My Billionaire Ex-Husband Chase Me Back - Chapter 270

Chapter 270: The Big Four
Jacob Donovan was furious to see the company’s share price plummet as soon as the stock market opened this morning. By the time the stock market closed, the value of Donovan Group’s shares hadn’t increased by even a penny.

“WHO THE HELL IS TRYING TO MESS WITH US??” Jacob Donovan roared while looking at his two younger brothers and his younger sister, Emma, ​​sitting in the seating area.

None of them said anything.

They did not even glance at Jacob.

They were all as shocked as Jacob, still unable to understand why the company secrets they were hiding were now exposed on the internet.

Jacob became increasingly annoyed looking at them. He walked towards the seats and slowly looked at his siblings one by one, with eyes that seemed to want to pull their hearts from their chests and tear them apart into small pieces.

After a few more seconds passed, his eyes fixed on his younger brother.

“Thomas Donovan!” Jacob snapped, causing everyone to look at him. He continued, “Why are your past scandals, bribing government officials to facilitate the shopping center construction project, resurfacing in the news?” He asked while settling onto the sofa, his eyes locked, staring intently at Thomas.

“How could I know? If I knew who leaked the scandal, I would have killed him right now,” Thomas Donovan answered. He also felt angry. Why does that news resurface again?

Since this morning, Thomas has been trying to delete the news from the internet, but the hackers he paid a lot of money can’t stop the news. When he wanted to call him, he could not contact him. The hacker had disappeared.

Thomas felt even more miserable when he heard their company was in big trouble. It wasn’t just the plummeting share prices; the police were investigating a bribery case involving a government official.

“Damn it! You’re really useless, Thomas!” Jacob’s shout made Thomas Donovan only sigh, unable to refute his brother’s words. He was indeed useless. And he was annoyed with himself for being powerless.

Silence hung in the air.

No one spoke as if they were now thinking of another way to escape this situation.

Jacob tried hard to calm his heart. If this matter isn’t solved, he might end up in the emergency room because of his high blood pressure. The stress of the company’s condition was overwhelming.

Meanwhile, Thomas and the others didn’t know what to say, afraid that what they said would make their brother even angrier.

However, after another minute, Lucas couldn’t hold himself back from speaking. He looked at his brother before expressing what was on his mind: “Brother, why don’t you ask Bradley for help?”

“Damn! How could we forget him?” Thomas said, looking at his eldest brother before continuing, “Brother Jacob, what Brother Lucas said is right. We have to ask Brother Bradley for help. He will definitely have a solution for us…”

Thomas’s smile, absent since this morning, suddenly reappeared as he realized there was still hope for their company to be free from this complicated problem.

Jacob Donovan stopped pinching his forehead when he heard their words. His brow furrowed as he looked at his two younger brothers alternately. Seeing how clueless both of them were, his expression became sour.

“Don’t you guys read the news?” Jacob asked.

“What’s the news?” Thomas responded confusedly. All day, he had been too busy dealing with the hackers who ran away from him and didn’t have time to read any news on the internet.

Meanwhile, Lucas is also clueless. He found negative news about their company too scary to read, so he avoided the Internet all day long.

“What happened to the Dawson Group?” he asked.

Jacob took a deep breath before explaining, “I called him a few hours ago to ask for help. But he can’t help us. He also has a big problem there…”

“What problem is he facing? Why is it at the same time as us?”

“Suddenly, all the suppliers stopped collaborating with Dawson Group. Everyone canceled their work contracts to sell their goods there…” Jacob explained the problems facing the Dawson Supermarket chain.

Instantly, Lucas and Thomas froze, unable to utter anything when they heard Jacob’s explanation. This was indeed a massive matter for Dawson Group.

Emma Donovan, ​​who had been silent at the end of the sofa as if she didn’t care about her brothers, was also shocked to hear the news about the Dawson Group.

However, her shocked expression was only briefly before it was replaced by a faint smile that slowly emerged on her lips. In her heart, she was secretly overjoyed to hear the bad news.

‘Old geezer Bradley! How dare you ask for a marriage arrangement for my niece!? Now, eat your punishment!’ She cursed Bradley Caville in her heart.

“Waah… indirectly, will Dawson Supermart be empty? There won’t be anything they can sell?” Lucas said. It was hard for him to believe something like this had happened, where all the suppliers in Astington refused to sell their goods to supermarket companies such as the Dawson Group.

“Yes!” Jacob took another deep sigh.

“Who did Brother Bradley offend this time? Why did he get into such trouble? Their problems are bigger than ours…” Thomas Donovan chimed in.

The room became silent again.

Later, Jacob finally said, “As far as I know, only a few large companies can do such a thing, asking suppliers not to sell to Dawson Group…”

“Who?” Thomas Donovan asked curiously.

“The big four, Stearn, Collins, Spencer, and—” Suddenly, Jacob’s voice trailed off as he realized something.

“What? Who’s the last company?” Thomas asked again.

“No. Not the last… but the first…” Jacob said as his eyes fell on Lucas.

Thomas, still clueless, asked once more, “Who, brother? Who could bring down the Dawson Group this fast!?”

Lucas and Jacob ignored their younger brother. They stared at each other as if communicating with their gazes. And it didn’t take long for Lucas to understand what his older brother wanted to say; suddenly, he could feel his blood running cold.

“Sinclair…” Lucas said, turning his gaze to look at Thomas.