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Nolan walked out of the Campbell's mansion and as he approached his limousine, a hefty-looking fellow opened the passenger door for him and got in with him.“How was it boss, do you think they would go for it?” His new bodyguard asked.After his last encounter with Ethan, he had spent a fortune upgrading his security and even going as far as recruiting ex-military men as his new bodyguards.“They have no choice. It's either that or they watch their family name dissipate into oblivion,” he smiled mischievously.“Either way, I get what I want!”***As the Maserati pulled up in front of Lopez Conglomerate, Ethan opened the door for Loretta and smiled at her as they passed the former security men from Tasty Grilled Chicken that Ethan had just recently employed.Ethan had barely settled into his office when Tim came in.“Good day Sir,” he greeted before placing a hot cup of chocolate on Ethan's desk.“Good day Tim, thanks for the cup of chocolate. Is the team ready with the reports,” he as
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Loretta gave him a piercing gaze, half-guessing what had previously occupied his thoughts.She had entertained similar thoughts just moments ago before Tim told her Ethan wanted to see her when she had some time on her hands.She was somewhat grateful that Ethan never brought up the incident as she wasn't sure how she would react.“I didn't think you would come so quickly,” he smiled, sipping some more hot chocolate more from embarrassment than the need to.“Do you want some,” he pointed to his cup of hot chocolate but she turned it down.“I just had a cup but thanks for asking. So what's up?” She took her seat as she asked.“I wanted us to go over the marketing strategy that the team of department heads submitted. Are you up for it?”“Yes, sure.”“All right then,” he immediately placed a call and had the secretary bring physical copies of the report for both of them to go through.After a hectic day at the office, Ethan and Loretta decided to pick up some groceries at the Mall.After
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Henry walked into Ethan's office with Tim following closely behind him.Henry's impression of Ethan suddenly changed as he stepped into his majestic office.“Was this not the fellow my cousin claimed was a nobody?” He whispered, trying to make sense of everything.First, he was convinced that Ethan was an important person, for him to have made them lose in a matter of seconds a contract that had taken them months to secure for months.But then his cousin said he investigated Ethan and it turned out that he was the divorced live-in-son-in law of the Gray family who was recently released from jail, and so his impression about Ethan changed again.Not until Nolan Perez came knocking on their door with a 2 billion dollar too-good-to-true merger deal for a so-called nobody! “Who goes to such lengths to fight a nobody?” He had asked himself.“Mr. Campbell to what do I owe this visit,” Ethan broke his chain of thoughts with his powerful voice.Henry could sense the coldness in his voice but
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“Grandfather please hold on!” Henry yelled as walked and saw that his grandfather was about to sign the last part of the document for the merger.Morrison furrowed his brow, pausing to listen to his youngest grandson.“What's this rat up to?” Lucas cursed under his breath, angry that his cousin had stopped their grandfather from completely signing the merger documents.Henry was glad he had made it just in time, a few more seconds and it would have been too late.“Grandfather, we don't need the merger anymore, we have our contract back!” He announced, causing everyone's eyes to widen.“Hahaha…We have our contract back!” Lucas snorted, imitating his cousin mockingly.“How is that even possible? Grandfather, please don't pay him any attention, let's not keep Mr. Perez waiting,” another member of the Campbell family added.“Grandfather, I'm just coming from Mr. Banks office and after apologizing to him, he agreed to return the contract to us on the condition that you allow me to oversee
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Ethan woke up in the middle of the night, sweating profusely.It was the same dream he had a couple of nights ago that had woken him up.“Why won't it go away,” he asked himself.“Okay, I've received your message, my lord,” he yelled at the medallion on his neck as if talking to someone on the other end of it.Since he was yet to figure out the meaning of the dream, he found it difficult going back to sleep each time he had it.He peered at his bedside clock, “Huh, it's just nine minutes past four,” he grumbled, unhappy that his sleep had been cut short so early in the morning.An idea suddenly popped into his head, ‘Why not hit the gym,’ ‘Yeah why didn't I think of that?’ he thought as a smile suddenly appeared on his face. Since he had never used the villa's gym facility, he welcomed the idea with open arms.Within a few minutes, he had already changed into his workout clothes and he dashed off instantly in the direction of the gym.Suddenly, a slim figure appeared from the shadows
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Ethan's piercing glare scared Titus making him almost piss on himself.“I..I..still have no…idea what you are talking about,” he responded fearfully.Slap…Ethan's slap stunned the security men as it sent Titus rolling on the ground.Loretta's gaze remained the same as she had seen Ethan slap thugs countless times.“You were here this morning while I was at the gym, were you not?”“I know because I perceived the smell of that thing you just dropped but I assumed it was coming from outside, so I didn't think anything too serious of it.”“You must have slipped in using Laura's key card. So what, you came in to poison me?” He's revelation shocked the security men as their eyes widened.“Start talking before I lose my patience,” he warned Titus through gritted teeth.“I didn't know she was going to drink it. It was meant for you,” he finally admitted, shocking everyone. Titus couldn't stand Ethan's menacing scare anymore and he was scared of what he would do to him if he didn't speak up,
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“Isn't this the useless freeloader who had somehow found his way into the arms of another wealthy family after being kicked out of the Gray family?”“Why does he make me shiver with just a glare,” he asked himself.“I'm sure it's nothing. He may have picked that up to frighten some people, but such tricks would only worsen things for him here,” he concluded in his heart before pointing at Ethan.“Seems you've gone blind. Even the dumbest of my men would feast on you…”There was a loud sound followed by a crashing sound as Mathias dropped to the ground cringing in pain before he could even finish his sentence.“Don't just look at him you nitwits, kill him,” he yelled, blood dripping from the corner of his mouth.His men quickly surrounded Ethan, glaring at him with stern faces.“I'm in a really foul mood now boys. Your boss' little stunt just cost the life of an innocent soul. It's him I came here for but if you chose to stand in my way, it's your funeral.Ethan gently placed the pizza
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Ethan's gaze turned cold and he held the steering wheel so hard that his veins almost popped.“What did you just say?” He asked like he was unsure of what he had just heard.“The anonymous user that hired Mathias was Emiliano Gray,” Loretta repeated herself, unsure of what he was going to do next.Ethan gritted his teeth, “So having my mother killed wasn't enough for them, they also tried to have me killed? Alright then!” He said nothing else as he finally pulled up in front of the office complex.***Morrison Campbell sat down, depression written on his face. Since the day he signed the merger documents, he had been restless. It wasn't that he wasn't aware of what it meant when he was signing the documents but he had no choice.Many years ago, Morrison had accidentally killed a 12-year-old girl because he was drunk and driving. He was still in college at the time and had gone to a party with some friends where he had too much to drink.Morrison frowned, “Young people do stupid things