Chapter 6

He was trying to use our marriage to threaten me.

How ironic. A man who claimed to be a husband and father didn't even know his wife and daughter were dead.

The man who should have been arranging our funerals was instead drinking merrily, without a care in the world.

"Did you get it? Bring the kid to see me tomorrow!"

After he sent the message, a simple "OK" came in reply.

It wasn't from me, but from Ethan.

I followed Jack to the restaurant.

Emma only wanted to stay at home and watch the strange lady, worried the latter might throw away her treasures.

When Jack saw that Ethan had come to the meeting instead of me, he trembled with anger.

He had always felt inferior, believing he couldn't measure up to Ethan.

When Ethan became the head of the Lane family, Jack fell into a depression for quite some time.

Even though I constantly emphasized that I loved him, not Ethan, he still occasionally feared that one day I would abandon everything to pursue my first love.

Little did he k