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The women froze, then their faces reddened in embarrassment before the one in the middle parted her lips to say something, but Claire beat her to it. “From the right, Sally Brody, Trish Field and Regina Connors. Don’t you remember them?” Chloe turned to her, confusion still written all over her face as shook her head in refusal. Claire shrugged and continued, “It doesn’t surprise me. They weren’t exactly model students. Sally Brody was what I would call a delinquent.” “Regina Connors, I don’t quite remember but I hear she was a crackhead. Smoked anything that had smoke coming out of it.” “Trish Field liked to feel among, so she was always with the rich kids. People like Regina Connors and Sally Brody. I don’t really know what her deal was.” By the time she finished, the three women were trembling with rage. “Delinquent? Do you see how well a delinquent turned out? Unlike you and your sister, I don’t have to rely on men to get into places like this!” Sally Brody said through cle
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Everyone turned around to see Levi Cruz standing behind the three women. He was a public figure, but not a public face, so a lot of people in the exhibition center didn’t know him. Upon seeing him, Sally Brody laughed triumphantly and waved her hand at everyone looking towards her direction. “Did you people hear that? He said he’s the man she was with, but just now, didn’t she say wasn’t with any man? That she was a married woman?” Regina Connors smiled and crossed her arms across her chest and hissed, “Oh, Chloe, how did you end up like this? Not only are you now having an affair with men to provide for yourself, but you’re now a liar.” Trish Fields turned to the guests and said, “We’re alumni and in school, this woman was the best in everything.” “If the whole school complains an exam is too hard, but only one person passed, everyone automatically knows it’s Chloe William even before the teacher mentions it. That’s how good she was.” “Now seeing her reduced to a state like th
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Trish blinked again in disbelief and stretched out her shaky fingers towards to touch the slapped cheek. She winced in pain and withdrew her hand, then she gritted her teeth and glared hard at Chloe. “Is this how you do it? You make men, even married men, fall for your good looks. Aren’t you ashamed of yourself, you darn little bit–“ Smack!The word was knocked out of her mouth as her husband raised his hand and slapped her hard across the cheek again. Then he shoved her away and turned to Levi and Chloe. He clenched his teeth tightly and dropped down to the floor on his knees. Then placed his hands on his thighs and balled them into a tight fist, his face lowered to the floor. “F-forgive my wife, sir, ma’am. She doesn’t know what she’s saying.” Despite being slapped twice, Trish still didn’t learn her lesson. She gritted her teeth and asked in confusion. “H-honey, what are you doing? Why do you apologize to these nobodies when you’re a bank manager? You can end their careers
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Seconds after everyone got seated, Josiah Haworth climbed the podium, starting the exhibition with a small speech. “Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to a car exhibition which includes, not just one, but three of the world’s most luxurious and expensive cars.”“Earlier this year, everyone of you seated here must’ve heard of the mysterious multi-billionaire who came to Springdale.” “Many of you have speculated that he’s connected to me somehow, and I’ve come before you today after many months of keeping silent to tell you that you’re absolutely right.” “Not only is he connected to me, but he’s also the real owner of Astoria Corporation. He’s my boss. And today, he plans to propose to his wife a second time and give her three of these cars as wedding gifts.” Sensing the car covers were about to be taken off, Chloe whipped out her phone and opened the camera app to begin recording. However, Levi suddenly asked her to accompany him somewhere. She pressed her lips into a thin line and ga
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Claire pressed her lips into a thin line and gently massaged the back of her neck without saying a word for more than ten seconds.“Chloe, for some reason, do you happen to be on the floor just above where the cars’ exhibition is going on?” Chloe lowered her eyes to the floor and stared at it for a second. Even though the people below could see those above, it was impossible to see past the matte black cover. So she raised her head again and hummed, “Yeah, why?” “Nothing. Forget I asked.” Claire hurriedly replied and ended the call. Then she rushed back to her seat, opened her camera app to record what was happening like the rest of the guests. Chloe dropped her hand to the side and squeezed her eyes shut, still unable to believe everything she had heard a few minutes ago was true. However, when she opened her eyes again a few seconds later, Ethan was still down on one knee with the box with the ring still stretched towards her. After being tongue-tied for more than a minute,
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On the rooftop where Ethan proposed to Chloe, four men were now standing on it. “Ms. William got home safely with her sister.” Levi Cruz stood in front of Ethan with his face lowered to the floor and reported. Standing beside him was Josiah Haworth. Unlike Levi who was calm and collected, the man kept clenching and unclenching his jaw every one second. Ethan stood with his back turned to them while Kane leaned on the railing behind him with a tablet in hand. He scrolled for over twenty seconds, but the same video kept popping in front of him with different write-ups and edits. He smacked his lips together and raised his eyes to look at Josiah.“It’s bad, Chairman Haworth. Each of these videos keep gaining views by the second. It’s almost as if the netizens keep rewatching every clip.” “There are also countless edits of it. Why is there so many videos of it? Weren’t you supposed to take it down as soon as you noticed people were beginning to upload it?” Josiah sucked in a deep b
