Ethan stared at Maya absentmindedly. He had been repeatedly surprised by the pretty lady since he heard about her from Andrew that morning. As she came into his office, she had surprised him the more. He didn't even know if he was supposed to be angry or not. The fact that she knew that he was planning to take revenge on Sophia and her family was startling. 'Is she working for someone?' Ethan thought and his paranoia set in. He reflexively became a bit aggressive in his body language. As far as Ethan knew, someone could be spying on him too. Perhaps she was working for such a person and was now trying to get his attention so that she could blackmail him. Ethan looked at her face again. He realised that the faint smile on her face had a hidden ferocity behind the smile. When she had mentioned taking revenge on Sophia, her expression had become serious. Ethan shook his head in denial and came to a conclusion: 'She's also seeking revenge against the Waltons. Or at least, she wants
Maya didn't know what to think about Ethan's mysterious. Her legs suddenly felt very heavy and it didn't seem as though she was interested in walking away. It had been more than a couple of years, her heart should have been set at ease or at least her heart should have given up on Ethan. However, she found out today that Ethan still had that strong impression on her. 'Why am I still feeling this way?' She thought to herself in slight panic. Her heart was beating excitedly in her chest. "I definitely have to come back to him." She muttered to herself. "He needs my help." She stubbornly insisted. She had no idea how Ethan was planning to deal with the Waltons but she doubted that he'll be able to pull it off easily. It was right for her to be concerned after all, Ethan was someone who had been on the lower end of the food chain of the city while the Waltons were a high a lofty family that refined at the top with other families. The power that Mr Walton wielded in the city wasn't li
It couldn't really be called a strange feeling. Ethan had once felt something similar before: it was when he got married to Sophia. To the current Ethan however, he just dismissed it as a feeling any man would get would see when they saw a beautiful woman.After all, Maya was looking very pretty. "Isn't that a bit..." Ethan wanted to refute. "It's perfectly fine. If you keep referring to me in such a way, I would almost feel like I've gotten quite old." Maya insisted. Ethan went silent for a moment before nodding his head in agreement. "That's alright, Maya." He said. Maya felt an inexplicable happiness bloom up in her chest and her cheeks flushed red. "Hmm! Good!" Thank you." She replied bashfully. Ethan didn't pay any attention to any of that. "Were you able to get any more evidence of the insidious things that the Waltons have been engaged in?" Ethan asked, getting straight to the point. Maya felt as though a bucket of cold water had been poured over her head. She was still
Ethan couldn't help but be flattered. He felt like there was an underlying request in Maya's request but he didn't think much of it. He gave her the number without much hesitation. Maya smiled with a suppressed excitement. 'Huhu... Finally!' She inwardly celebrated. It was a big step forward for her. At this time, Ethan escorted the kids out of the office towards the cafeteria to get the snacks that he had promised them. Maya also left Ethan's office with a feeling of fulfilment. But she still felt like she should do something so she waited at the reception. As she sat down there waiting, some plans began to form in her head and she smirked mischievously. Meanwhile, Ethan tried his best to entertain the kids. He just allowed them to eat as much as they wanted and watched them while smiling faintly occasionally. Sylvie still clung to his side throughout the entire time until the short break Ethan had taken was over. Even though he was only pretending to be the assistant CEO of
Clara Walton felt like the world was turning against her. Her face scrunched up in anger and extreme discomfort. It had first started with her son. Her son was arrested by immigration officers and accused of smuggling drugs into the country. This should have been relatively easy for her esteemed husband to do. However, it had somehow begun to spiral out of control. The public were already getting to know of this matter and her family was beginning to become the gossip of the city. Just the previous day, she had gone for a tea party with some of her high social friends to cool off, but she ended up being indirectly humiliated. It wasn't done to her face but her 'friends' had been whispering to each other in muffled voices. She could even recall one particular conversation that had fallen on her ears;"Isn't that Lady Clara?" One lady asked, speaking to another lady with a glass cup of champagne. "Hmm, she's the one." The lady with the champagne cup replied as she took a sip, eyei
Sophia felt like her head was hit with an hammer. Disown? How? She couldn't comprehend her father's threat and looked at him with disbelief. "You're going to disown me?!" She asked with an expression of incredulity. "You think I can't?" Oliver glowered, not backing down. He was finally enraged. It was like a thread had snapped within him. He no longer held any desire for Sophia to suck up to him or not. it wasn't as though she had even treated him the way he wanted before; she had always been manipulating him to do her wishes. He knew about it but still he kept falling prey to it. But now, all those feelings and expectations could go to hell!Sophia recoiled once again in slight fear. At that moment, she came to realise that something had changed in her father and there was no going back. But she still couldn't take it..."You wouldn't dare!" She yelled with some summoned confidence. She wanted to call Oliver's bluff. "Oh, you think I won't?" Oliver asked with a contemptuous sm
Ethan?Sophia's mind blanked briefly. She felt a surge of anger and disgust for Ethan in her mind. But she was in a precarious situation, she was being dragged away by some security guard. For this to happen to her in the presence of Ethan, Sophia couldn't be more annoyed and embarrassed. "Ethan!" She called out to him. "Sophia?!" Ethan recognised her immediately. How could he not? This was his ex-wife!Ethan's facial expression turned grim. "What are you doing there?" He asked with a cold voice and a piercing gaze. At this time, the security guard had stopped dragging her away and was only holding to her arm tightly. "Ethan, you bastard! How dare you?" Sophia growled as she struggled to wrestle free from the strong grip of the security guard. Her face was contorted into a scowl as she glared at Ethan with anger and disdain. "What?!" "How dare you file charges against my family?" She spat. "Just because you got lucky and got a miserable job, you're becoming too arrogant." Eth
Ethan didn't bother to look back as he left the company. He no hadn't expected that Sophia would show up at all in the company he was working. He had at least expected Mr Walton of come by himself or send someone to him, not send his annoying daughter. Ethan was irritated and annoyed being comprehension but he didn't even allow it to show on his face. He went ahead and entered into his new car and then zoomed off. He was heading out for lunch at a restaurant. Surprisingly, Maya had been the one to invite Ethan out for lunch. She had called him just about the time that Sophia showed up at his company and asked him to come to the restaurant for lunch. It was as he was leaving the company to go meet Maya that he had surprisingly met Sophia at the doors causing a ruckus.Ethan had been somewhat confused as to why they had to meet in a restaurant, but Maya had somehow convinced him. Ethan still had some reservations towards her but he didn't think it was such a bad idea. In no time at