The Stranger
1054 Words
Chapter 3
“Whitney! “ Her boss’s menacing voice roared.
Whitney abruptly stood numb without taking further steps.
It just dawned on her that she had flouted one of the contract rules.
In an attempt to see what was going on, Ethan veered in the direction of Whitney, who just took to her heels like some unfortunate ghost.
He didn't even know who she was. He hadn't even had a glimpse of what she looked like before she took off.
“ Who’s she?” he asked Whitney’s boss without taking his eyes off Whitney.
The man patted Ethan on his shoulders and gave a faded smile,
“ She’s the lady I told you about. She is just 23 and probably frightened by you”. He replied to Ethan and glanced at Whitney who stood by the staircase.
“ Excuse me, Let me talk to her, “he said again to Ethan in a soft voice.
“ Oh, I see! “ Ethan replied, feeling a bit uninterested.
He picked up his drink and sipped a little with ease; after all, he wasn't even interested in any lady.
However, something inexplicable was ongoing in his mind, so he turned with keenness, watching the two people and his eyes accidentally met with Whitney’s slender curvaceous waist.
Her perfectly well-formed backside could send a man’s soul to the Orbis, but he narrowed his eyes off her immediately, not willing to fall for her s****l magnetism.
The man was patting her on the shoulders as her head was slightly lowered to the floor.
“ Tsk tsk“ She must be a neophyte! Ethan guessed.
Whitney knew she was dead meat. She had just done something heretical to the contract.
She knew her boss was just intentionally putting up a show for the gentleman to see.
Whitney tried apologizing to her boss, but he shushed her silently.
“ How dare you, you little brat! Do you know the implications of what you have done, huh? ” the man stormed in a strangling but low voice.
Whitney's heart felt like it was being squeezed by a cold metal fist as her boss’s voice rumbled.
The man glanced at her again with bloody eyes and said,
“ Now, go back with a smile on your face and apologize to Mr Antonio” he commanded.
“ Yes sir! “ Whitney snapped in fear.
Ethan was seated with legs crossed with a half-consumed liquor of Romanee Conti in his hands.
The fine young man was unperturbed.
Whitney walked down to him majestically with a feigned smile on her face and her boss nodded his head vigorously behind her.
Glancing at the young man, Whitney suddenly felt a deep sensation in her whole body.
The young man was the finest man she had ever seen in her entire miserable world.
He looks gloriously made from a different cast of the earth.
His eyes were sloe-shaped with dark lovely eyeballs.
His lips were red and devouring. His midnight black hair curled in perfection and his elegance and charisma almost suffocated Whitney to death.
Ethan deftly dropped the wine on the table beside the couch and glanced at the lady standing by him. She was mute like some miserable ghost.
“ Hello,” Ethan accosted.
Immediately, Whitney’s boss cuts in.
“Sorry to interrupt you… Ethan, this is Whitney, the lady I told you about. Whitney met the next CEO of Sterling Group, Ethan Antonio.” He introduced him and giggled.
Ethan smiled as he fixed those alluring eyes on Whitney, who stood before him attempting to smile.
She was beautiful from the head downward without blemishes.
No doubt, Ethan can confess he hasn't met someone as beautiful as the woman standing right before his eyes.
“ Pleased to meet with you, Miss—” Ethan paused.
“ Miss Whitney Voss” Whitney corrected.
“ Very well, I think I may need to excuse myself now,” Whitney's boss said, giggling.
The old man smirked at Whitney and gave out a sarcastic laugh that got Ethan amazed.
The old man was acting weird and Ethan felt it was gaslighting the young Miss Whitney.
Immediately after Whitney's boss left, Whitney suddenly felt like hugging the handsome Ethan.
She was in love with the same man she should destroy.
Yunk! such a perplexing paradox.
Ethan glanced at Whitney again. She looked unsettled within and Ethan could sense emotional trauma.
Silence flooded the well-furnished living room of the mansion as the young adults sat, drained in awkwardness.
“ So sorry, I guess you were a bit frightened earlier”. Ethan managed to break the frustrating silence.
He seems somewhat of a warm-hearted young man and Whitney is already having a rethink about destroying him by revealing the secret contract and her mission to him.
Whitney could not raise a brow at Ethan. She was feeling miserable inside because of the life-draining contact.
“ It's fine… I'm okay now” She replied, pretending to be comfortable.
Ethan wasn't interested in his marriage to her due to his past relationship.
He’d sworn never to fall in love with any other lady again.
Whitney was just a tool in his hand for getting back company from his parents.
He giggled. “ So, I believe you know what I’m here for, right? “ He asked, not looking at her face.
“ Yes, I do... My boss told it all to me”, Whitney responded with a half smile on her face.
Ethan paused for a while and his expression this time around suddenly became dark and terrifying.
“ Now listen, Miss— What's your name again?” He asked, showing a lack of attraction.
“ Whitney… Yeah, It's Whitney Voss” She stammered a bit.
Ethan’s character and approach spoke volumes. This was when it became obvious to Whitney that he was not interested in her.
He was apathetic, but regardless, Whitney still found herself loving him more.
She was thinking deeply about what to do about the evil contract she signed with her boss which Ethan was not aware of.
Her boss was yet to pay her, so this was an opportunity to turn back now.
However, Whitney was still pondering about it when a message popped into her phone.
It was the alert of $80 billion for the contract.
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