383 OWNERSHIP

The elevator rode up to the last floor where they presumed the CEO of the Wilson corporation's office would be.

The elevator dinged open and rows and rows of secretaries were either answering calls or staring at them as they marched inside.

Without knocking, Ethan walked inside the office and found a man behind the desk with a woman on top of him, giving him a slutty smile as she untied his tie but once they heard the door open and close.

"Get out," the man said, glaring at the aftwho stared at him with a shocked expression, thinking he was talking to the intruders that had just barged into the office but unfortunately, he was talking to her.

Grabbing her fancy handbag that was sitting on the desk, she 'hmphed' and left the office, making sure to bang the door closed to vent her anger.

The man behind the desk tied his tie, cleared his throat, and sat upright.

"Welcome Ethan, long time no see! Howhave you been?" He greeted Ethan with the brightest smile that revealed his pearly white teeth.

Richard was a man in his mid-thirties, he had the looks, money, and body that every girl could ever want. His hair was red and he was dressed in a silver suit.

"You are such a big businessman and youdon't even know how to knock before opening a door? What a bad habit... tsk tsk tsk,” he added with a little hiss as he shook his head as if he was disappointed.

"I'm not here for any chats," Ethan began,ignoring all of Richard's comments."I just came here to ask you a few questions first. Like, what did I ever do to you for you to steal my business partners?" He added and as soon as those words left his mouth, Richard started laughing.

"What do you mean, Ethan? I never stoleany of your partners," he said in between

laughs before his eyes finally caught another figure in the office. It was Peter. But he snorted and didn't bother to acknowledge the secretary. "You see Ethan, in business, if you can't offer something to your partners, something that would make them want to stay with you, don't blame me if they run towards my company when I offer them more shares."

"People are greedy, if you give them theright price, they will come running towards you. You should know this by now."

Richard shook his head with a smile on his lips, still finding Ethan's question funny.

Ethan's hands were clenched together, while veins popped out of them as he tried to hold back his anger before he punched a certain someone in the face.

"Drop the act. You and I both know why youare doing this. But if you think this is the way you can destroy both me and my company, you are mistaken."

Richard's smile was that dancing on his lips immediately faltered.

"Believe me when I say, this is just thebeginning. I haven't even started yet. I'm going to make sure that both you and your family pay for what you did to me," Richard promised with a cold look."I heard that you have a wife and two children already, I bet you wouldn't want to get them involved in this matter now would you." He smirked at the end of his sentence but that smirked was short-lived when he felt a numb feeling on his cheek.

Ethan was so fast in delivering the punch that Richard didn't see it coming at all. It was unexpected.

Ethan didn't wait for Richard to recover from the first punch and he landed another one of his other part of the face before grabbing him by the collar.

"If you dare harm my family, I promise you,Richard, you would regret ever coming back to this country," Ethan promised but Richard smiled like a psycho.

"As if you regret doing what you did to me. Ifyou think about it, this is just a payback and after punching me, I will make sure

that you get what you deserve but there's a way to dissolve this dispute," said Richard before yanking Ethan's hands from his collar.

He opened a drawer attached to his desk, brought out a document and dropped it on the desk.

"Just transfer all of your property andeverything will come to an end," Richard said nonchalantly as if he were reporting the weather conditions for that day.

It was Ethan's turn to laugh out loud and he laughed so hard that he couldn't breathe again. Richard glared at Ethan, completely embarrassed by the way he was being laughed at but he patiently waited for him to finish laughing.

Ethan calmed down after a few seconds and took the document off the desk. He opened it and read through the words written on it stating that he would need to transfer the company under Richard Wilson's name.

Ethan closed the document and threw it at

Richard.

"Did you think that this would work on me?It seems that you are the one to learn more about business Richard. You are still dumb even after going abroad to study but what can I expect, it's you. You are a disappointment."

Richard flared in anger as a result of Ethan's insult.

"You really must think that you have theupper hand here just because you have stolen some of my investors. But do you want to know something?" He asked Richard, piquing the latter's curiosity. "I'm glad that they are out of my company which leaves room for more potential people. You want to own my company and the best thing you could think of was stealing my investors?" Ethan chuckled at the end of his sentence which only made Richard look stupid as he glared at the document on the ground.

"You are going to have to try harder thanthat and if you want, you can lure all of my investors to your company. I have many

companies lining up for me to partner with them so go ahead."