American winner takes all

Chapter 451 Breaking the Barrier
"I can't believe this." Cindy put down the fax sent from Nas Vegas, her voice trembling.

It clearly records the gambling debts that Rand Gerber owed at a local casino in recent years, updated on a weekly or even daily basis. The so-called business was just a cover, and he was like a bottomless pit, sucking Cindy's savings dry.

Cindy pressed the edge of her palm against her forehead and felt as if her head was being torn apart.

Ethan looked at the pitiful and helpless married woman standing beside him, and instinctively wanted to open his arms to comfort her, but the moment he raised his hand, he was noticed by Cindy Crawford, who deliberately distanced herself from Ethan.

"Many years ago, my father had a similar problem. He committed suicide, but left behind a large gambling debt, so we were forced to move out." Ethan fell into memories. Now, he can talk about this matter with great ease.

"We will also be ordered to move out, and the houses and cars will be taken back." Cindy felt desperate.

"I can help you deal with this matter. Your life and modeling career will not be affected in any way. I promise you." Ethan seemed confident.

"But..." Cindy opened her mouth.

After much thought, it seems that the only person I can rely on now, besides my parents, is Ethan.

"Call your parents tonight and tell them the facts and prepare for the divorce," Ethan continued.

"I won't let my child follow that gambler!" Cindy shouted quickly.

Ethan grabbed her shoulders: "Don't be nervous, I can help you."

"Now, we should go back to the training room, relax, keep smiling, don't let others see it, and we have to finish rehearsal."

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"This is what happened to Cindy Crawford. If she had discovered it later, she would have been implicated as well." During dinner, Ethan shared Cindy Crawford's experience with the girls around him.

As women themselves, they all felt the same way.

"She originally wanted to return to her family, but unexpectedly she ended up in a den of thieves. I feel so sorry for her." Carolina said while cutting sausages quickly.

She cut the sausage on the plate very hard, as if she were thinking it was Cindy's husband's neck.

In order to participate in the upcoming Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, she rushed from New York to Los Angeles for rehearsal, and reached an agreement with Ethan to stay here after the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.

Kate Moss also came with her. She has transformed herself from a model to the head of the North American branch of Angel Model Agency. She has also completely changed her previous "morbid aesthetic". She wears light makeup and long straight golden hair, and is more like a career beauty, with no trace of her previous self.

"Her husband has seen you take action and he is determined to take advantage of you this time. How are you going to deal with him?" Kate Moss tried to ask at this moment.

Cindy's husband was desperate, otherwise he wouldn't have called Ethan.

"Besides, now the two have completely fallen out. I don't know if she will be in danger when she returns home." Gisele said with a worried look on her face.

She and Cindy are both models, and she recognizes her as her godmother. She is the person who cares about her the most and is the one who most supports Ethan in helping Cindy Crawford overcome the difficulties.

This reminded Ethan, and he was just about to call Peter and ask him to go check on Cindy and stay to protect her, but he saw Catherine standing up.

"Someone's knocking on the door. I'm going to see who it is."

About two minutes later, everyone saw Catherine leading a woman into the restaurant.

"No need to send anyone over." Catherine did not know whether to laugh or cry and stepped aside.

Everyone only saw Cindy Crawford standing there, holding one child with her left hand and holding another in her right arms. Her expression at this moment seemed very embarrassed and a little surprised. After all, the scene in front of her was really special.

The girls chatted with each other and asked her to sit down. Then the servant came over and prepared to take the child away.

Cindy Crawford was a little worried at first, but finally let the child go after being comforted and persuaded by others. Only then did she finally have the energy to talk about what had just happened.

"Rand Gerber locked the door of my house and wouldn't let me go back! This is the house I bought! I could only sneak in through the garage and then secretly take my two children out. Everything I had was locked in the house." Cindy Crawford said as her shoulders shook and she began to sob.

"What did I do wrong? How did things turn out like this?!" Cindy Crawford sobbed.

Others offered their condolences, and Kimberly, who was closer to her, took the initiative to hold her hand.

"Don't worry, you are safe now. No one dares to touch you here. You can stay here for a few days." Kimberly let her head rest on her shoulder and said in a gentle tone.

Ethan observed the reactions of the people around him with his peripheral vision. They seemed to pity Cindy's situation and everyone agreed with this. Ethan would not refuse it, as it was just an extra pair of "knife and fork" to him.

