Nobody to cuddle but it was better than cuddling a wretched Beast who confesses love only to stab you from behind.
A slight sigh escaped from his lips.
It was morning already and the sun's ray was already forcing themselves through the Window
"This might be the last time that I will be lying to you." He tapped his bed slightly.
Seeing his phone lying there brought back the memories of the previous night back to him.
But whatever it was that was behind what had happened the previous night, he was certainly going to find out from his grandfather that day.
He rose from his bed. And for the first time in years, he got a proper dose of sleep.
Staring at his wall clock, he noticed that he had just a few hours left to get set.
He stared at his worn-out shoes that were already opened at the tip and his tattered clothes.
Wishing that he could get to the mall and do a quick change, a slight sigh escaped from his mouth knowing too well that he did not have enough time to do that.
And he didn't want to keep his grandfather waiting for him for such a long time.
And it was better to keep his status low for a while. Especially after what happened last night, it was already an eye-opener that flaunting his status all around was not going to be good for his safety.
"I guess that I will have to make do with my old buddies for a while." She waved his head as he got into them.
Since he was already late and could not wait for his bus, he decided that he was going to ride his bike to wherever it was that he was going to as he had always done in the past.Hopping onto his bike, he began to ride away toward the headquarters, the place had always been tightly guarded.
Even when he was in the business and the university applied for sightseeing, the manager of the place, not even the CEO, rejected it within a few minutes, and after pleading, only the children of the elites of the elites could get into the place.
But from what he heard, the manager back then was just being extremely rude now the place was always open but With extra checks.
"At least. That was somehow sensible."
When he got there, he noticed someone that he shouldn't be seeing there.
Someone who made the stream of anger flow through his spine and he jerked.
Who else could it be apart from the fool who stole his wife from him? He wondered if he even knew that the lady that he was getting married to was someone's wife.
This time, he did pretend that he was avoiding them. He Walked over to his car, clutching his hands tightly to control his anger that was rising badly.
While he was walking, it seemed that he was floating in the air out of his anger. He did not realize it When he hit his feet on a stone, throwing him towards the car and snapping Marcel off the fruit juice that he was sipping.
"And what do you think it is that you are doing?" I inquired with a frown hanging on his face but Ethan was not by any means startled by his ugly looks.
"Don't you think that I should be the one asking you that question?" Ethan replied, getting out of his car.
But before he even attempted to answer the question, Marcel stepped into the car slowly and picked up his cell phone.
"You were saying?" He Inquired staring right into his eyes.
"Are you that dumb not to realize that the lady that you are flirting with is married!" Ethan shot the words at him.
But he didn't seem to go off at the revelation.
He only chuckled for a while and turned back around towards Ethan with a dark smile hanging on his face.
One that annoyed Ethan so much that When he clutched his hands harder, it made a cracking sound...
"Did those bones that you call hands make that sound? I guess that you have lacked food for days."
"But anyways, I am not the one that is going to feed a broke ass like you."
"But anyways, I will tell you one thing that you are dying to hear. I knew about it right from the beginning."
"And then you continued chasing her?" Ethan returned to him, stuck with bewilderment.
"Well. She is Beautiful and such a broke guy should not have the better part of her you Know." He chuckled.
"And the only reason that I didn't recognize you that day was because I never really saw you before, just heard of you."
"But I have to say, I never really knew that you were that wretched so that says. That was enough to wade down my anger."
Ethan gnashed his teeth and growled at him but that was only going to make things even worse for him already as Marcel loved seeing him in distress.
"But what are you doing here? The manager isn't going to allow you to go in, you know, right?" He said.
Just then, a lady who seemed to be his sister Walked gradually toward him and mumbled loudly enough for hir to hear.
"We have to go now. I got us a space." She said but Marcel was not yet done with Ethan just yet.
He turned around towards him and brought out a parcel from his pocket.
It was a card sprinkled with gold and silver linen and his hands could feel its texture, as smooth as silk.
"Go on, look through it." Marcel sneered
And though he was really angry. His instants moved him to do what it was that he had to dom
He opened it up and read the first part and just as he had expected, it was a wedding card.
"See you there, you are our special guest and will be in the VIP section." He finalized, walking away from the place slowly.
Ethan gnashed his teeth even harder and his hands folded the card neatly into a ball.
The taste of anger sprinkled all over his face.
He certainly was not going to allow them to go scot-free after what they did.
He knew that the manager would be inside waiting for him already and from the papers that he saw from his sister's hands, they were going to pass that across to him.
A dark smile hovered on his lips as the thoughts of what he was going to do to them flashed in his head.
"Let's see how this rolls." He muttered.
"He brought his phone out from his pocket and searched for the contact of the manager that his grandfather had passed across to him."
