" Mummy, I want to visit my friend's house," Olivia said to her mum when he father entered the house to probably dress up to go to the casino.
" Ok, make sure you don't come back home late," Amelia said to her daughter.
" Yes mummy," Olivia said and pecked her mum on the cheek.
" Is daddy going out?" Olivia asked when she saw her father came out dressed.
" Yes, daddy has somewhere to be," Mason said smiling at her daughter.
" Right, can daddy drop me on the way?" Olivia said, her eyes lit up.
" And where are you going?" Mason asked.
" I want to visit my friend, I am very bored staying at home," Olivia whined blinking her eyes at ger father.
" When summer holiday is over you will have to go back to school and you won't be bored again," Mason said patting his daughter's head.
Amelia escorted them out and they flagged down a taxi.
" Daddy I will drop at the next junction," Olivia said to her father.
" Alright darling, don't get home late," Mason said as the taxi driver parked, Olivia alighted and waved her father goodbye.
Olivia watched the taxi turn another bend before she flagged down another taxi, she chugged an amount of money to the taxi driver.
" Can you follow that taxi?" Olivia said pointing at the taxi her father was in.
" Yes ma'am," the taxi driver said and discreetly started following the taxi Mason was in.
The taxi Mason was in drove into an alleyway before stopping, Mason alighted and paid the taxi driver before he started on foot.
Olivia alighted and started following him discreetly.
After walking for a while, Mason stopped in front of a huge building that had two guards in front of it, he brought out a card before he was allowed entry.
Olivia stood in front of the building for a while and observe before she left.
***
" Go bring her," Ethan waved his hand at secretary Liam in a dismissing manner, secretary Liam in knowing who he was talking about bowed and left.
Ethan sat on a long purple couch in his mansion, he was oozing the aura of a king, his face stony and unfriendly despite that he still looked so handsome enough to take people's breath away.
After was Doctor Shane told him he decided to sound Aubrey out, after work he left for his mansion and he is about to make Aubrey witness a bloody scene to gauge her reaction.
" She is here, boss," secretary Liam said coming in with a baffled Aubrey her head was lowered as she can feel the oppressive aura in the room.
" Sit down," Ethan ordered. Aubrey sat a far distance away from Ethan her gut feeling telling her something bad us about to happen.
Liam stood behind Ethan sneaking peeks at Aubrey who was squirming in her seat.
" Bring him in," Ethan said clicking his fingers. The door was wrenched open as two hefty man dressed in a bodyguard uniform dragged a man in.
" Boss," the two of them echoed as they dropped the man in front of Ethan. Ethan waved his hand and they stood to the side.
The man on the floor was looking around wildly, fear apparent in his eyes, his was bind with a thick rope and there was obvious blood spots on him.
" Boss, he was the one that betrayed the gang and leaked the information on the weapons," Liam said his voice booming in the quiet house.
" A betrayal, nice," Ethan said and laughed in a bone chilling manner sending shivers down everyone in the room spine including Aubrey.
He raised his hand and Liam dropped a gun in it, Aubrey jumped in her seat when she saw the gun, her eyes widening fearfully at the way Ethan playfully wield the gun.
" You betrayed me," Ethan said facing the man that was now shaking on the floor like a fish out of water.
" B-oo-ss, I can-n ex-plain," he said swallowing nervously, his eyes filled with fear.
" Explain? What is there to explain?" He asked facing Aubrey who swallowed visibly her breathing hurried.
" You betrayed me isn't that all that matters, you know how much I hate betrayals, don't you?" Ethan asked the man who knows he can't escape what he has gotten himself to.
" Am sorry boss, please spare me," he said begging struggling against the restrain that tied hin down.
" What is there to apologize about?" He asked, his eyes now on Aubrey as he took aim with his gun.
A gunsgot rang out and two screams were heard one feminine, the other guttural and filled with pain.
Ethan looked at Aubrey whoose facial expression was contorted to shock and fear, her eyes filled up with tears, as she looked at the gunshot wound on the arm of the person Ethan shot, blood was oozing out of the wound makinyher feel nauseated.
Aubrey doubled up and vomited in front of her, the smell of iron more evident in the room making Aubrey feel more awful. Ethan looked at her coldly his eyes wanting to bore hole into her. r
" Take her away," Ethan said to the butler who had arrived in the house when he heard the gunshot.
" Yes master," she said and escorted Aubrey who was so badly shaken out of the room.
Ethan waved his hand at the two bodyguards who stood at the corner of the room and gesticulated for them to take the shot man out.
" Tie him up, in the dugeon, make him confess who he is working for," Ethan said looking coldly at the man who was writhing in pain.
" Yes boss," the two bodyguard echoed bowed, and dragged the man away.
Ethan stood up leaving the gun on the sofa, he made his way to the window in the room, his hands tucked in his pocket, he was obviously deep in thought, he does not know why his heart hurt and also why he couldn't get rid of the way Aubrey looked at him as if he was a monster.
" Liam," he called to his secretary who was obediently standing behind him.
" Yes boss," he replied.
" Do you think her expression was faked," Ethan asked his secretary.
" I don't think so boss, at least not the part where she vomited," Liam replied.
" Hm," Ethan hummed in agreement.
" I want you to find out everything about her including her daily lives, apart from what you brought the other time," Ethan said and strode off.
" Yes boss," secretary Liam replied rubbing his head.
***
" Miss," the butler call and sighed.
After the butler brought the shaken Aubrey to her room, she has been so distraught and out of it.
" Miss," the butler called again as she gently shook Aubrey's arm. Aubrey jumped, her eyes slightly unfocused, she looked at the butler with a look that screams monster. The butler sighed again before exiting the room.
After the butler left Aubrey curled to a ball on the bed, her arms firmly wrapped around herself.
***
" How is she?" Ethan asked the butler who came over to Ethan's bedroom after she left Aubrey.
" Miss Wood has been feeling distraught and out of focus, she is scared and wary of everything and everyone," the butler said calmly to Ethan.
" Hm," Ethan said dropping the book he was reading.
" And what did you think might have cause that sort of big reaction from her?" Ethan asked the oblivious.
" There is different cause to it, master," the butler said.
" Speak," Ethan said.
" It might be that miss Wood has never be exposed to this kind of situation before or Miss Wood is too innocent and felt like the world should be like that," the butler analysed calmly.
Ethan laughed heartily, " isn't she so gullible?" Ethan asked the butler in between a fit of cold laughter. The butler sneaked a peak at Ethan before looking down hurriedly.
Something sinister flashed in Ethan's eyes when he remembered her expression again.
" Bring her over," Ethan commanded his eyes filled with coldness.
" Master…" the butler started but opt to keep her mouth shut.
" Yes sir," she said gave a bow before she hurried away.
Ethan smiled coldly, how dare she view him as a beast, he is going to show her what a real beast he thought his eyes twinkling.