When two hearts are meant for each other, no distance is too far, no time is too long, and no other love can break them apart –unknown
***He left the hospital in an instant. Ethan is supposed to meet a client from Europe when Larry showed him the live news. Aisha was surrounded by the reporters asking a lot of questions. What the h.e.l.l?! He cursed.
So Ethan ordered Larry to head directly to the hospital as soon as possible. He was planning to take the spotlight instead of Aisha being on air. As far as Ethan knows, Aisha still have a lot of enemies everywhere. Once they learn about her or Stacy, their enemies will definitely find ways to target them. he can"t compromise their safety.
he was supposed to warn Aisha but things turned out differently. In fact, their relations.h.i.+p ended. It hurts Ethan and he knew that Aisha feels the same way. But then, guess it"s better that way so he could protect both the sisters from the upcoming harm.
He left the hospital with a heavy heart. But he made sure to instruct the hospital personnel to banned reporters moving forward.
"Larry, are you sure that you saw those people around her lately?" he asked as soon as he entered the car.
"Yes, they were prowling around and had been following Miss Aisha the other day." Larry responded.
Ethan was in profound thought for a while. Then after a few minutes, he called Shawn.
"Where are you right now?"
"I"m at the base sir. Is something wrong?" Shawn replied.
"Ehm." His tone was serious. "Shawn, I have an a.s.signment for you."
"What is it?"
"Please watch over Aisha starting today. but don"t let her see you. follow her wherever she goes." Shawn can sense the gravity of the situation through his voice so he didn"t hesitate to agree.
"Okay, I"ll be there in a minute." He answered then he hung up.
Ethan sighed. Even if they broke up, the love is still there. he still cares about Aisha and he will always do. For now, he needs to protect the woman he loves silently. He doesn"t want to tell her about those goons because he wants her to spend her time with Stacy for now.
He"ll tell her once everything was neutralized for her and Stacy"s sake.
One more thing, he also got some reports that someone was trying to acquire his company and now he was on the verge of winning the boards of trustees. Although it was just a rumors but Ethan can let his guard down. The company is on his name, however, if he lost the golden egg or if someone got their hands on it, the company will definitely be s.n.a.t.c.h out of his hands instantly. He needs to protect that.
The Golden Egg. The rule is, whoever has it, owns everything and controls almost anything. The owner is above anyone in the business world. He is untouchable. Whether the people like it or not, everyone must kneel before the person who has it and almost a lot of people had been eyeing it for centuries now. And everyone knew that the golden egg was in the possession of Master Omni, but some believed that he already pa.s.sed it down to his grandson—Ethan Saphiro Williams.
Ethan must protect the company at all cost. His parents died protecting it so he must do his fair share. He can"t let anyone steal his parent"s sacrifices.
***Meanwhile, Aisha opened the door to Stacy"s room and entered with a smile on her face. To her surprise, the people suddenly looked at her intently. they look like hungry tigers waiting for a prey.
"Dad? Uncle Archie?" she was startled. "What are you doing here?" she fakes a smile.
"Aisha, we saw the news. It"s all over the internet now." Johnny spoke with worry.
"Ahh, that…" she waved her hands as if nothing is wrong. "That will pa.s.s sooner or later." She smiled. then she went near the gla.s.sy window and looked at Stacy.
"Did you talk to Sherry about it?" Rio suddenly asked. He went to stand beside her.
"I didn"t have a chance to talk to her." she lied, then her mind drifted to what Silver had said.
FLASHBACK:
"Do you really want to save your sister?" Silver smirked. "I can tell Sherry to do so but I have one condition before that."
"Your evil!" Aisha yelped. "Stacy treated you well and even adheres to your order of marrying Ethan. Don"t you care about her at all?" she was aggravated.
"She is merely a tool for all my plans. She owes me her life so I am just collecting the interest." He chuckled.
"You!" Aisha was itching to strangle the man but she controlled her urge.
"Aisha, if you really want to save your sister, you must do what I told you to." he continued.
"What is it?"
"I want the golden egg." he leered.
"Are you kidding me? golden egg? I wish I could lay some." she chuckled mockingly.
"You think I am joking?" he smirked. "The golden egg was a symbolical item in the business world. If you have it, you"re a king. Everyone believes that the old man, Omni, is safekeeping it but I think he already handed it to Ethan." He faced the woman who was in daze. Guess she already knew what Silver is up to.
"You want to have it." Aisha looked at him with contempt.
"Yes. that"s right. I want you to hand it to me. as soon as I have it in my hand, I will send Sherry to you."
"Huh!" she scoffed. "What made you think that I will do that?"
Then Silver looked at her with a meaningful gaze.
"Miss Mikasa, I know who you really are. Aren"t you Rio"s adopted daughter?" he whispered in her ear. She jerked.
"You!" her eyes widened.
"I believe that you are not just a simple woman. you were highly trained by that mafia man. And I believe you can do more than what I am asking." He laughed hilariously.
"In this world, you can only choose one, Love or Blood?" Silver"s laughed echoed in the house as he strides towards the staircase.
***
Rio saw that she s.p.a.ced out so he touched her shoulder.
"Are you okay?" he was worried. Aisha looked at him and then smiled.
"Ehm, I am okay." she responded.
Rio knew something is wrong. he knew this woman very well. he knew if she"s hiding something and he definitely knew if she is lying. He didn"t raise her carelessly. He raised her as if she was his own.
"Something happened at Silver"s house, isn"t it?" Rio suddenly spoke out of nowhere. Aisha was startled but she kept her composure.
"N-nothing…" she fakes a smile. "Why do you say so?"
"Aisha, I didn"t raise you blindly."
Then Aisha lowered her head in frustration then she heaved a heavy sigh.
"Dad, have you ever seen the golden egg? what does it look like?"
Rio suddenly shuddered. How did she even know about that? only people who has gone to the underworld knew about that thing. He raised his brow. "Aisha, how did you know about the golden egg?" he asked in perplexity.