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The Formidable Son-In-Law: The Enigmatic Ethan Black Chapter 126
Once it was a few minutes to 6pm, Ethan abandoned every other thing he had going on and rode back to the house. Claire had dressed up Honey and herself. Despite coming in late and even changed into fresh clothes, he still had to wait an additional ten minutes for Matilda to finish dressing herself. "We're not going to a fashion parade or anything. Why are you decked in luxurious clothes and why are you putting on so many jewelries?" Claire couldn't help but ask when she saw Matilda walk out shining. The woman had spent more than an hour meticulously dressing herself up for a mere dinner. "We're going to eat in Pearl Hotel. You have no idea who we'll encounter there, it's only right that I dress like this so that whoever I come across, whether a stranger or someone I've always known will know I'm no longer the Matilda they used to know." "I'm now Matilda Brown, the mother of Chloe William who's the assistant manager of Pearl Hotel! Whether they like it or not, they'll need to acco
The Formidable Son-In-Law: The Enigmatic Ethan Black Chapter 127
Inside one of the hotel rooms on the second floor of the Pearl Hotel, Matilda threw her phone at Claire and quickly held her cutlery."Here, I want you to take unaware pictures of me when I'm eating steak. I want it to be as natural as possible, so don't tell me before you take the picture."Claire collected the phone and got up, standing in different angles to get good shots."Why didn't dad come with you?" Chloe couldn't hold it any longer and voiced out.Her question was meant for Claire, but Matilda snorted loudly."Your loser father is always busy drinking himself to stupor somewhere or gambling. Besides, I'm already humiliated when the sisters I play cards with mention what kind of loser he is.""I would rather the ground open and swallow me if I let such a disgrace come with me to a place like this where any of my sisters could stumble upon him."Chloe's grip on the spoon she was feeding Honey with tightened, but she said nothing else in reply.After taking more than a hundred p
The Formidable Son-In-Law: The Enigmatic Ethan Black Chapter 128
The room suddenly fell silent as everyone gazed at the car key in disbelief. However, Joffrey Bolton snorted and snatched the key from Ethan. He held it up to his eyes, turning it around to have a better look at it before he sneered. "What is this? Do you think we're children that you can easily fool? The Koenigsegg Jesko is a sports car, and it's not hidden knowledge that most cars are automatic.""I've driven the Koenigsegg Jesko before, and it was without a key. If there was a slot for a key, then I would know." Rose folded her hands underneath her bosom and snickered, "Chloe William, is your husband really trying to fool adults like us by acting like a rich man? He really has no shame!"Leonard stretched his hand towards Joffrey, who dropped the keys in his palm. He stared down at it for a long time before he carelessly tossed it on the table."This is really a Koenigsegg Jesko's car key. Some old versions of the Jesko work with a key like every other normal car, but even cars
The Formidable Son-In-Law: The Enigmatic Ethan Black Chapter 129
At first, Chloe believed Honey, but after hearing the worth of the Koenigsegg Jesko mentioned, she had a rethink. Ethan hadn't told her the actual amount he bought the car for, but if he spent three million to get himself the Koenigsegg Jesko, he would have nothing else left to return back with. And from the look of things even though she was yet to check the account balance of the card he gave her, he returned with quite a lot of money given the small rank he had. So she found it very unlikely that the Koenigsegg Jesko being talked about was his. Honey could've mistaken someone else's car for her father's and Ethan could be doing this to save her some face in front of her former highschool classmates.While she was touched that he was willing to do that much for her, she didn't see any need for him to.But just before she could say anything, Claire who had gotten up with the others, beat her to it. "The Koenigsegg Jesko is Ethan's. I saw it as well on our way in, but I was too p
The Formidable Son-In-Law: The Enigmatic Ethan Black Chapter 130
Ethan tilted his head to look at the room, which had suddenly quietened down.They were all gawking at him in disbelief.He stared at them for about five seconds before he turned his attention back to his front and locked the car again.Beep beep!"What is this?" Joffrey Bolton stuttered in disbelief."Leonard, didn't you say it's your car? How then are the keys to your Koenigsegg Jesko in the hands of this loser?""Did you lie to us? Did you claim to be who you're not so we'd respect you?" One of their high school former classmates chipped in.Leonard didn't think twice before shaking his head. "No, of course not. I have no reason to lie to you!""Now that I think of it. My driver might've told me of the Jesko having a key. I met him in the countryside. He was hardworking and he begged me for a job. No matter how small.""So I made him my driver. He's from the countryside and has rarely been in a proper motorcycle. Imagine how strange it was for him to see there was an automatic car?
