While Ethan walked with Mr. White towards the table, he tried looking around to see if his target was in the room with them."Gentlemen, meet Mr. Brandon Martell. I'm sure some of you must have encountered him before," Mr. White said, but Bran doubted it, as most of his business affairs are handled by his assistant. He hated making a face in meetings."Please sit." Mr. White said after they exchanged a few formalities."But Mr. White had informed us that you would be present. I hope you don't mind if I say that I'm not in the mood for business at the moment." Said one of the men at the table,"Gentlemen, I didn't come here to discuss business; besides, the offer I had made you five days ago has been occupied." I'm sorry, but I couldn't wait to discuss business over a cup of wine," Xavier said.The men felt important, probably because they've been in business for a long time and think he's too young to handle his father's affair."I hear that you're still unmarried, Martell." One of th

Catelyn got to the mansion; the butler was trying to get a few things in order before retiring to his bed. "Is my husband back?" She asked, "Yes, ma'am." The butler responded, causing Catelyn to nod before heading upstairs to her bedroom. On getting there, she realized that the bed was empty and it didn't seem like Ethan had been to the room. Leaving the room to his study, she found him there, just as she had thought. "I was informed that you went out," Ethan said the second she stepped into his study room. "Yes. I didn't want to bother you about it, so I went and came back quick," Catelyn responded, walking towards the coffee machine in an attempt to brew some coffee for Ethan. "To that same pub?" Ethan asked casually, "You didn't have enough wine at the event, did you?" He inquired before she could even respond to his previous question. "Not really, I couldn't drink in the presence of so many people. I'm the legitimate daughter of the Guardo family, and drinking so much would

"What's so private that you find it so hard to tell me about?" Ethan asked, arching his brows.With the look on his face, Lilian grew even more scared to speak, which for some weird reason frightened Ethan a bit.He hadn't seen her so scared before, and this was the first time she had ever lost composure in his presence."Speak, Lilian!" Ethan muttered, feeling impatient."Because we're almost late," he added.Lilian swallowed hard, breathing in, "I was threatened, Ethan. With my family, there's a spy amongst the board members, Mr. Tim; he threatened me to submit his name as CEO," she cried."Or he'd kill your family?" Ethan asked, wanting to know the exact threat Tim had used."He threatened my family, Ethan, and he threatened me as well. I've been under a lot of pressure here, and I don't want to wrong you; that is one of the reasons why I wished you wouldn't ask me for a name," she said, causing Ethan to nod."Forward the information the company has about this man to me and wipe yo

A few staff left, and Lilian didn't seem surprised; she could already tell that most of them were only here because they hoped to be paid their 3 months' salary that wasdue and they've been able to secure jobs elsewhere.Half of the people in the room left, leaving half, and it caused Matthew to panic. "Don't worry, Secret Company can lend us a few men here, hardworking, dedicated men," she said, smirking."I want to assume that everyone here already knows what they're risking for this. Two nights of no sleep and barely any rest," she said, causing them to nod.Just as she was talking, the machines that Ethan had ordered came in."Please go home now and come back in two hours; by then, you'll have a few men here waiting to join you for the work," she informed.The workers abandoned their work and left to get ready. Lilian could admit that it wasn't an easy task, but most men were determined. "You too, Mr. Matthew, be here early." She informed him and left him to the office, where Etha

After Alexander's conversation with Xavier's housekeeper, he left the house feeling satisfied with the outcome. He said, "Inform me when Xavier comes home, and don't mention to him that I was here," and left the penthouse.Alexander got back home; he had a few things on his mind, but none of them were able to cloud his thoughts about Xavier. "If you're not going to do anything, then I will." He recalled one of the hateful sentences he got from Gwen, but little did she know that all this was part of his little plan....47 hours 5 minutes after Ethan and the workers had started the job to deliver D&D Company with the products, Ethan and his crew had just 50 more items to get boxed."I can't believe we did this," Lilian muttered."You can't believe?" Ethan asked, knowing that Lilian was not one to doubt."Well, I mean, I'm thrilled." She laughed.Ethan understood just how she felt, but to be frank, he didn't want to get excited until after signing the contract with D&D Company.Everyo