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When they got to the main road, the woman pointed for Ethan to drop her off at a gas station. Before she got down, she grabbed the pen and paper she found in the car and wrote down her number. She first glanced at his fingers before she smiled brightly and dropped the paper on the dashboard.“Please call me, sir. I’d like to repay you for saving me today over a cup of coffee.” Ethan nodded absentmindedly and drove away as soon as she got down. Matilda was still watching her soap opera in the living room when she heard the door open again. She frowned slightly when she saw Ethan walk in. “What is it with you three returning so early in the day?” “Did you quit your jobs? I hope you didn’t because I need your pay checks way more than you do!” Ethan was about to walk past her when he reconsidered and walked to stand in front of her, blocking her view with his body. Matilda’s mind flashed back to what he had said to her a few days ago and she stuttered fearfully, “Wh-what are you d
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After Ethan and Chloe made up, she felt tired by the day’s activity and proceeded to rest. It was still a few hours away before Honey’s school would close, so Ethan decided to stay with Chloe until then.However, three minutes into their quiet time, he felt his phone buzz in his pocket and quietly got off the bed to the balcony to answer the phone call. He had just pressed the phone against his ear when he looked down and saw Penelope Whitmore standing outside the house, her eyes raised towards Ethan. “Commander, I looked into the family Josiah Haworth mentioned earlier. The Caldwell family has always been in Springdale, but they’ve never been in anyone’s face, so not a lot of people know about them.” “They don’t mingle with just anyone, but numerous families tries to suck up to them because of how how much control and influence they have as owners of a television station and the biggest social media app in the country.” “Frankly speaking, there’s no family in the city who can go
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Ethan left the cleaning up of the Wellington family to his men while he boarded a plane and flew back to Springdale with his family.The mayor was waiting to welcome them once they arrived. Since they had just endured a hectic day, Ethan drove a tired Chloe and a sleeping Honey to one of his condos.After tucking them in, he left the room to the living room where the mayor was. “I kept my eyes on the William family like you asked. Lewis William has been unconscious ever since you left.”“Currently, every member of the family is gathered at the hospital he’s at. Would you like me to take you there, Commander Black?”Ethan scoffed lightly, “Since when did a mayor become my personal driver?”The man grimaced and lowered his eyes to the floor, “Even the President would become your driver if he could.”Ethan simply took the keys from him and left the house, instructing the him to remain with his family until he returned.Getting outside, he spent a few seconds familiarizing himself with h
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Unable to use either of his arms, Declan curled into a ball, rolling around in pain as he lashed out bitterly.“You think the Wellington family will let this slide? I’m the head of this family! If anything happens to me, they’ll hold you accountable, you crazy punk!”Ethan turned, picked up another vase, and dropped it near Declan’s foot with a shrug.“You’ve done nothing but cause them panic. You’re so unstable with your decision-making that they fear you’ll drag the family into ruin just to fund one of your whims.”“In fact, I’m quite sure they’ll thank me for getting rid of you. Anyway, enough talk about them.”“Once I’m done crippling you, you’ll be reduced to nothing, bound to a wheelchair for the rest of your life.”“Hopefully, you’ll use what’s left of it to reflect on how you became a cripple. Now, hand me the other leg or would you prefer I do it roughly?”Declan blinked, clenching his jaw tightly against the raging pain in his arms. “No… you wouldn’t. You’re my brother. You
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In an instant, Declan’s life flashed before his eyes. He reacted like any cornered man would by moving his hand.Unfortunately for him, Ethan anticipated it. He clamped down on his wrist and twisted it away from Chloe’s neck until she could safely slip out from underneath him.Once she was out of harm’s way, he threw caution to the wind and slammed his foot down on Declan’s hand, sending the dagger flying across the balcony.“You…” Declan stumbled back in horror, his eyes flickering between Ethan and his men.With his backup now useless, he knew he was no match for Ethan.So, without thinking twice, he turned and bolted.However…Snap!“Arghh!”Kane appeared out of nowhere, grabbed him by the arm, and twisted it.Snorting, he glared at Declan. “Your jaw’s moving too freely. If you don’t shut it this instant, I’ll break it.”Supporting his broken arm with the other, Declan gritted his teeth and looked ahead.With Kane now blocking his exit, he had to think fast.After a while, he clenc
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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
