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Rags to Stardom Chapter 13
Ethan's Cedarwood Heritage Bank account had received several huge deposits, causing the bank to temporarily freeze his account, requesting his presence.Very early the next morning Ethan and Loretta entered the main hall of Cedarwood Heritage Bank.Several customers filled the banking hall, as Ethan and Loretta made their way to the counter where a petite-looking female was seated.“Hello, please I'm here to find out why my account was blocked.”“It must probably be because it's empty.”She snapped as she momentarily looked up from her computer screen with a disdainful expression on her face.“I wonder why it wasn't even closed. It's such a waste of resources keeping empty accounts for poor customers.”Ethan stared at her, his exterior as calm as ever. He had left his villa in a hurry without putting on any of his expensive outfits, so he wasn't too surprised at the lady's judgemental behavior.At that same instant, a male banker walked up to the counter to talk to the petite lady but
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The manager's son was shocked as he and the petite lady knelt before Ethan in tears. At that same instant, the manager walked into the banking hall. “What's going on? Son, why are you kneeling down?” “Your son just got you a new position in the bank.” The manager’s face was swollen with pride as he began to speak, beaming with joy. “Thank you, Sir, we promise to continue to give our…” “You are now the new Cashier and Laila is the new manager. Michael Rivers interrupted him. The manager's face went cold, What! Son, what did you do? What's going on? What stupid thing have you done this time?” But Harris kept begging Ethan. Laila immediately jumped for joy. She was on the verge of being kicked out of the bank but now she is the new manager. “You should all thank Ethan here for the promotion.” Michael Rivers chipped in with a smile. Laila’s joy knew no bounds as she kept thanking Ethan. Ethan briefly acknowledged Laila's thanks as he walked out with Loretta. Loretta
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But before they could take a step towards him, he reached for a surgical blade lying on a nearby tray and flipped it expertly as it grazed the leader of the security men on the cheek before plunging into a door frame.“The next one would take your head off!”The leader instantly froze, not daring to take another step.The terrifying look on Ethan's face was enough to convince him that he meant every word.“Now we were talking about an autopsy.” He said, turning to Dr Zachary.Dr Zachary swallowed hard before speaking as it was obvious his security men could not save him Ethan.“We conduct autopsies by default when certain patients die under certain conditions, to assure the public that we do our best to save all our patients and your mother met all the conditions, so we already carried out an autopsy on her. The results are available. I can get them for you.”Ethan sneered at his response. “You do your best to save all your patients and yet you allowed my mother to die because she had
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Loretta blushed as she imagined what Ethan was about to do, her emotions instantly running wild.“You have something stuck to your back,’’ he finally said before removing it.Loretta was stunned and slightly embarrassed as she had misinterpreted his actions. She quickly cleared her throat and whispered a thank you before she left.After dinner, Ethan and Loretta talked about a few things, suddenly Ethan's countenance became cold.“What's wrong? Are you still thinking about what Dr Zachary told you?” Loretta enquired, feeling concerned about Ethan.“Yes, I am. I still can't believe that they did all that to me and my poor mother.”“You need to deal with it and get done with it otherwise it will eat you up.”Ethan managed to flash her a fake smile. He knew she was right but he couldn't get himself to stop thinking about the betrayal from Ariella and her family.“I will make them pay dearly,” he said through gritted teeth.“But first I must give my mother a befitting burial.”His phone s
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“What news?” Ethan feigned ignorance, grinning.Loretta gave him a funny look, “It's all over the news that Cedarwood Heritage Bank now has a new owner. Congratulations!”Ethan furrowed his brows at the news Loretta had just broken to him. He hadn't expected the news to have gotten to the media so quickly. He had been planning on surprising her with the news and taking her to dinner afterwards later that day but now his surprise has been ruined.“I wanted the news to be a surprise but now it's ruined.”Loretta blushed uncontrollably, “Alright, what if I hadn't seen the news, what was your plan?”“I was going to tell you and then take you out for dinner.”Loretta grimaced, “Then you still owe me dinner.”Ethan couldn't help laughing at the face she made, “You already found out but I agree, we still need to celebrate.”That evening at White Star hotel, Ariella and Jay could be seen holding hands in front of the hotel.“Baby, I can't believe you were able to get us a reservation at the W
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Jumping out of the bathroom and fearing something terrible had happened to Loretta, Ethan came out half-unclad to find Loretta staring at her phone with tears in her eyes.“What's wrong? Are you all right?” He enquired, concern evident in his voice.“It's my grandfather, he is in very bad shape. He suddenly fell ill.”Ethan gently took her in his arms, consoling her. He pulled her face to his with one hand as he struggled to keep his own emotions at bay.“Don't worry, he'll be fine. I'll get dressed and then we'll go to see him.”Loretta swallowed hard. In her despair, she hadn't realized that he was half unclad. A tinge of embarrassment flashed across her face, as she realized the bulge between his legs.Ethan realizing it too quickly pulled away.“I'll be down in a minute,” he said as he made for his room.Half an hour later they both arrived at the Lopez family estate with Loretta racing ahead of Ethan to see her grandfather.As they arrived by his bedside, they found Ian Lopez su
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"Hey dingbat, I see you are here already. I'm going to enjoy watching Master Zatara kick your ass!” Joshua yelled at Ethan through gritted teeth.Ethan turned around to see Joshua and his friends but didn't utter a word to them.“Is this the poor fellow that is going to face Master Zatara? I'm staking nothing less than a million dollars on master Zatara killing this pauper in the ring.” Gary Coleman chipped in.Lisa and her friends were shocked when they heard how much Gary was staking on Master Zatara.“I'll do something for though,” Joshua said, poking his finger on Ethan's chest.“I'll stake 1 dollar on you to throw a punch and miss,” he said scornfully.Ethan looked at him coldly, “You touch me again and you'll be sorry.”Joshua froze for a second, fear gripping him.“Let's see how bold you would be after facing master Zatara in the ring,” Lisa blurted out.Ethan just ignored them as he took Loretta's hand and walked away.“I'll go with Gary to get some refreshments and when I'm b
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Ethan furrowed his brows as he dropped the call.“What is it?” Loretta asked concern written on her face as she noticed the change in Ethan's demeanor.“Nolan Perez just offered Ryder group thrice the amount I offered.”Loretta froze at his words.“Did you just say, Nolan Perez?”“Yes, I did. Do you know him?” Ethan could sense some tension in her as he mentioned the name, Nolan Perez.She only managed to nod.Ethan didn't bother pushing the matter.“Come on, let's go. You look exhausted.”The ride to Sunrise Villa was quiet with Ethan occasionally trying to get Loretta to speak but she remained silent.As they got into the apartment, Ethan quickly whipped up a light dinner.Outside Loretta's door, there was a light knock.“Yes!” She answered with a barely audible voice.Ethan entered instantly with a tray of steaming food.“I brought you dinner in bed,” he announced with a warm smile.“You shouldn't have. You are as tired as I am or even more, with all the fighting you just did,” she