Chapter 158: FOLLOW
"I don’t believe all that nonsense truly", answered Felicia. "Erika was an orphan when she arrived at Hart’s mansion, right Mother?" She asked Mary who immediately nodded to her question. "So there is no way that Erika is rich, she only found a rich man to cling to, that way she could obtain his money and power. Erika can never be rich, that is simply impossible", she added.
Madam Laura simply stared at her as she spoke until she finished, giving her the chance to reply.
"Okay, if you say so," her words were not certain, neither giving a positive nor negative reply which irritated Felicia.
"Which is it?" she asked.
"I will still help you if that’s the truth", she clarified while making a mental note to order her men to research Erika Walters. If the lady was rich and powerful, then she would pull her hands away from the matter. "But before that, let’s lay low for a while, for at least a week before we start the plan," she suggested and the other two women readily agreed.
Back in New York, Adrian parked his car on the opposite street of the Anderson Corporation building, again. Today, he had sworn to never lose sight of them until he found out what he was looking for.
At exactly 5 pm, he noticed the exquisite sports car, driving out of the parking lot and immediately, he started his car and followed it.
Erika and Ethan were both chatting merrily in the car as they both headed home together. After the arrest of Mr Davis, nothing had ever gone wrong in their life anymore. To them, things were working out great for them and nothing could ruin it but little did they know that their enemies had started evolving, tracking them down so that they could successfully ruin them.
"Jasmine has been a good girl?" Erika commented. "To think that her father was so evil by doing such a thing to her", she added.
"Neither did I. When I was younger, Mr. Davis always treated Jasmine as a daughter before he suddenly changed his attitude towards her. It was as if someone pushed his red button and I would always try to help her with her studies since that was the one thing that he complained about but then, who would have thought he was simply using her, his very own daughter," Ethan responded as he continued to drive with a slightly folded forehead.
Even though he stopped being friends with Jasmine after it was rumored that they would be getting married, he still felt pity for the girl for having such a father as Mr Davis.
"I agree," Erika mumbled as she released a sigh. "I think she is happy now with Andrew, they suit each other. At least, now I know that I don’t need to fight with anyone to keep you all for myself," she joked.
Ethan chuckled before he spoke,
"You know, saying the word ’daughter’ several times is making me crave for a daughter of my own".
Instantly, Erika stiffened. She hadn’t expected him to say such a thing. They have been together for a year now but having children had never crossed her mind.
"So what do you say?" he asked when he saw her getting lost in her thoughts. "Should we make a baby tonight?" he teased her with a grin. Erika covered her cheeks which had suddenly heated up and had started to change colors.
Speechless, Erika tried to let out some words but none came out. When she was finally able to speak, she turned to face Ethan only to find him staring intently at the side mirror with a solemn expression.
"What’s wrong?" she asked with a frown.
"Someone is following us," he informed .
"What?" Erika released a gasp as she stood up to look at the cars behind but didn’t spot anything suspicious, "Which is it?" she asked.
"The black car", he replied. Due to Adrain’s tinted car, they couldn’t see his face.
"But who could that be?" she asked as she sat back down, whilst placing her own on her chest to calm her rapidly beating chest.
"I’m not sure," said Adrain. "But whoever he is, he is not good news", he added as he reached for his phone and copied the plate number of the car before sending it to his men who were currently not on duty. "Buckle up, we are going to lose him," he said and without being told twice, Erika immediately fastened her seat belt.
Her mind had already wandered off, with the thought that their life was going to be intruded again by another enemy.
"Maybe Mr. Davis sent him," she mumbled under her breath with fright.
"Possibly", he replied and in the blink of an eye, the car moved at maximum speed, making Erika jolt in fear that they were going to crash.
Adrian, whose lips held a triumphant smile suddenly faltered when he saw the car move with such lightning speed. The car he had been following discreetly was moving like as if it was in a race car competition. Could they have noticed that I was following them? he thought to himself before he shook his head as if it was a stupid thought.
Quickly, he increased his with the hope that he wouldn’t be able to lose them but unfortunately for him, his car was not of the same model as Ethan’s. After a minute passed, and he gave up. He couldn’t find them on the street anymore, they had completely vanished, leaving behind only dust. The other drivers were curious to find out what was happening but couldn’t since the car was no longer in sight.
"Dang it," Adrian hit his steering wheel with full force to vent out his anger. He had hoped to find their home so that he could make his plan.
In Ethan’s apartment, the couple had arrived safely and were waiting for the men to arrive.
"But Mr Davis is locked up in jail, right? So how could he possibly have ordered his men to chase us and also for what?" Erika asked Ethan.
"Mr Davis is locked in jail but that doesn’t mean that he can’t instruct his men from there to carry on with some of his dirty plots," he replied as he waited for the men to arrive.
After a few minutes passed, a tinted black bus stopped in front of the apartment and walked inside.
Erika stared at the men with an unfamiliar look until she remembered where she had seen the men before, they were the ones who had helped Butler David out of the Hart’s mansion.
"Boss", the men greeted Ethan and bowed their heads in front of Erika. "We have been able to track the plate number that you have sent to us and this is the picture of the man who owns the car."
One of the men brought out the picture which had the face of a man with codes of numbers written on the paper.
Erika stared at Adrain’s pictures with wide eyes. Adrian? But that was impossible, she thought to herself.
"Are you sure that it was this man who owned the car?" Ethan questioned them and the men nodded in unison.
"Affirmative boss."
Ethan gave a brief nod before he spoke,
"In that case, I want you to follow Adrain all the time and find out what he is doing and where he is going. Also, find out his place of work. His sudden appearance is suspicious,"he ordered the men and they nodded again before leaving to do their jobs.
He faced Erika who held a confused expression as rains of thoughts flooded her head.
"When did Adrain come to New York and why? Shouldn’t he be in California?" she asked him. It’s been months since she had last heard any news about any of the Hart family members, thinking they were all rotting together, she suddenly found out that her ex husband was following her and her boyfriend.
She had been expecting a man who was connected with Mr. Davis to show up but had never expected her ex-husband, Adrain, to be following them. Something wasn’t right, she thought to herself. She had made sure to leave Adrian in a poor state but for him to suddenly show up with a car, it was suspicious.
"He’s definitely up to something," said Ethan. "I’m going to station bodyguards to follow you and keep you safe from now on," he added and Erika nodded obediently. Even though Adrian have not caused a real threat to them yet, there was nothing wrong with being extra careful.
If Adrian was up to something, then the both of them were ready to face it. Ethan didn’t want anything to happen to Erika or let that ex-husband of hers get closer to her, or him.
The both of them decided to forget the matter for the night and wait for the men to report something to them.
