Chapter 264

**Chapter 0264**

Ethan sat at a table in the middle of a bustling restaurant. He looked up from his menu and asked, “So, how do I get information about Alpha Gavin’s business?” Just a few tables away, people chatted and clinked their glasses, but Ethan focused on the conversation at hand.

Ethan noticed several people he didn’t know sitting at the table. Each of them had their own tasks to focus on. They all wore business attire and looked important. Ethan felt like he blended in perfectly with them.

At the front of the table sat Levi Churchill. He was in charge and commanded attention.

Ethan looked around the table, feeling uncertain. “What exactly am I looking for?” he asked.

Levi replied, “Anything and everything is important. I want to take down his business, and I need your help.”

You want to understand how things work from the inside. Since you are engaged to his daughter, you already have a way in. You can access his home. Your task is to gather personal information about him. Anything you can find will be helpful.

Ethan…

Ethan nodded in agreement.

“Yes, Alpha,” he replied, bowing his head as he felt the Lycan’s powers wash over him.

“And what about the girl?” one of the ladies at the table asked. Ethan couldn’t quite remember her name, but he could sense that her question was important.

Ethan was asked, “You mentioned she was going to the Gamma competition?”

He knew the person asking was curious about Judy. Judy had been open to talking for a while, and it was clear to Alpha Levi that she had been involved with Gavin.

“I already…”

“Someone will be watching her,” Levi said. “Plus, I’ll be heading there in the morning too. Gavin will be there as well, so this gives Ethan a great chance to gather all the information he can.”

“Can I count on you to do that for the next few weeks?”

Levi narrowed his eyes at Ethan when he said the last part.

“Yes, Alpha,” Ethan replied, confirming what he had said earlier.

Levi nodded and then looked at the rest of the group.

“You know what to do,” he murmured. “You are dismissed.”

With those words, everyone packed up their things and drove off in the vehicles they arrived in. Ethan ran his fingers through his hair and began to think.

Ethan was about to leave when Alpha Levi called out to him.

“Ethan,” he said, making Ethan stop in the doorway. “Don’t let me down. You won’t like your punishment if you fail.”

Ethan felt a chill run through him at those words. He took a deep breath, trying to gather his thoughts.

He took a deep breath and nodded before he left.

It took him a little over an hour to reach the Villa. On his way there, Irene called him to check if he was coming over today. He replied that he was.

He hadn’t seen her in a few days, even though he knew she was in the hospital recently. He felt a bit guilty for not visiting her, but he had been busy with meetings and dealing with Alpha Levi. He just hadn’t found the time to go see her.

When he arrived at the Villa, Gavin was already gone, and he felt relieved. He wasn’t sure he could keep his secrets if Gavin was around. It was very important that he didn’t give himself away, or else…

Levi was serious about his threat. He thought Irene would come up to him, wrap her arms around him, and give him a comforting hug like she always did. But when he finally saw her, she was standing back, keeping her distance. Instead of reaching out to him, she had her arms wrapped tightly around herself, as if she were trying to protect herself from something.

She was trying to hold herself together, but it looked like she had been crying.

“What’s going on?” Gavin asked as he walked further into the parlor.

“I went by your house yesterday,” she said, surprising him.

He hadn’t seen her at all yesterday. When he got home in the morning, he barely caught her scent. He wasn’t around in the afternoon or at night, so she must have stopped by his house sometime in the morning.

“Okay?”

narrowed his eyes at her and asked, “Who was she?”

“There was a woman there,” she replied, meeting his gaze. “She was standing at your door.”

“And do you know who it was?” he pressed.

His heart raced, and he felt a tightness in his chest.

He had been careless with his relationships lately. In the last few weeks, he had been acting more responsibly, but he never officially ended things with any of his flings. Some of them understood that it was just a casual thing. Most of these flings were with prostitutes.

Ethan met a girl who was different from the others. She wasn’t a prostitute. After just one fun night together, it was clear she was starting to have feelings for him.

Ethan’s biggest mistake was getting involved with her more than once. When he realized she was developing feelings, he should have ended things right away. Instead, he kept going, which only complicated matters.

He decided not to end the affair.

Scarlett reminded him of Judy, and she was wonderful in bed. He found himself wanting more of her, so he kept the affair going.

The second biggest mistake he made was inviting her over to his house just once. They…

They had spent the night together, enjoying each other’s company until the sun rose the next morning. However, he hadn’t talked to her in the last couple of weeks. He didn’t officially end things, but he also hadn’t called her back. He was hoping she would understand the message he was sending and take the hint.

“Stop bothering him,” he thought. He realized that continuing the affair was too risky. He didn’t want Rene to find out about the girl.

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**Chapter 0265**