Chapter 614

A faint, mocking smile touched Evelyn Ross's lips, her eyes glinting with derision.

"So? Is there a problem?"

Leo Wright immediately raised his voice.

"You'll say anything to get Grace Lorenz off the hook, won't you? Do you even know what the Cortez Sect is? Who led the operation last night? It was Ethan Valentine! A Core Disciple of the Cortez Sect, a candidate for the next Sect Leader! Do you think the Cortez Sect is some marketplace you can hire with money? They're one of the Five Great Families of New York!"

She finished in one breath, her chest heaving.

"How dare you spout such nonsense! If you could really mobilize the Cortez Sect, I'd stand on my head and eat shit right here!"

As soon as the words left her mouth, Evelyn let out a soft laugh.

Ethan Valentine's voice came from the side.

"Then get ready to stand on your head."

Leo whipped her head around.

Ethan strode over, positioning himself directly beside Evelyn, his gaze fixed on Leo's face.

"I'm the one she asked to come. Why aren't you eating? Do you need me to fetch you something fresh from the toilet?"

Leo: "..."

Everyone else: "..."

Leo's mouth twitched, a wave of nausea churning in her stomach.

She frowned tightly.

"Ethan, you're really here because she asked?"

"Yes."

"Impossible!"

Leo stared daggers at Evelyn.

"She's just a woman. What gives her the right to mobilize so many people from the Cortez Sect?"

Her eyes swept over Ethan, her expression suddenly turning suggestive.

"Unless... your relationship isn't exactly professional?"

Before Ethan could answer, Leo raised her voice again.

"That must be it! Ethan, aren't you engaged to Kiki Cortez? The Cortez Sect made you the Second Senior Brother, practically grooming you as the successor, all because they want you to marry into their family! A man set to marry into their house, and you dare keep a mistress on the side?!"

Ethan: "..."

Ethan's face turned green.

"What nonsense are you spouting? Where did you get the idea our relationship is improper?"

He paused, then suddenly realized something.

"No, wait. Our relationship is special, because she's—"

"Who is she?" Leo cut him off, her eyes gleaming with excitement.

"What other excuse are you going to make up? If it wasn't that kind of relationship, why would you help her so much? I heard the Cortez Sect mobilized over half their forces last night! Ethan, using the Cortez family's power to do favors for your little mistress? Have you no shame? I'm telling Kiki right now!"

Leo had always had a secret crush on Kiki Cortez.

Years ago, he had also competed for the position of marrying into the Cortez family, but lost to Ethan.

Now, hope flared in his eyes.

If Ethan was cheating, did that mean he had a chance?

If he could marry Kiki, marry into the Cortez Sect, have Kiki bear several children... the first could take the Cortez name, the rest could take his. The Cortez Sect could eventually become the Wright family's.

With the Cortez Sect's backing, replacing the Lorenz family and taking control of the Special Operations Division would be child's play.

Right now, with Benjamin Wright in trouble, his father Marcus was acting Chairman, but everyone knew it was temporary.

Once Benjamin was cleared and released, the position would go back to him.

Even if Benjamin was convicted, there was still Grace, and Grace's father.

The Special Operations Division had always belonged to the Lorenz family.

Even the government had to give the Lorenz family face.

Only by allying with the Cortez Sect could he and his father truly control the Special Operations Division.

The more Leo thought about it, the more excited he became, looking at Ethan with utter contempt.

He pulled out his phone, about to call Kiki.

Ethan looked at him as if he were an idiot.

"Don't bother."

He turned and waved towards a spot not far away.

"Kiki! Leo has something to tell you!"

Last night, to completely suppress Nicole Sterling and control the Castillo family, Evelyn had mobilized almost all the Cortez Sect personnel in New York.

Kiki Cortez had also participated in the operation.

She had come to the Special Operations Division with Ethan this morning.

Hearing his call, Kiki jogged over, linking her arm affectionately with Ethan's, and looked at Leo.

"What is it? I have nothing to say to you."

She had never liked Leo.

Leo had pursued her before, and Kiki, afraid Ethan would misunderstand, had always kept her distance.

Leo pointed at Evelyn.

"Kiki, did you know? Ethan is keeping a mistress! It's her! To please this little mistress, Ethan used the Cortez Sect's power for personal business last night! Don't let him fool you!"

Kiki: "..."

She stared blankly at Evelyn, then back at Leo.

"You were always a bit slow, but now you're blind too?"

Leo was taken aback.

"What?"

Kiki curled her lip, pointing at Evelyn.

"Do you even know who she is?"

Leo: "Who could she be! Kiki, don't listen to Ethan's excuses! Their relationship is definitely improper! Otherwise, why would he help her so much!"

"Do you know what their relationship actually is?"