Just then, Isabella hurried into the place and the scene she arrived to sent shivers down her spine, “I’m so sorry, I will take her with me immediately.” She bowed countless times to Ethan and held unto Julia.
“I will escort outside,” Nathan, Ethan’s secretary came up to help Isabella, but he heard a slight cough behind him.
“Do you care more about another person’s boss than you care about your own boss?” Ethan’s question made him pause in his tracks as he could only look at Isabella with regret.
“Don’t worry, I will go by myself” Bella smiled forcefully and tried to support Julia properly, but then Augustine came over, “I will help you”
“Thank you” Bella muttered as they took Julia outside.
After they walked away, Nathan turned to look at his boss, “You know, you do not actually have to go that far. I was only trying to help my sister.”
“Let us go.” Ethan looked at his soiled clothes and did not care about Nathan’s word at all, he walked out as Nathan has no other option but to follow behind him.
After they got into the car, Nathan looked at the newly received text message, he looked hesitantly at Ethan wondering if he should deliver the news to him or just let it go.
“Why are you staring at me like that, is there any problem?” Ethan glanced at him lightly.
“The Chairman wants you to come back home for dinner today. It is a family get together and your stepbrother seems to have some news to share tonight” Nathan delivered the contents of the text message to Ethan.
“What is he planning to do this time?”
“There is one more thing at the end, the chairman is asking you to go for a blind date in two days’ time. And if you do not plan on going you might change your mind after tonight.”
“I have a bad feeling about this.” Ethan removed his glasses as he rubbed the corner of his eyes tiredly. The car drove off leaving the club.
They got to Whirlwind’s estate which is the location of the family mansion, “I will leave. I promised my sister that I will prepare dinner” Nathan said to Ethan as he got down from the car.
“Do whatever you want” Ethan nodded and made his way into the villa in front of him.
The butler saw him and immediately came out to greet him, “Young master, welcome back home.”
“Uh” Ethan just mumbled and made his way inside with the butler behind him, “Tell my father that I would wash up first before heading to the dinning room” He walked up the stairs without bothering to greet anyone at all.
Just as he got to his room, he pulled his shirts leaving his well-maintained abs with no eyes to feast on it, his eyes filled with disgust and anger, “Nothing good ever happens to me when I’m with her.” He scoffed and threw the shirt into the waste bin before heading into the bathroom.
He came out all freshened up and feeling much better than the shit he was feeling like about 30 minutes ago, changing to more comfortable clothes, he headed downstairs to join the family for dinner. Just as he walked over, they all turned to him, “You really took your time in trying to freshen up, thereby making everyone to wait for you.” Ken Blackwood, his younger stepbrother looked at him with a scornful smile.
“I never told you all to wait for me, is not my fault that I’m the main character even if I don’t want that.” Ethan ignored his little tantrums and sat down next to his father as the maids came to serve him immediately.
His eyes scanned through everyone, from his father to his grandfather who hasn’t said a word since he came, to Helene, his stepmother and to Ken, “So, why the sudden family meeting. I know that we are not that close to be eating together, we might end up getting indigestion because we are eating with those we do not like.” He took a bite from the steak savoring it tender and unique taste.
“Your brother is getting married in a month time, clear up your schedule on that day because you can’t miss it.” Just as Grandpa Blackwood announced the news, Ethan paused slightly and continued eating like he doesn’t care.
“Good for him, and bad for the bride.” Ethan blunted his words.
“Ethan, this is not the time for this!” His father hit him slightly.
“I am sure you all remember my words before. The first person to get married will get 20% of my shares.” Grandpa Blackwood reminded them once again, “It is obvious that Ken took my words seriously and actually decided to settle down unlike someone” Grandpa Blackwood glared at Ethan who continued eating as if what he just said has nothing to do with him.
“I really do love her that’s why I decided to settle down with her.” Ken smiled while also looking provocatively at Ethan who did not react to any of their words.
“Ethan, what about you? Do you have anybody that you like?” Helene turned to Ethan and asked.
