"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

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

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

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

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