“You know, you can still change your mind and not do this with Gideon, Ethan Wills!” James uttered as he walked into Ethan's office, concern and worry etched across his face.He had seen Ethan bullied by Gideon and didn’t want that. James knew how much Ethan was scared of Gideon and that one single silly mistake could lead to Ethan’s death, which he didn’t want.It was best they avoided it rather than Ethan meeting up with Gideon at such an hour. It just wasn’t right, not even for a single second.“Why haven’t you gone home yet?” Ethan asked as he caught sight of James coming into his office with worry on his face.“That isn’t the question you should be asking yourself right now, Ethan, and you know it. Don’t even think of changing the topic! You know why I am here, don’t deny it,” James let out, walking closer to Ethan’s table.“I’m sorry, James, but I am not some magician to know why you are here. But anyway, I'll be leaving now; it is time!” Ethan stood to his feet, a heavy sigh le

“Ryan?” Isabella called out the second she caught sight of Ryan climbing out of the same car that Ethan was going to climb into.Her sudden call instantly made Gideon and Camilla pause as they lifted their heads towards the direction she had her eyes fixed on.They were confused for a split second, then both turned to look at her with curious gazes written all over their faces.“Is she okay?” Gideon asked, his brows arching in confusion.“Sorry…” she apologised the second she realised they had their eyes fixed on her. “Just that I know him… I'm certain that the boy standing next to Ethan Wills is Ryan Jacobs, my best friend!”The second she uttered this, Gideon became overly interested in every little word she had to say. Gideon wanted Ethan's downfall and he'd do just anything to make sure that it came to reality.“You mean, you know the young boy with Ethan? How?” His brows creased as he turned to the car one more time.At this point, he realised that he had been blind to see it all

“Are you sure you will be able to take care of Gideon once he comes fighting?” James asked Ethan as he sat down right before him in his office.They were both in Ethan's office in the company. It was getting late and they were both free from work, but Ethan couldn't stop thinking about what would happen next, as he was pretty unsure about what Gideon was thinking.If they were still in school, he would have known his next move, but as it stood, he knew nothing.“I will just have to wait and understand what kind of battle he's willing to shove my way, James!” Ethan responded, his fingers tapping rhythmically on the desk before him.His head was filled with different thoughts, and all he needed to do was figure out a way to handle each of them.Just as they were still in the office, thinking about how to go about everything that had happened, a knock came at Ethan's door, pulling both Ethan and James out of their thoughts immediately.Their heads turned toward the door, and that was whe

Just as Ethan was trying to take care of his daily work, trying to set everything in place so he could get ready to leave the company, he halted at the slight sensation of a throbbing ache at the back of his head.“Shit!” he exclaimed as he swiftly reached for the back of his head. His eyes shut tightly as he leaned back in his seat, trying to recover from the intense pain.“Ethan? Ethan, are you okay?” James asked, having caught sight of Ethan acting like he was about to die or something.James didn't like that. He hated seeing the ones he loved suffer so much.“Ethan?” he called out again, seeing that Ethan didn't respond to his first question.Slowly, Ethan opened his eyes to meet James' worried gaze fixed on him from where he sat.“You know, if you are sick, we could go to the hospital. You don't need to…” Just as James was about to finish, Ethan cut in, shaking his head in refusal to James' every word.“I'm fine…” he let out with heavy breaths. The pain had subsided, and Ethan co

“Come on, Ethan… you are trying to kill yourself! You are walking right into their trap! I can't let you do this!” James' grip around Ethan's wrist tightened as he stared directly into his eyes from where he stood.He just didn't feel right about any of these things. He just didn't feel comfortable letting Ethan walk out of the house in the middle of nowhere just because he wanted to save Ryan.“There's nothing you can do to stop me from leaving, James, so I'd advise you to stop trying to do so!” Ethan declared as he pulled his hand out of James' grip.“My Ryan is in trouble, and saving him is the least I can do. It's the only thing I can do. He came into my life, and anyone in my life can't be left all alone!” Ethan added, clearly explaining his reasons for wanting to go save Ryan, no matter what James had to say to him.He could feel it, he could sense the pain and regret Ryan was feeling right now, and it just didn't feel right.“What if this is a trap?” James stated again, but Eth