As Mr. Alfred and Zane strolled down the hallway, he said nothing for a while and kept walking further down with him. “I want to establish a company,” Zane said, stopping to turn around to face him. A bit surprised, Mr. Alfred looked at him, and after a short hesitation, he replied, “You have your mother's money and wealth... You can take over any of my companies. Why would you want to start from scratch, Zane?” “Because you don't have the business that I want to establish,” Zane said, his jaw tightening at the memories of his father's words. “And that would be...” “An engineering firm,” Silence settled in the atmosphere for a while, and then Mr. Alfred took a long look at Zane and then smirked, mumbling, “You are going after your father.” “He came after me first.” Zane corrected with an annoyed huff. “I am just giving him what he wants.” Seeing how pissed Zane was when he said those words, Mr. Alfred laughed heartily, nodding his head in approval. Darting her eyes around,

Staring at the huge university building from his car windshield, Zane hesitated for a moment, knowing that he left Emma home without telling her where he was going since he wanted to surprise her. After unlocking his car door, he stepped out and shut it before heading to the building. When he got into the hallway, a sense of confusion washed over him as he looked around not knowing what his next step should be. “Look who it is.” A voice he very much recognized and hated echoed in Zane's ear and he turned to see Kimberly approaching him with another gentleman by her side. A sense of annoyance washed over him when she walked up to him while smirking and then she said, “Daddy, you remember Mr. Briggs bastard, right?” “Zane, my daughter once complained to me weeks back that you were rude to her.” Mr. Elrod said, glaring at Zane. “Great. You are the president of this institution...” Zane uttered, ignoring the father and daughter's words since his only focus was paying Emma's tuition

Balancing his feet firmly on the ground, Zane slowly bent forward, ready to spring into action.As soon as the first attacker went into a downward swing aiming for his shoulder, Zane moved his elbow, catching the man in the abdomen while bending his leg and flipping over his shoulder. Then he grabbed the man's collar and twisted it, making him drop to the ground.Then immediately turned toward the next opponent, moving swiftly, and punched him squarely in the nose, shattering the cartilage in his nose.When the man fell to the ground clutching his bloody nose, Zane turned his attention to the other guy, who swung for his face, but Zane managed to block his first punch with his forearms before hitting him with his elbow square in the chin, blood spurting out and his head snapping back, making him stumble backward.The last dude saw how fast Zane had moved and decided to try and tackle him, but he didn't expect Zane to turn around and grab him by the neck, lifting him in the air as he

The sound of a knock on the windshield made both Emma and Zane look up to see a guy, wearing a black blazer, staring down at them from the window.Suddenly, they heard footsteps, coming back toward them, and then one of the guys called out, “Terry, what are you doing over there?!”“I found them.” The guy at the window said. “Emma, get off me and crawl into the backseat. Stay on the floor, and once I have them distracted, you get back into the driver seat and drive off at full speed. Don't stop afterward.” Zane leaned towards her ear and whispered. When he locked eyes with her again, he saw that spark of stubbornness beaming in Emma's eyes, and then she said, “I don't know how to drive.”“Emma,” Zane whispered, knowing that she was lying because she wouldn't dare look into his gaze after those words. “I don't know how to drive-”“Okay, move off me first.”The position they were in was cramped and as Emma lifted off Zane’s body, she accidentally lost her balance and fell back on him,

After a Forty minutes drive, Zane and Mr. Alfred walked into Oliver's garden, and the entire area was empty of customers because Mr. Alfred book it for an hour.In the far corner of the restaurant was Mr. Adams, drinking a glass of cold water, and just as he was about to swallow it, he paused, his jaws puffy as he watched Mr. Alfred and Zane approach him.‘Someone who is like a son to me...’ The words from his earlier conversation with Mr. Alfred rang in his head and Mr. Adam forced the water down but choked on it, and he started coughing violently. As soon as he could breathe normally again, he stood up when the two approached him, extending his hand, shaking Mr. Alfred’s hand firmly as he said, “You know him... Mr. Briggs’ bast- son?!!”“Yes,” Mr. Alfred said, his grip tightening around Mr. Adams's hand at the fact that he almost called Ethan a bastard.When the two finally broke the handshake, Mr. Adams cried in his head, ‘Why do these two know each other...’Then he smiled at Zan