The Bodyguard's Duty ✅

Chapter 1 - A Hero In The Dark

Chaos filled the room as several large men came swinging by with steel baseball bats. Glass doors were shattered by the swinging force of the bats, tables and chairs were knocked across the room, and heavy footsteps were treading on the now broken glass.

Huddled in a dark room down the corridor, Ethan aggressively forced away the strong hand that was covering his mouth with a frustrated look.

Hiding behind his desk, Ethan rolled his eyes at the smug bodyguard crouched besides him. "Maybe everyone's right..."

Thomas smirked as he peeked past Ethan's desk to scout the intruders. Nobody was in sight, but Thomas could still hear them all destroying the office.

"So... Am I hired now?"

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* Less than 2 weeks ago

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Ethan Shelton was pretending to scribble down important information on the notepad in front of him. Thinking about anything that didn't involve the meeting taking place right now, Ethan accidentally let everybody know because he could be heard quietly whistling to himself.

"Is there anything you like to add, Ethan?" Lewis' voice was filled with annoyance, and his defensive stature showed that he wasn't interested in any more of Ethan's distracting behaviour.

Ethan's chuckle boomed through the room as he nonchalantly threw his pen down on the notepad. Leaning all the way on the back of his chair, Ethan wickedly grinned at Lewis. "That's Mr Shelton to you..."

The slightly older gentleman rolled his eyes as Lewis then readjusted the glasses on his face. "Piss off?"

Ethan laughed harder as he began to talk condescendingly to the Operations Manager. "That's no way to talk to your boss-"

"And that boss is the most useless person in the building!" Lewis yelled with frustrated passion. "You think I should listen to anything you say?"

"You're fire-"

The woman in the CEO chair slammed her hands on the desk - hard. The sound of the collision was quick and sharp, with everybody's eyes turning to Kristen.

"The meeting's over, everybody out."

All of the employees at Shelton nodded their heads as they quickly gathered their belongings. They all left one after the other, with Kristen closing the door before Ethan could leave.

Kristen was stern as she warned Ethan, "You can't keep threatening to fire Lewis after your playground fights, Ethan."

"But isn't it funny to see the guy all worked up like that?" Ethan suggested, "It's the best part of coming into work!"

Kristin's eyes grew heavy as she gave Ethan an unimpressed look. She crossed her arms as she shook her head with annoyance, "You need to be a lot nicer to people, Ethan. Karma is going to come round the corner soon enough, and knock some manners into you..."

Ethan nodded once as he questioned, "You mean Mom or Dad?"

"Take your pick."

Walking out the conference room side by side, several employees approached the brother and sister with papers to sign, charts to look at, and contracts that needed reading.

Kristen carefully read over everything she was about to sign, as she took pride in her work, and had to make sure everything seemed legit.

Ethan on the other hand signed anything that was given in front of him, one messy signature at a time, as he quickly shooed everyone away.