Chapter 19 Just how powerful

Rachel's POV

"Where were you!" Ethan's loud voice sounded in my ears the moment I stepped into the living room.

What is his problem? I flinched at the loudness of his voice.

"Somewhere..."

He raised his brows.

"I'm being serious! I came back home early, and you were nowhere to be found."

Was he worried about me?

I felt a smile creeping on my cheeks. I coughed awkwardly to dismiss it.

"I just went out to visit a friend."

"A friend?" Ethan repeated his tone showing that he didn't believe me.

Does he think Lana is the only friend I have?

I rolled my eyes before taking my seat on one of the three-seater chairs.

I bent down to remove my shoes. "Marina... I went to visit Marina. You remember her right, the girl that..." I paused looking at Ethan.

He had his hands crossed on his chest, and one eyebrow raised waiting for me to continue my explanation. The way he crossed his arms, made the muscles in his arm pop.

He is so muscular and... No... No... I shook my head. I shouldn't be thinking of Ethan in this manner... Especially since I'm in a hot seat right now.

Marina was not Ethan's favorite person... If anything, she should be like his nemesis!

Marina was one of the people back in high school who made his life miserable. The worst one she did, and the one he would most definitely remember her for was when she got into a fight with him in the school cafeteria and ended up pouring all the drinks she could find there on him.

It was funny then, but remembering him of that wouldn't be funny.

"The girl that what?" Ethan asked impatiently.

"Er..." I fumbled with my words, looking for what to say.

What should I do?

Should I just change the topic?

It is the best idea... Telling him who Marina was, is not an option... He might get so angry at me and refuse to talk to me... Or worse, kick me out to his house!

"I got a job," I said, all of a sudden, surprising him.

"What?"

Standing up from the chair, I walked towards him slowly.

"I... Got... A... Job." I repeated but this time stretching every word.

"Where? How? What job?"

A smile came to my lips.

It's working... He's no longer asking about Marina.

"It's an acting job, I'm to be the third female lead... Isn't that exciting" Ethan stared dumbly at me.

Isn't he supposed to be happy for me? Why the look?

"The best part is... It's for the upcoming show, Snow Fall Love and..."

"Wait did you just say Snow Fall Love... The one with Director George Stone?"

How did he know that?

"Yes..."

"Ok" He just simply nodded. My brows crunched in confusion.

Wait what? So he's fine with it?

Does he know the director? If he does know the director, did he know Lana was one of the actresses?

Ethan began walking away, and I picked up my shoes, following him.

"Lana also happens to be part of the show" I yelled after him.

"I know..." He said before stopping suddenly.

My eyes widened at his words.

Does he know? He fucking knows? How can he know?

How much more can he surprise me?

"Do you want me to have her removed?"

I guess he can still surprise me.

"You can do that?" He shrugged his shoulders.

Just how powerful was he?

"No... I like seeing her there, I want to deal with her myself."

He pursed his lips before giving me a nod.

"Just don't go off by yourself like that... John will drive you if you need to go anywhere; if John isn't around, there are other drivers. Just ask them to take you."

I stared at his face, letting myself get lost in his features.

Unlike the other times I've seen him, he was not wearing his glasses which made it possible for me to view his complete face.

How in the world did he become this handsome? His hair was roughly combed to the back... He probably ran his fingers through them a couple of times.

How it would feel to run my fingers through them...

"... Rachel!"

I heard him shout dragging me out of my fantasy.

"What?" I asked a bit disoriented.

"Did you hear anything I said?"

What the hell did you say?

I was so lost in his face that I had no idea he was talking.

"Er... Maybe... Maybe not."

He pinched the bridge of his nose before face-palming himself.

As I looked at him, Victoria's words came back to me.

He has always been rich.

This would be the best time to ask him about that.

"Ethan... What happened to you?"

"What do you mean?" He asked as if he didn't understand what I meant.

I could tell he understood what I meant because the expression on his face changed and he began walking towards his study.

There is no way I'm letting this opportunity of knowing him better slide.

I followed him keenly.

"Like... You just left the last year of high school, and now you're this rich and powerful person... What happened to you?"

Ethan kept ignoring my question until we finally arrived at his study.

"I have important things to attend to". He said when we arrived at the study.

Ethan went straight to the chair in the middle of the room and sat on it.

I stood by the door looking around

This was the first time I've been to his study... It was big and colored in black.

It looked a little like the study back at David's house, the only difference was that Ethan's was bigger and had more books on the shelf.

Then my eyes went back to Ethan.

"How did you suddenly morph from a scrawny nerd with big glasses to, you know... This?"I pointed around the room.

It was strange, really strange.

Ethan smirked crossing his legs on the chair.

"Why do you want to know?"

Why? Why!

He knew everything about me! We met again just a few days ago, but he already knows everything there is to know about me!

I glared at him.

" You..."

He is right, though; why did I want to know?

"You know what? Fine don't tell me, I'll just find out myself." I boasted.

" Okay". His smirk intensified. I could feel that he was mocking me.

I walked back and slammed his door shut making a loud sound.

Why the hell is nobody in this house telling me anything?

What Ethan said the first time still rang in my head.

' Be with me '

What does that mean? Am I to just stay in his house? Did he want something more to happen between us? How the hell am I supposed to know?

And now, I just added more work for myself.

How the hell am I going to find out who Ethan is?

"Dargh... Why is everything frustrating me?"I yelled dragging my hair in frustration as I walked back to my room in anger.

But something good did come out of today... A smirk came to my lips.

I'm going to give Lana a taste of her medicine