In the living room, sat Elizabeth waiting for Ethan to return from his visit to Valerie's. He soon returned two hours later."Welcome back Ethan, how's it going with Valerie? Is she good?" She asked, her voice laced with concern"Yeah, she is. We have finally settled our differences once and for all." Ethan said."Oh wow! That is great news. And speaking of news, I have one for you." Elizabeth said and Ethan raised a brow at her."Your uncle wants to have dinner with you or all of us rather." She announced.Ethan looked a little confused."My uncle? The last time I checked, I had no uncle, so who is this uncle we speak of?" He asked."Can you hear it mother? I told you we had no uncle." Skyler cut in from behind them.Elizabeth sighed."Desmond Vanguard. He is your uncle no matter how much you both try to fight that. It is the truth. He is still family." She said."We do not have to be related by blood before we can become family. And being related by blood doesn't make us family." Et

Ethan sat in his office going through some files, one of which was the file Jax had brought along with him from the vanguard's company. He never got the time to go through the contract before signing it so now that he saw it, he decided to go through it again. Just as he was about to flip the page, he heard a knock on the door."Come in." He said. He thought it would be Natasha coming to update him as usual, but when he raised his head up, he saw Valerie standing at the doorway with a sly smile on her face. Ethan's eyes lit up on seeing her."Hey." She said, shyly."Someone missed me right?" He asked with a smirk."No, I didn't." Valerie said, sticking out her tongue to him playfully."Ouch." Ethan said, holding his chest. "And here I was thinking you came because you missed me." He added."Yeah, you thought wrong. You know Mr Vanguard, you should stop jumping into conclusions. You will only get yourself hurt." Valerie said."I never knew that. Thank you for telling me. I promise to k

The Sterlings home was bustling. It was immediately filled activity as everyone was excited to see their grandmother. Valerie was a bit nervous as she was not in a good relationship with her grandmother. Sydney on the other hand kept casting mean glances at Valerie. Valerie sat in the living room quietly, she was texting Ethan and keeping him posted, not wanting to get involved in anything because she knew her grandmother would definitely find fault in whatever it is she was doing.Sydney returned to the living room after taking a shower. She saw Valerie sitting there alone then she went to the dining room to see Renee setting up the table. "You are so hardworking. What does that girl ever do?" She asked loudly, loud enough for Valerie to hear her."Oh. She does this most of the time. I am just doing it today." Renee said, which was surprising to Valerie. Sydney was a little stumped but she was bent on picking on Valerie."Aren't you the older sister? She is meant to do this regard

Keith did as Ethan has ordered. When Conrad was about to leave the venue of the ball in a drunken state, he was ambushed by some men and was severely beaten up.The next morning, he was fuming. Good thing he was able to return home himself without being found out by his father as he couldn't let his father know what he had done. The president had no idea his son had claimed Sterlings enterprise.Conrad could easily find Ethan's apartment in the estate so he drove there.Valerie was just waking up from her sleep as she had spent the night in Ethan's place after he refused to let her go home, saying her family would most likely not let her come into the house at that time.When Conrad got to the gate, he met a security."Open up." He ordered."Who are you?" The security asked. Conrad looked surprised."Who am I? Are you fucking kidding me? Open the damn gate." He ordered. He wondered how the security man could not recognize him and that made him even more mad."I'm sorry. I have no idea

Ethan drove to Valerie's home again that night. He wanted to make an important decision in their life. Valerie was not expecting to see him again that same day after what had happened earlier with Conrad Patterson."What do you want?" She asked, on seeing Ethan."To apologize." Ethan responded and Valerie raised a brow at him."Okay? Go on." She probed."I already did." Ethan said and Valerie rolled her eyes."Are you kidding me? If you have nothing to say, please leave. Get out of my house. I pleaded with you not to hurt him but you did. Conrad is the president's son. You were not supposed to do that. What if something had happened? What if it got more serious than that? What if he lost his life in the process? What could I have explained?" Valerie fumed."You are only overthinking. It is not as serious as it seems. This is just your feminine traits acting up." Ethan said and Valerie's eyes narrowed."My feminine traits? Are you serious? So me expressing my concerns over your actions