All Chapters of Forced Marriage With The CEO : Chapter 131 - Chapter 140

Ethan's POV I lazily pulled my eyelids opened to see Layla's peaceful expression as her head rested on my arm. With my free hand, I moved her hair out of her face taking in the beautiful scene in front of me. I felt like the happiest man alive, the surprise return and then last night, my life almost felt perfect. I had my family with mr now. I still couldn't shake off the weird feeling Layla was giving me but I figured eventually she'd open up about whatever was bothering her. It took a while for me to realize I could feel my arm, well the arm she was resting on. Blood circulation had been interrupted throughout the night. I almost laughed as I accessed my predicament. I didn't want to wake her but I also didn't like the numb sensation I was getting from my arm. I tried to slowly replace my arm with a pillow and half way through, her eyes slightly open. I froze, so much for being careful. She lifted her head, gently taking the pillow from me and replacing my arm with it, well I

Ethan's POV I watched as Layla closed her eyes and gently closed the bedroom door. I had noticed that she had lost weight lately but I didn't expect the migraine that came next. She was at home pretty much all the time yet she was sick. "What's up with her?" Lucas asked the moment I stepped into the kitchen "She woke up with a migraine, she'll be fine. She says it's too much screen time." I hoped she was right. I didn't like seeing her like that. "You two are adorable." Lucas chuckled and took a seat. "So what's new?" I assumed the position I had been in when Layla had interrupted us. "Yeah, that. So I talked with my contact in Japan, the reports came back in." I tried reading his expression but his face was stern *Spill." "We were right about the phone, so the last call that came in around the time Layla said she got Aria back was a number that just started calling her all of a sudden about a week before...It was saved as "Him" which doesn't really confirm anything. At first

Ethan's POV"Weren't you doing anything before?" He said it so plainly I felt stupid, he was definitely on a mission to frustrate me."I'm just messing with you, I get what you mean. The thing is you actually are doing something. You're in charge off keeping them safe while I look for the bastard. That way I don't have to split my attention." It didn't feel enough, it felt like the kid's share of the work. I wanted to know I was helping catch Sedar."Ethan, this isn't something to joke about. I want this to be over fast too. But you really need to take their safety more serious that the urge you have to be Batman." He smirked and pat me on the shoulder."Okay " I accepted what he said and realized I could focus all my energy into making sure there's no chance for Sedar to get close to them. And if there is anything I know about people it was how we tend to get agitated when our plans don't work and eventually that anxiousness leads to mistakes."What are you thinking about?" He asked

 Ethan's POV "You have to make sure he can't get to me again." There was a slight pause before Lucas nodded reassuringly to him. He looked a bit scared but he spoke regardless. "Some guy approached me like last week, he said he wanted to help up with the troubles I was having with cash and everything but then he said I needed to do him a favor too."  So we were right, it was the boyfriend Sedar had used to get to Kim. The decision in what we'd do with whatever he told us wasn't made.  "What was the favor?" Lucas asked a question in between each sentence and the scene was starting to resemble the FBI interrogation scenes they showed on TV. "He said he needed someone to run an errand for him in Japan. I said no because I thought he was trying to make her a sex worker or something. Then he kept pushing it and eventually he wasn't asking, h

 Ethan's POV I couldn't get what Lucas had said out of my mind, Sedar wanted to be caught? Why? Why would he go through so much trouble if he wanted to be caught. "If he wanted to be caught then why did he use Matthew and Kim, manipulate them into being his pawns" I had asked in the car on our way back  "That is exactly my point, he asks amateurs who have no connections to do something so crucial to his whole revenge tactics. That's just sloppy."  "Shouldn't we be happy he made a mistake at something?" "Something just feels off, that's all I'm saying. The probability that Kim would have failed was way too high, even I wouldn't take a risk like that." He shrugged his shoulders and we ended the conversation there. I had tried not to think about it after that but the fact that Lucas thought something was off was making me feel like somethi