Ha.
A petty person who gains a little success.
She was celebrating too early.
Clara saw Belle’s face turn pale with anger, yet she forced a smile. Clara’s own smile grew even wider.
In truth, she didn’t want to target Belle.
But Belle… women understand women. The way Belle looked at Ethan was filled with obvious admiration.
Last night’s romantic candlelight dinner and just now, trying to get close to Ethan…
All of this was a slap in the face to her as Ethan’s wife.
No matter why or under what circumstances she and Ethan got married, she was still Ethan’s wife.
What right did Belle have to slap her in the face?
Clara felt she was becoming arrogant.
In the first few days of their marriage, she was very afraid of Ethan, afraid he would retaliate and torment her… but after a few days, aside from the trouble he caused her in bed, he seemed to treat her quite well otherwise. Gradually, she became less afraid of him.
Last night, despite her unreasonable behavior, Ethan didn’t do anything to her.
“Miss Dean, what’s wrong?” Clara looked at Belle and asked with a smile, “You don’t seem happy.”
Before Belle could answer, Clara turned to Ethan and said, “Honey, is Miss Dean unhappy because of me? Does she not like me?”
Instead of being put in an embarrassing situation by Belle, Clara would rather do so to Belle.
She knew well, Belle might appear to be a cool and sassy woman on the surface, but she was just an Angelic bitch.
Jason had arranged for them to have dinner here. How could it be that Belle just happened to be nearby?
It must have been planned by Jason and Belle together.
As for their purpose… she didn’t know yet, but it was nothing more than a woman’s thoughts.
She thought Belle was really stupid.
Although she looked smart, she was actually really stupid. Why couldn’t she understand that if Ethan really had feelings for her after knowing each other for so many years, they wouldn’t still be just friends?
If Ethan really liked Belle, he wouldn’t have been engaged to her sister.
Belle looked at Clara.
Clara was smug.
She liked it when others couldn’t stand her but couldn’t do anything about it.
“I don’t dislike you, Miss Everett,” Belle said with a smile.
Clara tilted her head and asked innocently, “Really?”
Belle nodded. “Yes.”
Clara smiled. “That’s a relief. I was really worried you didn’t like me. You’re Ethan’s long-time friend, and I don’t want to cause any conflict between you and Ethan because of me.”
Belle shook her head with a smile. “No.”
Clara nodded. “That’s good. But… Miss Dean, you shouldn’t be so formal and distant by calling me Miss Everett anymore. After all, I’m married now and not a little girl anymore. You can call me by my name or…” She glanced shyly at Ethan and said bashfully to Belle, “Call me Mrs. Logan.”
Clara looked at Belle.
Belle gave Clara a deep look and said, “Then I’ll call you Clara.”
Clara nodded happily. “Yes.”
Belle was so irritated by Clara that she didn’t want to talk to her anymore.
She had underestimated Clara.
The seemingly young and innocent girl wasn’t without scheming thoughts.
She turned to chat with Ella, Zoe, and Ava.
The four women chatted happily, ignoring Clara and isolating her in the process.
Clara didn’t mind.
Did Belle think she would care?
Her relationship with the other three girls in the dormitory wasn’t very close; they were just ordinary roommates.
“Honey, try this.” Clara smiled as she served Ethan some food.
Belle pulled her roommates to isolate Clara.
Then don’t blame her for being impolite.
Hmph… although her relationship with her roommates was ordinary, she wouldn’t be polite to those who harbored ill intentions towards her.
Ethan glanced at Clara, who blushed.
She felt that Ethan must have seen through her little trick.
Deliberately showing affection in front of Belle to provoke her.
It was quite embarrassing.
Ethan ate the food Clara served him and said, “Thank you, honey. It’s delicious.”
In an instant, Clara’s face turned bright red.
Ethan… actually called her honey.
Although she was nominally Ethan’s wife… this was the first time he called her honey. She didn’t know why but felt very shy, her face flushed and heart pounding.
Belle, Ella, Zoe, and Ava were chatting happily but also paying attention to Clara and Ethan. Seeing their interaction made Ella and the others envious and jealous.
They envied Clara’s good fortune in marrying Ethan and being so affectionate; they hated that it wasn’t them who married Ethan.
Belle’s heart sank deeper and deeper.
She felt that today’s carefully arranged plan with Jason was simply a joke.
Originally, they wanted to embarrass Clara.
But unexpectedly, not only did they fail to embarrass Clara, but they also ended up being provoked by her both openly and secretly.
Belle had close business cooperation with Ethan. She knew that tonight Ethan had an important social engagement. So she had Jason pick up Ella and the others and invite Clara to dinner together.
Then provoke Clara to make her invite Ethan out.
She originally thought that Ethan didn’t care about Clara and would definitely refuse Clara’s invitation.
If Ethan refused Clara’s invitation, it would prove that he didn’t care about Clara at all.
But unexpectedly, Ethan came.
He came for Clara, which meant he must have postponed his important engagement.
Belle felt really upset.
Clearly, delaying work for a woman had never happened even with Iris… Ethan had never delayed his work for Iris before.
But why did he do it for Clara?
Didn’t he care about Iris but cared about Clara?
But why?
Belle couldn’t understand why. Clearly, Iris was Ethan’s fiancee. Because of Iris’s betrayal, Ethan married Clara. Before this, Clara almost didn’t exist in Ethan’s world.
But just because they got married, why did Ethan start caring about Clara?
Belle was preoccupied with her thoughts while chatting with Ella and the others, obviously distracted.
Ethan looked at Clara’s blushing face.
He found her slightly scheming appearance… quite cute.
Reciprocity is important.
Since Clara served him food, he should also serve her food.
Ethan served some food into Clara’s bowl.
Clara blushed even more as she looked at Ethan in surprise.
Ethan said the classic line: “You’re too thin. Eat more.”
It seemed like men always said this when serving food to women.
Clara’s face turned even redder. Was Ethan concerned about her?
“Thank you… honey,” Clara said shyly in a low voice. She was extremely embarrassed.
Ethan nodded lightly.
Clara lowered her head and silently ate the food Ethan served her.
Actually, it wasn’t food she liked.
But it was served by Ethan.
Just now when she served food to Ethan, he graciously ate it. She couldn’t refuse to give him face now.
If she didn’t eat it, Ethan might get angry.
Seeing Clara quickly finish the food he served her, Ethan thought she might really like this dish. Since he also liked it, he served her more of it again.
She glanced at Ethan.
Ethan looked at her.
What else could she say?
Ethan personally served her food; what else could she do?
Eat it.
Even if she didn’t like it, she had to eat it bravely.
Clara quickly finished the food again.
Ethan served her more food again.
Ethan suddenly found joy in feeding someone else.
Clara: “… I’m full.”
No more fun for him then.
“Since Clara is full, how about we go sing karaoke later?” Jason suggested with a smile.
Clara was about to speak when Ethan interrupted her.
“She won’t go.”
No.
She wanted to go.
Since Jason invited them, it meant that during karaoke Belle would definitely try something else. She wanted to see what other tricks Belle had up her sleeve.
Jason glanced at Clara and asked Ethan with a smile: “If Clara isn’t going, then how about you come with us?”
Ethan replied indifferently: “I’m not going either.”
That made things awkward.