a poison. 

Ethan suddenly found himself a bit absurd. “Meet him? He hasn’t shown up and didn’t answer my phone. How can I meet him?” 

Lola was also unwilling to believe that Dominick would say something like that. She wasn’t sure why she believed him, but she had an intuition that he was not that kind of person. 

Lola said, “Ethan, calm down. It’s easy to make wrong judgments when you’re overcome with emotion. Mr. Sinclair hasn’t shown up after all. I think we should wait for his explanation before making a decision. What do you say?” 

Ethan leaned helplessly on the back of the chair and sneered. “You’ve no idea what kind of person Dominick is. The fact that he hasn’t shown up all this time tells more than his showing up. 

“Dominick is formidable and lonely. He never explained anything he did, or he didn’t know how he should explain it to me, so he simply disappeared. That’s his style of dealing with matters” 

Lola was dejected, desperate rather than angry. “Ethan, then…wist should we do now!” 

Ethan raised his hands, slammed them down on the documents, and suddenly pushed the documents hard, causing them to 

scatter all over the floor.