Chapter 44

Mia POV

"Why does your sister act so weird?" As Ethan walked into my office, he threw the question up to me.

"Why asking?" I looked at him.

"She's your sister; why am I asking?" He raised an eyebrow.

" She's my sister but she's so hidden to everyone,so I barely know much about her" i said sticking my eyes back into the laptop.

" Mia,why don't we get them another place to stay instead of them staying with us ?" He sat on my table with him looking at me while I just ignore his presence.

"That total is a waste of money when you have a big villa that is empty with absolutely no one there," I sighed, resting my back on the chair.

Ethan raised an eyebrow once more, clearly not satisfied with my former response to him.

"That's not an answer, Mia. What's going on with your sister?" He asked, his voice firm but totally gentle and calm.

I sighed, giving an exhale also, trying to brush him off.

"Ethan, I don't know what you're talking about, like seriously. My sister is totally fine." I tried to sound convincing, but I knew I wasn't fooling anyone here.

But Ethan wasn't having it, still not believing me.

He got up from the table and walked over to my chair slowly, spinning it around to face him.

"Mia, I know something is going on. I've seen the way she acts towards me, always hiding in her room, never wanting to talk to anyone but her phone and her mother. What's going on with her, Mia?" He asked, his eyes searching mine for answers, but I truly don't know what to say to him.

I tried to look away since I have no answer, but Ethan's eyes held mine quickly, refusing to let me escape.

I knew I just couldn't keep it from him forever, but I wasn't ready to reveal the truth yet to him since we just got our own little peace.

"Ethan, I... I don't know what you're really talking about," I stammered, trying to come up with an excuse to set myself free from his obsession.

But Ethan wasn't having it at all. He leaned in closer, his face inches from mine, just to get an answer.

"Mia, I know you're hiding something away from me. Tell me what's going on with your sister, and nothing bad can happen." He said with a smirk

I felt a huge surge of panic rise up within me. I didn't know what to say or how to get out of this situation already, but I just had to keep quiet in the meantime.

Just then, with thoughts going through my little brain, the phone rang, breaking the tension in the room and giving me some time to think.

Ethan's eyes quickly narrowed as he picked up the receiver.

"Hello?" He said calmly.

He just listened for a moment before his expression changed from curiosity to concern to pain.

"What? " He stammered with anxiety.

"Okay, I'll be right there now; please wait." He said as I felt a huge surge of panic within.

He hung up the phone and turned to me quickly.

"Who was that?" I curiously asked with goosebumps on my skin.

"That was my dad's assistant calling." He said it with a serious look.

"He needs me to come to the mansion right away." Ethan said with the same expression.

I raised an eyebrow, wondering what was going on that caused the urgent call.

"What's happening?" I asked, feeling a sense of unease wash me.

Ethan shook his head with a sigh also.

"I don't actually know, but I have to go now to go check." He said adjusting his suit.

" Will you come with me?" He asked as I sat more comfortable on the chair.

I hesitated for a few moment before nodding positively, giving him my answer..

"Yes," I said, standing up.

"Can we go now?" He asked as soon as I stood up.

"Wait," I had to adjust my own dress and pick up my other items since I knew I wouldn't be back in the office.

"Okay, let's go."

As we drove to the mansion area, I couldn't shake the feeling that something was off and wrong.

And when we arrived at the huge mansion, I knew that my instincts had been right already.

The mansion was in a huge chaos, with people running around and shouting as if a protest was being held there.

My mother was pacing back and forth in the living room, looking worried, keeping me in quick tension.

"What's going on?" Ethan asked, rushing over to my mother.

But before my mother could answer, a loud noise echoed through the room, making us all turn around with anxiety.

And that's when I saw her, standing in the doorway, a look of shock on her face , which also caused a shook to me.

"Amanda," I whispered.

She looked like she had seen a ghost or a zombie, her eyes wide with fear and anxiety.

"Madam Lucy, what's going on?" Ethan asked, turning to my mother for answers.

But she just didn't know what to say. She was just as shocked as everyone else in the room.

After a few minutes of tension, everything went black before my eyes.

When I came to, I was lying on the floor, Ethan's face hovering above me.

"Mia, are you okay?" He asked, his voice filled with concern and pity for me, who was also concerned about how I reached the floor.

I nodded slowly, still trying to process what had just happened to me and why I was lying on the floor.

But before I could say anything else, my sister appeared above me, her eyes still wide with fear and anxiety, just like before.

"Mia, I...I have something to tell you," she stammered, keeping me in fear.

Before shecould say anything again to me, everything went black again.

This time, I didn't know if I would ever wake up or if I would die afterwards.