Rise of The Unknown Billionaire

Chapter 10

Ethan received a call the moment he stepped back into the mansion. He took a look at his phone and discovered that it was an unknown and hidden caller. With a suspicious feeling that it wasn't good news, he picked up the call.

"Ethan Stone, we have your sister." A nasty voice said before Ethan could even greet.

"Who the hell are you?" Ethan forgot all pleasantries and asked the question that bit him in the chest the most with rage.

"Who I am is not what is important." The voice replied, causing Ethan to furrow his brows. It seemed the person or people in question wanted to keep their identity a secret.

"Then what is so important that you had to kidnap my sister?" Ethan asked once again while signalling to Andrew to do something.

Andrew got the signal from Ethan and fervently began to do something. Ethan hoped he would be able to track the call and that was what he was trying to do as he took a laptop and started tracing the call.

All Ethan has to do was stay on the call for one minute.

"Don't tell me you don't know why we have your sister?" The voice asked teasingly.

At this point Ethan became fully aware that it was because of him. Whoever had kidnapped Sylvie was simply trying to punish him or get something out of him. 

He felt really sorry for Sylvie but he also felt anger towards the despicable people who abducted an innocent girl. Not that he himself was guilty of troubling anyone.

"I don't remember offending anyone. You also didn't have to kidnap my sister!" He said.

"How naive..." The man clicked his tongue before he continued.

"If you want to get your sister back then you have to do something for me. Don't worry, it isn't about money. Your poor ass wouldn't be able to get any money after all." The voice said with mockery.

"What do you want from me?" Ethan retorted as he tried to calm his agitation.

"It's not too hard. Just make a video of yourself apologizing to Sophia Walton for manipulating her and post it on the internet." The man said.

Sophia Walton! Ethan's pupils dilated when he heard that name. Sophia was behind it?! The hatred that he had begun to have towards Sophia was now turning into full-blown malice.

Ethan kept silent without replying the man. He wanted to refuse it. He didn't want to apologize to Sophia for anything. She should be the one who was groveling at his feet and asking for mercy for all the manipulation that she had done.

If he had turned out to be a nobody that didn't have any heritage, Sophia would have trampled on him till he became a rag or till he probably died. She would have made him a waste. Ethan was grateful that he didn't turn out to be a nobody.

"You must do it immediately." The man continued after receiving no response from Ethan.

"For everyday that passes by and you haven't posted the video, your precious little Sylvie will be tortured. I wonder how she'll see her precious big brother as her hero when she hears that she is being tortured because of you..." The man teased with a chuckle. Ethan felt a strong urge to punch the man.

The threat of torturing Sylvie made his heart sink. He knew the bastard could actually do it. He heard heard rumours of this sort of thing before.

"I'll do it if that's why you want!" Ethan replied through gritted teeth. His hatred for Sophia was strong. But he couldn't let his sister suffer because of it.

"That's a good boy. Also, one last thing..." The man said.

"What is it?" Ethan asked as he tried to contain his anger.

"You have to make the video while wearing nothing but an underwear pant." The man said and terminated the call immediately.

"What?!" Ethan yelled.

"Shit!" Andrew also cursed. It was as if the man had known that he would be tracked and he had ended the call at 59 seconds. Just a second more and Andrew would have gotten his location.

Meanwhile Ethan was dumbfounded. Why did he have to do it almost naked? He realised that Sophia was meaning to drag him down to the dust and rub his face in it.

"What did he say?" Andrew asked. He had been focused on tracking that he wasn't able to pay attention. So Ethan explained it to him.

"You can't do that, young master." Andrew vehemently declined.

"Why not?" Ethan asked.

"You are Ethan Astor. You must not be humiliated in such a way. Just give the order and I will make sure that your sister is found and delivered to you by the end of the day." Andrew said. He wasn't going to allow someone as prestigious as Ethan to do such a thing.

Even though he had failed with tracking down Sylvie, there was still a vast amount of resources that was at his disposal to get the job done safely. Ethan didn't have to lift a finger.

"You can bring down all your enemies in just one day if you so wish. You don't have to go this far for a little girl." He continued.

Ethan kept quiet as he did some thinking. He really wanted to do as Andrew was saying. But for some reason he felt it was going to be boring.

"I don't want to do that." Ethan shook his head with a menacing look. "I want to do this in a way that I will enjoy it. You told me not to reveal my identity yet. I'm going to do just that.

If Sophia or her family finds out that I can pose a threat to them, they might do something cowardly and I wouldn't be able to satisfy my wrath." Ethan explained to Andrew who was still worried for him.

"So I'm going to make the video. When I get Sylvie back, Sophia would be in for a surprise." Ethan promised with a smirk.