Chapter 1

Ethan sighed as he parked his old and rickety car in front of a mansion. He turned off the engine and the car went off with a strange noise, but it was not new to Ethan.

It had happened numerous times before.

"This old thing is done for. I'll have to fix it before it will move again." Ethan grumbled with disappointment written all over his face.

He took his equipments from the car and went into the mansion. He was there to work as a cleaner. The company he was working for had sent him to clean such a big mansion alone when it should have been the work of several people.

'This is a lot of work. I'll have to use painkillers after today.' He thought inwardly with a worried face.

He passed the security after they confirmed his identity and walked into the house. The butler greeted him at the door of the building and guided him to where he would start the cleaning.

Ethan had a lot of cleaning to do so he got started immediately.

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It was in the afternoon. Ethan had cleaned several rooms and was already getting tired. His cleaning jumpsuit was already dirty all over. He wiped off sweat from his forehead as he approached another door.

He had not met anyone else in the house since he started working in the morning so he assumed the rich owner of the house wasn't around.

As he stood in front of the door, he heard some erotic sounds coming out of the room from a man and woman and was surprised, he hadn't expected it. Now he couldn't enter again.

He stood as he wondered where to clean next when he heard a familiar

"Take it slowly, Philip... Hmmm!"

Ethan felt like he was being electrocuted and pushed the door of the room without thinking.

"Who dares?!" An angry voice eked out from the man who held unto a woman as Ethan watched the both of them in great shock.

Ethan did not remember to speak. He couldn't believe what he was seeing.

The woman that was in the arms of another man was Sophia. She was his wife! They had both been married for almost a year now and here she was in the arms of another man.

"Are you deaf and dumb?" The man asked angrily again.

Ethan did not even answer as he gaped at his wife in disbelief.

Sophia looked at her husband with a bit of surprise. She did not look panicked at all.

"You should not be here, Ethan." She said without moving away from the man.

The man, looked surprised as he heard what Sophia said.

"You know him?" The man asked.

"That's my wife!" Ethan blurted out. His breathing had become rough and his heart felt like it was going to fail him at any moment.

"Wow! Really?" Philip was surprised and turned to Sophia who sighed as if it was all a disturbance.

"It's not what it looks like." She tried to defend herself halfheartedly.

"Get away from my wife!" Ethan yelled as he glared at the Philip.

"Who the hell do you think you are to speak to me in that manner?" The man retorted.

Ethan recognised this man. Of course anyone who lived in the city of Geneva would know him. He was a famous celebrity in the city and the son of one of the richest families. He had good looks and a charming charisma to top it all.

His name was Philip Carnegie.

"You're touching my wife! Get away!" Ethan yelled again in a desperate voice as he attempted to separate Philip from Sophia by force.

PAK!

Philip slapped Ethan hard. Ethan stumbled backwards from the fierce slap and his cheek was already red and his eyes were becoming bloodshot.

"A fucking piece of shit like you dares!" Philip snarled and held Sophia tightly as he looked at Ethan with a condescending look on his face.

"A filthy rat like you doesn't deserve this woman. She is way out of your league." Philip said to Ethan.

Ethan was stunned as he clutched his throbbing cheek while glaring at Philip. He then turned his head to Sophia.

"He's forcing you right? Don't worry I will make sure to report him to the police." Ethan said as he tried to comfort his wife Sophia.

He couldn't even entertain the thought that Sophia would willing cheat in him with another man even though that man was the famous Philip.

After all, Sophia had always been his lovable wife from the start. The first time they had met each other, Sophia was the one to make the first move and since then they fell in love with each other as they continued seeing each other. Not long after, they got married.

The only problem Ethan faced was having the means to provide for her as his job was not paying him sufficient money. But he felt that as he continued to work hard, everything would eventually be alright. That was what had been pushing Ethan to keep working hard.

Sophia had never demanded for more than what he could do so he felt that she really loved him.

"What can the police do?" Sophia replied Ethan with a question. "Don't do anything stupid, Ethan. Just get out of here." She said.

"They'll arrest him and put him in jail." Ethan replied confidently.

"No they won't, Ethan. Just go" Sophia said as she shook her head.

"Did you hear that?" Philip asked Ethan with a sinister smirk. "The police can't do anything to me."

He glanced at Ethan's dirty appearance and made a disgusted face. "You think trash like you who can't even provide for his wife will be able to make the police do anything? Haha, they wouldn't even spare you a glance!" He said in a mocking tone.

"Now get the fuck out of my house!" Philip yelled in rage. "I promise you this, you would regret coming here today!" He said as he kicked Ethan out of his house. He even called his butler to chase Philip out of the gate.

Ethan was powerless as he was being chased out the mansion by Philip and his butler while Sophia stood by the side watching everything play out.

Eventually, Ethan found himself outside the gate and was in front of his car that he had parked at the gate.

"I'm going to report this to the police!" Ethan said angrily as he jumped into the car and started it.

Only for him to realise that the car didn't start. His eyes trembled when he remembered that the car had developed another fault and wouldn't move till it was fixed.

He clenched his fists tightly as he gritted his teeth. He was frustrated to the core.

"Stupid car!" He grunted in anger.