"There you are." He mumbled.
Not wanting to call the manager, he began to type a message tagging it urgent.
"A young named Marcel is coming into your office with a young lady right away. I don't care about what they are going to do there."
"I want to get angry upon seeing them." He wrote.
"A request from Ethan Geftan." He used his last name which carried so much authority.
He paused for a while, taking out the thin film that had formed on his tongue With his teeth.
"Let's see how you are going to get off this beast." He growled at himself and his anger was soon replaced by a dark smile.
Meanwhile, Marcel and Nancy gained a quick pass into the building and since they already knew what they were for, they Walked swiftly towards the manager's office but first, they had to meet with the secretary and tender their request."Good day, ma'am." Marcel greeted the lady who was behind the Deck and was putting on a white glittering suit.Pairing away from her computer after what seemed to be like ages, he blinked her eyes for a while and returned her glasses."Good day to you too Mr. Marcel. How may I be of help to you?" She inquired, staring right into his eyes.Nancy brought the documents that they were holding and offered them to his brother who also returned them to the secretary.As a busy person, her eyes could only blink through the important details and afterward, she handed it over to them."This would be a really difficult request since we will be getting new management soon so I think that you should discuss With Mr. Blakes properly." She noted pushing its bottom on
Ethan stood outside for a while staring right into space and looking forward to what was going to happen nextThen he could see them from afar being dragged away as a dark smile hovered on his lips, waking gradually towards them."Guess who just got kicked out." He laughed his hands folded and seeing him, Marcel tried to control himself and made it seem as though it was nothingDusting his hands, he returned his gaze to Ethan who raised his eyebrow."And what do you think is going on? I am just being escorted out as a VIP that I truly am and nothing other than that." He responded but Ethan could already see through his lieThe way that he gripped your hands, it didn't say so I have to say." He responded and walked away from the place while Marcel gnashed his teeth.He got towards the guards and was about to show him the invitation card that he got to see the manager"Hey, this is not a charity organization, please step aside." He heard the person that was in charge of the queue saying
Everyone around stared at what was going on in astonishment. "Who could this poorly dressed man be?" Ethan could hear the whispers filter into his ears like murmurs of bees."But sir. I was about to get him out of this place." The security officer named Mr. Austin tried to say, still clutching hard to his aching face that seemed to want to pull apart."Another word from you and I am going to make sure that I cut off your tongue. I guess that slap isn't enough for you already right?"The security officer shivered on the point that he stood, knowing way too well that he was on the verge of losing his job if Ethan was anybody important.But a part of him screamed out that he could never be anyone that big.It's clothes, cheap body spray. Everything about him spoke of a low key life.Mr. Blakes walked towards Ethan swiftly to apologize on behalf of the mishap."M...." He was about to say but Ethan shot a stare at him, not ready to reveal his identity yet."Don't do that. For now, I am ju
His words broke into stutters as he tried to find his words but he found it difficult."Sir please I need this job. I'm sorry for what I did to you. I don't think you were just a bagger and all I did was for the best interest of the company." His eyes moved erratically, threatened by fear.Ethan's eye blinked knowing way too well that the security officer was trying to manipulate him.But it was somehow interesting and he wanted to find out more about this man. And thanks, he had the best more than knew everything about him."So Mr. Blake, can you tell me more about Mr. Austin here? What's his name and why did my grandfather make him so immune." He outlined the details of every single thing that he wanted to know about him.Mr. Blake stammered for a while and his hands skimmed through his head as he did not know much about him."Sir, I don't know much about him." He replied.His face flushed With disappointment. "How can you say that you do not know anything about him?" He inquired.
