CHAPTER HUNDRED AND NINETY-THREE “How badly do you need this job?” Bruce asked, looking Ethan in the eyes. He seemed to be in the mood to wait even when it seemed like Ethan was about to take his time to give him a response. “Tell me, Ethan…” Bruce cleared his throat, looking him in the face as though he was trying to read his mind and know what he was thinking. “How badly do you need this job? Are you willing to do whatever it is going to take to get it?” Ethan scoffed silently, and turning to look at Kay and Wendy, he sighed heavily, refusing to get rid of his smirk. “Very badly…” He finally retorted, seeming like he didn’t see the scowl on the faces of the couple. Wendy snarled at Ethan, and then she slowly turned to look at Bruce, trying to figure out what the nod of satisfaction on his face meant. “Good…” Bruce leaned forward, holding onto his wry smile. “If truly you are ready to work in this restaurant, then you will have to prove your loyalty to me…” he paused for a f

CHAPTER HUNDRED AND NINETY-FIVE However, they had waited for ten seconds, yet the men Bruce had instructed to grab Ethan did nothing.They just stared at Ethan for a while before they moved their eyes back to their supposed boss, holding onto their deadpan expressions. “Didn’t you hear me?” Bruce asked with a low tone, his voice missing the usual authority that everyone was used to hearing.Again, he turned to look at Ethan, eyes glaring with an intense determination to deal with him.“I told you that I wanted you to deal with him. Why are you still standing there and looking at me like morons?” The men grunted one after the other, and suddenly, it seemed as though Bruce had forgotten the next words he wanted to say.No matter how hard he tried to hide it, it was boldly written on his face that he was scared, his lips slowly quivering.Wendy could not hide her disappointment, and that led her to say the words that were nestled inside her mind. “What’s going on, Mr. Raymond?” She w

CHAPTER HUNDRED AND NINETY-SEVEN “I am sure you stole it, Ethan! There is no way you would have such an amount of money!” She sounded very convinced, glaring while she waited for a response. Ethan laughed at Wendy’s words, and then he looked into her eyes, holding onto his wry smile.“Is that the best you can do?” He retorted, rendering her speechless with his utterance. Wendy parted her lips, but each time she tried to speak, it seemed as though she had lost her voice.She was forced to turn to look at Kay, and when it was obvious that he didn’t have any response as well, she turned to Bruce, taking a deep breath.“Are you not going to say anything, Mr. Raymond?” She muttered, her voice low and laced with uncertainty. “Are you just going to stand there and watch him insult you? You should have him arrested or even thrown out of this place!” She urged, and then she moved her eyes to the guards, but when it had become very obvious that none of them was going to help her, she turned

CHAPTER HUNDRED AND NINETY-NINE Wendy and Kay didn’t hesitate to walk to the table, but since Wendy had something in mind, she looked restless and angry, glaring at Ethan.“Miss Owen?” She called out calmly, staring at the Manager who stood beside her, holding onto her smile.“Is there a problem?” Ella asked, replacing her beam with a curious stare, her brows arched. “Yes…” Wendy was quick to give a response, and turning to Ethan, she pointed at him, anger simmering through her veins.“That’s the man who asked those men to throw us out! He paid them, and I think he stole the money!” She had succeeded in drawing Ella’s attention to the stranger again, and this time around, the Manager was also interested to know why Bruce was being held against his will, by the two security guards working in the restaurant. “I will handle this, Wendy…” Ella said, and as she walked away, heading toward Bruce, the couple cheered silently, nodding in satisfaction.“Now he is going to know who the rea

“You will wish you hadn’t said that about my boss…” She growled inwardly, eyes burning with rage.Wendy and Kay swallowed hard almost at the same time, turning to look at Ethan with wide eyes.“Your…” Wendy stuttered, the words hanging in the middle of her throat and almost seeming like they were about to choke her.“Your boss?” She asked, pointing to Ethan without looking at him.Her voice was gripped by anxiousness, her heart beating so fast that she feared that it could break out of her tight chest.“Ethan is your boss?” She asked, but it didn’t look like Ella was ready to indulge her.The Manager turned to look at Ethan, but she couldn’t look at him for more than a few seconds, eyes glittering with nervousness.“I am so sorry, Mr. Ethan. This is an obvious misunderstanding. I didn’t mean to get these lunatics to insult you…” She swallowed hard, but the uncertainty that gripped her was still intact.She didn’t know what to expect from Ethan, and his silence was making things almost