Chapter 44
+25 BONUS
Stephen’s lips into a wicked smile. “To see how miserable he is now, of course. I want to tell him that the men he raised have all been taken out.
“Even Eric has become the commander now.”
George applauded, saying, “That is an
“Hahaha!”
The two of them laughed wickedly.
mazing move. I like it! Hahahaha!”
Later that evening, Stephen arrived at the police station and requested a meeting with Ethan. Liam wentto Ethan and informed him of Stephen’s request to meet.
He asked, “Mr. Rivers, do you want to see him, or should I tell him to leave?”
“Since I have nothing to do here, let’s meet him,” Ethan said.
After being locked up, he found himself with a lot of free time. The entire day, twenty–four hours, was now his to spend as he wished.
Today, he had chosen to meet Stephen, and it was the only reason Stephen had the chance to see him. If he did not want to, Stephen would be turned away.
Since Ethan and Stephen were both of unique status, Liam arranged for them to meet in a bright, spacious room.
As the door swung open, Stephen turned to the entrance with a smirk. He imagined the sight of a scrawny Ethan, handcuffed and hunched over, shuffling into the room. However,
widened in shock at what he saw.
his eyes
Ethan walked in with no cuffs on his hands and looked composed. Not only that, but his clothes were clean, and they were not prisoner garbs!
What stunned Stephen most was that Ethan looked healthy and fine. It was as if he had not spent a single day behind bars.
“What?”
Stephen frowned when he recovered from his shock. Ethan’s life behind bars was unlike how he imagined.
At that moment, Ethan took a seat across from Stephen. A while later, Liam came in with two glasses of cold water and put them on the table.
Ethan looked at Stephen. It might be their first meeting, but he knew the man before his eyes was Stephen Quinn.
The smile that had been on Stephen’s face earlier had disappeared.
Baffled, Stephen asked, “You seem to be living the life here.”
“It’s at least better than life with the Lowes,” than answered nonchalantly.
Stephen was surprised once again.
Better than life with the Lowes? How could that be when Ethan was locked up behind bars?
Soon, he realized Ethan might be faking it to fool him. Ethan must be living in hell, and every second he spent up
appearance that he hind bars was tormenting, but he was just trying to keep
had not lost.
in the
The thought made Stephen feel much better. He stared at Ethan as if he had seen through his disguise.
“Let me introduce myself. I’m Stephen Quinn, Rachel’s boyfriend.”
He made sure to emphasize the last part, hoping it would trigger shock, despair, and devastation in Ethan. However, Ethan remained calm and composed.
In fact, Ethan had no feelings for Rachel. He was too focused on the people’s well–being back then to have the time to be in a romantic relationship.
Ethan’s shallow response made Stephen feel defeated; it felt wrong. He thought Ethan and Rachel were working together to govern Riveria, yet when he told Ethan that he was Rachel’s boyfriend, the man did not react.
He took a deep breath and strongly believed Ethan was simply pretending. Deep down, Ethan must be crying like a baby.
“While you’re living behind bars, a lot of things have happened out there,” Stephen said.
“Firstly, all the men under you have been fired. No matter how many backup plans your have, they won’t work anymore. No one can save you now.
“Second, Eric, who you have been oppressing all along, is now the commander, and it only took him half a day to solve a case about the illegal immigrants.
“How does it feel to see someone you’ve been suppressing all this time turn out to be this capable, Ethan?”
Ethan was shocked by their sheer stupidity.
