NovelEnglishThe Substitute Wife: My Poor Husband Is A Billionaire
Chapter 269: Missed CallIt was well past midnight, but the building of the Larson Group was still lit up on all fours Up in the CEO’s Office, the fragrant
aroma of broth permeated the room.
Charis slowly wiped her lips and told the servant, "You may take this back now."
She then turned to Ethan and smiled.
"I’m sorry, about that.I guess I’m just used to it."
"It’s fine," Ethan replied as he continued to type on his keyboard.
"Take a look at this and see if the plan is feasible after the modifications I made."
He ignored Charis’ comment about her habits, and all but shut down her attempt to intimate at their shared past.
Back when they had just started their own business, Charis did like to drink ssoup whenever they had to work overtime.
To her credit, she would also ask her servants to prepare a decent midnight snack for the rest of the staff.She was quite finicky
like that, but it never affected her work.
Besides, Charis was already much better than most rich ladies.She leaned over and read his revised plan over his shoulder.She
made a point of being meticulous about it, and was pleased to find that it was perfect, down to the finest detail.
This was surprising, since she hadn’t expected him to finish the revisions so quickly.She turned to Ethan and grinned.
"You’re still an ace at your job! You managed to itemize the problems and their corresponding solutions in just a few hours.If it
were Garrett, it would probably take him until morning."
Ethan began the process of shutting down his computer and methodically packed up his briefcase.
When he spoke, his tone was cool and business-like.
"Since there is no problem, I will be handing the new plans over to our tech guys as well as the financial department so that they
can start working right away.".
He paused then, as a thought occurred to him.
"But Charis," he said, his eyes narrowed.
"These are all very simple loopholes.We’ve encountered things like this in the past, seven trickier.You used to solve them in
less than two hours.You should have been able to take care of this easily without my help." Charis faltered under his piercing
gaze.
She took a second to compose herself before answering.
"Well... I’ve been learning a lot about the domestic market recently.I suppose I was overwhelmed by so much work all at
Ethan considered this for a brief moment.She had a-point, so he decided to drop the matter and said nothing more.
He grabbed his briefcase and suit jacket.He was done for the night.
Ethan hadn’t even risen from the couch when the door to the office suddenly burst open.
Garrett rushed inside, his forehead beaded with sweat, his eyes wide with panic.
"Ethan! Jgot into a car accident.The taxi she was in was hit by another car and fell over the bridge.The rescue team is still
on the river.We have no way of knowing whether Jsurvived or not."
"What did you say?" Ethan jumped to his feet.
All the color drained from his face.
He snatched his phone, intending to call his people to lead the search, but then he saw the notification on the screen.He had
missed a call from Janet.
Ethan frowned and tried to put the pieces together.
The only the had been away from his phone was when he had gone to the bathroom.
Jmust have called then.
A heavy, suffocating silence fell into the room.
Garrett recognized the fury brewing in the other man’s eyes, and he instinctively stepped back.
"What is it, Ethan? Don’t just stand there.We have to do something!"
But Ethan whirled around to glare at Charis.
He held up his phone to her face and demanded, "Why didn’t you informthat my wife called?"
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