The Sterlings home was bustling. It was immediately filled activity as everyone was excited to see their grandmother. Valerie was a bit nervous as she was not in a good relationship with her grandmother. Sydney on the other hand kept casting mean glances at Valerie. Valerie sat in the living room quietly, she was texting Ethan and keeping him posted, not wanting to get involved in anything because she knew her grandmother would definitely find fault in whatever it is she was doing.Sydney returned to the living room after taking a shower. She saw Valerie sitting there alone then she went to the dining room to see Renee setting up the table. "You are so hardworking. What does that girl ever do?" She asked loudly, loud enough for Valerie to hear her."Oh. She does this most of the time. I am just doing it today." Renee said, which was surprising to Valerie. Sydney was a little stumped but she was bent on picking on Valerie."Aren't you the older sister? She is meant to do this regard
Ethan ran his hands through his hair before drying it up with a towel. He had just finished taking his bath and was about to leave the house. He had decided to go pick up Valerie himself since she had refused to leave.Someone knocked on his door. It could either be Skyler or his mother."Come in." He said.The door was pushed open and Skyler walked in still putting on her pyjamas and her face looking sleepy. Ethan raised a brow at her."What?" He asked."Mother wanted me to give you this." She said, handing over a sealed letter to him."What is this? And where is mum?" He questioned, eying the paper."She had a function to attend to. She just found this in the mailbox and called me to take it. It was sent to you. Take it already, I need my beauty sleep." Skyler complained.Ethan took the paper from Skyler."Thank you." He muttered."Yeah, whatever." Skyler mumbled and left the room. Ethan guessed she was going back to bed because if she didn't, she would be grumpy for the rest of the
Keith did as Ethan has ordered. When Conrad was about to leave the venue of the ball in a drunken state, he was ambushed by some men and was severely beaten up.The next morning, he was fuming. Good thing he was able to return home himself without being found out by his father as he couldn't let his father know what he had done. The president had no idea his son had claimed Sterlings enterprise.Conrad could easily find Ethan's apartment in the estate so he drove there.Valerie was just waking up from her sleep as she had spent the night in Ethan's place after he refused to let her go home, saying her family would most likely not let her come into the house at that time.When Conrad got to the gate, he met a security."Open up." He ordered."Who are you?" The security asked. Conrad looked surprised."Who am I? Are you fucking kidding me? Open the damn gate." He ordered. He wondered how the security man could not recognize him and that made him even more mad."I'm sorry. I have no idea
Skyler went to a coffee shop first, after discussing with her friends. They had agreed to come pick her up from there. Skyler really hated this new arrangement, there was no way she would be walking around with a bodyguard all around her, at every minute."A cup of latte please." She said to the waiter when he walked up to her, she wanted to take it to pass out time before her friend's arrival. She turned to admire the coffee shop and then she saw Irene again. She had forgotten she was with someone."Why are you staring at me? Look somewhere else please." She said with a look of disgust on her face."I'm sorry ma'am." Irene said and looked away."Look, I have no idea what my brother must have said to you but I am really not comfortable with you around me. Do you really have to follow me?" Skyler asked."I was paid to do a job ma'am. And it is against my rules to be negligent. The legion commander wants a job done, so I'll have to make sure it is done." Irene responded and Skyler rolle
Ethan drove to Valerie's home again that night. He wanted to make an important decision in their life. Valerie was not expecting to see him again that same day after what had happened earlier with Conrad Patterson."What do you want?" She asked, on seeing Ethan."To apologize." Ethan responded and Valerie raised a brow at him."Okay? Go on." She probed."I already did." Ethan said and Valerie rolled her eyes."Are you kidding me? If you have nothing to say, please leave. Get out of my house. I pleaded with you not to hurt him but you did. Conrad is the president's son. You were not supposed to do that. What if something had happened? What if it got more serious than that? What if he lost his life in the process? What could I have explained?" Valerie fumed."You are only overthinking. It is not as serious as it seems. This is just your feminine traits acting up." Ethan said and Valerie's eyes narrowed."My feminine traits? Are you serious? So me expressing my concerns over your actions
Irene was very angry. She had to walk halfway to the club after the first cab had ran out of gas on the way. She walked down to the club. She was more angry because Ethan had kept her in charge of babysitting a brat like Skyler.As she walked into the club, people immediately noticed she was not there for clubbing. They all made way for her to go through. She looked around and found Skyler at a corner with some people. They were all drinking."Oh my goodness. What the hell." Irene muttered to herself and stomped towards Skyler.She grabbed the bottle of drink out of her hands."Hey give it back." Skyler slurred, trying to grab the bottle back. She had no idea it was Irene."What do you think you are doing? You are drunk." Irene scolded. Skyler lifted up her gaze to look at Irene."Oh it's you. Welcome. I almost thought you wouldn't make it." Skyler said, trying to keep her gaze steady."You are drunk. What do you think you are doing?" Irene asked again."Drunk? Haha. I am not drunk.
Irene immediately pushed her way through the crowd. The guys tried to push her back, but as a well trained officer that she was, they could not achieve that. She knew at once that as they were trying to push her backwards, it indeed meant they were doing something wrong. At that point, Irene didn't care if it was Skyler or not, all she wanted was to save the person,no matter who it was.When she was finally able to break through the crowd, she saw Skyler being man handled. At the sight of Irene, everyone around stopped. She looked different, some of them thought she was a cop at first. She looked around and saw Gigi, who was giggling mischievously and putting away her phone. Irene immediately suspected something had happened. She recognized Gigi as one of Skyler's friends who had gone with her in the car. The fact that she was not trying to help Skyler out of her ordeal meant something was totally wrong.She immediately went to Gigi who moved back slightly. She dragged the phone from
Ethan went after Valerie as she rushed out. She gripped the edges of her dress in an attempt to run across the road. Before she could do it, Ethan caught up with her and pulled her back."What do you think you are doing? Where are you going?" He asked as he pulled her back.Valerie stared at him breathing heavily and her eyes became teary."Calm down, okay?" Ethan said, cupping her face with his hands and she nodded."I'm sorry." She whimpered."Sorry for what? It's your choice, I can't force you to get married to me." Ethan said softly."No, it's...it's not that. I just...I don't know. Ethan,I am a nobody. This is too much. It's just too much. You are the legion commander, have you forgotten that?" Valerie asked."No, I haven't. I know who I am and that is even more reason why I want to be with you." Ethan responded, staring into her eyes."No." Valerie stated and looked away. "Why? Am I not good enough?" Ethan Inquired."You are perfect, Ethan." Valerie responded, still looking dow