Chapter 248


    Ryan wasn’t making up anything. If hecked concrete evidence, he would never have said that.


    “Okay. If you did this to protect Anna, I can apologize to you. But, could you perhaps share your


    discoveries with me?”


    Ryanughed in a low voice and said, “I’m a professional detective, and I need to charge you at least


    $10,000 for this kind of information. So, you can stop staring at me like that, Wayne. Really? You’re not


    gonna pay me? Well, you can at least buy me a cup of coffee.”


    Wayne sized him up for a moment and looked less guarded as he weighed the pros and cons. He


    asked, “You’ve got a minute? Let me treat you for coffee.”


    He was a shrewd businessman and knew when to cave in.


    Wayne then took Ryan to a fancy cafe downtown. There were walls between each booth to ensure the


    customers’ privacy in addition to the lovely surroundings.


    Ryan then gave Wayne a brief summary of what he knew. He said, “Well, that’s all i know. If you think


    my worries are groundless, you can call the police and have me put in jail.”


    Wayne fiddled with the coffee cup in his hand as he scowled at Ryan’s face meaningfully and asked,


    “Well, let’s just say you’re telling the truth. But I still don’t believe you approached Anna without a


    purpose.”


    Ryan said frankly as he seemed unafraid of Wayne, “Ha! You wouldn’t know it, because I did approach


    her on purpose. You know, she’s single now. So, I can ask her to go out with me anytime.”


    Wayne’s expression immediately turned somber, and he said threateningly, “Nothing seems to


    intimidate you, I suppose.”


    Ryan looked at the pattern on the porcin coffee cup in his hand and said nonchntly, “All right, stop


    threatening me. You won’t scare me no matter what you do. You might want to think about how you will


    get your position back, Wayne. You don’t need to worry about exactly why I’m staying with Anna right


    now. Otherwise, you’d be worrying about that every day.”


    Wayne nced at him and said, “Oh, you don’t have to worry about me. To be honest, I’m suspicious


    of your intentions. Can you exin why you know so much about my family?”


    “Do you find it hard to understand? You see, your family is so big and there are so many of them. So,


    it’s very likely that you have some poor rtives. Well, I think it’s not surprising at all.”


    Wayne asked as he eyed Ryan suspiciously, “Rtives?” Ryan extended his hand so that Wayne could


    examine him more closely. And he


    replied, “What? You don’t believe me? Actually, I think we both look a bit alike. People might believe we


    are brothers, you know.”


    Wayne gave him a stern look and asked, “Really? But, I don’t think so.”


    Ryan felt embarrassed by Wayne’s indifferent response to his joke. He nervously sniffled and


    continued, “You know I was joking, right? I wouldn’t dare tter myself to say I’m a rtive of yours.”


    “Well, you’ve been talking nonsense for a while, and you still haven’t told me what you’re up to.”


    Ryan responded as he slouched back in his chair. “Well, you’ve asked me this question several times.


    So, I’ll just tell you straight out. You would also know that the only thing I love in the world is money.


    Anna is the only heir to the Gabriel family now. Although her family has gotten into trouble, they are still


    very wealthy. You two used to date, so..”


    “Go ahead, tell me how much you want.” Ryan extended his left hand, showing five fingers. “Half a


    million dors? It’s not that much,” said Wayne, looking at him grimly.


    Ryan, however, let out augh and said, “Wow! Do you think Anna’s safety is only worth half a million


    dors? You know, I’m selling you information about yourpetitor. In my opinion, that news is worth


    five million dors.”


    “Okay, deal. I hope you can do what you’re supposed to do.”


    Wayne had at first far underestimated that price. However, after learning exactly how much Ryan


    wanted, Wayne’s tone remained cold.


    Ryan even suspected that Wayne had known how much he wanted but deliberately said that to bargain


    with him and tease him.


    Ryan was left alone in the cafe after Wayne left after paying the bill.


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    Ryan sipped histte and then quickly looked at the five million dor check lying on the table. Then he


    laughed mockingly at that.


    Ryan thought Wayne was just how he had imagined him to be.


    Wayne, it turns out that you‘re just a ruthless businessman who cares about you bottom line.


    He thought that was absurd. For twenty years, a member of Ryan’s family had felt bad about Wayne,


    but he didn’t believe he deserved it.


    After leaving the cafe, Wayne went straight to Wright’s house. He hadn’t been home for a long time


    after he and Peter had had a huge fight.


    As a result, the maids all looked surprised when they saw him.


    Of course, Peter was surprised to see him. However, he kept his emotions to himself. He groaned and


    inadvertently said, “Where’s Matthew? Why didn’t hee as well? It seems to me that you don’t want


    him to see me.”


    Henry said, “Oh, Peter, it’s Friday. Matthew have to go to school on Friday!” Henry then received a


    scowl from Peter that appeared to use him of being nosy.


    Wayne said, “Well, I’ll pick him up tonight, and I’ll let him stay here for the


    Wayne appeared to lessen the tension by stating this. Although he sounded just as aloof as Peter


    Peter calmed down after hearing that. He said, “Oh, good. I’m getting old, and I may kick the bucket


    soon. So, you’ll have to give me more opportunities to see my dear Matthew.”


    “By the way, Anna ising to make meals for Matthew on the weekend.”


    Peter’s happy expression suddenly became irritated. Immediately standing up, he gripped the arms


    and asked, “Huh? What did you say? Why?”


    Wayne calmly exined, “Matthew only eats what she cooks. He won’t eat anything, no matter how


    amazing my chef’s cooking is. I’ll let here to my house if you don’t want to see her. That way,


    Matthew won’te to your house and spend time with you.”


    Peter got even angrier and said, “You want her to go to your house? Wayne, don’t you forget what I told


    you! I don’t want you to see each other anymore. You know, she’s already married to another man! Do


    you know what it will make you? You’re the other man!”


    Before Peter could finish his sentence, he heard a girl holding back herughter at the door. She


    refrained fromughing but couldn’t stop herself.


    “Who’s at the door? What are youughing at?” Peter cast a glum-looking nce toward the door.


    Henry immediately exined, “Oh, it’s Natalie! Come on in, please!”


    A little girl entered the room through the door at that very moment. Her expression was somewhat


    contorted since she had to restrain herself fromughing.


    She purposefully moved passed Wayne to Peter’s side and said seriously, “I’m sorry, Father. This


    whole thing is quite funny. My nephew is a nice young guy, but it’s funny that he’s the other man.”


    Amused, Peter stopped looking serious anymore.


    He deliberately pointed to Wayne and asked Natalie, “What if your nephew has been nning to bring


    his lover home? Natalie, what should we do then?”