“It is quite the opposite.” Ethan replied without looking up, “There is someone that I hate so much that the thought of her just gets me angry. Today she threw up on me, maybe that is why nothing good is happening today.” He dropped the fork and looked at Ken, “Congratulations. I Will ask my secretary to prepare your wedding gift” With that he made to leave.
“Ethan, Wait for me in my study!!” Grandpa Blackwood ordered sternly. Ethan nodded and continued walking upstairs.
It didn’t take long for Grandpa Blackwood and Mr. Blackwood to enter the study and sitting there was Ethan who waiting for them, without warning Grandpa Blackwood raised his stick and hit Ethan hardly causing him to spring up, “What was that for?” Ethan turned to look at them.
“Are you going to stay there and watch that boy take 20% of my share.” Grandpa’s nostrils flared up as he spoke.
“Dad don’t be angry.” Mr. Blackwood tried to calm him.
“Why are you blaming me? I already helped him get the company to a new height and even saved it from bankruptcy, Did I tell you to make a promise like that?!”
“I did it because of you. So, I can see my great grandchildren and my granddaughter in law before I die! But you decided to mess it up!” He raised the stick to hit Ethan again, but this Ethan dodged it.
“The girl you said you hate and that she threw up on you. I’m very sure you have feelings for her so bring her home.”
“Dad, that will not be possible. Ethan only hates one person in this world and that is Knight’s daughter. Bringing them together will only cause disaster.” Mr. Blackwood rejected the idea immediately.
“Grandpa, no one can take the company from me. And I am the President now so don’t worry about it.” Ethan tried to assure him.
Grandpa turned his anger to his son, “This is all your fault! If you did not sleep around then this wouldn’t be happening” He raised his stick and stamped it in the floor while breathing heavily, “And you,” He turned to Ethan, “YOU MUST GET MARRIED BEFORE HIM! I DON’T CARE HOW YOU DO IT”
The next morning, Julia opened her eyes and looked at the glowing sun, but she didn’t want to wake up at all, “You better wake up unless you want to embarrass yourself in front of President Ethan again today.” Isabella’s annoyed voice came from the corner of the room.Julia held her forehead as she sat up, “Seems like I drank too much last night, my head is aching badly.” “I prepared a hangover soup for you. Next time don’t drink too much, I thought you had dinner with Mr. Austin yesterday so why did I meet you in such a mess?” Isabella passed her the bowl of soup and went on to open the curtains, “There is a trending news about you today.” She announced as Julia drank the whole soup and returned the plate to Isabella.“What is the news about? I’ve been trying so hard to keep my plate clean so at least no one will compare me to that jackass.” She stood up from the bed and moved to the massage chair in the room.“It is the girl you fired yesterday, she joined your hate train and is pa
In a conference hall, Julia sat at the middle end, her palm wedging her jaw as she looked uninterested in what I going on in front of her, “How worst can this get?” She mumbled and watched the shareholders that have a lot to say about the situation.“Why don’t you go and apologize to him and get the tech manager back?” Someone suggested but Julia didn’t even bother giving that one any response.“You can talk to him and reach an agreement with him; you guys have been together for so long there is no way he is not going to listen to you” Another suggested.“Why would you let your personal matter affect the company?” Her uncle, Mr. Benjamin finally spoke while fueling the fire, but Julia wasn’t about to let that one slip.“Ask your daughter who think seducing her cousin’s man was an ethic thing to do.” She smiled at him after speaking.“It is man’s nature to cheat; you cannot blame my daughter when you couldn’t even keep your man.”“I guess that why you have so many illegitimate childre
Isabella shook her head refusing to say anything, "I don't think that's something you want to know now""Is it that bad?""Yes, After the bidding we will talk about it" Isabella promised as they made their way into the large conference room. Several other CEO s were there, and since the bidding hasn't started officially, they were socializing and talking about cooperation."I hate this" Julia mumbled as she looked around the crowd while Isabella found her seat with her name tag on it. After she settled down and Isabella placed the file in front of her."Control your emotions, don't listen to any useless talk about your gender and please don't lose your temper here. We cannot afford to lose because we've worked so hard for this." Isabella reminded her constantly."Yes. Why are you so consistent in your nagging." She rolled her eyes as Isabella sighed and made her way to the back of the conference room, where seats were prepared for all assistants or secretaries.Julia sat down bored fo
