Chapter 181

"Sorry, boss! I'll take care of it right away!" The secretary bolted out of the room, clearly spooked. She'd never seen the boss blow up like that—it was like he was worried about something, seriously. Panicking, she hurried to contact Michael's team, apologizing repeatedly over the phone. She had no clue what had gone down between her boss and Ethan, but this sudden cancellation was clearly on their side. What truly shocked her though, was that the Owens Group didn't say a word. They just hung up. No questions, no complaints. "Boss, Owens Group didn't say anything." "Good. That's good. You can go." Meanwhile, over at the Owens Group— "Mr. Owens, we just got a call from the people at Makino Group. They said they're pulling out of the deal." Michael smirked a little. Yep, Ethan was back in the game, and clearly not the same as before. But Michael didn't seem upset. The deal getting scrapped didn't hurt them—it wasn't like Makino was their usual partner anyway. And with how that deal was