Chapter 44

Chapter 44
For some reason, I felt nervous. After hesitating for a long time, I answered the phone. Ethan's anxious voice came over.
"Michael! It's bad. Miranda had a car accident and killed someone. She is likely to be sentenced and face a huge compensation. I don't want to tell my family. Only you can help me!"
My heart tightened and I immediately comforted Ethan.
"How much compensation does the family of the deceased ask for?"
"One hundred thousand dollars. I could afford it, but I know that Miranda lost a lot of money in investment fraud before, so I don't have much cash. I want to handle this matter myself and don't want the family to help!"
Although one hundred thousand dollars is a large amount, I can still afford it. I comforted Ethan and told him to go to the police station immediately. Then I called Jack and asked him to get the bank card I left at home and drive to the street to find me.
I usually like to run when I go to the boxing gym, just to exercise for a while, so I didn't drive.
Soon, Jack drove over and we rushed to the police station together.
The good news is that the other party was mainly responsible for the accident, and Ethan was only secondarily responsible. The other party's family said that they only asked Ethan to pay $100,000 in civil compensation. I finally breathed a sigh of relief.
In the police station, Miranda cried with red eyes, and Ethan was holding her and comforting her patiently.
I paid the money for Ethan, and the police said that Ethan could leave, but Miranda still had to continue to accept some investigations, so she needed to be detained in the detention center for a week.
Jack and I drove Ethan home. On the way, he frowned and looked very sad. Jack and I kept comforting him.
I was worried that Ethan would be depressed and have an accident at home alone. With Jack's consent, I decided to let him stay at my house first.
A week later, Miranda also cooperated with the investigation and successfully came out of the detention center, but things were not as simple as we thought. Later, the police found new evidence that Miranda should pay a greater responsibility.
So the final compensation increased to one million US dollars, and it did not meet the insurance company's compensation terms, which made Ethan confused.
He and Miranda can't even take out $100,000 now, how can they take out a million, Ethan said, grabbing his head in frustration.
"If it doesn't work, I'll call my dad and lend him some money."
I know Ethan has a very strong self-esteem. He and his father had a falling out because of different life pursuits. I want him to borrow money from his father, he must feel very uncomfortable.
Thinking of this, I made a decision in my heart and said.
"Ethan, don't worry, you go home first, I will find a way to help you raise this million."
I have made up my mind, I want to sell a house, it should be able to sell more than one million, give Ethan enough to pay off the debt.
Although my family is very rich, most of the current property and bank accounts are in my father's name, I can't just withdraw a large amount without reason, and I don't want my father to know the relationship between me and Ethan.
Most of my family's properties are also under my father's name. Fortunately, there are more than a dozen of them under my name. I think if I sell one secretly, my father will definitely not know if he doesn't ask. Even if he knows in the future, I have already sold it, and he can't do anything.
I told Jack about this matter as soon as possible and discussed it with him.
Jack looked at me with surprise.
"Selling the house secretly? Your father will definitely be angry if he knows it?"
"I know, but Ethan needs money now. His relationship with his father is terrible. He doesn't want to bow to his father."
Jack blinked.
"That's your property. Of course I have no objection."
I explained carefully.
"Although it's my property, you are my partner now. I will definitely ask your opinion."
Jack showed a touching expression on his face and held my hand tightly.
"I agree, dear. I support you in whatever decision you make. After all, Ethan is my professor, and I think we should help him."
It just so happened that the tenant of a small villa under my name had just moved out, so I sold the villa directly for more than one million dollars.
That day, I put one million dollars in a bag and knocked on Ethan's door, but strangely, there was no one at Ethan's house, and no one answered his phone call, so I became nervous.
At this time, I didn't know that Ethan had done something unexpected.
It turned out that in order to raise a huge sum of one million, Ethan actually thought of Vivian, the rich bitch, and wanted to compromise and agree to her pursuit and borrow one million from her!
I was almost mad when I heard the news. I heard that Ethan and Vivian had an appointment to meet at a high-end restaurant, so I drove over immediately.
Sure enough, as soon as I entered the door, I saw Vivian dressed up and eating steak with Ethan sitting by the window.
Vivian's face was twisted with joy. She stared at Ethan with her lecherous eyes and tried to grab Ethan's hand. Ethan dodged several times.
But in the end, Vivian seemed a little angry, and Ethan reluctantly put his hand on the table and let Vivian grab it.
Ethan looked at Vivian's heavily made-up face with embarrassment and whispered.
"I think you already know the purpose of my coming, so... do you have money?"
"Of course I did, here, it's in this card, but don't you ask me what the conditions are?"
Vivian held the bank card in her hand and kept shaking it in front of Ethan's eyes, making a smug look.
Ethan's face became even uglier.
"Of course I know you have conditions, tell me."
Vivian smiled and put the corner of her mouth on Ethan's ear, with a lewd smile on her face. After listening, Ethan's face turned pale.
"No! No!"