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?”

“I don’t want a divorce now.” He brushed his slender fingers

a month ago. After learning the truth, she merely felt sick at his touch. “Let

embrace, which was once her safe haven. “Let me go! Ethan Miller, are

fight against him. Olivia struggled while he placed her

him, “Ethan, what exactly do you

want?” Ethan loosened his

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. Are

grappling with a headache, Olivia felt a

up when I want to make it happen? You

she felt him lifting her chin, telling her with indifference, “Everyone

his wintry eyes that glimmered with threat. Then, she heard him muttering the brutal words,

his shoulders hung by both sides of her cheeks. Olivia noticed that his exquisite wool coat was perfectly smooth. He went about with his arrogant

would bear

of cars on the opposite side of the road. At the

that Keith’s car? Olivia paled when she learned that Keith had gotten into a crash right

for her. Instead, he ignored her screaming and drove on. When she attempted to force the door open, Ethan yanked her by the wrist, and she fell into his arms. He mumbled lazily, “Why? Do

close attention to Dad at the hospital because we’re alumni! There’s nothing between

that’s because … the more upset you are, the happier it

clutched weakly onto Ethan’s shirt despite her rage. She tried to keep her focus and explained, “Ethan, my dad sponsored Jodie—no, Leia’s studies. Even if they had

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