Julia paused at his words, she raised her brows lightly as she glanced at Austin who didn’t dare to look at her, “Is that what he told you?” She asked him with a bitter tone, “That I plagiarized his work?”“You don’t need to blame others for your mistakes! You should work harder instead of taking what does not belong to you.” Blackwood cut her short coldly as the remaining thread of sanity which her brain was holding unto snapped.“President!” Isabella immediately held her hand to stop her from flipping the whole table off.“President Ethan Blackwood Ethan! Will you take responsibility for what you just said without any clear evidence?!” She took a step forward and faced him directly.“Isn’t it obvious?!”“Then I hope that you will kneel down and beg me after. I am telling you, this will not just end with a settlement, I will drag you to hell even if I need to.” She threatened Ethan and then turned to Austin, “Always holding unto my leftovers, what can I say when you are trash. Enjoy t
Julia arrived at the station, looked around the place looking for her brother, “Are you Miss Julia?” A Detective came over and asked as Julia nodded.“Yes. Where is my brother and what happened?” She asked as the detective pointed out where her brother is. She walked over but the 15 years old boy who didn’t even bother looking at her. She sat down next to him and glanced at him lightly, “What kind of trouble did he cause this time around?” She asked the detective who was in charge.“He beat up a group of girl.” The detective said and pointed to the girl that were by the side. Julia glanced at them and nodded without a change in her expression.“So what did the girl do? My brother can be a troublemaker but he never beats someone without reason, and he won’t beat girl if they didn’t beat him first.” She defended her brother immediately before she could even hear the full story of what happened.“We don’t know yet. There is no CCTV there, so we are only working on the girl’s statement.”
Julia returned to the car with her brother, She fastened her seat belt and then looked at her brother, “Didn’t I send a driver to come pick you up from the airport. How do you always manage to get yourselves in situations like this?” She asked him, but Michael just fastened his seat belt and didn’t bother to reply to any of her words., “What about the driver?!” She asked him again. “I couldn’t wait for him.” “I really can’t take this any longer. Can you please stop making things hard for me. I am already having one of my toughest time thanks to Mom and Dad” “Why are you acting like it is my fault that I asked to be born!” Michael couldn’t take it anymore and flipped at her, “I also don’t want this life. I never asked to be born!” “Then are you blaming me for it?! Why don’t you blame your sperm donors. I don’t care what you do with your life, but the least that you can for someone like me, is to not cause any trouble for me! This is the 5th time that you getting expelled from school!”
Ethan walked out of the station with the niece following closely behind, with her head down, “Uncle,” She called but Ethan ignored her and got into the car. She entered with him, but the coldness emanating from him.“Uncle, I didn’t mean to lie. I am sorry.” She apologized as Ethan finally looked at her.“You smoke? Does your parents know about this?” He asked Starlight who hesitated, not knowing if she should answer him or not.“Starlight! I asked you a question!” Ethan glared at her coldly. Starlight’s face paled, and drained of it’s color, “Today is the only day that I smoked.” She replied without even daring to look him in the eye.“Bring them out!” Ethan ordered.“Bring what out?!”“The cigarette, Every single one of them unless you want me to tell your parents about!” He threatened her as Starlight fumblingly opened her bag and took out all the cigarette that were in it, and even the alcohol that she hid inside the bag.Seeing all the things that she removed, Ethan stared at th
