Clara nodded.
Ethan went to say goodbye to his partners.
The partners left as they had other projects to attend to that evening.
Ethan walked over to Clara and said, “Let’s go.”
Clara nodded, “Okay.”
She smiled at Daniel and said, “Daniel, you and sister go home. We’re leaving.”
Daniel nodded.
Iris nodded too, her eyes lingering on Ethan.
Even though Ethan had said heartless things to her, he was still Ethan.
Ethan was a man who truly fascinated people.
Setting aside the Logan family’s background, Ethan himself was very attractive to women-handsome and aloof, like a god without emotions, seemingly indifferent to any woman.
But the more he was like this, the more he ignited a woman’s desire to conquer and curiosity.
Once you fell in love with such a man, it was not easy to extricate yourself.
Falling in love with him was easy, but not loving him was very difficult.
Iris knew that she and Ethan had no future. She should completely let go of Ethan and be with Alexander. That would be the right thing to do. Although Alexander wasn’t as good as Ethan, being with Alexander was already a high match for her. If she missed Alexander, it would be hard to find another man as excellent as him.
But reason was one thing, and feelings were another.
Reason told her she should let go of Ethan and seize the opportunity to marry Alexander.
But emotionally… she simply couldn’t let go of Ethan. She still wanted something to happen with Ethan. She fantasized about Ethan suddenly turning back and choosing to be with her.
Iris watched the backs of Clara and Ethan.
Suddenly, she smiled and asked Daniel, “They… actually make a good match, don’t they?”
Daniel also looked at the backs of Iris and Ethan without saying anything.
Iris smiled.
—
Ethan had been drinking, so they took a car home.
Back in the room, Clara had just put down her phone and was about to take a shower when Ethan suddenly pounced on her like a wolf.
He pinned her down on the bed.
“Ah…” Clara was startled and looked at Ethan in surprise and confusion. “What… are you doing?”
Why did he suddenly pounce on her? What did he want?
Even if he wanted to…
They were already home; they could take a shower and do it comfortably and cleanly.
Now, she smelled of sweat, and he reeked of alcohol…
Ethan pressed her down without saying anything or making any moves. He just looked down at Clara with deep eyes.
Clara felt uneasy under his gaze.
What was wrong with him?
Why was he staring at her like that?
“What’s… wrong?” Clara asked cautiously.
Ethan’s handsome face moved closer, his breath smelling of alcohol sprayed onto Clara’s face, making her blush.
Clara looked at Ethan in surprise.
Ethan lowered his head and bit Clara’s lip.
“It hurts…” Clara frowned and exclaimed.
“It will hurt more later,” Ethan said in a rough voice.
Was he going to bite her again?
Clara was very afraid of pain.
And she found Ethan quite scary…
—
Afterwards…
Clara curled up in the blanket.
She felt embarrassed.
Even though this seemed to have become a nightly routine, she still felt shy.
Moreover… Ethan had too many tricks now.
Yesterday they went to a love hotel with a romantic bed… today he forced her to call him brother.
At first… she didn’t want to call him that.
But Ethan forced her.
Ethan’s tricks… were really too many.
She was driven nearly to collapse by him, and in the end… she complied with his wishes.
She really didn’t understand men’s psychology.
Clara lifted the blanket and looked at Ethan smoking a cigarette.
She noticed something.
Ethan didn’t actually have a smoking habit.
He usually didn’t smoke at all.
But… after every time they finished, he liked to smoke.
Clara nervously asked Ethan, “Are you… someone who respects the elderly and loves the young?”
Ethan looked at Clara, not understanding why she suddenly asked this question.
Although the girl was simple-minded and wore her heart on her sleeve…
Her thoughts were sometimes so wild that he really didn’t know what she was thinking.
Ethan took a puff of his cigarette and then blew smoke towards Clara.
“Ugh…” Clara choked again.
She frowned at Ethan.
This man… was too mean.
Always blowing smoke at people.
“I’m not,” Ethan said.
He actually said he wasn’t?
He… really…
“Then you must be someone who knows shame?” Clara asked unwillingly.
Ethan: “… No.”
Clara was taken aback.
She… was furious!
She turned over and pulled the blanket over her head again.
Too angry.
Ethan was such a scumbag.
He didn’t respect the elderly or love the young, nor did he know shame.
Would he force her to say even more outrageous things or do even more outrageous things in the future?
She was about to go crazy.
Ethan looked at Clara.
Sometimes he really didn’t understand what Clara was thinking.
Was this… a generation gap?
Ethan went to take a shower.
When he came out of the shower, he saw Clara lying on the bed looking at her phone. He got into bed and glanced casually at her screen.
She was browsing some rental app.
Ethan leaned closer and saw that Clara was looking at houses to rent.
“Are you looking to rent a house?” Ethan asked.
Did she want to move out?
A cold glint flashed in Ethan’s eyes.
No way.
“Yes,” Clara said. “I don’t want to stay in the dormitory anymore. I want to rent a place near school so I can rest there at noon.”
The coldness in Ethan’s eyes dissipated.
So that’s what it was about.
He thought the girl wanted to move out entirely.
Thinking about Clara’s dorm mates, Ethan said, “You should indeed move out.”
Ethan added, “In the future, don’t get too close with your dorm mates.”
Clara looked at him puzzled. “Why?”
Had her dorm mates offended him somehow?
“Jason is not a good person,” Ethan said.
Jason wasn’t a good person?
She didn’t like Jason because it was obvious that Jason got along well with Belle… That night’s incident must have been Jason and Belle teaming up to plot against her. Although she didn’t know exactly what they were plotting against her for, it was definitely with ill intentions.