As Mick Crane had established a corrupted hierarchy in Vintage Deluxe, he had to make sure his position was never threatened by Raymond Cole.

That was why he wanted Raymond gone, and it was obvious from that how important self-gain was to him.

However, though he plotted to protect this job with a salary of several hundred grand per annum and incentives worth just as much, he didn't think that doing so meant he had missed out on 20 million.

And to add insult to injury, that 20 million had ended up in Raymond's pocket.

Mick wasn't just thunderstruck—he wished he was dead.

Hanging up on Trippy right then, he called Zachary directly since Zachary had told him earlier that text notifications from his number would be silenced.

Zachary was just about to fall asleep when his phone began buzzing.

Already annoyed when he picked up his phone, he immediately snapped at Mick when he saw who the caller was. "I told you! Text me if you have any updates, and I'll check it when I wake up! Why ar