The morning had come, and Ethan groaned as the curtains to his room opened. 

"Close them, now," he growled. 

"Sir, you have a call, I've been told it's important," his butler, James, said. He had been with him since childhood and was very efficient. He sat up and closed his eyes momentarily as his head pounded. He regretted drinking too much last night. 

"If there is a lady I came home with last night, please, kick her out. I don't want to see anyone," he told the butler, he had already done that as he knew his master all too well. 

Ethan got out of bed and went to his...