My brother’s secretary jumped out of the
helicopter and saved Ashley and me.
Brad was knocked out and dragged away.
Ashley was taken to the hospital in shock.
I just had my broken bones set and waited
く
outside the emergency room.
After hours, Ashley was safely in her hospital
room.
I called Jake and told him I was safe.
Jake went ballistic. “Who did this to you? I
would’ve come over there, chopped his limbs
off, and killed him!”
I didn’t want to make things worse, so I said,
“Jake, I’ve changed my mind. I want to marry
Ashley.”
My brother was shocked. “You don’t want to
marry Brittany? I thought you were obsessed
with her.”
“Yeah, well, not anymore. I want Ashley.”
“Take the resources I gave to the Landry’s
back!”
I gave Brittany my heart, and she stomped all
over it.
I lost all respect for her.
Jake said in a low voice, “Okay, whatever you
く
“I have to get back to work. The Walker
family bodyguards will protect you. Get some
rest.”
“Don’t think you can hide this. I’m going to
find out what happened, and those who hurt
you will be sorry!”
Before I could answer, he hung up.
I wanted to ask about Brad.
I turned toward Ashley’s room, but I heard
footsteps.
Brittany looked furious.
She slapped me across the face. “Ethan, are
you crazy? You hired people to beat up Brad?
His brother is going to kill you!”
My face was burning. “He’s not my brother,
his name is Brad.”
Brittany said, “He’s the youngest son, he’s an
important guy. He’s in hiding because it’s not
safe for him to be here.”
“I didn’t know until now. How do you know?”
Then, I saw Brad, who had been in the
warehouse.
Brittany looked smug, thinking I was going to
be killed.
I wondered why he was out when one of the
bodyguards walked toward me.
I thought he was going to protect me when he
slammed a baton against my head.
“What are you doing here, trash? I’ll teach you
a lesson!”
I fell to the floor, bleeding.
The bodyguard sneered, “I’ve worked with
Ethan Walker for ten years and I’ve never
seen you before.”
Brad stepped forward and looked down at
- me.
He told Brittany, “Brittany, what should we do
with him?”
“The Walker’s are very private. I wanted to
have a drink with my friend, but Ethan kept
saying I was pretending to be someone that I
wasn’t.”
“I kept quiet, but then he said that I had run
him over and hurt my brother’s reputation.
This needs to be settled.”
He was twisting everything.
Brittany grabbed me and dragged me off the
chair.
She kicked my knee and made me kneel.
She told people to hold my head to the floor.
“Ethan, I never thought you were like this.
Apologize to Brad!”
I was shaking and tried to get up.
I had never kneeled unless it was for
someone I loved.
I only kneeled for my parents. It was insulting!
Brittany saw this and laughed.
