Chapter 893 - Miss Y (1/2)
~ Chicago, EY Design studio ~
Friday afternoon…
Ellie is happily reading text message from Jasper: he got the invitation and the outfit.
[Ellie]: ”You can come any time after five. If you are later than seven, you will miss seeing my work.”
[Jasper]: ”I will see you there.” (heart emoji)
Ellie was still staring at latest message from Jasper with a goofy smile on her face, when she got a call from Ethan.
”Yes?” Her mood dropped when she remembered that JoAnna found out about his actions.
”Young Miss, I'm here to inform you about the status.”
”Is it done?”
”I believe that we are done with stocks, but hear me out.” Ethan made a dramatic pause before continuing: ”As of now, you own 16.7% of K Industries. So, you have your desired 15% or more. As you instructed, I didn't reach out to any member of the Kiani family. Out of three people you called out, Dickinson and Bally sold you all their stocks and that totals to 12%. However, Stocker is not willing to sell his 6%. That man is extremely arrogant, and I've got a feeling that he does not believe we will use what we have against him. We have few options. Let me know what you want to do. We can release the information to the media and get him involved in a scandal to ruin his reputation, or we can tip authorities about his illegal activities and he will end up in jail, or we can go back to him and get physical. That usually works and it's the fastest method. But we are not limited to one of those. Let me tell you, that man is obnoxious. We should hurt him a bit just to teach him a lesson in humility and then release information to the media and then…”
Ellie pinched roof of her nose. Why do men get violent so easily?
”None of those.”, Ellie interrupted Ethan's tirade.
”Young Miss?”
Ellie thought for some time before responding: ”I have enough stocks to achieve what I wanted. Let me think about it and if he is a problem, we will deal with him later. Send me what you have on Stocker. I want to see.”
”Understood. I will send you everything after this call. Related to the second thing, I'm still waiting to hear back from my source.”
”About that… who is your source.” Ellie waited for some time and when Ethan didn't respond, she spoke again. ”I want to know how you are getting this information.”
”Are you sure you want to know?”
How much Ethan understands, Ellie is doing everything legally, and he had no intention to tell her that he hired a hacker to get the information in shady ways. She told him to make it happen and to find a way other than using her father's resources. And he followed those instructions.
Ellie rolled her eyes. ”Of course, I do! That is why I'm asking.”
Ethan took a deep breath and said in one breath: ”I hired a hacker. Very reliable. I used him several times, results are always fast and reliable.”
”Who is it?”
Ethan was surprised that Ellie took this calmly. He wondered why did he worry about this. After all, she is Boss' daughter.
”It goes by alias Sigma and all his business is done online, and I don't know anything about his real identity.”
Ellie was not happy with his explanation. ”But you know it's a man.”