Ethan:The sweet smell of freshly brewed coffee filled my nostrils as I stepped into my office.My assistant who was following closely behind me, placed the mug on the table as I took my seat."Thanks," I smiled at her and she gave me a polite smile in return and returned to her station outside my office.It had been three days since Kimberly left the house. I've had close surveillance following her but I hadn't gotten much news about her whereabouts since then except for last night where she was spotted in a club with a friend of hers. She'd been dressed in her PJs for some reason.I had tried calling her but she had simply ignored me. Her silence was starting to annoy me and break my heart.My intercom rang just then and I picked it up."Yes?""Sir, your Ten I clock is here,"My assistant informed me through the phone."Send him in," I permitted before dropping the phone in it's cradle.Less than a minute later, My private investigator, Richard, who I put in charge of investigating

Kimberly:After Vanessa and I talked about what was going on with her, I advised her to go talk to her parents about her situation with Leo but she was adamant that she still needed time to process things.I asked her where she was currently staying and she'd told me that it was a hotel downtown.We were currently rearranging my room and it was turning out better than I thought."Okay, I'm just going to say it. This is slain," Rebecca said as she stepped away from the wall that she had just painted.I looked over at her side of the wall and was beyond impressed, "our, I didn't know you could draw!" I remarked, stepping away from my wall to go look at the painting of a garden on my wall."I dabbled in it in fifth grade.* She shrugged like it wasn't the most beautiful painting I've seen in a while."That looks way better than a fifth-grader-level painting," Vanessa said. She had a little paint on her face. I tried to remove it but ended up making it worse.She slapped my hands off went

Ethan:“I wish you’d just come back home.” I said to Kimberly, watching her like a hawk.I had no idea how she always managed to look gorgeous in everything she wears. She was currently wearing grey sweatpants and strapless top and some how she looked like she’d just come from a vogue photoshoot“And I wish you’d give me the deeds to my company.” She retorted.“We both know that’s not a good idea.” I said to her I had no idea how to explain to her that she was playing right into her uncle’s palm. She genuinely seemed to love him and thought I was the bad guy. Yes, I was kind of the bad guy but not towards her. I was only trying to protect her. Why couldn’t she see that everything o did was for her own good. Why wasn’t I enough for her?“I don’t care what you think is a good idea anymore. I want my inheritance. Get the lawyers to transfer everything to my name. I’ll be back next week.” She said in an authoritative tone that both pissed me off and made me proud at the same time.

Ethan's pov.As I drove down to the hideout, all I could think about was Kimberly and how she'd slipped through my fingers once again. I wanted to be mad at Tony and Axel but I couldn't be. It wasn't their fault, they were merely doing their job. A good one, I might add."Boss, he's in here," Tony gestured for me to follow him to the back room as soon as I got out of the car.I followed him in and found a man I didn't recognize gagged and blindfolded, sitting on the bare floor. The way he was dressed told me that he maybe had a white-collar job and he looked a little young. Maybe early twenties."Gotten anything from him?" I asked no one in particular as three of my men were present in the room."Only that he works for a magazine company," Axel was the one to speak."Which?" I asked, out of curiosity."THE GOSSIP CENTER," Tony answered.I rolled my eyes at the ridiculous-sounding name but also couldn't help but wonder how they had been able to find where I lived.Something didn't qui

Kimberly:Mary and I were laughing as we sat on the lounge chair in the pool area. We were surprisingly the only ones there. We could still hear gh music coming from the house but not so loud that we couldn't hear each other."I can't believe she'd do that," Mary replied, his deep baritone voice sending sweet shockwaves down my spine. Everything about him was a bit too perfect. I knew it was stupid or wishful thinking but I wouldn't mind him being my boyfriend.It was hight time I detached from Ethan all together anyway.If I was going to figure out the truth. I needed a fresh start. And uncle Greyson seem to provide that start. It had been only a week since I moved out from Ethan's place and ever since, I've had just a bit of clarity. I was being controlled likeq anyone trying to pry in my private life. I could get used to this."That's Vanessa," I shrugged.I had just been telling him about something that had happened between me and Vanessa. We quieted for a while, both of us watch