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
The day ended quickly, and the next day the whole family woke up without people banging at their door."Claire, check if there is really no one outside," Matilda hid behind the kitchen door and said to Claire, who was about to go outside.Claire, who had placed her hand on the doorknob, paused and glanced towards the direction the voice came from."There's really no one. Just Ethan and Honey waiting outside for Chloe."A small frown settled on Matilda's face."Then what about the people we owe? They said they'd be here this morning if we don't return their money to them. Wait, don't tell me that good-for-nothing really made true his promise?""Haven't you seen the news this morning?" Claire raised a brow and turned on the TV.It was a breaking news about someone who found bags of money in a field."Early this morning, numerous bags filled with money were found in a football field by a man. The government traced it to know its owner, but it turns out the money was taken from the people
She understood that Matt Peterson wasn't part of the people who saw what happened that day, but Gladys was there and even defended her from the people who tried to soil her name by saying the only reason she accepted to work in Springdale National College was to seduce scions from wealthy families.Gladys did a lot of things for Chloe to see her as a friend, which included even walking her to the car whenever Kane came to pick her up.So how could she be among the people trying to set her up?"Gladys, say something. You were there when that student handed this jewelry box over to me.""I even tried to return it to him, but you said it didn't matter if I collected the gift as long as I made it clear to him that I am a married woman and wanted nothing to do with him romantically."Gladys' frown tightened, and she immediately rebuked Chloe."Don't try to drag me into your mess, Ms. William. Yes, I was there, but I wasn't there from the start. I only entered the teachers' lounge after I w
Chloe didn't respond immediately. She remained standing and staring at him for more than a minute before she suddenly laughed and dug her fingers into her hair."Chairman Peterson, it just occurred to me you're the mastermind behind what is happening to me right now.""At first, I thought; why would the other teachers say such a thing when they clearly saw what happened that day? Why would Principal Coleman stab me in the back when she also knew the truth?""I've been wondering that since this morning, and it finally occurred to me that someone who decides if they continue working here might've threatened them to spin the truth about what happened that day and paint me as a thief.""And why would he do something like that? So he can use it against me, offer me a solution that'll enable him do what he has wanted since the first day he set his eyes on me; sleep with me." Chloe was used to men ogling at her whenever she walked by, but whenever she turned them down numerous times and mad
"What is he blabbing about? Who went to prison for murder, him or Principal Coleman?""I didn't want to say this before because I feared I'd be wrong, but my cousin who worked in a female prison as a correction officer once saw Principal Coleman and said she looked like an inmate he used to know. I dismissed it back then because Principal Coleman didn't seem like someone who'd commit a crime heavy enough to be sent to a correction prison.""So you're trying to say we've been socializing and doing things with an ex-convict for years? A murderer for that matter? This has to be the most scariest thing I've heard in a while now!""If you heard something like that why didn't you just drop it as anonymous in the school's website? Do you know how badly my skin is crawling right now just thinking of how she has held me with those hands she used in cutting someone's skull open?!""Don't raise your voice at me, okay? I didn't know it back then because Principal Coleman seems too kind to kill so
Chloe sat up with a jolt the next time she opened her eyes.Without looking around her, she felt her entire body for any pain but felt nothing. It wasn't until she paid attention to the free-fall gown she was wearing that she realized it wasn't what she left the house in this morning.Her eyes stung with tears, and she sniffled, quickly concluding Matt Peterson had succeeded in sleeping with her.She heard someone tug on the doorknob almost immediately and grabbed the lamp holder closest to her, ready to smash Matt Peterson's head in the moment he walked in.She was ready to hurl the lampstand when she realized it wasn't Matt Peterson but her..."Ethan?"Ethan, who had no idea what was about to befall him as he had his attention on the tray he was carrying, halted and looked up."Huh?"When he saw she had woken up, his dull eyes immediately lit up."You're awake. You were asleep for three hours. I was starting to get worried." The man beamed lightly, walking closer to her.He lowered