Tony had gotten back to Ethan's condo and had tasked the maids and manservants to wait for Ethan at the entrance with towels to dry him up. He had instructed them to turn up the heater in the house so Ethan would be warm when he got home. Ethan's meal was ready and the chef was brewing hot tea. Some manservants had prepared a hot water bath for Ethan as Tony informed them that Ethan would be back in no time. Ethan's clothes for the night were splayed out on the bed and later folded in a neat pile with socks and hand mittens accompanying the pile of clothes. As soon as Ethan arrived, a manservant ran towards the car with two umbrellas,one for Ethan and one for himself. He held the two open for himself and Ethan until they got to the entrance, where two maids dried his hair and his hands with dry towels. The manservant helped him get out of his wet shoes and into something more comfortable and dry. Ethan stripped himself of his clothes that were dripping wet and remained in his br
Melissa barged into the house, her eyes red, seething in rage. Her outfit was dripping water on the floor of the house as she stormed into the house, walking away from Jason. Her teeth were chattering as she shivered from the cold.The maids hurriedly brought dry towels to try to dry off Melissa's hair when Melissa started crying."Mel?? Omg!!! What happened to you? Why are you so drenched? Wasn't the heater in the car working?" Claire asked as she stood up from the couch where she had been sitting she went towards Melissa and placed the back of her hand on Melissa's forehead to feel her temperature.Melissa was about to answer Claire when she heard Jason's footsteps at the entrance of the door, then she left her mom and ran up the flight of stairs saying, "Ask Jason", as she held her mouth to muffle her tears as she ran up to her room."Claire was worried about Melissa and moved to follow her to her room when she heard Jason say, "Don't worry, Mom, I'll handle it."Jason didn't bothe
It was a cool evening at the Graham mansion as Claire Graham reclined on the balcony chaise, basking in the moon's cold reflection of the sun waiting for Eric Graham.She scrolled her phone aimlessly searching for something to expel the boredom that consumed her this very moment. She picked up her phone and ordered random beautiful jewelries and cooking utensils she fancied while snacking on some chips and a glass of fruit juice. The big gate rolled open to the sight of Eric Graham driving into the compound. Claire watched keenly as Eric came out of the car and threw the key to his driver whom he refused to use today because he had somewhere private he needed to go and no one could be trusted. “Keep the car in its place and don't forget I'll be leaving quite early tomorrow morning, be ready” Eric said as he stormed off into the house. “Babe!” Claire yelled out to get the attention of Eric from the balcony of the house.“Darling?” Eric replied as he looked and squinted to see his w
“I am greatness and I'm better than everyone” Claire repeated as part of her morning affirmations as she was on her yoga mat carrying out her morning meditation to the sound of monks humming on her phone.After thirty minutes of that, she was done and headed to the bathroom where she played a motivational podcast on Spotify as she had her bath.She felt positive today as she woke up to a note from Eric that read, “You're better than everyone”.“Hey gurll!” Cassie shrieked over the phone.“Hello Cassie, you know I'm too old for that right?” Claire replied with a chuckle.“Yo girls, what time are we hitting the sports arena? Our baby just got that VIP membership babyy!” Rora said, as she just joined in on the call.“No one told me we're bringing the calvary today,” Claire noted happily. “Well, what time are we meeting there then?” Cassie and Rora echoed over the phone.“I think… The next thirty minutes, I'm already out of the shower and ready to move. I just called to check in with y'a
VIP pass please” the chubby bulked up man at the checkpoint asked, stretching out his arm towards Ethan and Jack as they approached.“I hope you didn't forget that, with all your talks of victory over me?” Jack threw accusatory glances, as he turned to look at Ethan.“VIP membership card coming right up!” Ethan said as he held the card and flew it like an airplane into the hands of the security at the checkpoint.The security took the card and scanned it shortly. “Here, have it” He said as he handed the card back to Ethan.“Thank you” Ethan replied with a smile and he turned to Jack and said, “See? Easy-peasy. Card accepted and now I'm taking you to the slaughter, where I'll show you who's king between us” “Much talk from a man who hasn't been able to beat me since college” Jack retorted, as he grinned in self-satisfaction Ethan and Jack walked towards the lawn tennis court to pick up their rackets and stretch for sometime when Claire's voice was heard, “I'm guessing they let just a
Having already drawn the attention of people who were around them but were now dispersing as they saw Ethan turn to walk away from the scene.Rora saw an incoming call. It was from the personal assistant of the new investor she had just secured to officially launch her brand, Rora's makeovers.As she saw the call, she quickly called Ethan's attention saying, "Guess who's calling? My new investor's personal assistant. He is probably calling to sign the contract today itself. You see, this is what happens when you burst your ass and your hard work pays off."Ethan stopped in his tracks and Jack joined where he was now standing. Claire walked up to Jack and Ethan and said, "This, right here, is what success sounds, looks and feels like. Too sad, you would never be able to experience this."The crowd had gathered again. Claire encouraged Rora, "Pick up the call and share the pleasant news with us.""Oh! Right! I almost forgot about that," Rora said as she picked up the call."Hello, Rora
Ethan and Jack's laughter resounded across the lawn, and if looks could kill, Ethan and Jack would be 6 feet under, with the way Claire shot daggers at them.Cassie finally spoke up, "You stand there to mock Rora when both of you combined are not even worth half of what Rora is worth.""At least we know this as a fact and we're not living in denial." Jack retorted as they continued laughing.Some members amongst the crowd joined them to laugh and mock Rora for trying to deceive them with her lies."Enough!!! Your presence here has spoiled the aura and purity of these grounds. You have ruined the once fun, peaceful ambience that filled this place. You have done enough and you should leave." Claire commanded Ethan and Jack."Excuse me!!! But I know for a fact that you do not own this place, so you have absolutely no right to chase us away from here." Ethan made sure to put Claire in her place."Yeah, he's right. The same way you struggled and waited for ages to become a VIP member, we a
Ethan woke up to the rays of the sun peaking through the curtains.He had a swell day with Jack the day before, after Claire was thrown out of the sports arena.For most of it, he defeated Jack as he had promised, whilst Jack kept bragging about his little wins.Ethan stretched to pick his phone up from the night stand and he saw 10 missed calls from Tony.Ethan had put his phone in silence mode after he got back from the sports arena. He was so tired and he needed a peaceful sleep without any disturbance from anybody.He informed his manservant to not allow anybody into his room to disturb him and he silenced his phone.Seeing 10 missed calls from Tony as he woke up, he pinched his forehead and wondered, 'what could be wrong?'He immediately dialed Tony's number in and it started ringing. Tony picked up on the first ring and said, "Sir Ethan, I've got important information for you concerning your sister, Elora."At the mention of his sister, Elora, Ethan's eyes brightened and he was