Chapter 28: Pussy
"Well, at least that's enough clothes for you alone. This is tens of thousands of bucks right here."
Delilah stared at the whole heap of stuff Bella hauled back and mumbled to herself, "You sure know how to spend more, eh? How much do these cost? Look at all the brands here..."
Bella rolled her eyes, "What do you mean? Can't you count?"
Delilah then sat down to the side and sighed, "This doesn't have to do with counting anymore. A single look of that heap of stuff is enough to tell me the fortune it costs."
Bella smirked, "I think you should know that I'm about to be the wife of Grand executive. This is but a breeze for me now."
"The wife of Grand executive?
Now, that's something," Delilah thought.
"For real?" Delilah then put away her attitude and looked at Bella with much expectation.
Bella looked at the great heap on the ground, rolled her eyes, and turned to Delilah, "I'll try my best, of course. This is but a small price to pay for that."
She then rocked all the bags in Delilah's face and headed upstairs.
As Delilah watched her go, she started to smile.
"Why is it salmon again?"
"Well... I thought you loved salmon."
Ethan then served her a fat salmon fillet to reward her for studying hard all day.
Amelia looked at Ethan and thought," He's quite thoughtful. Makes a good husband.
Wait. Husband?
What was that all about? Just dig in."
She shook her head and started with her salmon.
"This place is pretty nice. I'm loving the job as well,"
Amelia smiled at him and said. Ethan replied with a smile and kept looking at her.
"So?"
He knew Amelia wasn't known for praising others at will.
"So I think we should celebrate that. I'll cook for you tonight."
Ethan nodded. Sure enough, that was the easiest celebration and the most straightforward.
"Sure... Let's go get some groceries after work, then."
The two then started with their lunch. Their food even felt better.
It was when Adrian was busy with his shooting when Aria suddenly called. He saw the name on his screen and smiled. She sure was lovely and all, but she was always way too quick with her words.
"Yeah?"
"Got time this afternoon?"
Adrian glanced around. He should have no more casting for the afternoon.
"What about it?"
"I'm trying to get you to hang out. I haven't seen you or my brother for ages."
Aria thought of Adrian as she went listless on her Bentley.
"With you? We'd better get your brother just as well."
"You call him, then. He'll turn me down without a second thought,"
Aria replied with a sigh and kept tapping on the steering wheel.
"You know the spot, then."
As she hung up, Aria started to smile and felt alive again.
Meanwhile, at Grand Group.
As Ethan got to his office, he got a call from Adrian.
"Yo, Adrian."
"Your sister's asking to hang out this afternoon. Come along and bring your wife."
Ethan tapped his fingers on his desk and looked at Amelia busy with all her files in the camera.
Ethan hesitated, "I'm kind of in the middle of something here. Why don't you go with her, and we'll join you for a dinner?"
"Well... that works as well."
"Thanks, mate. Aria sure has got endless energy."
"Yeah. That'll be quite an afternoon waiting for me."
Ethan couldn't help laughing. Aria loved sticking around Adrian, so he was but giving Adrian a chance.
Adrian, on the other hand, shook his head and sighed.
"Alright. Come to my place for dinner. That'll treat you well for walking her."
As Ethan talked on the phone, he still couldn't keep his eyes off the monitor.
"That's more like it. You have absolutely no idea how tiring she can get."
"Now that's annoying. Why would Ethan ever help Amelia?"
Andrew started telling Michael all about what had happened that day as he got home from the hospital.
Andrew was furious as he talked. He slammed on the table,
"That was a good one, Ethan. Mark my words. You're gonna pay for what you have done to the Steele family."
Michael watched Andrew quietly, not knowing what to say.
"We never could match up the Grand in the first place, you know. They're more than ten times stronger than us. Let's..."
Michael used up all his courage mid-sentence and lowered his head again.
Andrew walked over to Michael, "Are you letting this go, you pussy? They beat us up!"
Of course, Michael couldn't let go of this just as well. It was only that he was too timid to stand up for himself.
"I sure want to fight back, but what have we got against Grand? They could crush our entire Steele Group if they wanted to, you see,"
Michael almost muttered that out, but Andrew could hear every word.
"You can't even handle your own girlfriend. I'd even beat you up if you were not a Steele, you chicken,"
Andrew clenched his fist as if trying his best to hold back from beating Michael up.
Michael then refrained from adding anything more and kept his head down.
"They don't get to beat you up for free, Michael. They're not getting away from this. I'll fight them back for you,"
Andrew said so with great anger as he stepped out of the living room.
Michael watched him go and let out a sigh of relief. He started muttering again, "We don't have anything to fight back, though. This is courting death."
A dull pain came from his leg again, which got him groaning.
Meanwhile, at Grand Group.
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