Just as they were about to say something, Lena's phone rang. She pulled it out. It was Ethan who was calling. Lena gasped. She nervously glanced at Aria and turned around to answer the call. "Mr. Walker!" In a second, she switched to a fawning respect. Aria pursed her lips, hoping that Lena could hold up her acting skills, or else their family's prosperity and wealth would be in danger. On the other end of the phone, Ethan asked in a deep voice, "Where are you?" Lena responded, "At the company entrance!" "Stay there!" He did not ask what she was doing at the company. He just left two words and hung up the phone. Aria came up behind Lena. "Was that a call from Mr. Walker?" Lena nodded. "Yes." After what happened earlier, Lena was even more uncertain about how to face Ethan. Should she apologize first? Or should she continue to cover up with lies? Especially now that Marcus was already suspicious. Could she continue to hide this? The more she thought about
Back at the Eclipse Court.Ethan Walker and Lena Hayes got out of the car, and the driver quickly sped off. Lena initially wanted the driver to take her back to the dormitory, but as she watched Ethan's cold, noble back, she did not dare to say anything and could only sheepishly follow him.When they got home...Ethan glanced at Lena."When are you moving your things here?"Lena's heart skipped a beat!"Do I really have to live here?" She struggled with her words.She really did not want to!As she looked at Ethan, she felt quite tense. Standing face-to-face for such a long time, she was afraid that she would not hold back and start blabbing about what happened that night.A chilling glint passed through Ethan's eyes.Seeing this, Lena hurriedly nodded. "Then I'll move tomorrow."Ethan did not say anything further. He turned around, took off his coat, threw it on the sofa along with his phone, and then entered the master bedroom.Lena stood at the entrance, patted her chest, and let o
Lena's heart pumped rapidly! Feeling Ethan increasingly getting out of control, her heart grew much more terrified. "I can't, Mr. Walker!" With a forceful struggle, she broke free from Ethan's potent hold, escaping from his arms like a fleeing animal. Still somewhat drunk, Ethan fully sobered up amidst her sudden movements... The warmth in his eyes faded, only leaving their usual frostiness! Looking at her murderously, his cold gaze made Lena's chest contract, and she weakly called out, "Mr. Walker." Just the name "Mr. Walker" sobered Ethan up significantly. He commanded in a deep voice, "Go to sleep." Sleep? Upon hearing the word "sleep", Lena got even more frightened, trembling as she asked, "Sleep... Where do I sleep?" Clearly, the previous situation had scared her quite a bit. She was still somewhat in shock. Ethan listened to her silly question, the warmth in his eyes dissipating. Upon noticing her frightened expression, the corner of his lips curled up
Upon waking, Ethan Walker felt a heavy weariness enveloping his body. Noticing something odd, he pulled back the covers, and what he saw made him grimace. Damn it. Why would he have had a wet dream? Perhaps it was related to the woman from the hotel that night, he thought. There was no turning back after experiencing certain... experiences. Thinking back to that night in South City, Ethan wished he could find that woman and make sure she knew of his pain. Meanwhile, Lena Hayes, who was making breakfast in the kitchen, shivered inexplicably, followed by a hearty sneeze. It was then that her phone vibrated on the counter. Seeing that it was Mia calling, Lena answered it. "Hey, Mia." "Did you only give Leon two hundred bucks last night?" "Oh, relax, he won't die anytime soon!" Lena retorted. Leon shouldn’t have let his inflated machismo get the better of him. Now, he deserved a taste of his own medicine. Although she had helped him out of a pressing predicament, the thrill of a
In the end, Ethan made a simple English breakfast. Lena had some difficulty adapting to the taste, but she still forced herself to eat some. She was still wearing the shirt that Ethan had given her the previous night, as the clothes from the night before had not been washed due to the previous mishap. So no matter how she looked at it, she was going to take the day off. Ethan looked at her struggling and said, "Don't enter the kitchen in the future. You can't make anything good anyway." That was an understatement. The food she made was practically a tragedy. She'd managed to burn both the egg and bread in her first attempt, and in the second attempt, she'd simply boiled plain noodles. On the third attempt, she had scalded herself. There wasn't a single time she had done the job well. Lena thought it was today's episode that had made Ethan unhappy. She whined, "I didn't do it on purpose." "That's not the point. It's because your cooking is bad and a waste of ingredients!" Lena c
In the Eclipse Court, Lena Hayes and Aria Reed, looking at the clothes that Ethan Walker had sent over, exchanged puzzled glances. Suffice it to say, his intention was lost on them. They were in a fake marriage. But his current actions… The head staff stepped forward and cleared up any confusion: "Mrs. Walker, these are what Mr. Walker ordered us to deliver to you. They are all in your size, so there's no need for you to trouble yourself trying them on." Both corners of Lena and Aria's mouths twitched. Especially Aria, who subconsciously glanced at Lena's injured foot. So, this was why Ethan had specifically instructed them not to make her try them on. How considerate could their stone-cold Mr. Walker be!? Lena's mind went blank. Seeing that Lena wasn't responding, the worker called out again: "Mrs. Walker?" "Yeah? Sorry, what did you say?" Lena snapped back to reality. But her mind was still clearly lagging. The staff had already taken out a pen and notebook, and respe
Whether Ethan Walker now had any suspicions toward Lena Hayes remained unknown. But after conferring with Aria Reed once again, Lena made a decision. She decided not to admit to anything that had transpired in South City that night! In other words, Ethan might have his doubts, but without any concrete evidence, no matter how he interrogated Lena, she would never break. Lena had finally managed to establish herself in the Lenkas City market. She could not let Ethan banish her under any circumstances. Aria left. Lena, as if waiting for a death sentence, was awaiting Ethan's return. But by noon, Ethan hadn’t returned; instead, someone from the Hales residence had come. It was Ethan's stepmother, Ella David. With manicured, blood-red nails combined with slender and white fingers, every move she made exuded flamboyant elegance. She pulled out a check from her bag, put it on the coffee table, and pushed it toward Lena. With cold, siren eyes glaring at her, she started. “Miss Haye
Hanging up the phone, Ethan Walker looked at the surveillance footage on his computer, not caring whatsoever about Lena Hayes' dispute with Ella David. Since he did not believe any of it at all. On his computer screen was the footage. It was currently very quiet, a chilling kind of silence. Ever since Lena took him home, there had been no one coming out from or going into the room. The longer the footage played, the darker Ethan's eyes grew. He picked up his phone and dialed a number. The call was quickly picked up from the other end with a respectful, "Sir!" "Release the news of the wedding..." Ethan's eyes sparkled with a forbidding coldness. It was about time that he put paid to some people's dreams, he thought. At the Eclipse Court, Lena felt an intense chill envelop her body, compelling her—for reasons unknown to her—to wrap her blanket tighter around herself. The cleaning lady, Ann, had just finished sweeping the entire house from top to bottom. Now, she was in the kitchen p