Ethan was having a conversation with a young woman at the entrance of the Vertice Hotel."So, what did you say is wrong?" he asked, taking her hands from his shirt."Please, I'm begging you with everything you have. I need money to pay my debts. I'm a single mother of two children. Please help me," she said, kneeling down."What are you doing? Why would you kneel down for me?" Ethan responded, lifting her up."How much are you owing?" he asked, putting his hands on her shoulder."It's a long story, sir," she said, weeping."Can you please stop crying?" Ethan said, dipping his hands inside his pocket.He brought out a handkerchief and wiped the woman's tears with it."Tears won't stop what you are going through. Just tell me what's wrong," Ethan said, patting her on the shoulder. "My husband died some weeks ago, and he left me and my children to suffer. When he was alive, he didn't take care of us at all. He used to spend all his money on women, and he loved beer. He borrowed one mill

Angela smiled, touching Ethan's face. She kissed him on the forehead and tightened her hands around his neck."I have missed you, Ethan. I have checked every place I used to meet you, but you were not there. I even asked Emilia to look for you, but everything is to no avail. How have you been, Ethan?" she said, sitting down on the chair and laying her head on Ethan's lap.Ethan was speechless. He folded his hands and gazed into her eyes."What do you want to say, or why did you call?" he asked, putting his hands on her pulse.Suddenly, Angela began to groan slowly in pain.Her body began to change, but Ethan didn't notice."Can't you talk? What do you have for me?" Ethan asked, picking up a newspaper beside him.He put the newspaper on Angela's back, concentrating on the latest news."Angela? Were you feeling sleepy before coming here?" Ethan asked, tapping Angela on the back.Angela didn't say anything. Her body was already turning blue while she began to groan in pain."Tell me when

Luke quickly opened the cover of the poison and was about to pour the contents into Ethan's mouth when Ethan angrily pushed him away. Turning back, he grabbed Michael by his collar, lifted him up, and knocked him down."Who are you?" he asked, removing his left hand from his pocket. Luke hastily put on his face mask while Michael wore a cap.Moving closer, Luke punched him from the back, and Ethan quickly left Michael. Facing Luke, Ethan was about to punch him when Michael suddenly kicked his legs from the back, and Ethan fell down. Both of them quickly ran away and went into hiding.Ethan was speechless and surprised."Who has the guts to attack me in my hotel? Are they the ones who poisoned Angela? Who are they, and what are they after?" he mused to himself, sighing heavily.After reaching a safe place, Michael grabbed Luke's shirt."Why would you miss such a chance? You could have poured the poison into his mouth. Do you know he nearly killed me on the spot? Do you think you'll be

Ethan didn't hear the gunshot, drowned out by the rush of people. The woman holding his leg screamed, but Ethan remained oblivious, his attention caught by an argument between a woman and an old man."Phone calls are 'dead'! I keep calling my husband, but it's not going through. He must have stuck in the elevator with my six-month-old daughter! What's going on?" a woman shrieked, flinging her phone away in frustration."Husband!" she roared, her voice echoing. "The Vertice Hotel? But how? I've been working here for over seven years, and nothing like this has ever happened. Are we being robbed?" a man cried out, falling down to the floor."Please, don't step on me," he added, burying his face in his hands."Can't you all just stop? This panicking won't help! We're all VIPs here, shouldn't we act like it? Why the rush? Just because this is happening the first time doesn't mean we lose our heads," an old man bellowed, his voice rising above the growing throng."Where are you all going?

Seeing the gun on the floor, Michael quickly grabbed it angrily with his left hand. Dipping his right hand inside his pocket, he brought out a bullet and quickly put it inside the gun. Before he could target Ethan and shoot, Ethan had already moved closer to him.He punched him in the face, and the gun fell down on the floor. Using all his strength, Michael pushed Ethan away, but he didn't move.Ethan stepped on the gun, laughing."The gun is no longer with me. Are you ready to fight with me?" he said, gazing at Michael.Michael screamed, touching Luke again."I don't want to hear anything from you again," he said, touching Luke's face."Do you know who he is to me? Do you know the person that you killed? I swear that I'm going to kill you today. Until I die fighting with you, I won't leave you alone," Michael said, putting Luke's hands down.He looked at Ethan with a serious face."It's either I kill you today or you kill me. But I'm very sure that I won't give you a chance to kill