The Formidable Son-In-Law: The Enigmatic Ethan Black Chapter 131
Leonard didn't realize it, but as he tried to defend himself, he got up from his seat and slowly retreated towards the door.Kane had received an order from Ethan not to let Leonard leave without apologizing.From the look of things, it didn't seem like Leonard had apologized beforehand, so Kane did what he knew best.Coincidentally, it happened at the exact time Leonard was making reference to Josiah Haworth. Hence, the latter part of his sentence where he mentioned Josiah's name came out muffled and inaudible.Claire walked closer to where Leonard lay on the ground, and ignoring his painful grunts, huffed, "You were saying?"Leonard glared at her as he got up. "Wh-what do you think you're doing? This is assault!"Claire folded her hands underneath her bosom and sneered."It is, but what exactly can you do about it? Call the wealthy people you work on their cars to come help you? I've never heard of wealthy families caring whether their mechanical lives or dies."Leonard gritted his
The Formidable Son-In-Law: The Enigmatic Ethan Black Chapter 132
The room went back to being quiet after Rose Goldberg, Leonard Chen, Joffrey Bolton, and Chloe's other two high school classmates left in shame.Claire was grinning from ear to ear, glad to have dealt with those eyesores, while Chloe tried to hide the joy she was feeling.Having that satisfaction of winning was a feeling she never thought she'd ever have again.It was at this moment that she checked her time and realized it had been a long time since Matilda went to the restroom.She was about to speak up about it when the door to the room was pushed open from the outside, and Matilda sauntered in."Mother, why did you take so long in the restroom?" Chloe asked, her voice etched with concern.Matilda lowered her eyes to the floor and briskly walked back to her seat, paying no heed to the four pairs of eyes on her.She still looked the same, calm even, at least to Chloe and Claire. But Ethan could see she was hyperventilating underneath her calm demeanor.His eyes flickered from one pa
The Formidable Son-In-Law: The Enigmatic Ethan Black Chapter 133
"Chloe, don't let this bother you too much. It's not your fault if anything happens to your father. He knew whose gambling den he was gambling in belonged to and still went ahead to gamble in it and even took out loans.""Your father had this coming."Chloe whipped out her phone to call the police as she said, "I should call the police. If dad owes Victor Voss money, then all we need to do is negotiate with Victor to give dad some time to pay his debt."Matilda snatched the phone from her and threw it to the ground, then stomped on it numerous times until it shattered to pieces. Then she raised her eyes to meet Chloe's."I just told you Victor Voss is a dangerous man. A man no sane person wants to get involved with, talk more of getting on his bad side.""Yes, the police may be helpful, but what do you think will happen to our family if Victor happens to have a man working with the police?""Your father won't be the only one dying. All of us here, including your daughter, will die too
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Ethan glanced at the triplets. “Can you tell what will happen now?” The triplet on red was the first to speak up. “The helmsman isn’t reliable. If you take the deal, he will run and possibly take your daughter with him as insurance and kill her once he’s gotten to safety.” Ethan flashed him a tight smile. “Since when did you start thinking for me?” The triplet blinked in trepidation, quickly lowering his eyes to the ground. “Fo-forgive me, I didn’t get what your question was about.” Ethan glanced at the other two. “Can any of you tell what will happen once I accept Declan Wellington’s offer?” The triplet on black was silent while the one on green suddenly realized it, swallowing hard. “If he leaves, we won’t be of any use to you anymore. Then… you’ll have us dig our own graves.” Ethan nodded approvingly. “Excellent! I noticed you don’t talk too much. Your intelligence must be why. So since you know that now, what do you think should be my next move?” The triplet was hesi
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The triplet on black began cackling almost immediately, his eyes darting to his siblings in disbelief. “This fella, isn’t he humorous? I don’t remember the last time I laughed this hard.” His brothers hummed in agreement, crossing their arms across their chest. “Young man, you should’ve pursued a career in comedy and stayed far away from trouble. Big shame that the world will miss a talent like you.” Ethan covered his mouth and yawned. “What is this? Don’t you three know how to do anything else besides talking and more talking? Not everyone has a lot of free time on their hands.” “I, for example, cherish my time more than anything as I’d rather spend it with my family than people like you.” The triplets stared at him in amusement. “I hope your last memory of them was a memorable one then, because today, this is where you’ll be dying.” “Before we kill you, I’ll tell you the truth. Whoever taught you didn’t teach you well. Just identifying the weakness of your enemies isn’t en
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Charles, Chris and Penelope froze. Kane sat up inside the crane, his eyes pinned on the elderly man with a white goatee laughing behind Ethan. “You’re already so old, when will you stop running like that?” “Let him do as he likes. He only has a few years to continue moving that fast. Might as well make the best use of it now.” Everyone turned their eyes towards the direction of the second and third voices. Ethan furrowed his brows when he saw them. Triplets? All three og them had the same shiny head and trimmed their beards into a goatee, making it impossible to distinguish who was who. The only difference between them was the color of shirts they had on which ranged from blue, red and black. The triplet who had attacked Ethan had on a black shirt and was still cackling underneath his breath. The other two stood beside him and glanced up at Declan on the balcony. As soon as he saw them, his tense shoulders relaxed and so did his grip on the blade. “You asked for us, master
