The Faceless Billionaire Celebrity Wife-Chapter 57: Observant Assistant.

With an expressionless face, Ruthlyn walked into the living room from the doorway, hoping that Ethan wasn’t be annoyed at her intrusion. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

"Here to apologize or what?" She heard him ask and she shook her head vigorously.

"You asked me to get a friend, and I chose Miss Ander- I mean Shikera. I don’t think I have to apologize for gossiping with my friend about you as long as we didn’t slander you," she replied.

Ethan tilted his head as if to confirm if he was really talking to Ruthlyn, his sister’s strict manager who turned to his own strict assistant. Where did she get the courage to answer him like this?

"Then, what are you here for?" He took his seat and waited for her to do the same but when she didn’t, his eyebrows raised.

"To inform you that...I won’t be annulling my engagement with Young...I mean, Enoch. We are going to stay engaged." She dropped the bombshell, waiting for a judgemental response from her boss but she got nothing. When she finally looked up at him, she noticed the way his eyes was fixed on her face as if trying to deduce if she was crazy.

And that was what Ethan was thinking, "Is anything the matter, Ruth? Did Enoch threaten or blackmail you?" He asked, on his face a serious and worried expression, vividly evident.

"He didn’t. I uhm...love him for real and I think he does too,"

Ethan sighed out loud in relief, even though the worry on his face hasn’t been dispelled.

"Are you sure, Ruth? You know you will be the one at loss here if you get married to him."

Ruthlyn was confused. Why was it that everyone kept thinking she would be the only one at loss? To her, Enoch was surely going to be the one to regret it as he was the son of a wealthy man and also the younger one between both of them.

"I don’t think so," she voiced out her thoughts.

Ethan shrugged at her answer, saying,"Then it’s all good. As long as you don’t dump him later because he seems useless."

As they were done talking, Ruthlyn started to leave for her shared apartment with her brother when Ethan stopped her.

"Not so fast. I’ll appreciate it if you convey to me the same details you did to Shikera, about me," he said, a piercing look in his eyes which forced Ruthlyn to sit down and answer him.

"I only said the truth. The same thing I gathered from Mignon and Raymond and nothing apart from that," she replied him, maintaining eye contact with him so he would know she was not lying.

"Mignon knew something about Shikera?" The suprise in his voice was vividly evident on his face.

Ruthlyn nodded in affirmation, "Shikera was her junior in high school so it’s a given that we know her. Aside from that, she was also pretty popular as a Mega family member alongside Mignon, but I guess you wouldn’t know since you were already in college then."

"Then, was that all it took to convince her that I took a liking to her since four years ago?"

"I added my own personal observations and that was what convinced her," She answered, before stating,"I told her you would have found her later if you didn’t see on her student ID card that she was a reporter; that you would not have married her if you didn’t think she was different from other reporters; that you would have completely destroyed Preston TV when you thought she was researching on Mignon, if you didn’t still trust her inwardly and finally..."

"Finally, what?" Ethan probed, feeling like he should hand Ruthlyn over to the police to help them in their investigations. Who else but a jobless person would have the time to study another person to this extent?

"Finally, that you wouldn’t still love or at the very least, like her, the way you did even after you discovered she didn’t have much time left," she concluded.

"It’s the loss of those who weren’t wise enough. Five years is more than enough to find a doctor competent enough to sustain her until she’s past danger," as he was done talking, Ethan stood up from the couch and bade Ruthlyn goodnight before walking up the stairs to his brother’s room.

The door wasn’t locked so he directly pushed the door open, stepping into the room which had the same monotone decorations as his own. Enoch was sitting on his bed and staring intently at the screen of his phone even though his mind wasn’t there, and failing to notice that someone was already in the room with him.

"Enoch DeLoach!"

His older brother’s voice snapped him out of his thoughts as he looked up from his phone.

"Ethan, do you need me to do something urgently?" he asked, seeing no other reason why his brother would directly come into his room without bothering to text me.

"Without a doubt," Ethan answered.

Enoch got down from the bed slowly, slipping his leg into the bedside slippers. Ethan’s tone was making him super nervous.

"What do you need me to do?" he asked.

"To open your ears wide and not let whatever I tell you tonight escape from them."

Enoch sighed inwardly, relieved that he wouldn’t have to go through a stack of papers this late night. He waited for the Ethan who had gone silent to continue speaking.

"Ruthlyn says she’s not annulling your engagement to her which means you both will have to get married in a few months. I’m not asking, but ordering you to get your life in order and not let such a responsible and prospect filled lady get hurt in any way because if she does, you will bear my wrath as she’s my assistant. And, I will also punish you on behalf of Mignon as they were best of friends."

Enoch went silent, his mouth slightly parted as if he couldn’t comprehend Ethan’s words. Suddenly coming into realization, he was about to rush out of the room when Ethan helf him back.

"I just gave you a warning and you’re beginning to ignore it. Pestering her is also hurting her in a way so remain in your room, Enoch!"

He released his brother’s hand and walked out, oblivious to the fact that he was smiling. Momentarily stopping at the door to Shikera’s room, he sighed before walking into his.