Instead of the tense atmosphere continuing, Ethan suddenly laughed and turned to look at her in amusement. "Am I being threatened?" Priscilla Wilton swallowed hard and hid her nervous eyes from him. She parted her lips to say something after staying mute for for a brief moment but the door was suddenly kicked open. Scott William rushed into the ward and strutted straight to Chloe's bed where he dropped to his knees and began sobbing loudly. "Chloe! Ethan, what happened to Chloe? It's ally fault. I should've helped you look for it. I promised not to drink anymore, but I couldn't control my longing for it and left to drink a street away. Forgive me, Chloe." Seeing the middle-age man having a moment, Ethan suddenly thought of something. "What do you mean? What was she looking for?" Scott had his head lowered to the floor as he responded. "Sh-she was looking for money. According to her, she had been saving money to get a new inhaler. Hers finished this morning, so she was going to
Chloe, unaware of the thoughts going through Priscilla Wilton's mind, smiled innocently at her and waved Ethan aside."If Ms. Wilton hadn't seen me on time, the surgery would've put me at more risk of dying due to being brought in late. I still have to thank Ms. Wilton for her help in saving my life.""It's fine, Ms. William. Me being there was just something that was bound to happen. Like your father said, it isn't your time to die yet." Priscilla stepped forward and smiled back at Chloe."That's true. I don't think I've seen you before. Are you a new friend Claire made?" Scott William suddenly asked.Priscilla shook her head slightly. "What? No, I'm not. I just happened to be passing by when it happened."Scott looked her over for a moment before he smacked his lips together loudly."You don't look like you're from this part of the town. It doesn't even look like you're from Springdale. Plus, the road is pretty far from our house. You must've gotten pretty close to hear my daughter
"What? The least of those gifts is worth more than the total amount in question. How could I give you something so expensive?" Matilda immediately snorted at the person.The man who had raised the thought of Matilda planning to run away with their money quickly stepped forward and scoffed loudly."Hmph! I told you guys she plans to run away with our money. She could easily sell one of those gifts and refund us our money, but for some reason, she has refused to do so.""Th-those gifts are betrothal gifts from Charles Wilkins to my daughter. It shouldn't even cross my mind to sell one of the gifts without their approval. Stop talking nonsense!" Matilda glared hard at the man."What are you being so strange about? Isn't Charles Wilkins your future son-in-law and your daughter the soon-to-be daughter-in-law of the Wilkins family? I'm sure they'd understand that you had to sell one of the gifts to clear your debt!"His suggestion made a little sense to Matilda. The Wilkins family had given
She stopped in front of Chloe and raised her hand to slap her when someone suddenly held her arm midair."You piece of rubbish, let go of me!" The woman rasped angrily when she saw the person holding her arm was Ethan.Ethan stared down at her coldly before flinging her hand away. It appeared as if he tossed it away leisurely, but he had applied a little bit of force that sent the sturdy woman stumbling into the arms of the people behind her.The woman's face heated up in anger as she was helped to her feet.She then turned towards Matilda and waved her arm around furiously."What is this, Matilda? Will you stand aside and watch your pathetic excuse for a son-in-law treat us like this simply because we came to get back our money?"Recalling that Ethan was physically strong, having been in the army for five years, Matilda's confidence returned, and she walked forward with shoulders raised high."Hmph! I said I'll give you back your money. What happened to me was a bad investment, which
"Is this a joke to you? What can someone like you do to find the money-doubling man when the police have made it clear to us it's impossible to find him?"As expected, the woman whom Ethan prevented from touching Chloe by shoving her away immediately shot him a stern look as soon as the words left his mouth."Is this a new tactic to gain our trust so you can run off with our money when we least suspect? If it is, you shouldn't put any hope in it working!" The man whom Ethan had locked eyes with snorted in disdain.Claire, who had lowered her eyes to the ground the whole time, quickly raised it in relief when she heard Ethan's promise.Ethan knew Charles Wilkins and Josiah Haworth. She chose to believe it wouldn't be hard for him to find the money-doubling man if he had both influential men searching for him.Fearing that he'd change his mind about finding the money-doubling man after being insulted by these people, she shouted back at the man and woman defensively."If my brother-in-l
In the warehouse belonging to the Reese family:After Killian Reese, Hermes Reese, and Jethro Reese's father were informed of the people who had been caught lurking outside the warehouse, he had every member of the Reese family assemble inside.Everyone assembled inside the warehouse, but ten minutes went by with no sight of Killian Reese."Andy, did father tell you anything? He said to be here ten minutes ago. Did we get it wrong, or is he really running late?" Jethro Reese inched closer to his cousin and inquired.Andy didn't answer immediately, but when he did, he didn't bother to look at him."Your brother woke up. Everyone knows already. Your father will be coming with him. And I'm sure there's a reason they are both running late."Jethro's brows knitted together into a tight frown. "Hermes woke up? And everyone knew, but I didn't?"Sensing his frown, Andy turned to look at him, the corner of his mouth curling up in disdain as he sneered, "Why do you look so surprised? You're no
The door remained in midair for some seconds before it fell in the middle of the room.From where everyone stood, they could see the shape of a foot on the door.A door which took six men twenty seconds to push open was easily sent flying and even had the shape of a leg on it."G-goodness! That's him. That's Ethan Black!" Gauche Stokes said in a trembling voice as soon as the dust settled, and Ethan's cold face came into view.Ethan's icy gaze swept across the room full of people for a moment before he stepped in."I thought you'd take the hint and stay in your place after what happened the last time. However, you came for my wife using the William family.""I forgave you for that. After all, you're just a family trying to make your voice heard in Springdale like every other family does.""This money-doubling scheme of yours would've been none of my business if my mother-in-law hadn't fallen for it. And because she fell for it, she took the money my wife kept for her inhaler.""She al
Ethan began walking towards them as soon as he finished, and the group of people in front of him scampered in different directions in fear."I'll give you back the money we took from the people. And I'm very sorry about what happened to your wife because of us. Let's end our feud here." Hermes immediately wheeled himself forward to meet him and apologized.Ethan stopped moving and looked down at him."The first day I returned to Springdale after being gone for six years, my daughter was abducted by someone with the name Gauche Stokes.""I thought my enmity was only with the Lauthner family until I discovered the Reese family makes it possible for the kidnapped children to be trafficked out of Springdale.""Children forcibly taken from their parents and shipped to a foreign country where horrible things are done to them by those foreigners. If I hadn't returned when I did, my five-year-old daughter would've been one of them.""I stayed in the army for six years and watched both people