Trish blinked again in disbelief and stretched out her shaky fingers towards to touch the slapped cheek. She winced in pain and withdrew her hand, then she gritted her teeth and glared hard at Chloe. “Is this how you do it? You make men, even married men, fall for your good looks. Aren’t you ashamed of yourself, you darn little bit–“ Smack!The word was knocked out of her mouth as her husband raised his hand and slapped her hard across the cheek again. Then he shoved her away and turned to Levi and Chloe. He clenched his teeth tightly and dropped down to the floor on his knees. Then placed his hands on his thighs and balled them into a tight fist, his face lowered to the floor. “F-forgive my wife, sir, ma’am. She doesn’t know what she’s saying.” Despite being slapped twice, Trish still didn’t learn her lesson. She gritted her teeth and asked in confusion. “H-honey, what are you doing? Why do you apologize to these nobodies when you’re a bank manager? You can end their careers

Claire pressed her lips into a thin line and gently massaged the back of her neck without saying a word for more than ten seconds.“Chloe, for some reason, do you happen to be on the floor just above where the cars’ exhibition is going on?” Chloe lowered her eyes to the floor and stared at it for a second. Even though the people below could see those above, it was impossible to see past the matte black cover. So she raised her head again and hummed, “Yeah, why?” “Nothing. Forget I asked.” Claire hurriedly replied and ended the call. Then she rushed back to her seat, opened her camera app to record what was happening like the rest of the guests. Chloe dropped her hand to the side and squeezed her eyes shut, still unable to believe everything she had heard a few minutes ago was true. However, when she opened her eyes again a few seconds later, Ethan was still down on one knee with the box with the ring still stretched towards her. After being tongue-tied for more than a minute,

When they got to the main road, the woman pointed for Ethan to drop her off at a gas station. Before she got down, she grabbed the pen and paper she found in the car and wrote down her number. She first glanced at his fingers before she smiled brightly and dropped the paper on the dashboard.“Please call me, sir. I’d like to repay you for saving me today over a cup of coffee.” Ethan nodded absentmindedly and drove away as soon as she got down. Matilda was still watching her soap opera in the living room when she heard the door open again. She frowned slightly when she saw Ethan walk in. “What is it with you three returning so early in the day?” “Did you quit your jobs? I hope you didn’t because I need your pay checks way more than you do!” Ethan was about to walk past her when he reconsidered and walked to stand in front of her, blocking her view with his body. Matilda’s mind flashed back to what he had said to her a few days ago and she stuttered fearfully, “Wh-what are you d

Despite the dozen men circling around them threateningly, Charles still asked, “So let me get this straight, you’re dogs for the Wellington family and they made you remain in the shadows?” Tristan’s jaw ticked at the question and he glared at him. “You don’t know anything about us, do you?” Charles shrugged and turned his attention to the men in front of him. Even though they didn’t seem like much, he knew better than to underestimate them.After all, these men had been around the whole time and he barely felt their presence. The men from the Caldwell family divided themselves into two groups with six of them circling each of the men.Charles eyes followed the men’s every move as they maintained a calm composure. Then one of the men made the first move. He lunged towards Charles, his fist aimed for a knockout blow. But Charles was faster, sidestepping in a blur and slamming his elbow into the man’s temple with deadly accuracy. The attacker dropped before he could even comprehen

“Why do you explain to him, family head? He’s nothing but a lowly bastard whom the Wellington family wants dead.” Came a very low voice belonging to the girl standing directly behind Isaac. She had her hair down and her eyes lowered to the floor as she spoke. Had she not been standing behind him, no one would’ve been able to find out who spoke. The people standing next to her nudged her by the arm and reprimanded harshly, “Don’t mention the Wellingtons so casually. How could a distinguished family like them be involved with trash like him?” “Even the William family didn’t want him, what makes you think you should associate him to an elite family like the Wellingtons? I ought to cut out your tongue, you little brat!” “Don’t ever say this again lest the Wellington family hears. They could have your head for calling this good-for-nothing part of them.” She hurriedly lowered her eyes to the floor and apologized immediately. “Forgive me, I’m just saying we shouldn’t be apologizing to