18.

Layla

There were two secrets I could use against Ethan. One; his businesses, and two; his love affairs. He wasn't a saint, after all, going to the extremes to get what he wanted without caring about the other party.

Just like he did to me. He had once gone into business with William Gould but suddenly, out of nowhere, the business fell through and William Gould had to suffer the loss.

The conclusion I could come to with the information I had in my hands was that the failure of the business had all been orchestrated from the outset and Ethan was behind it.

I thought I could use my influence and William Gould's cooperation to gain leverage over him. I knew I had to see William Gould one of these days.

About his love affairs, the investigative officer could not gather as much as I would have wanted, but he gave me an inkling of one of Ethan's illicit relationships.

There were pictures, but they only revealed the back and side views. He was going to have to press on and capture the w