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 al
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
"Are you staying?" asked Philip, turning to Sophia. Only the two of them remained, aside from Philip's butler who stood at a distance."Do you want me to leave?" Sophia asked. "I don't care what you do. I have some things that I want to attend to." Philip replied coldly. He turned around and walked off without saying much else. Sophia sat still in the spot with a contemplative expression. She didn't even know what to do or say. Her mind kept telling her that she was in trouble this time, but she didn't know how to deal with it. How could she who had always had things go her way become fearful because of some person that was proving especially difficult. She watched silently as Philip walked off. Philip called his butler's attention to himself. "I'm feeling suspicious about that bastard," Philip said. "What suspicions?" The butler asked curiously. "I am not quite sure..." Philip replied. He still didn't know where it was all going wrong. "I want you to go and find out all that
Maya beamed with a beautiful smile. "This evening sounds very nice." She replied, trying to contain the excitement in her voice. Ethan's expression became unconsciously bright. Even though he hadn't been prepared to do something like this, he didn't feel weird or unsure about his decision. "Then I'll pick you up by six. I have some things to do." Ethan said, his gaze had turned serious. "What things?" Maya asked. Ethan smiled softly at her. "You know... Work and other stuff. I'll tell you all about it later." "Hmm," Maya hummed. She then turned around and began walking away in a mesmerising manner. "I'll be waiting for you," she said as she walked off. Ethan smiled as she walked out of the room. Andrew entered the office just as Maya had disappeared. He had an expression of amusement evident on his face. Ethan noticed Andrew's amusement. "What?" He asked, the smile still dangling at the edges of his lips. "It's nothing, young master. I just thought you seem to be quite happy
They arrived in front of a famous restaurant in Geneva. It was a large building with tall walls and magnificent but exquisite designs. Ethan escorted Maya out of the car and took her to the entrance. Somehow, the guards obediently made way for Ethan to enter without obstruction, this made Maya surprised. 'Did he come here beforehand to arrange all these?' She wondered inwardly. However, she couldn't dwell on that for long. She stepped into the interior and was dumbstruck. There were walls of marble and plated gold made into tiles and pillars. Every corner of the restaurant was glamorous. The tables were very sparsely arranged and neither one was close to each other, giving each group or date a relatively private space. It was clear that only extremely wealthy people could come to this place. Before any time could pass at all, they were both approached by a beautiful lady with a pretty good dress as she guided them to a separate table for the both of them. Even such a waiter had
She had cheated on Ethan with this guy called Philip. It had been a thrilling venture then at that time, every time she cheated on Ethan, she had always felt a thrill run though her body just because of the knowledge that she was cheating on Ethan. At that time, Sophia had thought that she had always enjoyed it because she was in love with Philip since she never loved Ethan in the first place. How naive had she been... Sophia knew nothing about what love was supposed to truly be like. Her parents had never shown her the best example. They also, weren't brought together by love. It was all a contract marriage. Oliver had liked Clara and then struck a deal with her parents. Clara had never said anything or complained about it then and she had been entirely content because Oliver had the money that she needed to be happy. She was willing to be blind to her feelings as long as her husband was rich. It was this ignorance and nonchalance that was now being reflected in Sophia. It was n
Ethan and Maya sat opposite each other, their expressions bright and faint smiles danced at the edges of their lips. The food was set on the table before them but Ethan hadn't yet touched his plate. Maya was only taking little nibbles from her plate once in a while as she was completely engrossed with Ethan while he spoke to her. Anyone who looked at the both of them in the restaurant would regard them as couples who were on a date. Well, it was a date. "...I was only lucky to get out of there safely because Andrew had told some bodyguards to keep me safe." Said Ethan as he came to the conclusion of his brief narration. Maya's eyes twinkled like she had just heard a fairy tale story. But after a while of thinking about it, she discovered that she hadn't been truly listening. But luckily, she still recalled what Ethan had said. "That fool!" Maya cursed at Philip. Her face flushed as she imagined what would have happened to Ethan if he hadn't been protected by those two mysterious
Maya found it difficult to grasp the reality of what she had just experienced.Even though it had been a wish of hers for a very long time that she be recognised by Ethan, she still found it unbelievable to witness it. Her wide-opened eyes met the closed eyelids of Ethan while his lips were still connected to hers. Then she saw the eyelids pry open gradually. Ethan looked into her eyes and drew away slowly without breathing. Maya was still stunned. But she didn't like the fact that Ethan was already retreating before she could even enjoy it. And the next thing she did was that she grabbed his face......and pulled him in for another kiss. This was Ethan's turn to be surprised. He had still been feeling unsure about his sudden impulse to kiss her before she pulled him back in for another kiss. And this one was way more intense than the first. Maya made sure to dig into his face gently as though she was savouring her favourite cake in the world. Ethan also cooperated with the kiss.