Two Brothers, One Contract: I Chose My Own Heart

point two million dollars. If you cannot pay it back, t

away our lives and piled up crushing high

e. Have mercy on me!"

moment, my blood turned to i

Rolls-Royce silen

itself for a hunt. With nothing more than a single

said to me, "or let them

o sons. It will be your eighteenth birthday three months from

bout my age, and they bore a fa

cold and distant, the o

l watching us like hungry wolves. My father stood there, spineless an

face and murmured under his breath so softly

.

hat the man was George Parker, t

ne like him would ever take an i

nto the Hayes Manor, his house, before my eighteenth

y battered suitcase into

rble floor gleamed so brightly I could see my own reflection. There wer

ance, bowing slightly. "Mi

suitcase, I

of the stairs, footst

came down ho

eves rolled up to his elbows, and

a warm smile at me. "S

he lifted his eyebrows playfully.

rds made my

g me right away, quickly descended the steps, and

"I am Eth

respond, he alread

for you. Great sunlight there," he added,

lines crinkled at th

se suddenly did not feel

tairs," Ethan said,

tair when a door slammed open at the

man emerged

his hand. He wore a black tank top

me, his eyes f

ound on the street?" He said lazil

rged thr

, biting back the u

is tone dropping lowe

e, snorted, turned on his heel, and went bac

tic smile. "Do not take it persona

still fixed on the clos

he east side of

med the windows, and t

ointed to the wardrobe. "We got you your sc

you," I

, paused, and added gent

the door gent

collapsed onto the bed,

rs, I finally gave up. I got out of bed and w

n the sky, shining c

d below, except for a single lam

ull thud brok

Mathew standing insi

e swung, hit, an

ging to his back so tightly I could see his sho

inutes, he stopped t

s head and stared

I could not make o

lightly, as if all the strength had been drained from him

sting in my hear

rk, that I had to get a grip, and reminded myself that this wa