Having figured this out, the volatile fury surrounding Ethan Lockwood suddenly subsided.
He nonchalantly raised his eyes, looking at Charles Collins with a smile that wasn't quite a smile, and asked softly, "Simon Abbott was my secretary, and so are you and Silas Lawrence. You three have always been close, so did you know beforehand that Simon Abbott had defected to Felix Preston?"
"...I didn't know!" Charles Collins froze for a moment. Once he realized what Ethan Lockwood was implying, he completely panicked.
"Mr. Lockwood, Silas Lawrence and I had absolutely no idea about this! Although Simon Abbott was a fellow secretary, we had no interactions with him outside of work! We really didn't know he had secretly gone over to Felix Preston's side!"
"Hmph..." Ethan Lockwood gave an inscrutable laugh, his expression darkening as he remained silent.
Charles Collins was terrified by this look, and his voice began to tremble uncontrollably.