Next Day,Ethan stepped out of the Elevator with Nathan who was reading out his schedule for the day for him, “Are you really going for the blind date?” Nathan asked Ethan who sighed.“It is not like I have a choice. If I don’t go for this one he will fix another, So I have to spare at least 30 minutes.” He adjusted his tailored suit and scanning the place, “We have a meeting with Mr. Austin right?” He asked Nathan who nodded“It is by 9 am, so he should be here by now.” Nathan checked the time as they stepped into the office,“Good morning.” The assistant greeted them both.“Has Mr. Austin arrived?” Nathan asked as the assistant shook her head.“Not yet. I called him this morning to remind him of his appointment but he hung up the phone before I could finish speaking.” Vera the assistant explained as Ethan rubbed his glabella and sighed, “Should I remind him?” She asked.“No. If he can’t even keep to time then there is no need for us to cooperate.” Ethan sat down in front in front o
It is yet another morning, Mrs Viola Knight entered the living room with her tea while yawning as she sees another figure In the living room fully dressed and walking intently, “Kyahh!” She screamed and almost threw the hot cup of tea that she held in her hand.Julia slowly turned and looked at her with eye-bags right under her eyes, “What are you doing fully dressed this morning? You scared me.” Mrs Viola walked over and sat down not far away from her.“I have work to do. I am not as jobless as you.” Julia replied ruthlessly without looking at her.“Why are you working so hard? With the eye bags under your eyes, It is obvious that you did not get any sleep last night.” Viola mumbled and took a sip from her tea while enjoying her morning tea.“Thanks to you and your husband, You left their work. And when is the time for the so called appointment. I have a lot of work, so I don’t have time like you guys.” She asked, as her Mom shrugged.“You can go to work. It is obviously too early, t
Ethan looked at his grandfather silently wondering if he heard him correctly, “What are you talking about? I thought everything will end after this blind date?” He asked Grandpa Blackwood.“It has already been decided and I am just letting you know!”“Grandpa! What nonsense are you talking about! We have already spoken about this! I did everything that you want and all that you just have to do is let me pick a partner of my choice! Why?!” He rubbed his hair roughly annoyed by everything that is happening at the moment.“Ethan… I am doing this for your own good!”“Did I ever ask you to make such a promise with your share?! Why should I be the one to help you take care of your mistakes! Is that why you made that Crazy bitch my blind date partner?!” He asked coldly.“Ethan!”“What!” Ethan asked back, “All my life I have just been following your wishes but this one long life event! Why won’t you let me make my choice by myself! Why do you keep doing this to me?! I am not even surprised a
Julia sat in the principal’s office, with 3 other parents and the principal and teachers involved. She crossed her legs and glanced at them while Michael stood behind her, “So where do we start?” She glanced at the principal and asked. “We asked his parents to come. Someone that can understand us parents and not some young girl who doesn’t know anything about the world.” The first boy’s mother spoke, eyes filled with disdain. She yawned, while covering her mouth and then turned to the principal, “Hurry up, What did you say that my brother did that you guys didn’t hesitate to expel him immediately.” She asked. “Your brother must have told you what happened. He beat up these three boys, causing them several injuries that took a while to heal. We called but you couldn’t come and since your brother refused to say anything, we had no choice but to expel him.”The principal explained as Julia yawned again bored by the meeting. “OK, So I paid for their injuries and picked my brother. Why did
Julia called out to her parents that she hasn’t seen for so long, As soon as she left and graduated from college, they handed the company and her brother to her and began travelling around the world, “What are you doing here?” She glanced at them slightly and walked to her desk.“Sis” Michael waved at her from the side as she nodded at him“You are still as cold as ever. Aren’t you even surprised or happy to see us back?” Mrs. Knight asked but Julia raised her eyes to look at her.“I know that you did not come back because you wanted to see me. I am busy, so whatever thing you have to talk about, wait until we get home.” She said as she headed to the bathroom in her office to wash up the mess that was made in her body.After she was done, Isabella brought her a change of clothes, after changing to another formal dress, She walked out from her restroom and returned to her office just to see that her family are still there, “Why are you guys still here? Aren’t you going home?” She asked
