The Billionaire Impotent son-in-law

Six

Chapter 06

Ethan walks slowly to the door, he was expecting to see his mother in-law's fierce face staring down at him again and yelling at him.

He frowned when Gracie stood by the door staring at him with some expression he can’t seem to understand.

“Here” She said, bringing out a card from her bag, staring at him with a little smile.

“Why would you give me this?” He frowned, unsure of what to say next exactly, he might not be rich but these days have been working for him well in his profession.

“It’s my grandmother's birthday you know right? You can also get yourself some gift from it, the card contains just $50,000” She replied shortly.

“You don’t have to do this Gracie, it’s bad enough that I can’t give you all what you want. Why give me this?” He felt bad for his incompetence already.

He’s ready to change all that soon and make sure Gracie herself would be surprised and sees him in a new light soon.

“I never said it’s for you, I said for my grandmother but just make sure you get something from it for yourself that’s all I said” She replied with a little smile.

Ethan knows what this means, she’s not divorcing him again right? He had managed to get on her soft heart again, is that it?.

“Just make sure to stay away from public appearances Ethan, that's the only way I think we won’t have anymore issues” Gracie said to him.

Her hand traced down his curly hair from his forehead down to his ears, she knows how much he loved to show people that he owns her.

She’s never disputing that too and loves it but what good will it be when it’s going to put her in public’s disgrace and risk her business.

She didn’t want that at all, “I won’t again.” He replied sadly, alas, what good is claiming a woman in public when you can’t even sustain her.

You can’t stand by her and not getting disgraced and getting shamed and hun being the shameful thing to them.

“Thank you,”He slowly said, taking the card and restricting himself from hugging her.

He should get her grandmother some special gift after all, it’s not nice having nothing to give her grandmother.

It will only make matters worse if he didn’t have any gift for her. 

“One more thing I would like to say” Gracie cleared her throat slightly, while Ethan looked into her expecting her words.

He didn’t have idea of what it could be but he knows he might not be able to do anything about it anyways,

 “Mr Augustus and Bills, another reason you should stay away from public appearance, Mr Bills especially won’t give empty threats” She said and took a few steps closer hugging him.

The word he wants to say gets stuck in his mouth and he just embraces her cologne, she cares for him and it’s obvious now.

Doing all those things she said not to do is just hurting her after all, it’s really something he should have avoided without being told.

Not especially when he has nothing to offer just like they will always say.

She disengaged the hug and walked away.

Few hours later,

Ethan gets down from the couch striding towards his grandfather's house, getting there his eyes widened and he couldn’t believe what he’s seeing right now.

How could this happen? They just put the house up for sale, could it be that he’s starting to have eye problems now too? He rushed inside the house.

Getting inside he froze on the spot, everything was cleared out and things are getting sold one after the other.

A young man walks towards him, “What’s,,,wh,,,what’s going on here please?” Ethan voice crack.

“It's obvious right now, your grandfather went bankrupt and all his properties being sold out is the only way those debts can be repaid fully” He said to him.

He raises his brows in fury, how can that old man do this to him? All his life the only thing that could have kept him afloat is what he has and now what?

He’s left with nothing! How is he supposed to leave? What kind of man is he? Does he expect to live on those changes he had been sending him monthly? It’s barely even enough!

He’s left with nothing now! Nothing to call and claim as his own and he wonders what he has been living all his life for years for! 

It’s all in vain seeing how he’s ending them now, his life is all in vain nothing more.

He walks out of the house and boards a cab, probably the uncertainty that he refuses to accept that it’s all gone.

He went to all his properties and it’s exactly what he was told a few minutes ago, it’s all gone and there’s nothing he could do about it.

He stepped down from the car, heading towards the last and lease of his property.

Hope on hope that this could be left out slowly grows in him, the house is one built under another name entirely not his fathers.

He just hopes that the bank won’t have found out that the house is also his grandfather’s property.

Ethan walks down towards the old apartment, he decides to check if he could see some of his paintings, since his painting is selling more than he expected.

He had lived in the apartment before.

He’s sure if he’s passionate enough about it he would earn more than he imagined in no time, besides he has an audition coming up in a few days.

He wanted to present his best painting. He knocked on the door after trying to insert his key but it’s not working out. He wasn’t expecting anyone to be there.

The door opens and the lady walks out, “oh, you must be Ethan?” She asks, hugging him before he could recollect where he had known her from.

“It’s such a long time!” She said walking him into the house.

“I’m Verena” she blurted out happily and pointed to her friends sitting on the couch.

“They are my friends” She gave him a warm smile.

“Okay!, you’re the student?” He asked and she nodded in agreement.

No wonder they are unable to reach this property beside the property that would have been sold out long ago. He's the one who told his grandfather’s men not to lay hands on it.

He had sponsored the girl education then and she’s grown into a beautiful woman using the house for business too, she must be hardworking then.

Ethan walks to his study, to his surprise everything is in other all clean and neat.

He was happy he had everything here, this alone would be able to sustain him for a while he guess, he was still going through his things when Verena rushed into the study.

“Some men are outside the door disturbing” She said to him with panic.

Ethan could already hear the noise from outside as he walked toward the door, could it be the bank? His heart beat starts racing.

They can't find the property, can they?.

T.B.C