Chapter 387

Ethan Roscente had been in a foul mood lately.

He stared at his phone screen, where Vivian Laurent's chat window remained stubbornly silent. She had promised to have dinner with him, but now she kept brushing him off with excuses.

"What has your mentor been up to?" Ethan turned to Finn Deross, who was sprawled on the couch playing video games.

Finn didn't even glance up. "No idea. She hasn't contacted me in days."

The young man seemed perfectly content wherever he ended up staying.

Ethan frowned. He didn't want to reach out to Vivian directly and risk annoying her, so he nudged Finn to ask instead.

"Hey, can I move back in yet?" Finn asked when Vivian picked up.

"No. My friend is still staying with me," came her crisp reply.

Ethan's expression darkened at the word "friend." Who could possibly be that important?

Meanwhile, Sophia Sherwood wasn't faring any better.

Every attempt to get close to Ethan had failed. She wanted to cause trouble for Vivian but found no openings. Still new to the Roscente Group, she couldn't afford reckless moves.

"Sophia, you won't believe this," she whispered into her phone to Sophia Evans. "Vivian's playing hard to get with Ethan."

She embellished the airport incident she'd witnessed.

"If this continues, she'll steal him away!"

In the Kingdom of Eudora, Sophia Evans paced anxiously. She finally managed to slip away from her minders and secretly booked a flight to C Country.

The news reached Ethan quickly.

"Understood," he said tersely before hanging up and massaging his temples.

Sophia Evans was intercepted the moment her plane landed.

"Ethan!" Her face lit up at the sight of him. "You came to meet me?"

His expression remained impassive. "Theo needs you. Go home."

Her smile froze. She hadn't expected such coldness.

"I came to see Victoria," she insisted. "She's been depressed lately—suicidal even. I'm here to help her."

At the mention of his cousin Victoria Roscente, Ethan's brow furrowed. Since the incident, she had indeed been withdrawn.

"Behave yourself," he warned. "Don't touch what isn't yours."

Sophia's heart ached as if pierced by needles. "Ethan, why are you treating me like this?"

"It's for your own good," he said coldly. "Some people are beyond your reach."