A Moment in Destiny

Chapter 182 Double Agent

Sherry called William when she was in the car. He had to be worried to death and the only thing she could do for him right now was to give him her support.

But his phone was turned off. She tried to call him several times but to no avail. Sherry was on pins and needles, being unable to reach him. There was nothing else that she could do but to send him a message.

“William, no matter what happens, I believe that you’ll handle the issue well. You will be able to get through this, I believe in you! I love you!”

“Sherry, don’t worry. The Rowland Group is a huge company. A tiny rumour like that wouldn’t be able to take them down!” Keegan tried to comfort Sherry.

“I know!” Sherry nodded, “But I couldn’t help myself but feel worried. The newspaper said that they will be releasing more information on them. Keegan, do you know what might it be? Did the Rowland Group really pave their way to success through tax evasion and bribery?”

Keegan said, “Sherry, do you know how your father started his business?”

“How?”

“Smuggling,” said Keegan in a low voice, “Most businesses started dirty and would do charity after they succeeded. They did too many bad things in the beginning and they wanted to redeem themselves!”

Sherry was shocked, “So what if the information on the Rowland Group is true?”

“Then they’ll need to redeem themselves!” said Keegan plainly.

“Will they be able to?”

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At the Rowland residence.

John saw the newspaper and didn’t have much reaction towards it.

He looked puzzled seeing Sherry’s arrival, “What are you doing here?”

“John… I’m here to see you!” Sherry didn’t dare to mention the newspaper. Seeing John so calm, Sherry assumed that John hadn’t read the paper yet.

“You’re here because of the news, right?” John said gently. He didn’t think that Sherry would come to see him when things were going bad for him. The expression in John’s eyes turned softer, Sherry was such a kind soul! Will wasn’t wrong for picking her and John felt reassured.

“Have you read the paper?” Sherry was stunned.

John nodded, “Come with me!”

Sherry was puzzled but she followed John to the study room on the second floor.

John sat at his table and signaled Sherry to sit down as well.

Sherry sat down on the sofa and John lighted a cigarette.

“John, are you not worried?” She was super worried. Such malicious rumours would have the potential to affect the company’s stock, that would cause a huge turmoil and might bring forth more unrest.

“What are you afraid of?” John raised his brow. The arrogant look on his face reminded her of William.

Sherry thought about William and his different expressions, they were really father and son. She wondered what kind of face William would be wearing right now. She felt reassured seeing John so

calm.

John made a phone call in front of Sherry unhurriedly, “Go investigate which newspaper offices took part in this report and find out the culprit! Be extra careful and take every information the person has on the Rowland group and bring it to me!”

Sherry’s heart started racing hearing John making the phone call.

He put down the phone and looked at the worried Sherry. He said, “Sherry, we must be sure that everything holds water when we do business, you understand?”

“What?” Sherry was dumbfounded.

“Also, stop being fidgety. Remember the first time I threatened you? You weren’t nervous at all. Why are you so scared right now?”

“John, this is different!” Sherry had no dreams back then and her heart was less fragile. But the problem right now concerned the Rowland Group, of course she would be worried!”

“It’s the same thing! Don’t worry!” said John as he pulled out the drawer.

Sherry was confused, “John, how are you so sure that the company wouldn’t be affected?”

***

“The company will be affected!” Their stock market and their trustworthiness would be highly affected, but John didn’t let it show.

Sherry was aghast, “Then what should we do?”

She had already subconsciously involved herself deeply with the Rowland Group and John was content with her reaction. “Well, we could only launch an investigation, there’s no way to seal them off.

Though we can find out who is behind the scenes, and make them have a taste of their own medicine!”

“So you want to wait for that person to come clean?” Sherry came to a realization.

“Smart!” John nodded, “Let’s wait for that person to appear!”

Not long after, John’s phone rang, “Will! Talk!”

Sherry got nervous, was it really William on the other end of the phone?”

“Dad, I just got off the plane. I’ll head there right now! Don’t worry about the issue with the company, I’ll deal with it!” said William with a hint of reassurance in his voice.

“Sure! Sherry is with me right now!” John was heartened hearing his son being so calm about the whole issue, “I’ll pass Sherry the phone!”

John handed Sherry the phone and she quickly grabbed it. She calmed herself down but there was still a hint of concern in her voice, “William, where are you?”

“Sherry, I’m at the airport. I already found out who started this fire and will go put it out right away. Don’t go anywhere, okay?”

“Who is it?” Sherry was surprised that William found the culprit so quickly. No wonder John wasn’t worried at all. She felt relieved.

“Lara Rhodes!” said William.

“Why would she do that? Is everything really going to be okay?”

“I’ll find out when I see her. Don’t worry, it’s going to be okay. My dear, believe me! I saw your message and I’ll talk to you once I’m done with this. I’ll head there now, don’t leave the Rowland residence, okay? See you!” William hurriedly hung up the phone. He seemed rushed.

Lara?!

