Eric's POV

Carina's best friend Pear actually came to my door, claiming that she couldn't reach Carina and seriously suspected that I had imprisoned her. She really was Carina's best friend, and after such a short time without contact, she noticed the anomaly and found it here.

"You and Karen conspired together to expose the Flores family scandal and then bought the Flores family business assets at a low price, right?"

"I did acquire some of the Flores family assets, but the Flores family scandal was suppressed at my expense, did I have to do that? Besides, what does all this have to do with Karen?"

"Stop your sophistry, I...