Ethan stood still. His hands crossed behind him and his figure steadfast and unmoving. He gazed at Philip with indifference in bright golden eyes.He had already expected Philip to do something crazy so Ethan wasn't shocked by the nonsense that was spewing out of Philip's mouth."Why are you not responding? Cat got your tongue?" Philip sneered.Philip was sure that Ethan was inwardly quaking on fear and depression.'You didn't think that I would return from my treatment soon and scatter your plans right?' Philip sneered inwardly.He was assuming that Ethan was taking the opportunity while he was out of the country to cause trouble for the Waltons and most especially Sophia."Or did you not expect to see me so soon?" Philip asked again with a sinister smile. His whole demeanour was like someone who was speaking to his junior and was being benevolent.However, Ethan still didn't say a word. He turned to Caitlyn who was behind him."Where is Mr Clifford?" Ethan asked Caitlyn in a subdued
Mr Clifford's complexion had become very grim."I should fire him?" Mr Clifford asked Philip with an incredulous expression on his face.Philip looked at Ethan and nodded. He looked at Mr Clifford as though he was giving him the best advice in the world."Get rid of him fast enough or you'll regret it." Philip replied as he looked at Ethan disgustedly.Mr Clifford clenched his fists in anger."Mr Carnegie... I am trying my best to give you a modicum of respect right now. But you are going too far!""Too far? This is just friendly advice...""What is it that you want?" Mr Clifford roared with a loud voice.Philip was a bit flustered at Mr Clifford's outburst. Then he chuckled and turned to Ethan."It's simple really... Get this bastard to withdraw the case he filed against the Waltons." Philip said with a piercing glare.Mr Clifford turned to glance at Ethan who shook his head subtly."You must be out of your mind, Mr Carnegie." Clifford said in a subdued tone as though he was stating
"Why did you do that?" Sophia asked with a weak voice.Their hot session had just ended and Philip was already up from the bed and dressing up.Seeing his lack of response Sophia's face scrunched up in annoyance. "Couldn't you have gone a little gentler at least?" She grumbled.Philip didn't even act as though he heard her but instead began walking out of the room with an annoyed expression.Sophia became increasingly annoyed and impatient."Is this because of Ethan?" Sophia asked through gritted teeth.Philip paused just as he was about to push the door open and turned around slowly. His expression was fierce like he was ready to murder Sophia for mentioning Ethan's name."What do you mean?" Philip asked with a low but dangerous tone.However, Sophia was also boiling hot so she refused to back down."The lawsuit that Ethan filed against me and my family... Don't tell me you couldn't do anything about it?" Sophia asked. "Did he do anything?"Sophia was already having a hunch. The way
A couple of hours earlier, at Ethan's office."You don't have to come pick me up, Andrew." Said Ethan. He sat behind his table with a somewhat uncomfortable expression on his face as he spoke to Andrew over the phone."I am already planning to leave the office very soon. And I would also prefer to drive myself home today." He continued."Okay young master. If you insist." Andrew replied. "I'll meet you at the house sir.""Yeah." Ethan said and disconnected the call with a heavy sigh.Ethan stared at the table and smiled faintly. He still clearly remembered what had happened that morning. He could vividly recall the expression on Philip's face as he was being bundled out of the company in a totally shameful manner.Just after Philip had been tossed out of the company, Mr Clifford had come to meet Ethan discreetly and was apologizing profusely.Luckily for him, Ethan didn't blame him at all and was actually rather pleased with the way Clifford had handled Philip. He only told Clifford
Sophia found herself heading back to her house.Her head was in a turmoil as she didn't know how to even feel about the events that had happened around her very recently.She recalled the phone call conversation that she had just overheard Philip having with someone else that he had probably hired to deal with Ethan.Sophia has no problem with that. The problem was that the attack on Ethan seemed to have failed. Why would Philip fail to cause any danger to Ethan?Sophia pushed open the door of her home and stepped in. There, she saw her mother seating down in the living room with a blank look on her face.Clara had been very reserved these days. She wouldn't go out to meet her friends... Or rather she couldn't.She didn't even have friends anymore. The last time she had tried to visit some of her friends, it had been very awkward and she ended up leaving her house that day.She who used to be the queen among her peers was now being gossiped about. Almost everyone knew of the state her
"Good morning Mr Philip." A womanly voice greeted. "What is the matter?" Philip replied grumpily. He was still in great embarrassment by the thugs that had happened to him of late. "My boss told me to inform you that there has been another development." The woman replied. "Your boss? You mean the judge?" Philip asked in a tone of bewilderment. "Yes.""Then what is the information?" Philip demanded. "She said that another case has been filed against you this morning." The woman replied. She was the secretary to the judge. "What?!" Philip grimaced. "Who is the bastard that dare to sue me?" "It's Mr Clifford sir." Replied the secretary. "He came to the court to file a case of violence and murder." Philip's face contorted in anger. "That's bullshit! I never attacked or did anything to Clifford. What evidence does he have for this allegations?" Philip roared as he stood up from the chair. "He brought some evi..""Tell your boss I'm coming to see her right now." Philip said and hu
Philip discovered that the situation was playing out according to the way he actually expected it to.The lawsuit that Mr Clifford had filed against him was a solid case, but there wasn't enough evidence to tie it to Philip.Philip had made it so that he wouldn't be traced back to those men. They had been beaten unconscious but they hadn't died.When the police had gotten to the scene of the place that Ethan was attacked, they had rounded up the injured thugs and took them in for questioning.They had tried to trace them back to the person that gave them the job but nothing could be traced down to Brick. Turned out that even Brick was merely middleman who had somehow linked up with the thugs and was using them as his disposable tools. He had been very careful and had made sure that they couldn't trace anything back to him too.Immediately after the thugs had told him what happened, Brick had severed all means of communication with them and disappeared like a ghost after taking all the
By the time Philip got to his house, he was surprised by what he saw.Sophia had been waiting for him at the door with a tensed up expression on her face."What are you doing here?" Philip asked.Sophia only looked at him wordlessly and guided Philip into the house where he saw Sophia's parents, Oliver and Clara Walton."What's going on here? Why are you guys here?" Philip asked with a confused expression."Relax Philip. We don't mean to upset you." Clara said. She walked to where Philip was and tried to calm him down. It was evident that Philip was quite enraged at the moment. Sophia could guess why exactly that Philip was pissed.Philip drew a deep breath and forced out a faint smile. "I'm sorry for speaking like that. I'm just a bit stressed out.""That's alright." Clara replied with a smile. "Why don't you take a seat so that we can talk calmly?" She suggested.Philip nodded and sat down with a bit of guard as he tried to understand why they were all at his house.Oliver watched P