"You weren't like this before. You never behaved this way with me," Jenny muttered, clenching her hands tightly. "You've changed.""Yes." Ethan retorted without even delaying a second."You're not the Ethan I knew anymore." She sighed."You're right." Ethan gave a small nod. "I've learned to live with self-respect instead of letting everyone mistreat me just so I could feel loved. I've learned to love myself before giving my love to anyone else.”The waiter arrived and placed the drinks on the table.Jenny took her black coffee while Ethan reached for his mocha strawberry latte.He took a sip before placing the cup back down.Jenny watched him for a moment. “So, it's the so-called marriage that changed you like this, then let me ask you one thing, do you really believe my aunt is sincere with you?""Yes."The answer came so quickly that Jenny's expression changed."You didn't even think about it." "I don't need to." He replied calmly, Jenny frowned at his response. “What's so good in

"Because I know you." Scarlett walked toward him and took the seat beside him. "Those photographs show you talking to Jenny. They don't show me what you talked about, moreover just a photo cannot prove that you're having an affair behind my back.” Ethan studied her face to check the signs of her hiding real emotions or lying, but he couldn't find anything apart from her eyes looking for more desserts. “I mean, are you really not angry? You don't mind me meeting Jenny?”“I didn't say I wasn't disturbed."Her honesty made him pause."I just don't want to become the kind of wife who interrogates her husband every time someone sends me a photograph. I know you and Jenny have a past, but you've already moved on and devoted yourself to me," she explained gently. "Whatever you've gone through because of her, you might not be cruel enough to deliberately take revenge on her or make her suffer. At the same time, you're not foolish enough to give her another chance. If you had wanted to be wit

"You're finally back. I was beginning to think your important matter had turned into an all-day affair."Scarlett stepped through the door and immediately noticed Ethan sitting in the living room with his arms folded, an expression of exaggerated disappointment on his face.She placed her handbag beside the sofa and slipped off her shoes before glancing at him. "It didn't take all day. I just had something to deal with, see once I'm done with it, I came back for you immediately.”"Something important enough to make you leave without even letting me drive you? Came back immediately? In the evening?” Scarlett sighed softly. "You rarely get a break, so I don't want to trouble you. I want you to get some rest at home, and besides, I don't even know when these meetings will end. You waited for me for so long yesterday, and I don't want the same thing to happen again today. Didn't I tell you that I can handle it?”"You did."Ethan leaned back against the sofa and gave her a wounded look th

“What happened?”Ethan didn’t answer immediately. His eyes stayed on the message a moment longer before he locked the phone and set it on the table.Scarlett watched him closely. “You were smiling a moment ago, so why did your expression suddenly change?”“It’s nothing serious.”She raised an eyebrow. “That doesn’t look like nothing serious, we already decided no secrets in between us, why don't you tell me what exactly has bothered you….” Ethan picked up the phone again and turned the screen toward her. Scarlett read the message, and the warmth in her expression disappeared instantly.‘You should ask Scarlett why her engagement to Nathaniel really ended.’ She read it twice before raising her eyes toward him. “Someone is really determined to interfere with our personal lives.”Ethan nodded slowly. “That’s what it looks like.”Scarlett took the phone from his hand and read the message once more. “They sent this to you after everything we just discussed. How did they even know we were

"I considered that." Ethan answered calmly as he already looked into such a possibility.Scarlett leaned closer. "And?""I wouldn't have started investigating if I believed that was the only possibility."Ethan reached for his phone and opened several documents."The records I'm having Orion retrieve should give us a clearer picture. I want the original identification records, the fire investigation, the hospital records, and anything connected to the Wilson family's deaths."Scarlett looked at the screen. “If you've discovered something this huge, then why didn't you tell me earlier?"Ethan already thought of telling it to her on the same day, but he forgot to mention it because of those photos in between him and Jenny which were sent to Scarlett, and the next day Scarlett's fiance coming back, due to all these, he totally forgot to tell Scarlett about this matter.Moreover, he decided to take time before bringing up this matter, since he has no solid evidence yet.“Ethan, did you he