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As soon as his words fell, some figures darted through the men and in an instant, they were all swept off their feet. Declan didn’t see this. When he waited for several seconds and didn’t see Ethan’s body riddled with dozens of bullets, his eyes darkened and he looked down at them again, ready to lash out, but saw them all on the ground, groaning and clutching onto their stomach in pain. “Wh-what do you think you’re doing? I didn’t say to roll all over the floor, I said to waste him, you dumb fools!” However, the men were in too much pain to care about his words. Charles, Penelope and Chris took their time to kick the guns away from their reach.As Penelope walked towards a bulky man whose gun was lying at his foot, he suddenly stretched his left hand to grab her by the neck, but she caught it, slammed her foot against his chest and twisted his arm, completely destroying his rotator cuff. Cold sweat instantly formed on his forehead as a painful shriek erupted from his lung. A t
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“Who’s this brazen punk?” “If he’s so bold, why’s he hiding up there?” The men murmured amongst themselves as they stepped backward. Butler Ambrose glanced at the crane. The distance between him and it made it impossible to see the face of the man sitting inside. But he didn’t need to think too hard to know who it was. From what he had seen in the past few months, only one person would dare to make such a bold entrance. “Take out your weapons. Once Mr. Wellington gives the order, waste him!” He raised his voice and ordered his men, eyes still pinned on the moving crane. The men obliged, taking out their guns and aiming it at the machine. However, Kane merely paid a blind eye to them and went ahead to uproot the gate. Instead of driving into the vicinity, he remained at the gate and elongated the crane towards them, swinging it right and left at the men. He did this until the aim of every one of them was to get to safety. Taking advantage of this chaos, three figures stealthi
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In the Wellington family residenceButler Ambrose led a cautious and haggard looking Chloe to the balcony where there were chairs and table arranged in a romantic manner. Leaning back on one of the chairs, Declan Wellington had one leg crossed on the other, sipping his wine with a satisfied smile. Hearing footsteps, he raised his eyes to see who it was. The second his eyes settled on her face, his cheeks stretched into a wide smile. “Chloe, you’re here!” Chloe clenched her fists tightly beside her, her eyes falling on the dozens of men crawling around the compound. Declan instantly followed her gaze.Sensing her worries, the man leaned forward to assure her, “You don’t have to worry about them. I’ll make sure they don’t hurt you. The only reason they’re here is to make sure no harm comes to me.” Chloe turned her eyes to him, instantly realizing the kind of person she was standing in front of him. Because she was born into a power hungry family, she spent her life with people fr
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Knowing he was the most influential person in Wexford at the moment, Ethan hadn’t cleared out the restaurant since it’d attract attention. But a quick glance around the restaurant and Fitzroy and Annie Ashworth found the group they were looking for. However, they didn’t take another step forward and performed a practiced salute with a serious look on their faces. This sudden action of theirs stunned the other customers.“Who are those and what are they doing?” “Is it some kind of ritual? Or are they filming a movie? I don’t see a camera anywhere though.” “That salute… are they in the army? Does that mean there’s a high ranking army official in our midst right now?” “No way! I heard the Commander is in Wexford. Could they be saluting him? Does that mean he’s in the same room as me?” “Hey, that is too far off. Look at their clothes. It doesn’t look ordinary. That insignia, isn’t that the royal family’s?” “What do you know? Don’t you know members of the royal family of Wexford se
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Because the top men the Wellington family controlled never came out unless it was a serious situation, Declan had Marvin Phelps send his best men to protect him. With the dozens of men crawling around every inch of his home, he finally felt at ease.That evening, Butler Ambrose walked into the living room to remind him of something. “Master, your date with Annie Ashworth of the royal family is in one hour. Do you have any orders for me?” Declan unhurriedly patted the armrest, a thoughtful look on his face. Ever since his father fell into coma, they had been talks. And he could feel the resolves of the families backing them wavering. But after using Marvin Phelps to remind them whom the Wellington family were, they didn’t dare think of stabbing him the back. However, that bastard suddenly decided to show up and it became impossible to shut their wagging tongues. Families were now openly opposing him when they realized he kept losing to Ethan somehow. Putting him in the middle
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Wexford That evening, Declan Wellington felt cooped up at home, so he left the house to spend the day golfing with a close friend of the Wellingtons who owned a golf course. They golfed together for three hours before they got tired and drove to his house to rest. Marvin Phelps poured him a drink before asking politely, “This may be out of place for me to ask, Mr. Wellington, but you seemed out of it throughout today. Is anything the matter?” “What?” An absent-minded Declan didn’t know when he blurted out, glancing at him. Marvin Phelps sat up, now fully convinced there was something on Declan’s mind. With a serious look on his face, he cautiously continued, “What is the problem? Is anyone troubling you? Say the word and I’ll have that person’s legs crushed to bits and forcefully drag them here!” Declan raised his eyes to look at him. Even if he said nothing, his eyes lit up a little when he recalled who Marvin was. The Phelps family was headed by this man despit
