“For example, I could hire a private detective to get evidence of your infidelity and split your assets.”
“Or, I could put some slow-acting poison in your food, making your body deteriorate day by day until you eventually die,” Clara said, increasingly pleased with herself.
She thought each of her ideas was brilliant.
That day, Ethan had really angered her, and she was ready to act on her threats.
Ethan scoffed dismissively.
The girl’s ideas were too naive.
“What are you laughing at?” Clara frowned.
“If you really made me a eunuch, that’s intentional injury. Even if you had the ability and luck to hurt me, you wouldn’t escape the consequences,” Ethan said calmly. “As for getting evidence of infidelity to split my assets, that’s nearly impossible. I wouldn’t let you get any evidence. If I were to cheat, I’d be extremely discreet. Besides, my shares are all pre-marital assets and have nothing to do with you. As for poisoning me slowly, I have a comprehensive health check every month. You wouldn’t be able to get colorless, tasteless poison, nor could you secretly put it in my food.”
“And of course, now that you’ve told me all this, I’ll naturally be on guard against you in the future, making it even less likely for you to succeed,” Ethan said with a smile.
Clara’s face turned completely dark. She thought Ethan was too cunning.
But Clara had an even nastier trick up her sleeve.
“You think that’s all I can do?” Clara said smugly. “I could take compromising photos of you and release them if you provoke me, letting everyone see.”
Ethan looked at Clara and suddenly started taking off his clothes.
“What are you doing?”
“Aren’t you going to take photos?” Ethan looked at Clara with a half-smile. “I’m cooperating with you.”
Shameless.
Ethan quickly took off his shirt, revealing his well-built chest.
Although Clara had been intimate with Ethan many times, she had never dared to look closely at his body due to shyness. Now that she did, she realized he had an excellent physique. His chest muscles and biceps were slightly bulging, giving a strong impression. His skin was fair and smooth, very aesthetically pleasing.
As he breathed, his chest muscles gently rose and fell. This gave Clara an inexplicable sense of shame, making her blush and look away, unable to continue looking.
Seeing Clara’s shy reaction, Ethan scoffed lightly. “Aren’t you going to take photos? Hurry up. Do you need me to pose for you?”
Clara’s perception of shamelessness was completely overturned by Ethan.
If it were anyone else being this shameless, she would find it normal. But… he was Ethan, usually aloof and seemingly devoid of emotions.
How could he be so shameless?
Clara blushed as she looked at Ethan, momentarily unsure how to retort.
“What?” Ethan raised an eyebrow at Clara. “Scared?”
Clara was furious!
Scared?
What would she be scared of?
She wasn’t the one being photographed; why would she be afraid?
“Why would I be scared?” Clara said, trying to stay calm.
Ethan raised an eyebrow. “Not scared?”
Clara nodded seriously. “Yes, not scared.”
Ethan gave Clara a deep look but said nothing more as he reached for his belt.
Clara watched wide-eyed as Ethan’s actions unfolded.
Why was he unbuckling his belt?
What was he planning?
“Why are you unbuckling your belt?” Clara asked.
“Aren’t you taking photos?” Ethan countered. “Or… do you want to take them with my clothes on?”
“Wait.” Clara stopped Ethan.
Ethan looked at her. “Scared? Don’t dare to take photos?”
What was there not to dare?
Alright.
She actually didn’t dare.
Whenever she had been intimate with Ethan before, she hadn’t dared to look at him directly.
She found it very embarrassing.
Clara took a deep breath to calm herself and said to Ethan, “No, I don’t have a camera.”
Ethan said calmly, “You can use your phone.”
Clara: “… The phone’s resolution isn’t good enough. Your body is so great… the phone can’t capture your handsomeness.”
Ethan nodded. “Hmm, you’re right.”
Clara quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
She felt a sense of joy and relief as if she had narrowly escaped danger.
Ethan glanced at Clara.
Did the girl think he hadn’t noticed her sigh of relief?
Did she think he was blind?
Ethan turned and walked towards the closet.
Clara thought he was going to get some sleepwear from the closet.
But after a while, Ethan came out holding something in his hand.
Although his physique was impressive, this situation made her feel quite embarrassed.
It was hard to know where to look.
If she looked at his body… he might think she was a lecherous woman.
If she looked at his face… Ethan’s face was so captivating that looking at it for too long could make someone fall for him.
Clara didn’t know where to look until her gaze fell on what Ethan was holding in his hand.
It was…
Was Ethan so enthusiastic about taking photos?
“Here.” Ethan came up to Clara and handed her the camera.
The camera had some weight to it, and Clara almost dropped it when she took it without paying attention.
“This is the best,” Ethan said.
The best?
That meant it was the most expensive.
Originally, she had planned to ‘accidentally’ drop the camera and break it, but now… she didn’t dare anymore.
After all, she feared Ethan would make her pay for it.
And she might not be able to afford it.
“It will definitely capture the beauty of my body,” Ethan said.
“I… don’t know how to use it,” Clara said.
Ethan: “… Really don’t know how?”
Clara nodded. “Yes.”
She really didn’t know how to use it.
She could use a simple point-and-shoot camera that just required pressing a button. But this big gadget in her hand clearly needed adjustments like focusing and such.
Ethan gave Clara a look and said, “I’ll sign you up for a photography class.”
Sign her up for a photography class?
So that… after learning, she could take photos of him?
What kind of fetish did Ethan have?
Clara: “… Oh.”
Ethan said, “You need to study hard.”
Clara felt like his next sentence would be: Study hard so you can learn quickly and come back to take photos of me soon.
“… Yes.” Clara nodded solemnly.
She thought Ethan might be a pervert.
She figured she should make this pervert dislike her soon so he would kick her out.
Otherwise, with this pervert’s behavior… she felt like he was holding back some big move, preparing to deliver a fatal blow in the end.