14
When I received a call from Ethan’s best friend Ryan Lee, I was just reporting work to Lucas.
“Sis, come quickly!” Ryan’s voice was urgent, “Ethan has gone crazy!”
After getting the address, I hung up the phone and looked at Lucas who had been quietly waiting for me to finish the call, “It seems to be related to Emma. He wants me to come and persuade Lily.”
Lucas picked up his car keys, “Let’s go together, I’ll drive you.”
I put away my phone, “Okay.”
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The moment the bar waiter opened the private room door, I clearly felt the tension inside.
“Sister Aria, Brother Luca’s, you’re finally here!” Ryan popped out from a corner.
Most of the people inside were mutual friends of Ethan and Emma.
Lily was sitting next to Ethan, her head lowered.
Emma, on the other hand, seemed composed on the other side, still smiling sweetly at us, “Sister, why are you here?”
Lily’s whole body trembled, biting her lips hard, desperately holding back tears.
ignored Emma and walked straight to Lily, “What’s wrong?”
She shook her head, mumbling: “Nothing.”
Since she wouldn’t answer, I could only look at Ethan.
Ethan turned his head to avoid my gaze.
“Sister, Lily is just bothered by my presence” Emma snake in
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Ethan turned his head to avoid my gaze.
“Sister, Lily is just bothered by my presence.” Emma spoke up to explain, then shifted her gaze to Lily, “I’m just friends with Ethan. If my sister–in–law minds, I can leave right away!”
Lily didn’t speak.
Seeing this, I rubbed Lily’s head, my eyes on Lily but my words directed at Emma, “We spent twenty minutes on the road, and you’re still sitting here, so you probably don’t really want to leave, right?”
Emma’s smile froze.
They only knew about my emotional deficiency but weren’t familiar with me, so they didn’t expect me to speak so directly.
She controlled her expression well, quickly putting on a harmless smile, “Sister, don’t tease me.”
“Did she say anything wrong?” Lucas said calmly.
As far as he knew, this woman was the root cause of his brother–in–law’s marital discord.
Further deducing, she was also the culprit who prevented him from going home.
Lucas was a few years older than them, and had always been a leader among his peers. He had already fully taken over the family business, unlike these peers who still relied on family money. Many people in the room were a bit afraid of him.
Emma didn’t know how to refute for a moment.
“Brother Ward, Emma was just kindly mentioning it.” The guy next to Emma couldn’t help but speak up, “We can’t stop being friends with Ethan just because he’s married, right?”
Lucas’s tone was lazy and casual, “Friends can certainly meet, it’s just that some people use the name of friendship to deliberately upset others.”
“I didn’t.” Emma hurriedly refuted.
The corner of Lucas’s mouth curved slightly, “Don’t be anxious, I didn’t say who, I was just stating a possibility.”
I nodded approvingly.
Lucas had analyzed it for me a few days ago.
Emma might not really like Ethan, otherwise she wouldn’t have not gotten together with him all these years.
It’s just that losing an excellent suitor made her uncomfortable.
Moreover, Emma’s parents were known for favoring her, so perhaps later when she saw that Ethan seemed to have truly fallen for her sister, she started to feel dissatisfied.
The guy next to Emma wanted to say something more, but Ethan shot him a cold glare, “Stop talking nonsense here.”
But he never explained anything to Lily.
I let out a light sigh.
His stubborn personality was largely my fault.
After I was found and brought back home, my parents‘ lives revolved almost entirely around me.
They were too eager for me to get better, but the hope was so slim.
In the end, they made an almost cruel decision, which was to have another child.
If I was born out of pure love, then Ethan was born with the responsibility of taking care of me.
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3:10 PM
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If I was born out of pure love, then Ethan was born with the responsibility of taking care of me.
Under our parents‘ strict education, he had also once broken down.
I didn’t understand why he suddenly got angry at our parents, so I followed him to his room after he went back.
He opened the door and looked at me with difficulty, “What am I supposed to say about you?”
At that time, I was even worse than now, just blankly asking him: “Why did you say mom and dad don’t love you?”
Ethan was already half a head taller than me, he sighed and rubbed my hair casually, “It’s not that they don’t love me.”
“You wouldn’t understand even if I told you. One day when I get married, you’ll know what I want.”
I also gently rubbed Lily’s hair, “If you’re upset, just stay away from them.”
“Although it’s not very good, since Ethan married you, you can also ask him to stay away from these people.”
“No need.” Lily shook her head, “I know Ethan likes Emma, and I’ve just figured it out.”
She wiped away the tears in her eyes and looked at Ethan, “Let’s get a divorce.”
Ethan’s face suddenly changed, “What did you say?”
Lily repeated, “I admit I used some tricks at first, you didn’t want to anyway, so let’s get a divorce.”
Lucas looked at Lily with a complex expression and turned his face away.
The air pressure around Ethan was terrifyingly low, and no one spoke.
I asked in confusion, “What are you talking about? Didn’t he marry you?”
Lily smiled self–mockingly, “It’s just marriage.”
My expression became stern, what does she mean by “just marriage“?
“What do you think is worth the Hayes family exchanging marriage for?
“If a little trick could make you marry Ethan, would I have only had one sister–in–law?”
Born into the Hayes family, we naturally have the freedom to only be with someone we like.
We have no reason to compromise at all.
Lily looked up at me blankly, her lips trembling, “What do you mean?”
“Hah,” Ethan laughed coldly, “Who told some people to think I’m an idiot?”
He glanced at Lily and left the room with big strides, leaving everyone in the private room.
Emma was stunned.
I patted Lily, “Don’t you want to chase after him?”
She nodded, quickly wiped her eyes, and ran out after him.
Lucas and I briefly said goodbye to the people in the room and also walked out.
We had just walked a few steps when suddenly Lucas pulled me forcefully into an empty private room.
“Hm?” I made a confused sound. What was he going to do?
Lucas locked the door and didn’t turn on the lights bugging me
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Lucas locked the door and didn’t turn on the lights, hugging me tightly in the darkness.
“I’m sorry.”
“What’s wrong?” I was even more puzzled.
“I just realized something.” Lucas’s face nuzzled against my hair, “I’m such a fool.”
“Why are you crying again?” I frowned in confusion.
“You liked me before we got married, right?”
What else could it be?
“Right?” Seeing that I didn’t answer, Lucas slightly raised himself, pinching my chin, “Aria?”
I looked at his moist eyes and nodded, “I liked you when we were dating.”
Why else would I marry him? What a silly question.
“Dating?” Lucas was stunned, “You think we dated?”
I pushed his hand away, my brows furrowed into a knot, “Yes, for two years and three months.”
What on earth is he doing being so strange?
“Two years and three months?” Lucas laughed inexplicably, “So that’s how it is.”
“What are you talking about?” I recalled earlier, from when Lily proposed divorce, he had been very strange.
“Does Aria think that once you confirmed I liked you, we were together?”
I nodded, “What else?”
If I didn’t like him, I wouldn’t have called to ask if he liked me.
Since I called to ask him, and he said he liked me too, weren’t we a couple then?
He didn’t answer, just leaned close to my ear and chuckled softly: “Today we can finally go home together.”
I didn’t understand why he changed the topic so quickly, but I still responded, “I haven’t asked Lily if she’s coming back.””
“Ethan won’t let her leave.” Lucas’s eyes were full of tenderness as he pinched my nose, “And she should be moving back.”
I didn’t understand, but since Lucas said so, it must be true.
