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A DEBT PAID IN LIES
"I told you already, if the money doesn’t come in today, we won’t be calling you next time… we’ll be at your doorstep to collect the money personally."The voice on the other end was low, almost lazy, yet the threat beneath it was unmistakable, and as the call ended abruptly, Charlie slowly lowered his phone, his fingers tightening around it as a thin layer of sweat formed across his palm.For a moment, he didn’t move, in fact he wasn't able to take a step forward or backward.The silence in the room felt suffocating, pressing against him as his breathing grew uneven, his mind racing through numbers, deadlines, and the reality he had been trying to avoid for days.All his savings were gone.Every last bit of it.What had once felt like a harmless gamble had turned into something far more dangerous, something that was now closing in on him with every passing second.He thought if the Carvendish family were to secure the investment, he could take a huge sum of money from that, but every
POWER OVER EMOTION
"Explain to me what exactly happened in that celebration event? Didn't you tell me Carvendish family got the investment already? Then how exactly did it go to Scarlett?" Christopher's voice was calm, yet it carried a weight that pressed down on the entire room, his gaze fixed on Jenny as he stood near the tall windows of the Caspian villa, his posture straight, his presence cold and composed. "How on earth Ethan... The abandoned boy got married to Scarlett and with what influence did Scarlett get the investment we all wanted? What exactly is happening here Jenny?" Jenny stood a few steps away, her fingers curling slightly as she met his gaze, though there was a flicker of hesitation in her eyes before she spoke."There’s nothing complicated, dad, it's pure luck," she said, trying to keep her tone steady. "He accidentally saved an old man and that old man turned out to be the investor we all are looking for.""So?"Jenny explained everything about the investor mistaking about Ethan b
MORE LIKE A COMPLIMENT
"Why is there nothing about this…?" Ethan muttered under his breath, his gaze fixed on the screen in front of him, while his brows slightly furrowed as he scrolled through page after page, yet finding nothing that made sense.The symbol engraved on the dragon ring reflected faintly under the light, resting silently on his finger as if it carried secrets that refused to be revealed so easily."This old man and his cryptic things...." Ethan sighed scrolling through the screen, "why doesn't anyone like to keep my life simple? Why should things in my life always get complicated and messy?" For the past few hours, he has gone through a lot of Ancient artifacts, rare family heirlooms, hidden organizations, he had searched through almost everything he could access, yet every result either led to nothing or contradicted the previous one, as if the existence of the ring itself was something that had been deliberately erased."Strange…" he murmured softly, leaning back slightly, his fingers ta
WHAT’S MINE WILL REMAIN MINE
"Umm… Mr. Rodriguez," Ethan began, his tone came out to be calm yet hesitant as he looked at the things placed in front of him.But before he could complete his sentence, the old man raised his hand slightly and stopped him without effort, his gaze steady and filled with quiet warmth. "I sincerely treat you as my own grandson rather than a savior, so don’t say no to this, alright, grandson?" he said in a gentle yet firm voice, carrying a kind of authority that did not pressure, but still left no room for refusal.For a brief moment, Ethan fell silent, not because he had nothing to say, but because that single word had reached somewhere deeper than anything else spoken that night, something familiar, something he had truly received before.Grandson.Not obligation, not transaction, but acceptance.Ethan exhaled slowly, his fingers tightening slightly before relaxing again, and then he gave a small nod, accepting everything without another word, not for the wealth, but for the meaning
WIFE, POWER, AND RECOGNITION
"Shameless… absolutely shameless."Jenny’s voice cut through the stunned silence like a blade, sharp and unrestrained, her expression twisted with anger as she stepped forward, while her gaze fixed on Scarlett and Ethan with open disgust."Have you completely lost your sense of decency?" she continued, her tone rising without restraint. "In a place like this, in front of everyone, you dare to do something so indecent?"The hall, which had only just fallen silent after the kiss, stirred again, whispers rising in waves as every eye remained fixed on the two figures standing at the center of it all.Scarlett did not move, she did not even bother to react.If anything, her composure only deepened, her posture remained straight, and her expression was calm, as if Jenny’s outrage held no more weight than background noise.Ethan stood beside her, equally unmoved, his presence steady, his gaze quiet, as if none of it was worth reacting to, though a faint shade of redness still lingered on his
HIS ONLY FAMILY
"No, darling," Scarlett said, her voice calm yet carrying a quiet certainty, "you didn’t mishear it. I heard it just as clearly as you did."Ethan let out a faint breath, the corner of his lips lifting into a restrained, and almost amused smile, though there was no warmth behind it."So they’re twisting their words again," he said with a steady tone, his gaze slowly moving across Jerome, Sally, Hailey, and Jenny, not with anger, but with a clarity that made his detachment unmistakable. "It seems some habits never change."His eyes settled on them, one by one, before he continued, his voice calm yet cutting through the tension without effort."Before asking me to think of you as family," he said, "you should ask yourselves something far more important… Did you ever think of me as family to begin with?"Charlie stepped forward, his expression tightening slightly as he tried to maintain control over the situation that was steadily slipping away from them."Is this really the time to hold
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