At Ethan's signal, Kimberly instructed the servants to start arranging a room for Cindy.

Seeing everyone so enthusiastic, Cindy Crawford felt a little embarrassed.

"You...are all Ethan's lovers, right?" Cindy asked in a low voice.

In fact, among these people, apart from Gisele, whom she had met before, Cindy had met many of them before. Even if she had never met them, she had often seen reports about them in the news and tabloids.

In fact, the women are not reclusive at all, and there are so many of them that even if no one of them is hounded by the media, the combined number of them makes Ethan's "family" a frequent guest in local tabloids and entertainment news. There are similar reports almost every day, but Ethan does not want to use his private life to gain attention and has never responded positively.

Cindy usually only reads those news anecdotes and strange things, but now she is seriously involved in it, so the feeling is naturally completely different.

Kimberly noticed that Cindy was a little shy, and immediately said with a smile: "There's nothing to be embarrassed about. Although we made wrong choices in the past, one wrong choice does not mean that we will live in mistakes for the rest of our lives."

"Lisa was divorced before, and her child is the same age as Ethan. She was not divorced when I met Ethan. Don't worry, Ethan will treat everyone equally." Kimberly smiled and said directly to Cindy so that she would not have any concerns.

Among all the women present, the one who has the closest relationship with Cindy is undoubtedly Giselle, but the one whose experience is most similar to Cindy's is Kimberly. She naturally understands what a married middle-aged woman fears the most.

It would have been fine if she hadn't said it, but after she said it, Cindy Crawford's face turned even redder.

In the end, it was Ethan who took the initiative to speak: "Cindy is just here to seek refuge, where are you guys thinking about going?"

Kimberly raised her eyebrows and teased, "How could we not know you? It's only a matter of time."

Cindy lowered her head even more as she listened to their conversation, not daring to look at anyone.

After dinner, Ethan came to Cindy's room. In addition to Cindy Crawford, there were Gisele and Kimberly in the room. The two seemed to be introducing the swimming pool and garden in the manor to Cindy.

Seeing Ethan come in, Kimberly immediately smiled and pulled Giselle to go out.

"Let's go take a shower first, come here quickly." Before leaving, Gisele held Ethan's hand and said.

"Do you feel it? He's kicking me." Kimberly put Ethan's hand on her stomach.

Then Ethan kissed the two goodbye. Cindy Crawford watched the whole thing with her mouth slightly open, unable to believe her eyes.

"I didn't expect their relationship to be so good. I thought they would quarrel every day. So the rumors are true. Before you came in, Kimberly praised you for being so great... Well, let's not talk about this." Cindy found the atmosphere a little ambiguous and immediately changed the subject. Ethan was talking about her two children, and at this time the maid came in with the two children.

Ethan got along very naturally with the two children. Ethan has many children, so he shouldn't be too familiar with children of this age.

"Get down quickly!" Cindy urged, not wanting her daughter to ride on Ethan's neck.

Ethan stood up and played the spaceship game with Cindy's daughter, making her laugh.

"Her father hasn't played with his daughter like this for a long time. Now his daughter cries when she sees him. She is far worse than you." Cindy had to admit.

Ethan talked about her husband.

At this time, Ethan already had a detailed plan.

"I'll listen to you, Ethan." Cindy didn't know when she started to let down her guard...

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A few days later, Rand Gerber walked into the agreed meeting place.

"It looks like you two have a really good relationship!" As soon as he came in, he looked at Ethan and Cindy Crawford, who were sitting side by side on the other side of the table.

This time Rand also brought a female companion. Although this female companion was young, she was not as pretty as Cindy.

"Now that things have come to this, I don't want to say anything more. Just write a check for the amount we agreed upon before, Ethan O'Connor! After all, you were once the number one supermodel. You're really getting a great deal by selling it to you for such a small amount of money!" Rand Gerber said with a smile.

"What about the custody of our daughter and son?" Cindy asked immediately.

"If you want custody, you'll have to pay extra. The hush money will have to be at least doubled!" Rand Gerber's smile became increasingly sinister.

As if he had Ethan in his grasp, he started to demand a huge amount of money.

Ethan's response was extremely simple. He didn't even need to speak. Susan behind him directly dialed a number and handed the phone to Rand.

"Who did you call?" Rand's heart skipped a beat when he saw the number showed as Nevada.

And when he heard the voice coming from the microphone, he was so scared that his neck shrank.

