MTLNOVEL Chapter 181
However the receiver didn't say anything which made Old Master Silver more intense.
"The price..."
Old Master Silver's voice rasped through the jade receiver, his throat raw from screaming Noah name and yelling at that bastard when he should have just made the phone call from the beginning.
"Name it."
However the Silence stretched across the line, heavy with implications. Each passing second made his grip on the phone whiten, aged knuckles protruding like mountain peaks.
Then numbers, spoken in that ancient voice, each digit falling like lead into the midnight air.
At that moment Old master Silver's free hand clutched his desk for support.
"Half our quarterly profits."
At that moment a bitter laugh escaped his lips, his shoulders shaking with the weight of it.
He thought it would be more but that is nothing compared to how desperately he needs the head of Ethan.
"That's what my grandson's vengeance costs?"
His reflection in the window showed a man aged decades in a single night.
"Your family's reach will be... limited. Temporarily."
The voice carried no emotion, no judgment. Just cold facts falling into the dark study.
"The G5 board will notice such a transfer."
At that moment Silver's fingers traced the grain of his mahogany desk, worn smooth by generations of his family's hands. A family legacy now almost stained by defeat if he doesn't do anything.
Immediately his jaw tightened.
"We'll recover. We always do." His voice hardened with generations of pride.
"Alright then, Seven days."
The voice grew softer, almost gentle, like a doctor delivering a terminal diagnosis.
"Your target expires at the eighth dawn. Confirmation will arrive in a red envelope."
immediately The line went dead, leaving Silver alone in his study. Outside his window, the first hints of morning painted the sky in shades of blood. He replaced the jade phone in its cradle with trembling fingers, the soft click echoing with finality through the silent room. His reflection showed tears he hadn't realized were falling.
*
Gravel crunched beneath tires as Ethan's car wound through the estates' private roads. The mansion's lights beckoned ahead, warm squares against the night sky. At that moment his phone's glow cut through the darkness.
without wasting anymore time he brought it out only to see it was Serenity's name flashing on the screen.
Without wasting any more time Ethan answered the call.
"Ethan?"
Her voice cracked, barely a whisper. The sound of hitched breathing carried through the line.
"What's wrong?"
Ethan asked.
A choked sob escaped her.
" My Dad... he just..."
She drew in a ragged breath, her voice small and lost.
"My aunt says it was a stroke. Can you... can you come get me? Please?"
At that moment Ethan cut in.
" Serenity, can you take a deep breath and calm down."
Which she did.
" Now what is going on."
With a slow voice, serenity explained everything to Ethan.
" I just got a call from my aunt, saying my father just collapsed, and he's being rushed to the hospital and my parent is needed, please come pick up."
However the desperation in her voice stripped away any pretense of strength.
Her usual composure shattered completely.
"I don't know what to do,"
she whispered, her words tumbling out between suppressed sobs.
"I'm all alone here, and I'm scared to go out by myself, please come get me."
At that moment Ethan just nodded.
"I'm on my way serenity, don't worry your father will be fine, I will be with you shortly."
Serenity nodded and the call ended, without wasting anymore time Ethan then gave the taxi driver an instructions to turn around heading to the Winston hotel.
At the same time He was kind of surprised Serenity's father was taken to his hospital, which can only explain the hospital is doing well, the money he invested in it isn't being wasted, for an hospital that was almost shutting down now a go too place for top families is an Achievement.
The car's engine roared to life as Ethan swung it around, tires squealing against pavement. The mansion's warm lights disappeared in his rearview mirror as he accelerated toward the hotel, the night's earlier victory forgotten in the face of Serenity's pain.
Not long after Ethan arrived and serenity has been waiting for him.
"They're moving him,"
Serenity's voice quivered.
"The whole family's been called in. I just..."
A shaky breath escaped her. She pressed her back against the cold hotel wall, sliding down.
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"I'm sorry to bother you so late, but –"
Ethan interrupted her.
" Come let's go, we don't have time to waste."
Serenity nodded.
She told the driver the location and they drove off.
Not long after they arrived in front of the hospital.
"Thank you for bringing me," Serenity whispered as they approached the hospital's glass doors. Her shoes clicked uncertainty on the polished floor, each step hesitant. She tugged at her wrinkled dress.
"You don't have to—"
"I'm coming with you."
Serenity's words left no room for argument.
The private wing's reception area gleamed with understated wealth - fresh flowers, soft lighting, hushed voices. The scent of vanilla and lavender unsuccessfully masking hospital antiseptic. A stark contrast to the chaos that erupted the moment they stepped through.
"You!"
The shriek shattered the carefully maintained calm. Serenity's aunt, her Hermès scarf askew, mascara streaking down her cheeks, face contorted with rage, launched herself across the waiting room. Her designer heels stabbed the marble floor like daggers with each step.
However Ethan wanted to protect her, but he didn't want to do too much and he also wanted to understand the whole situation, before he would react appropriately.
However seeing her aunt coming towards her Serenity stumbled backward, color draining from her already pale face. Her shoulder blades hit the wall.
"What did you do to Noah!"
"Aunt Helen, I don't—"
Serenity responded with a confused face she didn't know what she did.
Immediately her Aunt's eyes blazed with grief-fueled madness.
" You're pretending you didn't do anything, and now your father."
She shook her head and couldn't continue the statement.
"you monster!"