Substitute Bride: Utterly Pampered by Her Billionaire Husband Chapter 1666: Secret Meeting

Ethan Barnes was sleeping in the study when his trusted subordinate, Wade, walked in the next morning. "Boss, something’s happened."

Ethan was lying on the sofa, not up yet. He groggily opened his eyes, rested a hand on them for a moment, and then lazily asked, "What happened?"

"Boss, Carlotta has been captured by Samuel Barnes’ men."

What?

Ethan immediately sat up. This Samuel Barnes is now a big drug lord. Last year, Ethan led people to destroy his lair, and now this ruthless Samuel Barnes is like a mad dog, relentlessly pursuing him.

But Ethan hasn’t allowed him to benefit yet, and now he’s taken Carlotta.

"Boss, let me take some people to rescue Carlotta. Her family only has an old mother, and she hasn’t married or had children yet."

"Come back! Samuel Barnes captured Carlotta to lure us out. Going like this is just walking into a trap."

"Boss, what do we do then?"

"I’ll go."

Ethan put on black boots, donned a black trench coat, and set off alone to rescue.

When he got to the living room, he saw Carlotta organizing many people coming in. They were carrying large and small bags, all new branded jewelry and bags Carlotta had bought, along with some display cabinets and vases.

Carlotta stood in the living room, commanding the crowd, "Throw away that vase, I just auctioned it from the auction house, it’s an authentic piece from the Ming Dynasty."

"Place these bags and jewelry in my wardrobe room. My wardrobe room is too small, I’m planning to redesign it."

At this moment, Carlotta saw Ethan coming down the stairs. She immediately went to him, "Honey, I bought so many things. Come and have a look."

Ethan glanced expressionlessly at the things, "Very nice. I’ll be going on a trip in the next few days to handle some matters."

Carlotta’s expression changed immediately, sarcastically saying, "How convenient, we just saw Celeste Linden yesterday, and today you say you’re going on a trip. Are you secretly meeting Celeste behind my back?"

"No," Ethan replied tersely.

"You can’t go. I want you to stay home and accompany me."

Ethan ignored her capriciousness and left straight out the door.

Carlotta was livid, shaking with anger, "Stop moving, stop moving, I don’t like these things anymore, smash them all!"

Carlotta smashed the newly bought vase on the ground and dumped the branded jewelry and bags into the trash, causing chaos everywhere.

All the maids, frightened, curled up in the corners, trembling.

Wade seemed accustomed to this scene. The lady of the house often liked to throw tantrums, breaking things whenever she got angry, turning the place upside down.

Ethan got into the jeep, resting his hand on the steering wheel, his eyes losing focus for a few seconds, the sound of Carlotta’s sobbing echoing in his ears. He listened without expression for a while.

At that moment, Wade came up. "Boss, it’s dangerous to go alone. Let me accompany you."

"No need." Ethan stepped on the gas and sped away.

Wade watched the arrogant car fade into the distance, feeling inexplicable solitude. For the past three years, the boss has been braving storms and bloodshed like he has no regard for his life.

This home is cold and uninviting, without a trace of warmth.

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Ethan drove on the highway, stopping at a roadside gas station to refuel.

As he got out of the car, he saw a familiar little figure, it was Danielle.

The uncles and aunts at the gas station surrounded Danielle, praising her, "Where did this little girl come from, she’s so pretty."

As if telepathically, Danielle turned her head and immediately saw Ethan.