Chapter 118 - Can never be angry at him

In a big conference room in one of the biggest enterprises known all over, both local and international. They were high class presidents of different enterprise sitting around the table with their assistant standing behind them, sorting out documents and passing the one needed to talk about to their bosses.

An old man in his late 80's sat at the high end of the Hall, obviously he owns the enterprise, with his successor beside him; a middle aged woman with a brown hair tied in a ponytail, classically dressed in a black suit.

Among the presidents in the room sat Alexander and Shane, who both came to collaborate with the company to raise the value of their Enterprise more higher and got more recognition internationally.

Alex has taken over the company after getting back on his feet and has been competing with Shane's Corp. Not in a vengeful way, but actually more like an enterprise competition thingy; which is normal, but Alex had his plan.

Once he is sure to possess enough power to make him bring down Shane; he will face him directly then, but for now; he knew acting ignorant and going after Shane directly will only put him in danger.

He might risk his life before, but now; he has his child to stay alive for.

After presentations and lots of discussions; the man and his daughter had a little chat before the man spoke up. "Thank you all for your time and interest in working with us! we're intrigued by your presentations and future plans after the collaborations.

As you all know; we are only going to choose a single enterprise. My daughter and I have made our decision and will love to work with Mr Alexander Mill!" He announced.

Alexander gave a professional smile and began accepting handshakes from the other presidents after the end of the meeting.

"Alex!" Shane called his name as he shook his hand.

Since there's no formalities from him, "Shane!" Alex replied and shook his hand with a professional smile.

Shane didn't release his hand for a while, and Alex didn't seem to mind either. He maintained his smile and didn't act like they have any issues with each other beforehand.

"Mr Mill." A woman beautiful voice was heard from behind them, the man's daughter to be precise. As her footsteps got closer to where they stood; Shane let go of Alex's hand and turn away to leave.

"Mrs Ashley." Alex smiled and shook hands with the woman, who smile brightly at him.

"I'm thrilled to work with you Mr Mill, I've heard a lot about you in this last few months…." The woman ranted on and on with eyes filled with interest, as the two take a stroll in the company's premises.

Alex maintained his smiling face. Those achievements these people heard about were achieved because he has a goal and was actually tackling Shane's success. But it's alright to accept praises, he struggled day and night for it anyway.

Inside the garage of the company premises, Shane had a frown on his face. His company's stock has been going down since Alex succeeded his family's company.

He has really spent a lot for this project and Alex got it again. He didn't see Alex as a love rival anymore, as Alex didn't show any sort of interest in Stella. He has monitored both and find out that Alex seem to be nonchalant about Stella and only worked and worked nonstop.

"That bastard is pushing me." He said out loud. "Drive!" He screamed at his assistant.

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"Dad! Ethan is not the type to lie. Let's trust him on this." Tony said to his father.

Ethan has been going to and from the police station since a month now. He was about to leave for work this morning when two police officers came and informed that they needed his cooperation with their search, as the old man has requested that the search for Diana begin again.

"That's exactly the point!" The man growled. "He's always trustworthy and reliable, but now he's changed. Will he only reveal the poor girl where about after something happen to her?

He's not the same boy I watched grow up and I'm not going to allow him to go down this lane." He added and stood up from his chair and walked away.

Mel, who was sitting beside her husband sighed. Both of them knew about Diana getting shelter at Nathan's side. They didn't know more than that, but knew believed was a good idea, to keep the girl safe.

They couldn't explain this to the man without giving details of everything from the start; which they are sure that the old man temper will bring trouble.

He's all about justice. He will surely try to go against Shane if he realizes he's the one behind Nathan being away from them; which will only cause more hurt.

But they are worried about Ethan, as he can be very tempermental when he's pushed too much.

Just as they feared; Ethan returned from the police station in the afternoon, after getting detained and went through lots of questioning which he handled well and still didn't reveal anything.

Getting back home; he went directly toward his room, took a few things important to him as of the moment and within an hour, after bathing and changing into a new attire; a chinos grey trousers and a sky blue T-shirt.

With his suitcase being dragged behind him with his left hand; he headed out of the house. Even though he understood the old man; it's starting to irritate him and also because the man didn't trust in him.

"Ethan!" Both his parents called from behind as he was about to enter his car, after loading the suitcase in the car trunk.

Ethan looked back at them and smiled. Maris saw him leaving and must have informed them. "We will talk to him about this, don't get angry at him." Maris said as he moved closer and held his hand, looking up at him.

If not for how Diana is related to her; Mel would have gotten angry too, but she wants both sides to maintain peace. She didn't want grandpa and Ethan to fight because of this.

"I'm not leaving because I'm angry mom." He said, pulling his mom into his embrace. "I just want to." He said.

"You're really not angry at him?" Tony asked. It's fine if Ethan wish to leave, as long as the old man hasn't managed to make him pissed at him.

Ethan chuckled softly, "I can never be angry at him." He said.

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"Hey guys!"

Diana sprung up from her bed as she heard Fatty's voice.