Neither Chloe nor Ethan felt offended, much to Meredith’s surprise.“As long as my family is happy and we lack nothing, I don't care about things like that,” Chloe flashed a toothy smile at her.“That's welcoming a boring life, Chloe. Meeting powerful people, making acquaintances, attending high-end cocktail parties, signing business agreements, buying cars, shopping for whatever you want whenever you feel like it, driving a sports car. That is the life a normal couple should live,” Julius immediately said.He was totally ignoring Meredith and Ethan, and sounded like he was offering to give her all of those if only she was with him.Meredith got alarmed and quickly held his arm. “Don't you think Charles Wilkins should be here by now?”Julius subconsciously shrugged off her hand and glanced at his wristwatch. “He won't be here for another one hour.”“I see,” Meredith bit down on her lower lip, pained that he didn't even think twice before shrugging off her arm. “I didn't mean to offen
Charles' voice was loud and clear, so it of course attracted the attention of others in the restaurant. “Excuse me?” Meridith didn't stop touching the teddy. “Take your filthy hands off it before I do it for you!” He thundered, his dark eyes fixated on her. His dark eyes scared her and she didn't know when she took her hands off the teddy. She realized what she did and snuggled closer to Julius looking wronged. Julius, on the other hand, had begun panicking thinking it was the real owner of the gifts. However, when his eyes settled on Charles' cheap clothes, he sneered. “Did you just raise your voice at my fiancée? I see you're tired of leaving!” Charles’ cold eyes shifted to him. “You're the one who's tired of living!” “What a moron. My fiancé got me these gifts. But even if the gift was a mistake, it'd never belong to someone like you. Why have poor people refused to see the gap between the rich and the poor? Why do you think it's possible for you to fill up that gap? Now, let
"Charles Wilkins? Mr. Cullins, it appears you've mistaken. I'm meeting Charles Wilkins in a few minutes, so if he was here already, I'd know,” Julius snorted out a laugh.If Mark Cullins hadn't verified Charles’ identity before he made his way to the restaurant, he would've fallen for Julius’ words and gravely offended the Wilkins family.His eyes darkened at that realization, and he glared at Julius. “Do I look like a fool to you?”Julius rushed to Mark's side and in self-righteous indignation, pointed at Ethan, Chloe, and Charles.“Of course not, Mr. Cullins! I'm merely stating you're mistaken because of what I know. Not a lot of people have met Charles Wilkins, so I don't blame you for not knowing what he looks like.”“But I'm telling you, that person right there pretending to be Charles Wilkins is a sham these two hired to fool you and embarrass my fiancée and me!”“Yes, Mr. Cullins, don't be fooled by them. Ever since your company delivered my gifts, these people have done nothin
"It really does say it belongs to Charles Wilkins," Meredith murmured in disbelief as she moved her eyes closer to the receipt.Julius’ face turned pale, and he was suddenly speechless. Indeed, the name on the receipt was Charles Wilkins. But he refused to believe Charles Wilkins was the wastrel beside Ethan Black!Julius would never believe he was seeing the real Charles Wilkins, even though the manager of Loft Deliveries insisted on it.“I heard Charles Wilkins isn't exactly friendly to those who impersonate him. I wonder what he'd do to you once he finds out you claimed his gifts worth 4.7 billion dollars as yours,” Ethan said the exact words on everyone's mind.The ones who had praised Julius just some minutes ago were now rethinking their words. Although they'd rather not believe it, what if this man was really Charles Wilkins, as he said?They subconsciously stepped backward, recalling all the bad words they had said to him and the names they had called him.Meredith yelled at E
“Isn’t that Lewis?” Chloe asked in disbelief, seeing Lewis rush towards them with a club. “I knew he still does unreasonable things, but I never thought he'd still have people like these as his friends. Let's go quickly. We can't afford to offend any of the families those people come from.” Ethan turned around and said gently. “That reminds me, go home first, I have something to do, but I'll join you in an hour or two.” “No, I know you think you can take them. You can, but their families isn't like the Kendrick family. They are wealthier, more influential and even more ruthless. Lewis hates you, so he'll egg them on.” Chloe swallowed and grabbed his arm. “Let's go home, daddy.” Tears welled up in Honey's eyes. She was a kid, but there were situations she could decipher even without being told what was happening. And this was one of them. Chloe hugged her closer to herself as she continued looking up at Ethan. “I will be fine.” Ethan insisted. “Is it because of Charles Wilkins?
Hearing him, Lewis recalled what Ethan had done to him and he thanked Jethro again, “In that case, the William family will repay Mr. Reese with whatever thing he asks of once this is over.”Ethan briefly glanced at the men rushing towards him before slipping out his ringing phone.“Is this Mr. Black?” A man asked as soon as Ethan answered.“Yes.”“Oh, this is Josiah Haworth, the manager of the company you bought. I'm calling to ask if you have any orders for me.” “A moment.” Ethan took the phone down from his ear and grabbed the stick which one of the five people rushing towards him was wielding. Then he unhurriedly used it to whip all five of them at the same place; the back of their necks.Three of them fell to the ground and couldn't get up again, but two of them persisted. They were the two people Jethro Reese had his faith in.When Lewis saw they hadn't fallen like the others, he grew bolder and sneered at Ethan.“Despite everything you've done, the William family has done noth
The man hired by the Reese family was dumbfounded. This was his first time meeting someone who was willing to walk straight to his death. He stared at Ethan like he was looking at a fool for some seconds before agreed with a nod of his head. “Of course I'll take you to the Reese family house!” “Mr. Black, we meet again.” A familiar voice which sounded elated came up behind Ethan. Ethan recognized the voice and tilted his head towards it to see a tall and man standing behind him. Daniel Voltia, the man who had sworn his loyalty to Ethan at the Kendrick family house. Ethan hadn't moved the whole time because he was worried Chloe would see the man he killed. So he remained in the same position thinking of how to hide it from her view. But now, he realized Daniel Voltia was blocking her view. Unless she came out of the car and walked towards him, it was impossible for her to see what was going on in front of him. “Do you know who the Reese family is?” Ethan asked, dropping the limp
"Grandpa! Grandpa!" Lewis yelled as he rushed into the William family residence.Adam William, who was standing on the balcony inside the house, was immediately displeased."What are you shouting for?""Grandpa!" Lewis swallowed, looking towards the balcony. "I just saw that good-for-nothing kill someone."Adam frowned. "Good-for-nothing?""That loser, Ethan Black, who's sponging off us!" Lewis nodded.Adam immediately lost interest in what his grandson had to say."I've told you not to be bothered by someone like him. The William family will take care of him at a later date... wait, he killed someone?" He changed his words when Lewis' words registered."Yes, grandpa! I saw it with my own eyes. I-I was with Jethro Reese just some minutes ago. He was disrespected by that loser, so he took some people with him to teach him a lesson. He even had people who were in the army before with him. I thought we'd finally be able to put an end to that rascal, only to see him impale one of the men