The act that he just put up made him remember his past. Deceitful and manipulative people who thought that they could use people as much as they wanted to and thought that they were still loyal pissed him off so much.His teeth gnashed against each other as the image that stood before him was replaced by that of the betrayer."But sir." Mr. Austin was about to say but he would not allow him to spit out a single word from his mouth."One more lie from you and I am not only going to make sure that you leave this company but you will leave this city for lying to me." He said but he decided to pretend as though he knew nothing about what Ethan was saying."I don't understand sir. What has to be done to get you angry?" The words on his lips shook."You want to Know don't you?" He inquired and the only thing that he could do was nod his head."Yes sir. And Also make it up to you." He replied.Ethan nodded his head, a dark smile hovered on his lips as he loved the game that the security off
His eyebrows furrowed staring right into his eyes as random thoughts ran through his mind."What could that even be?" He thought in his head.Without spitting out a single word from his mouth, he waited patiently for Mr. Blakes to state what was wrong but he didn't seem to be ready to say that any time soon."And that would be?" He finally had to break the overbearing silence in the room."Your grandfather told me to inform you that your father is not in good condition." He noted.He was taken aback by the words and didn't want anything to happen to the closest relative that he just meant.Right from the point where he could not see him, he knew already that something was wrong."We should get going in that case." He turned around towards Mr. BlakeHe was led to the car park by Mr. Blake and they got into a white Porsche.His heart raced fast as random thoughts ran through his mind and when he could no longer take it, he Paced out through the window just to view the city and get his m
Meanwhile, Marcel's face was sweaty as he drove in his car through the feet.For reasons that he could not know, his feet were shivering so badly and his hands ached on the starry.Right from the very first day that he had known Mr. Blakes, he had never seen him so angry before."What do you think might have been wrong?" The seat that sat beside him all those while in silence finally broke the silence."I am supposed to know." He could not help but transfer the same energy that he had been given by Mr. Blakes.He could feel his heart beating hard against his chest as though it was going to burst through as the thoughts about what happened crossed his mind.The events before that could not help but scream through and only one name surfaced in his head.Ethan.His Hands clenched tightly until it made a cracking sound and the expression on his face deepened.His sister could not help but notice the quick change in his countenance and had to ask what was wrong.Is anything the matter?" He
"That night?" The words came back out in form of a stutter and his grandfather smiled slightly."Of course, you got into a misunderstanding with someone."For what I needed to tell you, you will need to get a suitor soon enough."Immediately he spat out the words from his mouth, he coughed almost immediately.His heart was racing fast. He did not ever think that he would want a relationship with anyone."Do you intend to live with me or get a house for yourself?" He inquired, snapping him off from his thoughts and switching off the topic swiftly.He thought about it for a while. He would have loved to live with his grandfather but he seemed to be a busy man and would not want to disturb him that much.It was going to be a really difficult thing for him to do. His head ran through different thoughts and he finally stopped on a decision."I think that I should get a place grandfather." He added."Just as I thought." His grandfather stared at him for a while and returned his hands to hi
Mr. Greftan was admitted to the hospital and placed on bed rest by the doctor. He had a minor heart attack and the doctor warned that it might reoccur if Mr. Greftan wasn't resting well. Keren was still not at work, and Ethan couldn't find her document. He searched all his files but they were nowhere to be found. He was sure he left it in his office. He was worried about Keren but there was no way to reach her. It had been two weeks since the incident and Keren was not yet at work. He thought it was because they made out that was why she was shy about resuming and it broke him when he couldn't find her credentials so he could locate her house address. Worst of all, he didn't have her picture saved on his phone; the only picture he had of her was missing too, and he couldn't explain how Keren’s document mysteriously disappeared from his office. Ethan turned on the CCTV camera to see if Eli was the one who took Keren’s file but he didn't see anything out of the ordinary; all he could
Mr. Greftan was admitted to the hospital and placed on bed rest by the doctor. He had a minor heart attack and the doctor warned that it might reoccur if Mr. Greftan wasn't resting well. Keren was still not at work, and Ethan couldn't find her document. He searched all his files but they were nowhere to be found. He was sure he left it in his office. He was worried about Keren but there was no way to reach her. It had been two weeks since the incident and Keren was not yet at work. He thought it was because they made out that was why she was shy about resuming and it broke him when he couldn't find her credentials so he could locate her house address. Worst of all, he didn't have her picture saved on his phone; the only picture he had of her was missing too, and he couldn't explain how Keren’s document mysteriously disappeared from his office. Ethan turned on the CCTV camera to see if Eli was the one who took Keren’s file but he didn't see anything out of the ordinary; all he could
