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?”

a wicked look. “I don’t want a divorce now.” He brushed his slender fingers across her cheeks. “Mrs. Miller,

if he had brought her the news half a month ago. After learning the truth, she merely felt sick at his touch. “Let go of me! Ethan, I want a divorce

lifted her without much difficulty. She was averse to his embrace, which was once

strength, she was too weak from chemo to fight against him. Olivia struggled while he placed her in the backseat of the car, and by the end

“Ethan, what exactly do you

I want?” Ethan loosened his tie, a

was stupid enough to set you free just for you to date another man? I underestimated you. You swore you’d never sign the divorce papers, but in no time, you started dating another man.

with a headache, Olivia felt

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

her with indifference, “Everyone in the world deserves happiness, just not

into his wintry eyes that glimmered with threat. Then, she heard him muttering the brutal words, “I have the final say

her cheeks. Olivia noticed that his

bear witness to his

their car weaved its way out of the barriers, she spotted a long queue of cars on the opposite side of the road. At the head of the traffic jam was a Porsche Cayenne that had crashed into

Olivia paled when she learned that Keith had gotten into a crash right after dropping her off. She

smart enough not to stop the car for her. Instead, he ignored her screaming and drove on. When she attempted to force the door open, Ethan yanked

attention to Dad at the hospital because we’re

cheek and said, “Oh, that’s

my dad sponsored Jodie—no, Leia’s studies. Even if they had a relationship, I don’t believe that Dad would hurt

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