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Ethan's POV“You're so pathetic." I walked away from her after picking up my clothes and other things.I had really thought she was going to leave me alone when she saw me swimming. She isn't as reserved as I thought she was then.I walked away without looking back, I was angry that she didn't leave when I said she should. No one disrespects me, no one at all.I got dressed up for work in no time, driving out of the house and towards the mansion since I was kind of late already.I just needed to swim; it's the only thing I do that takes my mind off things for the meantime. When I swim, I'm just in my own world, and it looks like every other thing isn't existing again.On getting to work, I saw Lucas pacing the hallway; he had been calling me since I left the house but I didn't pick his call.The moment he saw me, he ran towards me with urgency.“Where have you been? I've called you several times, but you didn't pick the call, talk less of even returning it. Why are you even this late
Ethan's POV“You're so pathetic," I said, walking away from her after picking up my clothes and other things.I had really thought she was going to leave me alone when she saw me swimming. She isn't as reserved as I thought she was then.I walked away without looking back. I was angry that she didn't leave when I said she should. No one disrespects me, no one at all.I got dressed up for work in no time, driving out of the house and towards the mansion since I was kind of late already.I just needed to swim. It's the only thing I do that takes my mind off things for the meantime. When I swim, I'm just in my own world, and it looks like every other thing isn't existing again.On getting to work, I saw Lucas pacing the hallway. He had been calling me since I left the house, but I didn't pick up his calls.The moment he saw me, he ran towards me with urgency.“Where have you been? I've called you several times, but you didn't pick up the call, let alone return it. Why are you even this l
Annelise's POVI left Amanda and her minions after we both arrived at a conclusion that's meant to favor both sides.She sure has it wrong in thinking I'll help her spy on Ethan. I'm not stupid, and I know the relationship between both of them.The moment I was freed by them, I ran out of the door and took the next available bus.My face was covered well; one of the things that serves as peace of mind for me now since I'm now kind of not expected to be seen outside anyhow.The bus stopped at the nearest bus stop to Ethan's house, and I got down with the remaining people in the bus looking at me weirdly, probably wondering what a commoner like me is doing in the most popular location for rich people.I walked to the house sluggishly, I was thinking of a lot of things, there's still one big storm I have dissolved or revisited since.When I got home, I saw Ethan's car parked in the hallway. It's just that it isn't parked the same way; this one looks neater.I stopped working immediately
Ethan's POVHow's the plan going? You said you had a plan on how we can stop Ken from being the president,” Lucas asked me.This is one of the reasons I didn't tell him at first. This is just the second day he's knowing about it and he's asked me about it up to ten times now.“I'm working on it,” I replied without taking my eyes off the laptop.“Time isn't on our side, Ethan. I'm sure they'll want to implement the proposal at the next board meeting, which is just two weeks away.”I looked up. "And you think I don't know that already. I did say I had something in mind. When, how, and the progress shouldn't be your concern but mine,” I replied."I'm only worried. Ken can't just be the president here,” he murmured.“Don't you have other things to do other than pestering me?”"Fine, I'll leave you alone,” he said.I looked back down at the laptop, expecting him to take that as a cue to leave, and he did.My phone started ringing almost immediately after that. I answered the call with the
Ethan's POVI left the place with my eyes feeling hazy. I managed to find my way out of the room, everything around me was just blurry and uneven.“Boss?" I heard someone call out in the dark room, or was I the only one finding it dark?“R-Rex?" My voice came out really weak.I felt someone come over to me and grab onto my neck to stop me from falling."Are you okay? We need to get you out of here now. I don't know who's behind this, but the paparazzi are going crazy outside. Someone must have given them a hint or something,” he said while rushing us out of the room.I heard what he was saying, but it sounded really far from here. My entire body was practically resting on Rex; I could barely lift my leg to walk on my own.I soon felt myself being moved onto a leather seat with a loud groan from Rex. I heard the car's door close too.The moment the car started moving, I was out like a light.~I woke up to hearing incoherent words. A groan escaped my mouth as I opened my eyes. I shouldn
Ethan's POVAnastasia looked at me with an expressionless face. She didn't seem angry or annoyed. Shouldn't she be mad that I went against my own words?Exiting the last blog I checked, I dialed Rex's number. He picked up on the second ring.“Boss."“Meet me at the house now," I ordered, then ended the call.“What's the plan now?" Anastasia inquired.At that moment, I felt compelled to ask her a question.“Shouldn't you be angry right now? We're married in the public eye, and I practically cheated." She seemed too composed.At first, she frowned, then a knowing look crossed her face.“Oh, that? The doctor said you were drugged with a powerful substance that heightens your sex drive and makes you do practically anything the person in control says,” she replied.I'd never been so shocked in my life, not even when my grandmother brought new developments. I was drugged?My phone began ringing. It was Rex. I ignored the call and glanced at Anastasia once more before leaving the room.Rex w
Annelise's POVI didn't believe my ears at first. I had to pinch myself back to reality to check if I was really not dreaming.I've also been wondering how he intends to deal with the current issue on the ground. It's really getting wild that I had to just go offline completely.“You want us to pretend like we're fine and the rumors are untrue by going out together?” I asked again."You know what? Forget I asked. There must really be another way around this other than that.” He said, gesturing with his hand."I'll do it.” I voiced out before he could reach the door.He stopped walking, halting just by the door.“But in exchange for something." I added.“I should have known it's not going to be free. How much do you need?" He asked.I frowned at how he just jumped to a conclusion without hearing me say anything.“I don't want your money." I said, still frowning.Does he think everyone wants his money and that the whole world revolves around it?“What do you want then?” He asked, lookin
Ethan's POVHoots of people in the crowd met my ears as Anastasia and I tried to find our way in the stream of people at this carnival.This carnival is attended by almost half of New York City; they all went crazy the moment the announcer announced our arrival.I was thinking of any outing we could go on when Lucas's call came in, and he said an invitation to attend this year's carnival came in for me.It was a mistake on his part as the message never got to me. The carnival is exactly the kind of thing we needed. There are other business moguls here too, and this year's theme seemed a bit different from the other years.Anastasia seemed to be finding it hard to weave her way around, even with the heavy security leading us through and clearing the road.I just tightened my hold on her waist, so I was practically taking her with me.Different things were asked by people, but we ignored everything until we got to the high table where we were meant to sit.The fun part of the carnival h