CHAPTER 159: CHAPTER 159: RYAN STERLING’S HUMILIATION

"Father, you’ve had too much to drink."

Selena Quinn sat in place looking at Ethan Sterling and gently coughed twice, "Ethan, please don’t get angry. I’m already very happy that you’re willing to sit down and talk with us now. It’s been so long since our family last sat down to chat like this."

"Who’s family with you?"

Ethan sneered, stopping the rotation of the wine glass in his hand and raising his eyes to look at Ryan Sterling, "Ryan, I’m warning you—no, all of your family—stop putting any thought on my woman."

Seraphina Redgrave was momentarily stunned.

Did he specifically call the Sterling family over just to say this?

All the people in the Sterling family knew that she was now living with Ethan in the Hibiscus Garden. Tonight, Ethan hid their relationship in front of all the guests. Now, as long as the Sterling family didn’t pull any tricks, she was completely safe.

"Starting today, if anything happens to her, no matter whether you had a hand in it or not, I’ll settle the score with all of you."

Ethan pressed down on the wine glass in his hand and looked up at the other three members of the Sterling family, his voice filled with disdainful arrogance, "Otherwise, you’ll face consequences you can’t afford."

"What do you mean by that? Is this the attitude you’re giving me now? Ethan, I am your father!"

Ryan stood in front of Ethan, shouting with all his might.

Seraphina stood upstairs, unable to see Ethan’s expression, but just from Ryan’s words, she knew Ethan was definitely angry.

Ethan didn’t even look at the man who was nominally his father and turned to leave.

Ryan watched Ethan’s imperious back and, feeling a headache from anger, ended up laughing, "Settle the score with me? What do you want to do? Kill me?"

Seraphina saw Ethan pause for a moment, then continue walking as she saw a person step out of the corner.

Seraphina turned her head and saw Nathan Ayers step out from the corner, standing to the side and looking down, his expression not looking good.

"You dare leave! Get me the money for this month right away! I don’t even have money to fool around with women!" Ryan demanded shamelessly.

"Don’t even think about it."

Ethan retorted with a cold laugh.

Chloe Quinn was earnestly trying to persuade Ryan, "Ryan, you’ve had too much to drink, let’s hurry back and rest."

"What are you afraid of? Ethan is a lunatic just like his mother."

Ryan shouted his grievances with drunken bravado, directing a tirade at Ethan’s retreating figure, "Had I known I’d give birth to such a nutcase, I would never have let you be born!"

Every word was a humiliation cast on both Ethan and his mother.

Seraphina furrowed her brow in displeasure, while Ethan stood unmoving.

He stood up, pulled the gun from the waist of the bodyguard beside him, took two steps forward, and pressed the cold barrel directly against Ryan’s head.

"Ryan, do you really think I don’t dare to kill you?"

Ethan spoke through gritted teeth, his amber eyes almost demonic, his face looking as awful as could be.

"Ethan..."

Chloe turned pale with fright.

Selena, sitting on the sofa, began coughing furiously, looking fearfully at the suddenly enraged Ethan. No one knew if he would actually pull the trigger.

"Come on! Kill me!"

Ryan stood in place, staring coldly at Ethan, with a face full of indifference and eyes mixed with hate, "Aren’t you disgusted when I mention your mother? I insist on saying it, I had her in bed for years, and she never improved, truly boring..."

Ethan stood there, veins bulging on his forehead, in a few moments he chambered the gun; putting the gun against Ryan’s head, "Ryan!"

Ethan was visibly furious.

Selena and Chloe gasped in fear.

Seraphina stood upstairs, looking down. She had never seen Ethan this angry before.

He truly hated Ryan, hated him enough to want to kill him.

Just as Seraphina thought Ethan might pull the trigger, Nathan spoke softly, "Young Master Sterling won’t really do it."

"How do you know?"

Seraphina asked.

In fact, she had always been curious; why would Ethan still keep him safe in the Sterling’s old residence, even though Ryan had almost driven his own mother and sister to their deaths. He even left Chloe, the mistress, to remain as the nominal mistress of the Sterling’s old residence.

"Madam suffered from genetic mania and had long written her will."

Nathan stood in place, "She seemed to know she would relapse and instructed the Young Master and Miss not to hate others, no matter what, not to harm the family."

"And she made it very clear, she specified the family as the Sterling family, even wrote down Ryan and Chloe’s names," Nathan explained, "That will is the only instruction Madam left for the Young Master."

So, no matter what, Young Master would never go against Madam’s wishes.

Because those were the last words she left him.

Downstairs, Ethan held the gun for a long time but eventually put it down.

The handgun, now as heavy as a thousand pounds in Ethan’s hand, was put down, and in that instant, he looked like all his energy and spirit had been drained, no longer the fearless Ethan.

Seraphina pursed her lips, as Nathan spoke again, "Last year, when Young Master forced Ryan to surrender his power, Ryan was genuinely afraid, but later, somehow, he learned about the contents of the Madam’s will, and he became rampant, starting to provoke Young Master."

Seraphina couldn’t understand how such a person is fit to be a father.

Ryan’s mocking voice came again, "Loser, I knew you wouldn’t dare. Even if I insult your mother as a slut, you wouldn’t lift a hand. You and your mother and sister are all trash."

Ethan stood in place, gripping the gun tightly, veins almost popping.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

He fired three shots in succession.

The floor had three holes punched into it, the ground seemed to tremble.

Seeing the scene, Ryan laughed even more triumphantly, "Ethan, this is all you’re capable of. You don’t even dare to face me."

"Father, enough."

Selena stood up, blocking Ethan, spreading her arms as if to protect him, "Do you know your words can hurt Ethan?"

Ryan mercilessly slapped Selena, "You ungrateful wretch, don’t forget who raised you!"

Selena’s eyes reddened, holding her face, but she stood still, still shielding Ethan.

This maneuver was indeed clever.

Seraphina thought to herself.

Chloe, fearing Selena would become a casualty between the two, immediately gathered her into her embrace.

Ryan stood in front of Ethan, grinning wildly, and spoke each word slowly, "Ethan, remember this, you are trash, no matter how powerful you are now or how many people respect you, one day you will become a bloodthirsty lunatic because of the genes in your body!"

Seraphina took her hand off the railing, starting to descend the stairs again.