Ethan's POV I scoffed, taking my hand off the wall behind her and stepped back a little bit.“Oh, I see. You can now talk, I thought you've gone mute the past couple of days, turns out I was wrong about you, once again.”She swallowed thickly, then looked into my eyes once more.“Are we at least staying for the dinner?" She asked.“You've decided that yourself, why are you asking me again." I fired back.It's so hard trying to not just get so mad at her to the extent of wishing I never met her or that we crossed paths in the first place.But looking into those big, brown eyes, I somehow found myself finding it hard to believe that she cheated on me.I really want to believe that she got pregnant before we got married, but the time frame doesn't correlate, she definitely got pregnant days before the wedding, and she was aware of the marriage before then.“Get out." I said through gritted teeth.Anastatia looked at me in question and I reported those two words again. She ran out of the
Annelise's POV “Get out." Ethan repeated.How cold his eyes suddenly grew controlled my legs against my wish. It's as though he's constantly having a battle with himself on what he wants to do.One minute he's talking to me, though his face and voice always so cold, the next he wants me out of his sight and his life.I really want to apologize to him, tell him that I didn't cheat on him and neither do I have a secret boyfriend somewhere but I'd find myself retreat.He doesn't look like he even wants to know I exist anymore, let alone wanting to hold a conversation like that with me.I ran out of the room and went through the same hallway we came through, but somehow I got lost. I found myself at a door that has ‘emergency exit’ written on it.I pushed it to find it open. The view behind the door made me step out fully, it's a garden.The calming breeze and scent from the flowers made my worries and fears fly away instantly. I closed the heavy doors behind me and entered the den of f
Annelise's POV We entered the house back, or could I say Ethan dragged me back inside. The moment we got behind the door I passed to the garden earlier, Ethan stopped suddenly“I know you're lying, what you said out there about what Ken really wants is a lie. I do not care about that, but where I'll step in is where you start keeping secrets with Ken."He was glaring hard at me, his eyes boring into mine as though he's trying to see what I'm hiding through my eyes.“I'm not lying." I muttered.He broke eye contact with me almost immediately, he paced the floor of the hallway.“All you do is lie, lie, lie. Have you ever said a truth your entire life?!" He yelled.I flinched at the hardness in his voice, “You really think I'm a fool to believe that? To think that Max and Rex has been searching for you, everyone thinks you're missing.”"Not knowing that you're out here with Ken, probably strategizing how to get in his own pants too.”A gasp escaped my mouth, I couldn't almost believe th
Annelise's POV “Is there anything on her face?" Ethan's voice broke through the air.The other family members who have been really quiet and have only been gawking at me since I came in all looked back at their plates with so much force.I looked at Ethan and mumbled a 'thank you'. That was when I noticed the red mark on his face that has my finger imprint on it.It wasn't that noticable but very obvious when you sit that close to him, I didn't know the slap has this kind of effect on him.It looked so painful that I found myself wincing too. Ethan noticed my stare on his face and raised up an eyebrow in a questioning stance.I looked away then started eating, trying so hard to ignore the heated stares of people on me.~“Goodnight." Amanda escorted us to the door.“Good night." Ethan and I said simultaneously.She stood by the door, watching as Ethan and I walked to the car with his hand on the lower part of my back.Ethan opened the car door for me, waiting till I was sitted well b
Annelise's POV “Why are we here?" I asked, not making the move to get out.“Isn't it obvious? Get out and let's go in so we can get home quick." He replied.“I said I didn't need any medical treatment, let's just go home." I said stubbornly.“This is not the time to act stubborn at all, I'm not cut out for that, open that door and let's go into the hospital." Ethan said authoritatively.I didn't answer him, I kept looking ahead as though he wasn't talking to me. I told him earlier already that I didn't need to be treated, it's my body, not his.Ethan suddenly opened his own door, he got out with so much force then banged the door, closing it.“What the f*ck?!" I yelled when he pulled open my own door and wrapped his arm around my waist, effectively taking me out.“One of us has to be reasonable and you know really well it's not me, being stubborn wouldn't get us anywhere. Stay calm and allow me take you in, you don't want to attract attention to yourself, trust me.” Ethan said.He tur
Ethan's POV When I got back to the room, she was sleeping already. Her face was relaxed, nothing like the person who was arguing on whether she wanted to get treated or not.I still find it hard to believe that she wanted to cover up an injury as huge as that, it was too deep to be ignored that it might have gotten infected if not treated today.I gently picked her up, careful to not touch her stomach at all. Her dress rode up but I looked away so as not to look like a pervert.That dark ink on her thigh peeked out again but I was only opportuned to see it for a millisecond, I could swear that I've seen that somewhere before.I walked out of the room with her in my arms then continued down the hallway.“Ethan….” She mumbled in her sleep that I halted almost immediately.I can't even remember the last time I heard her call my name, it's not like we've even talked, let alone calling each other names.My jaw clenched once more as I realized that this too might just be a facade. I'm conv
Ethan's POV I ran out of the room with so much force as though I was being compelled to, or could it be because it was Anastasia who screamed?I burst into the room through the doors which I pushed with a lot of force that it was as though the door would fall off.Angela was in the room too, she was on the floor on the other side of the room while Anastasia was on the far edge of the bed, her chest was heaving up and down.“What happened here?" I asked, looking at Anastasia in particular.“I was trying to take off her clothes then she freaked out and kicked me really hard away from her.” Angela replied."Why did you switch off the lights, and your hand was roaming my body, you weren't taking off my clothes.” Anastasia countered."I- I turned off the light because I thought it would be better that way.” Angela stuttered.She just keeps doing things that makes her look more suspicious as each day passes by.“Better in what way, Angela? The light issue aside, why were you touching her i
Ethan's POV “I'm here to see you concerning your wife, or who you think is your wife." I stared at her blankly, “You mean, Anastasia, your sister?" I asked.“Yes, and she's only my half-sister, more reason we don't look alike. She's not who you think she is. I noticed that you both have been somewhat close and you might have even started falling in love." She started.Though I have tons of work to do, it's going to be somewhat interesting too if I allowed her say her mind.“She's very wicked and a bully. Trust me, you don't want that kind of person as the mother of your children, you deserve better." She said."If you could explain more on how I deserve better, do you think there's anyone in particular that's the ‘better’ you're talking about?” I asked.“Not really, I just think you need to read the signs before you and you'll find just the right person.” Now I see where this is going….“Like I said, she's a big bully. She's still acting all nice and good in your front now because