Even After Death by Lilting Champ

Olivia lifted her head with a sarcastic smile on her lips. “What a smart question. Did you forget that you were the one who wanted a divorce?”

He ignored her jibe and inched closer with a threatening air. “Were you with him for the past few days?”

At the close distance, she noticed the iciness in his bloodshot eyes, and his face contorted into an aggressive scowl.

She flatly denied, “No. He dropped me off because it was hard to get a cab on a snowy day.”

Ethan smirked. “Olivia, don’t you know that you always stare upward when you’re lying? You haven’t changed that habit at all. Did you suddenly agree to the divorce after one year of dragging your feet, all because of that man? Did you vanish and leave behind your dad because of him too?”

Olivia did not bother to cook up an excuse, knowing that it’d only be an insult to Ethan’s intelligence and make herself look guilty.

She swiftly steered the topic of conversation, “That’s not important. Let’s get the divorce over with.”

He grasped her wrist to stop her. Even though he didn’t use force, she felt the pain shooting through her arm, causing her to frown at him. There was a streak of madness in his face.

He hissed coldly, “I thought that a divorce was the best punishment for you, but I have changed my mind.”

Caught by surprise, she blurted out, “What did you say?”

brushed his slender fingers across her cheeks. “Mrs. Miller, does that

ago. After learning the

which was once her

placed her in the backseat of the car, and by the end of it, she looked like she just had an

“Ethan, what

Ethan loosened his tie, a mocking look in

enough to set you free just for you to date another man? I underestimated you. You swore you’d

with a headache, Olivia felt a heartache upon hearing the

you want a divorce too? Why are you acting up when I want to make it happen? You were the one who had an affair first. Why would you

chin, telling her with indifference, “Everyone in the world deserves happiness,

threat. Then, she heard him muttering the brutal

his exquisite wool coat was perfectly smooth. He went

soon, she would bear

of cars on the opposite side of the road. At the head of the traffic jam was a Porsche Cayenne that had crashed

car? Olivia paled when she learned that Keith had gotten into a crash right after dropping her off. She screamed desperately,

she attempted to force the door open, Ethan yanked her by the wrist, and she fell into his arms. He

close attention to Dad at the hospital

said, “Oh, that’s because …

Ethan’s shirt despite her rage. She tried to keep her focus and explained, “Ethan, my dad