The next day Ethan got ready and left his room for the dining area. There, he caught sight of Elia having coffee. "Considering the fact that you didn't leave your room yesterday, not even to eat, I thought you'd do the same today," she said, sipping from her coffee. "How are you?" Ethan asked, surprising Elia, "That's new. What happened? You had a dream that you'd die soon?" She asked nonchalantly. "How's your baby and your home?" He inquired, brewing his own coffee from the coffee machine in the dining area. "Everyone is fine." She responded and got to her feet. "I think I should ask you the same question, Ethan; your home seems broken. And now it's all over the news, false rumors that your ex is spreading round town to get your attention," she said. "And they've gotten my attention, but unfortunately for them, my attention is coming with my wrath as well," he informed, causing Elia to smirk. "I was going to take action myself, but when you came yesterday, I had to cancel t

Meanwhile in Carissa's room, Rosanna sat there for hours, trying to recall what happened the previous night. Her phone rang countless times, but she didn't bother to check who the caller was because she already assumed that it would be Belen, who has probably seen the news, and now he wants to reprimand her, The calls continued. Getting frustrated, she reached for her phone and was about to turn it off when she caught sight of the caller's name, "Daniel," she said. Daniel was the last person she thought would give her a call. "Hello," she answered. "Hey... How are you?" He asked, "How do you think I am?" Rosanna inquired, "Well, I don't know... "You have a hangover, I guess; you were drunk last night," he said. Rosanna slapped her face; she still couldn't believe that she let herself get drunk at a party. "Yeah, I can see that everywhere on the internet. Unfortunately, I spilled that Ethan wasn't in town." She said, feeling a deep sting in her heart as she said the words out loud

"Okay, sir," Lilian responded sternly before Ethan hung up. After the call, he decided to rest.Ethan closed his eyes, and just like the last few nights, his head began to hurt the second he shut his eyes to sleep.If he manages to get through the pain, the world suddenly turns quiet, and his thoughts become louder in his head. "You're taking time, Ethan; what if they're faster than you?"He tried not to think too much of if things didn't go his way, but it was almost impossible. "You have to get up! What if they're watching? What if they're working while the only thing you do is sit down and wait?""You don't even know who your foes are...""Stop!!!!" Ethan yelled, throwing his hand to his ears to cover them, but unfortunately, the voices were all in his head; he was depriving himself of sleep by thinking like that, but the problem was that Ethan just couldn't escape it.He sat up, staring blankly at his wall for hours. He climbed down from the bed and took a few steps towards his dr

"Is my husband home?" Elia asked the butler as she strolled into her home with Ethan beside her and the butler in front of them."Yes, ma'am, he got back this morning." The butler, chasing Elia, arched her brows, asking,"He left? He left my baby here?" "No, ma'am. He left with the baby yesterday, and he returned this morning," the butler informed, causing Elia to respond with a small nod, wondering where Xavuer went with their child."Inform him that I'm here with my brother." She said, falling on the sofa like she didn't have enough rest the previous night, "You seem tired; didn't you sleep?" Ethan asked nonchalantly as he sat on the chair beside hers, "I did, but not enough. I had to wake up this morning to put some things in order," she responded.Just then, Xavier climbed down from the stairs with the baby in his arms. "Ethan... I didn't know you were coming." He paused and turned to Elia. "A call would have been nice," he informed her."Well... he's my brother; isn't this his

Xavier shook his head; taking her hand, he said, "I've chosen my part, Lisa, and you should choose yours too. Probably, my absence would urge you to focus on more important things!" Without waiting for her response, Xavier walked towards the door, but before he bent the doorknob, the door opened. "I need to change my suit jacket; Elia accidentally poured coffee on this one," Ethan said, catching Xavier off guard."Umm... I can get you a new one; just give me a minute," Xavier said, going back into his room.Subconsciously, he concluded that Ethan had been standing by his door for a while, and even if he didn't stand there like he thought, Xavier knew that Ethan must have heard part of their conversation.Ethan leaned on the wall next to his door, glancing at his time. A soft chuckle escaped his lips. "How ironic," he thought.In less than a minute, Xavier walked out of the room with a new suit jacket. "I'm sorry, my room stinks at the moment, and I don't want you to have to perceive