"Young master, I got some calls from our lawyer this morning." Andrew reported to Ethan. Ethan was seating behind his office table even as his legs were crossed over the table. There was an iPad in his hands that he kept swiping through and an inscrutable expression on his handsome face.Ethan looked up at Andrew. "What did he say?" He asked curiously. "He said the judge is putting a lot of pressure on him so that he can dismiss the case." Andrew replied. A faint smile formed on the corners of Ethan's lips and he shook his head. "That judge is the one Philip is pressuring to get rid of the case." Andrew added. "I thought as much..." Ethan sighed. "You know what to do right?" He asked Andrew. "Leave it to me!" Andrew replied boisterously and left the company. A few minutes later, Ethan's secretary knocked on his door and walked in cautiously."Caitlyn..." Ethan looked up at her curiously. "Is something the matter?" He asked. Caitlyn coyly smiled and adjusted her falling hair to
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
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
Just like that, Philip felt a slap on his confidence as he was being ruthlessly bundled out of the company in the sight of Ethan who watched with a pleased expression on his face. He kept yelling and kicking to no avail until he was finally out of the company doors and tossed on the ground. Philip got up from the ground with a crazed look in his eyes. He approached the door as though he wanted to enter again but the guards pushed him back easily. "What are you doing? Let me inside!" Philip yelled in outrage. "No can do." The security guard said with a imposing voice as he looked down on Philip with his towering height. Philip shivered slightly in apprehension. But he still mustered up courage to talk back to him. "Do you have any idea of who you're dealing with? I'm Philip Carnegie!" "Oh really?... I don't care!" The security guard retorted. "Please leave." The other security guard said. The two security guards sturdily stood before the door of the company without any intentio
"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
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 Cl
Ever since Ethan had succeeded the empire that belonged to him by birthright, he had yet to fully understand the scope of the power that he wielded. For example, one of the things he was informed about but hadn't yet seen was these two bodyguards. They were his personal bodyguards that kept track of Ethan. They had been unable to show themselves or be by his side because Andrew had informed them that Ethan wanted to say unknown. So they naturally had to respect the decision and could only keep watch from a distance. Ethan had been quite confident in these guards and that was why he had dared to play a game of tag with the thugs through the abandoned district. He wanted to see them in action because Andrew had already boasted of their skills and capabilities. Ethan had felt that Andrew's claims were a tab bit too exaggerated but now he had seen it with his own eyes. They were unlike anything that Ethan had ever imagined. Ethan looked up at them with a sparkle in his eyes from insi
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 sta