However, even if Nate allowed them to leave and had them keep it a secret, it would still cause terrible losses to his firm.

After all, most of the evidence gathered on the partners was by handing off lawsuits to them in the first place. If the evidence ultimately proved pointless, that meant Nate's money was going down the drain.

When that happened, he would lose both human resources and money while the central pillar of Ares LLP would disappear, leaving the roof collapsing on them.

That was