"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
Killian Reese immediately raised both hands in surrender. He knew it was unlikely for Hermes to point the pistol at him instead of Ethan, so the he quickly concluded Hermes must've made a mistake."It's me, your father. The bastard Ethan Black is right beside you." Instead of moving the pistol away like was expected of him, Hermes pulled the trigger.The bullet flew out of the muzzle at the speed of light towards Killian's head. It grazed the left side of his ear before lodging itself on the wall behind him.When the loud bang went off, everyone fell to the floor in fright and remained down, trembling in fear."Hermes...you shot me. Why would you shoot your own father instead of the enemy?" Killian stuttered in disbelief after seeing the blood pouring out from his left ear.Hermes eyes suddenly became glossy. He sniffled and laughed dryly. Then turned the wheelchair around to face Ethan fully."The Commander is right. The Reese family has done so much bad and have illegally obtained
Ethan was resting on the Koenigsegg Jesko outside the school's building, patiently waiting for the teacher to walk out with his daughter, like she had always done.The 6'4 tall, handsome and lanky man resting on his midnight black sportcar was a sight many of the female teachers who walked ogled out, but couldn't approach him thanks to the signature frown on his face. However, his brows knitted into a tight frown when he saw his daughter walking out of the school's building with a boy her age.Coming out of the building with a boy her age wasn't what irked him, but the fact that he was carrying her schoolbag behind him and holding her hand.When they were just some seconds away, Ethan strolled up to them and picked up the boy with one arm. Then he raised his brows and asked threateningly, "Who are you supposed to be?"The boy, scared by the ferocious look on Ethan's face and the scary tone of his voice, stiffened immediately."I-i-i am Honey's classmate." The little boy stuttered fea