“Impressive!! This is by far the best project you have come up with; I cannot believe it! How did you get this idea?“You see, grandpa, I am not the bad egg after all; I have been breaking my back working on something that would make you and dad proud.“I cannot wait to show Ethan this project; I am sure he will be so proud of you.Eli collected the documents from his grandfather’s hand; he did it in such a way that it showed that he was disgusted with what his grandfather said.“What? What is wrong? Do you want to yank your hand off? Why did you collect your document like that? Did I say something wrong?"Yes, grandfather, you do not even trust me enough; I did all of this myself and now you want to show Ethan for approval.“I wasn't going to show him for approval; I just wanted him to know what you were working on; surely he would be so excited too. “Why do you always do this, grandpa? Do you need validation from Ethan before approving my project? You all complain that I don't do a
“Irish! I thought you said she wouldn't be here!“I know Vivian, but Keren lives here; you both cannot be fighting forever; I need you both to settle your differences. “If not for the fact that we are sisters, I would have slapped you really hard! I do not have time for this nonsense! “But Vivian, Irish is right; you cannot be like this forever; you need to forgive me and let us move on.“You killed them! I will never forget that you made me a widow! I want nothing to do with you; excuse me, I am out of her.Vivian left the house, ignoring Irish and Keren, who were calling out her name. All the excitement on Keren’s face faded away. She fell to the couch and let out a loud sigh of relief. Irish sat beside her. They were both silent for a few minutes before Irish decided to break the silence.“You do not have to think too much about it; she will come around; she is still traumatised, and she told me she started therapy; she will come around soon."It has been years; I miss my best fri
“Take me home. That was the last thing Ethan said before he was unconscious. Keren had to call for the help of the receptionist so they could carry Ethan to the car. By the time they got downstairs, the driver was already in his seat, waiting to move. They managed to put Ethan into the car, the receptionist went back to her work station and everyone was worried, wondering what was happening to their boss. They thought he fainted but the receptionist had to tell them that the boss was under a lot of stress and he needed rest. Ethan was in the back seat with Keren; he was sleeping deep. Keren couldn't get her eyes off him; she wished she could touch his hair so she could do that. Tears rolled down her face when she thought about her late fiance. She looked outside the window so no one would see her crying. Shortly after, they got to the mansion and Keren was left in amazement. She couldn't believe her eyes; she couldn't believe the edifice standing tall in front of her. When the driv
Keren was so shy, she used to wish the ground would open and swallow her. Ethan was still fast asleep; he was oblivious that his grandfather was in the room. “You must be Keren, right?Keren tried to speak but she was stuttering and she struggled to compose herself."Yes, I am, sir.“Why is Ethan fast asleep by this time?“He is drunk, sir; he drank too much. “I see. Follow me.“Sir?“You heard me; follow me. Ethan’s grandfather left the room and Keren jumped off the bed and rushed to Ethan’s closet to wear something casual. She wore a white collar shirt and joggers. When she was done, she headed downstairs to meet Mr. Geftan. “Right on time, join me.Mr. Geftan poured Keren a glass of freshly pressed juice; he pressed it himself. It was a mixture of pineapple, watermelon and a little ginger. “This is so lovely, sir; I have never tasted a better fruit juice.“So tell me, what is it like working with Ethan?“I have no idea, sir. I only resumed today. I hoped I was going to have a bli
How can I repay you for your kindness sir?“You do not have to pay me, just go home and start something beautiful and profitable for you and your son. Your son deserves something better.“Who are you sir?Bal’s father said amidst tears, he couldn't control the tears that rolled down his face, he wanted to kneel to appreciate Ethan but Ethan stopped him mid air.“You do not have to do that, just consider me your angel, now please go get something good to eat.“Thank you uncle, my dad is really happy. Bal and his father left the park and Ethan watched how joyous they looked until they faded out of sight, he was truly happy for them… he was fulfilled when he saw the smile on their faces, and at that moment he was convinced that everything happened for a reason, if Eli had not crashed his car, he wouldn't have met Bal. He walked back to the hospital ward and when he got there he was informed that Eli was out of coma. He wasn't sure if he was happy about the news or not but he had to go
“I am not going to calm down, grandfather!! Did you see what he did to my car? That car was badly damaged—damaged beyond repair!! “Stop stressing over material things; your insurance company can take care of the damages.“They would if I were the one driving the car, but I am not and Eli is moving around with an expired driver’s license!" He better stay in that coma, because I will send him back there if he comes back to this house! How dare he take my car without my permission!!! He left his luxurious cars and took mine. I am starting to think that he crashed my car on purpose. “ Don't be ridiculous. I understand you are upset but do you think Eli would risk his life just to crash your car and get back at you? You should be praying for his recovery, not this.“God forbid!! I better waste my time on important things than pray for that rebellious soul. Eli is a lost cause.“You are the older one, Ethan. I know Eli is not the best but do you want us to throw him away? Your father doesn
“Hahah!! I told you I was going to get to you, didn't i? Eli was smiling at the screenshot he took; he was the happiest soul that night. He was one step away from bringing Ethan down and he was very excited. He took out his phone and called Marcel.“Hello, where are you?“I am resting at my loudspeaker.“Meet me at the bar.“At the bar? By this time of the night? Isn't it late already?“I told you never to oppose me again; remember, I am paying for that room. I can kick you out anytime, so please do as I say or else I will throw you out.“I will be there in 20 minutes.“Be there in 15.“Eli ended the call and tossed his phone on the bed and he made his way to his closet to change into something casual for the night. He was humming a melodious song as he went to the bathroom to freshen up. After he was done, he took Ethan’s porch and left. He didn't want to drive his Ferrari, but he knew Ethan was going to have his head by morning, but he didn't care.“He got to the bar and ordered a