After placing the dishes that they never ordered, the waitress went on and excused herself, “Seeing that you are doing all these, You must be really desperate to work with me.” Ethan suddenly said as he picked up the spoon and took a bite from the food in front of him, “But I don’t blame you. Because, if you don’t work with me the company that your father spent so much time and energy to build might go bankrupt with nothing left.” He looked up at her and smiled and then continued to eat.Julia didn’t say a word, the grip she had on the fork she was holding tightened even more. Ethan who ate silently, looked up suddenly and raised his hand to catch the fork that was suddenly attacked him.“I can see that your senses are as sharp as before.” Julia smiled brightly at him and said as if she did not just try to murder him.“Maybe you should practice more and you will be able to kill me. But I don’t think that will ever be possible.” He passed the fork to her on the table, “Sometimes, I can’
Julia and Ethan looked at each other, both shocked by the presence of each other, “I am also supposed to ask you the same. What are you doing here?” Ethan looked up at her coldly.Julia paused and flicked her hair raising her chin proudly, “The waitress brought me here, so I think that you are the one that is in the wrong.” She crossed her leg and looked at Ethan who his raised his eyebrows slightly.“Who must be mistaken because I am the one that book it myself. Maybe you should call the waitress, there must have been a mistake in the room number.”“No, I don’t make mistakes! If there is any mistake here then it comes from you and not from me.” She pointed it out to avoid any other other form of misunderstanding, “Today was supposed to be a happy day but I just keep meeting annoying people everywhere.” She mumbled and took the only bottle water that was on the table and drank it.“I have called the waitress, So he should come and correct the mistake soon. And by the way, that water b
“Thank you so much President Julia for granting this opportunity to have an exclusive interview with you.” The reporter stood up and packed up her equipment as Julia nodded.“Thank you for listening to what I have to say, “She smiled at the reporter and then turned to Isabella, “Please escort her out.” After they left the office, Julia returned to her desk as she got back to work feeling refreshed after dishing out her revenge, “I wonder what their faces looks like. I really want to know.” She mumbled with a bright smile.Soon Isabella returned, “Please don’t yell me that you forgot about your blind date?” Bella asked and walked over closing the files that were in front of her.“Can’t I just miss it?” Julia mumbled already regretting why she accepted to go on that blind date in the first place.“No, You cannot.”“Fine. But don’t expect anything from me.” She closed her computer and picked up her suit jacket.“Don’t you think you should wear something feminine?” Bella suggested as Jul
Next Day,Ethan stepped out of the Elevator with Nathan who was reading out his schedule for the day for him, “Are you really going for the blind date?” Nathan asked Ethan who sighed.“It is not like I have a choice. If I don’t go for this one he will fix another, So I have to spare at least 30 minutes.” He adjusted his tailored suit and scanning the place, “We have a meeting with Mr. Austin right?” He asked Nathan who nodded“It is by 9 am, so he should be here by now.” Nathan checked the time as they stepped into the office,“Good morning.” The assistant greeted them both.“Has Mr. Austin arrived?” Nathan asked as the assistant shook her head.“Not yet. I called him this morning to remind him of his appointment but he hung up the phone before I could finish speaking.” Vera the assistant explained as Ethan rubbed his glabella and sighed, “Should I remind him?” She asked.“No. If he can’t even keep to time then there is no need for us to cooperate.” Ethan sat down in front in front o
Ethan walked out of the station with the niece following closely behind, with her head down, “Uncle,” She called but Ethan ignored her and got into the car. She entered with him, but the coldness emanating from him.“Uncle, I didn’t mean to lie. I am sorry.” She apologized as Ethan finally looked at her.“You smoke? Does your parents know about this?” He asked Starlight who hesitated, not knowing if she should answer him or not.“Starlight! I asked you a question!” Ethan glared at her coldly. Starlight’s face paled, and drained of it’s color, “Today is the only day that I smoked.” She replied without even daring to look him in the eye.“Bring them out!” Ethan ordered.“Bring what out?!”“The cigarette, Every single one of them unless you want me to tell your parents about!” He threatened her as Starlight fumblingly opened her bag and took out all the cigarette that were in it, and even the alcohol that she hid inside the bag.Seeing all the things that she removed, Ethan stared at th