Annelise's POV I didn't realize that a gasp had escaped me till Esther rushed to my side, she looked into the phone to check what made me gasp that loud.The content of the message was even worse, it wasn't what I expected to see. Ethan's picture was pasted largely on one side of the news.'Popular young businessman, Ethan Harrington, the CEO of The Harringtons holdings has been exposed after a business he has been covering for years now was dug out, he was conversing with one of his clients hours ago when he let out a loophole.This seems to have been going on for years, according to what was said in the conversation, click below to watch the clip.'With shaky hands, I pressed ‘play’ on the video after the link directed me to a page.The voice that came on first was definitely Ethan's, only that it didn't sound like him on a second thought after I listened with rapt attention.Ethan's voice isn't as rough as this. The video was almost pitch black, the only thing that could be seen w
Annelise's POV “Go on a date with me to find out.”I stared at him like he was just joking so I let out a dry laugh before a normal look came up on my face.“Haha! So funny." I laughed dryly. Ken looked serious, he waited for me to finish laughing before he talked again.“I'm not joking, Annelise.""You say you want me to go on a date with you and it isn't a joke?” I scoffed.“I really want you to go on a date with me." He repeated, trying to move closer to me. I moved back from him, holding a hand up to create space between us.“You don't know what you're talking about, Ken. What do you mean by you want to go on a date with me? A date isn't some random dinner or lunch.” I scoffed once more."I know what a date means, Annelise." He sighed and ran his hand through his hair.“We can't go on a date, Ken. That's insane." I told him."Please, Annelise. I promise it's not going to take much of your time, I need this please.” He pleaded.That was when I knew that he wasn't joking at all, th
Ethan's POV Immediately I saw the news, the first name that came to my mind was Simon. He's the only one I'm currently at loggerheads with, I just knew he was the one.Lucas had bombarded my phone with calls and is currently calling me that it's starting to get annoying. The clip was obviously edited and it's so obvious but no one would believe that, it looks and sounds real.Whoever edited it must be really good at it, it looked so real that I wanted to believe that it was real. The fact that even when the background was dark, the silhouette still looked like me.If not because I wasn't the one they were trying to impersonate and I knew deep down that it wasn't me, I'd have believed it normally.“F*ck! I need to talk to someone!” I yelled as I ran out of my room. It's still really early and I've been so distraught since last night, even before the news was published this morning.I rushed downstairs, running like my life depended on it. When I got to the living room, Angela blocked
Ethan's POV A huge sigh of relief escaped me at her response, my heart that was beating erratically in my chest calmed down instantly.Knowing that she didn't believe it did nothing but made me relieved.“Thank you, Annelise. You have no idea what that means to me.” I muttered, my emotions were bare in my voice. Her face was blank, she's trying so hard to hide her facial expression and she's getting good at it. "It's nothing. Would that be all? I'd like to go back inside now, I need to sleep.” Annelise said.Her hand went down to her stomach, my eyes followed the movement too. Her stomach was now bigger than the last time I saw and now round.“Uh, yes." I mumbled, trying so hard to act normal.“Well then, bye." She made a move to go into the apartment back, almost at the door when I stopped her.“Annelise." I called out the name really fast that it was as though I was scared she was going in and I'd never see her again.She turned around with her hand still on her stomach, one of he
Ethan's POV It's really late at night but I tried to dial Ken's number. Lucas and I just got to my house after a complete drive in silence.I've not turned on my phone since afternoon, the internet is getting crazy at the moment, and I sure didn't want to see the kind of messages I'd receive in my personal email at that point.I caught a glimpse from when Lucas came online on his own phone even though he tried to hide it from me and it was hard.Ken picked the call on the second ring, just when I drove into my house.“Is this really Ethan calling me?" He asked the moment he picked up."It's me, Ken. Do you have a moment?”I stopped the engine, getting out of the car along with Lucas who was staring intently at the phone as though he wanted to hear everything.“Yes. You calling me on its own is something, so I know it's really important.” He said.“I need your help." Those four words felt weird on my lips, when was the last time I said that? Years ago? Never?“I'm all ears." He replie
Annelise's POV “Your husband is here for you." My eyes opened immediately at her words. I was finding it hard to wake up before, now I just had to. My eyes were forced open and I sat up on tbe bed, coming to face Esther who just barged into the room.“Ethan?" I asked with my eyes wide open."Who else? He has been standing outside since the past five minutes.” She replied, crossing her hand over her waist.What's he doing here? I stood up from the bed, swinging my legs over the bed, I got off the bed and slipped my legs into my flipflops."I'll just go out to see him.” I said as I walked past her."You should.” Esther mumbled behind me, also getting out of the room.What Esther didn't say was that she already let him in and he's right in the living room. He was staring at me directly already before I even got to him.I heard Esther's room door open and close, she just went into her room, leaving me alone with Ethan.My steps faltered a bit on seeing him but I just had to compose myse
Ethan's POV I heaved a huge sigh of relief. Annelise let her facial expression show just for a few seconds, and i saw the woman that has been trying so hard to be strong for months.Her resolve was let down and I felt the urge to make everything right and get stronger.“Thank you.” I mumbled.Annelise broke the staring contest going on between us, she sighed too, trying to put up a brave front."What next? Do I need to sign any papers or we just act like enemies?” She asked."We need to make it look real as possible, I'll get my lawyer to prepare a fake divorce paper, we'll both sign it, it's only for Ken to see.” I replied. "For how long would this go on for?”"For as long as he helps out with the news, it could be days. But it can't exceed a week.”"Fine then, I guess that just means you can't come here again till he's done with what he needs to do.” She sighed, running her hands through her hair. Right, that means I won't see her for days? It feels like an eternity already.“Can
Ethan's POV “Yes, just get it done anyhow, make sure it looks real, I need it as soon as possible."“Okay sir." I hung up on him, putting down the phone immediately.It's almost afternoon and the fake divorce papers aren't even ready yet. The only reason I'm somewhat calm is because Ken is currently working since I've assured him that he'd get the papers soon.I did more paperwork but soon started growing restless, I couldn't do any work, every letter and word on the paper before me was getting blurry.I picked up my phone, went to the call history and scrolled down. My hand rested on that particular contact, all i needed to do was to click on it.I hadn't even confirmed that she had unblocked me, but all the messages I sent were now delivered, she didn't reply any.I sighed and put away the phone, what was I going to say? ‘Hey, I decided to check up on you because I wasn't concentrating at work?’I drummed my left hand on the table mindlessly while I tried to focus on what I was doi