On the contrary, he still seemed to appreciate his ex-girlfriend and thought highly of her?
Was she intentionally pretending to be magnanimous?
Or was she really… foolish?
“I am the best, naturally, only the best is worthy of me,” Ethan said.
She looked at Ethan.
Although he was indeed outstanding.
But if someone else said that, it would be considered narcissistic. Coming from him… it seemed shameless.
“So, we got together,” Ethan said.
Clara: “… then… who pursued whom?”
She was curious.
Could a man as self-absorbed as Ethan pursue a woman?
“Is pursuing necessary?” Ethan asked.
Was it not?
Ethan said, “We just naturally ended up together.”
Oh.
Understood.
“And then?” Clara asked.
Ethan looked at Clara.
Was she really not jealous?
And… it seemed like she was very interested, just look at her gossipy expression… sigh, it’s really unbearable to watch.
“And then, after being together for a while, I felt our personalities weren’t compatible, so I suggested breaking up,” Ethan said.
Just like that?
So calmly?
No infidelity or arguments…
“How long were you together before breaking up?” Clara asked.
Ethan: “Half a month.”
Half a month is considered a while?
In just half a month, he felt that they were incompatible?
His first love ended after just half a month?
Can this be called a first love?
Today, when Belle mentioned it, she thought… there must be some earth-shattering love story between Ethan and Nora.
So it’s just this?
Is it really just this ordinary?
They got together in such an ordinary way and quickly broke up. Judging from Ethan’s calm and casual tone… one can guess that nothing earth-shattering or deeply moving happened in their love story.
“So… do you still love Nora now?” Clara asked cautiously.
Although his first love only lasted half a month… but the most unforgettable thing is always the first love because it’s the first time one’s heart flutters.
Moreover, Nora is such a beautiful woman.
Ethan looked at Clara.
She recalled.
He said the same thing to her sister… He didn’t want his marriage to be interfered with by the elders in the family, so he chose her sister from the lower class of socialites. It wasn’t because he loved her sister, but because he believed that her gentle sister would be a good and obedient wife and mother. That’s why they got engaged.
So… in other words, he was with Nora because he thought it was suitable.
And he was with her sister because he thought it was suitable too.
It’s just about suitability, not love, right?
Clara, who was only twenty years old, couldn’t understand Ethan’s way of thinking.
Why be together just because it’s suitable?
Isn’t being together because of love?
What’s the point of a relationship or marriage without love?
Although she hasn’t had a relationship so far, teenage emotions are always poetic. In her heart, she still longs for a romantic and passionate love affair.
Ethan is just an emotionless tool.
Perhaps everything in the world is only about suitability to him.
And what about her?
That’s what Clara wanted to ask.
But in the end, she held back.
She had already asked before.
Ethan had already told her.
It was just a stopgap measure.
Marrying her was just a stopgap measure.
She shouldn’t ask anymore.
If she really asked, Ethan might think she had some inappropriate thoughts about him.
For example… she fell in love with him…
But she didn’t.
She couldn’t and didn’t want to give Ethan that kind of misunderstanding.
Otherwise… who knows how he would mock her.
Ethan looked at Clara. The young girl clearly had something to say and questions to ask, but she didn’t say anything or ask anything anymore.
Ethan frowned.
He didn’t like it.
He didn’t like his hidden side.
He believed that there should be honesty between husband and wife.
Although they didn’t have much affection before marriage, as long as she obediently played the role of his wife and mother, he would give her the respect she deserved and all the rights she should enjoy.
And also his sincerity.
Like about Nora.
Nora and his first love were actually irrelevant and didn’t need to be mentioned. He didn’t want to bring it up because there was no need to.
But Clara asked.
As her husband, he should be loyal and honest with his wife.
She asked, he must answer.
She wanted to know, he wouldn’t hide it from her.
He also didn’t want her to hide anything from him.
“Is there anything else you want to ask?” Ethan asked.
Clara hesitated for a moment and shook her head. “No.”
Ethan raised an eyebrow. “Really nothing else?”
Clara nodded. “Hmm, really nothing else.”
Actually, she already knew everything she wanted to know.
Like what happened between Nora and Ethan, like how Ethan is an emotionless tool… she already knew.
“That’s enough for now,” Ethan said.
“Okay.” Clara prepared to go to sleep.
Little did she know, Ethan rolled over and pressed down on her body.
Clara looked at Ethan with wide eyes, innocent and bewildered.
Ethan’s handsome face came closer.
She finally realized again.
So this is what he meant by going to sleep.
—
Clara daydreamed during class.
She thought about the complex relationship between Ethan, Nora, Benjamin, and June.
June liked Benjamin, Benjamin liked Nora, Nora liked Ethan, Ethan married her, and Ethan and June were siblings.
What kind of pentagonal relationship is this?
It could be made into a novel.
One class ended while Clara was lost in thought.
It was already past eleven o’clock.
Time to go to the cafeteria for lunch.
Zoe and Clara went together.
They got their food and found a corner to sit down.
“Clara…” Zoe looked at Clara mysteriously and asked, “Did you ask your husband last night?”
Clara asked in confusion, “Ask what?”
Zoe said, “About your husband and Nora.”
She looked at Zoe suspiciously.
She suspected that Zoe was a spy sent by Belle to gather information.
Clara decided to tell her.
If Zoe wasn’t a spy, then it would just be harmless gossip between girls.
It’s normal for girls to gossip with each other.
If Zoe was a spy, then through Zoe’s mouth, she could tell Belle…
She knew that Belle deliberately told her about Nora and Ethan’s affair in order to make her confused and upset… This woman, once controlled by emotions, would do some unimaginable things.
Maybe… Belle wanted both her and Nora to suffer in their fight so that she could benefit from it in the end.
Maybe she wanted to see her become jealous and make Ethan disgusted with her.
Whatever it was, it was definitely not well-intentioned.
“I did,” Clara answered.
Zoe curiously asked, “What did your husband say?”
Clara said, “He didn’t say much. He just told me how they started and ended.”
Zoe: “… how did they start and end?”
Clara said, “They just naturally ended up together and then broke up because they felt their personalities weren’t compatible.”