The Faceless Billionaire Celebrity Wife-Chapter 234: Maybe...Maybe Not.

"Who?" Victor questioned, "If it’s that one who has been screaming for her father, then you are talking about the new girl."

Ethan frowned.

"It means they brought her here against her will—"

"Of course!" Victor cut him off, "Not everyone is as rugged as you are. Plus I don’t think she’s older than us like we thought."

"Then she can’t stay here," Ethan stated, walking out of the room. Ignoring Victor’s questions on what he was planning to do, Ethan headed towards the room at the furthermost end of the casino. It could be said as the most private room in that particular casino and it was also the room where he was brought to on his first day here.

On getting to the door, Ethan pushed it open without bothering to knock, startling the inhabitants of the room. The only man who did not look surprised by the intrusion, Jordan, was the one sitting at the head of the table, flanked by escorts on both sides.

"Excuse me," Ethan murmured, bowing slightly without any hint of remorse in his voice.

"What do you want?"

"The new girl," Ethan replied without hesitation.

Jordan chuckled, his low voice sending waves through the chests of the others in the room.

"Excuse us," he ordered in a firm tone, and in seconds, he was left alone with Ethan in the room.

"Well," he started, "I was guessing you are kinda strange but I guess puberty just came late for you."

Ethan raised his brows, confused at the words he just heard.

"Puberty?" he echoed, to see the older man nod.

"It’s a pity though. Though she will grow to be a very pretty thing, this one is still young. Just ten years old."

"What?!" Ethan exclaimed. "You brought a ten year old here?!"

"I did. Just like I brought you here when you were just ten. You are almost sixteen now and you are doing well," Jordan stated nonchalantly, shrugging at Ethan’s evident concern.

"Then why is she screaming? I hear her voice every now and then and it’s... it’s messing up my head. What are you doing to her?" The frown on Ethan’s face had deepened tremendously and he looked like he was in extreme agony. The scream he was hearing sounded like a real version of the one in his head, that had lived with him for years now.

Jordan rose to his feet and closed the distance between himself and Ethan who had grown so much that he could now look the older man in his eyes without having to strain his neck.

"What do you think we are doing to her?" he asked, smiling at the fiery look he spotted in Ethan’s black eyes. Who knows, maybe the girl could be used to wake up the dormant beast that had been lying in this boy’s heart.

"You tell me that. What are you doing to her?" Ethan fired back.

"Well, nothing. If anything, we should be paid for what we are doing to her," Jordan replied.

"What. Is. That?" Ethan demanded, refusing to let the matter go.

Jordan shrugged, "We are treating her, if you really want it spelt out. She falls sick regularly and will die soon anyway, so it’s not bad if we use her as a test subject. But...if this turns out successful, she will be able to live for more years than she has now, and without any of the pain she experiences now as long as she gets adequate care."

Ethan smirked,"Don’t trick me. If your ’treatment’ was beneficial to her, wouldn’t her parents have tried it?"

"Maybe, maybe not. They are probably uhm...how do I put this? Addicted to following the law? The medicine being administered to her is banned by the law, because it only gives a limited solution to illness so I guess her parents didn’t want to use it for her," Jordan answered, tilting his head as if in deep thought.

"Why does it feel like you are doing this for your own gain? Why are you treating her on their behalf? It’s none of your business."

Jordan nodded in agreement to Ethan’s take. "You’re right. I’m doing this for my own selfish gain. Her mother used to be my lover but she suddenly dissapeared... I bet she will come back immediately she hears the news that her daughter had been taken by her ex. If that happens, what better gift to give her than her daughter, hale and hearty."

"And if your ex girlfriend doesn’t come? Will the innocent girl have to stay with you forever?" Ethan asked.

"Forever? That’s a stretch. I’m not even sure she will live up to thirty and you are talking about forever. Well, I might decide to keep her with me...or not. But there’s a possibility of all this depending on you."

"What do you mean?"

"I might let her go, if you decide to start taking my orders from now—"

Like one who just heard a very funny joke, Ethan burst out in laughter suddenly.

"Hold on, you think I’m here because I can’t escape from you? And if I can get myself out of here, what makes you think I can’t help just one more person?" he chuckled.

At this point, it was Jordan’s turn to frown.

"Don’t do that, Vincent. I did not force you to do anything against your will and I’m sure the others have been treating you well enough, so do not escape without my permission! You heard me?!"

Ethan shrugged nonchalantly in reply, "Maybe...Maybe not."

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Hi Readers! So from the next Chapter on, we will be going back to the present time. I felt you guys needed to know this part of Ethan’s past to be able to understand the coming Chapters.

And don’t worry, this is the last time we will be going to the past, haha. I will only make brief mentions from now on.

Thanks for your support!