Sherry was lost in her thoughts. Lara was driven away by William and the reason behind it had something to do with Sherry. William said that he didn’t drive Lara away because of Sherry, but Sherry thought about it and knew that she was the cause.

“Will, I think this is your fault for being a playboy!” said Liam as he drove William to Lara. Liam was dumbfounded when he found out that Lara was behind all these, “Women are scary when it comes to revenge. I told you to not get in her hair!”

William just got off the plane. He was in casual wear, a khaki t-shirt and long white pants. It was the opposite of how he always dressed as he liked to wear dark-coloured clothing. He seemed more cheerful in bright clothes. Though, he was smoking non-stop, like a chimney.

He continued to smoke in the car and said in a low voice, “Lara is just a pawn. There must be someone else behind the scenes!”

“Someone else?” Liam didn’t think about that.

Yes!” William nodded and said confidently, “Lara is smart, but she is not that courageous. On her own, she wouldn’t pull something like that. So someone must be behind the scene, adding fire to the oil. The person must be an important person who knows a lot about the Rowland Group!”

“One of our competitors?”

“Perhaps our enemy!” William smirked. He maintained his cool composure and his eyes were calm like a leopard hunting its prey. The person had to be very well-prepared to take a direct hit at the Rowland Group. William shouldn’t be careless about this.

He took out the phone and dialled a number, “Send someone to school and protect Sammy and Dan in secret. Make sure that they are unharmed!”

“Will, do you already have an idea of who it is?” It was Liam’s first time seeing William so serious.

“Just in case!” William had a dangerous look in his eyes. He was like a cheetah, waiting for his chance to pounce.

“Will, you look oddly excited,” Liam said jokingly. He smiled with his eyes and said, “I feel bad for the other person. They should know better before provoking you.”

William scoffed and arched his brow, “Lara made the post when she was at G City. Interesting. Maybe she thought that I won’t be able to find her.”

Lara was definitely gutsy to make the post. William had an odd expression on his face. He let his guard down and the enemy took advantage of it. He was slacking too much recently! There were not many that knew so much about the Rowland Group. William assumed that this person worked at the Rowland Group before. The Rowland Group was a big company and there would be many kinds of people in there. But the fact that there was someone like that in the group and the person would be his enemy!

“Should I send more people to look into it?” asked Liam.

“No! You won’t find anything!”

“Will, you’re looking down on me,” said Liam as he smiled peculiarly, “I’m not that useless!”

“I’m not looking down on you, I have never once doubted your ability! It’s the enemy. They know too much about us. They hid their communication methods and changed their mobile phone location. Their observation skills are too strong, they are definitely very cunning people!”

“I still think that you are underestimating me!” Liam glared at William.

“You think I don’t know you?” William shook his head and glared at Liam as if he was giving him a warning. “I don’t want you to show yourself too much! Just stay low and mind your own business! Don’t lose your job!”

William would rather ask Alexis to help him than to make Liam exposed himself to trouble. They were just businessman on the outside, and Liam shouldn’t stick his nose into other stuff.

He also knew that Liam worked for the government in secret, but he wouldn’t make Liam use his connections.

“You knew?” Liam arched his brow.

“Private business or public business, you wanted them all. I knew but I didn’t say anything. Businesses’ bribery crimes were exposed one after another in the past few years, it had to be your doing. Any company that worked with the Rowland Group and had committed bribery in the past were sent into jail shortly after, it had to be you!” He gazed sharply outside the window. He then said coldly, “And you seemed to be addicted to making money like this, so I couldn’t really just take that away from you, right?”

“Oh my god!” Liam was shocked and he quickly waved his hand. His face blanched. William was terrifying. He thought that he was secretive enough to hide in the Rowland Group while working for the police. But he as an information broker was already investigated thoroughly by William.

“Don’t expose your identity!” William glared at Liam, there was a hint of sharpness in his cold eyes, “The Rowland Group has never committed any crimes for a long time now. My dad built the company with his bare hands and I cannot let anything happen to it while I’m in charge. Crime or not they are all in the past! Liam, do you understand?”

“Will! I never wanted to investigate the Rowland Group, it was my safe haven! I wouldn’t want to destroy it!” Liam shrugged listlessly. He suddenly smiled and had a teasing look on his face, “Will, how did you find out about me?”

William glanced at him and didn’t answer.

***

“I would never harm the Rowland Group!” said Liam.

“If you were the culprit, you wouldn’t even have the chance to sit here and discuss with me about the main culprit behind the scenes who was instructing Lara,” William scoffed coldly, the expression in his eyes and on his face were frigid and wintry.

“I’m just trying to clear my name, I’m not that stupid!” said Liam jokingly, “Well, I’m also curious about that person! Even if I’ll get exposed and lose my job, I still want to find out who this person is!”

“We’ll find out soon enough!” said William as he threw his cigarette butt out of the window.

He looked at his watch and his phone rang.

He picked up the call and asked, “What did you find out?”