"I'm here! How have you been recently?" Rand answered the phone with a stiff smile.

"Ethan's friend? Really?" When he looked at Ethan again, his expression suddenly became a little awed.

"I understand...but...no problem, of course no problem, but you have to know...he fucked my wife! Misunderstanding? How is that possible...Okay." Rand seemed like a deflated ball and finally put down his phone.

"It turns out it was just a misunderstanding." Rand whispered, not sure whether to believe it or not.

"It's true. There's nothing between Ethan and me, but the debt you owed at the casino is real." Cindy Crawford said with determination.

She originally thought that Rand was going to say something cruel, but she didn't expect Rand to just stand up and leave with his female companion without saying a word.

The moment he stepped out of the door, he just said: "I'm going back to move my things now. You can ask the lawyer to contact me later and I will sign the agreement." Then he left without looking back.

Cindy Crawford knows that Rande Gerber is not a man who will settle things quietly. The contrast between the past and the present is so drastic that there is only one answer...

"Ethan, who is that person on the phone and what did he say to Rand?" Cindy Crawford immediately asked Ethan.

"Rand owes money to the head of a casino in Las Vegas, and his boss happens to be my partner, a real estate developer. His daughter just joined the Angels cheerleading team this year." Ethan explained.

Cindy Crawford suddenly realized that Ethan's social circle was full of real big shots, and such a small matter might not require the intervention of these big shots at all.

When she walked out of the room, Cindy felt an inexplicable sense of relaxation, a kind of relaxation that had never appeared even in her most popular years.

She understood it as a sense of security.

As for the source of this sense of security...

"I hope the divorce agreement will protect the real estate currently under my name and the car. Can you help me arrange a lawyer? In addition, I need you to send someone to clean up my house. Right now, this shouldn't be too difficult for you, right?" Cindy took the initiative to make a request to Ethan this time.

There was a window behind Cindy, and the sunlight cast a layer of gold on her body. Although her clothes were very simple, she looked like the most classic Pepsi advertisement, she only needed the simplest dress to stun the whole America.

"All up to you, Ethan." Cindy smiled.

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"Campbell, this is one of the few opportunities you have. Ethan can help you. But in return, you have to transfer to his modeling agency."

"Claudia, do you know who is the head of Ethan's agency in the UK? It's Simon Fuller! And Sarah Douglas! These two people can make you popular for a few more years!"

"Turlington, you have to leave school after you get your diploma! You need a reliable agency to help you return to the public eye. Angel Agency is the best choice."

Today, Cindy Crawford has not only handed over all her commercial agency work after her comeback to Angel Agency, but also strongly recommended the other three members of bigfive to take this opportunity to join.

It's okay to recommend something once or twice, but Cindy's tireless persuasion speaks volumes.

In the past few days, the other members of bigfive have vaguely felt that there is something unusual about the relationship between Cindy Crawford and Ethan. There is something wrong with the way the two look at each other.

"It's fine if you want us to join, but in exchange, you have to explain your relationship with Ethan!" Claudia, David Copperfield's ex-wife and currently single British model, took the initiative to question.

The others were also eager to try, but Linda just smiled and said nothing. Cindy had already told her everything last night.

Faced with the three people's persistent questioning, Cindy had no choice but to explain: "I have nothing to do with him. He just helped me get a divorce smoothly. To show my gratitude, I naturally have to help him."

Since the whole thing was kept very low-key, the three of them just found out that Cindy was getting a divorce, and the one who helped her get a divorce was Ethan, which made people more curious. Moreover, handing over all the business agents to Ethan was not just a simple "repayment". It didn't matter if there was no explanation, but once it was explained, it confirmed the speculations of several people.

Linda even dropped a shocking news at this time: "Cindy has been living in Ethan's house with the children for some time!"

"It's a long story. In short, Ethan's servants are very considerate. I can feel more relaxed when I leave the child to them!" Cindy didn't mention moving out these days, so she stayed at Ethan's house naturally.

If Ethan hadn't happened to come in at this time, I'm afraid the remaining few people would have continued to make a fuss.

Ethan's purpose of coming was simple: to go back with Cindy.

"Then I'll be leaving first!" Cindy said goodbye to a few people before leaving, with a bit of pride on her face.

This time, when she got into the car, Cindy Crawford's eyes were always fixed on the large sofa...

(End of this chapter)