“Then why didn’t you delete Belle and Nora?” Clara asked Ethan.
Why should she delete Daniel?
“Because it’s unnecessary,” Ethan said.
Clara asked, “Why is it unnecessary?”
Ethan looked at Clara. “Are you worried that something might happen between me and them?”
One was Ethan’s first love.
One admired Ethan.
One was stunningly beautiful.
One was valiant and heroic.
Shouldn’t she be worried?
“If I wanted something with them, what would it have to do with you, the daughter of the Everett family?” Ethan said coldly.
That line again.
She really wanted to say: If I had something with Daniel, what would it have to do with you, Ethan?
Anyone could say such things.
It was just a matter of courage.
Ethan dared to say it.
She did not.
“But I have nothing with Daniel… If you don’t delete Belle and Nora, I won’t delete Daniel. You can’t demand others to do what you won’t. Delete Nora and Belle, and I’ll delete Daniel,” Clara said.
Ethan gave Clara a deep look.
He took out his phone, opened WhatsApp, found Nora and Belle, blocked them, and deleted them in one swift motion.
Clara watched as he blocked and deleted them.
She hadn’t expected Ethan to so decisively block and delete Nora and Belle.
Now it was her turn?
Her turn to block and delete Daniel?
Ethan looked at Clara with an expression that said it was her turn.
There was no way out.
She had said it herself.
As long as Ethan deleted Nora and Belle, she would delete Daniel.
So she did.
Clara obediently deleted Daniel in front of Ethan.
In the future… if she met Daniel and he asked, she would say it was an accident.
That was the only way. What else could she do?
Ethan glanced at Clara and said, “If you dare to add him back secretly… if I find out, you’re dead.”
“I’m not that kind of person,” she said.
Since she had promised Ethan to delete him, she wouldn’t secretly add him back.
“Then you can’t add Nora and Belle back either,” Clara said.
If she had to do it, they both had to do it.
Ethan plastic friendsav without saying anything.
He, Ethan, once he deleted someone, he wouldn’t add them back.
On the other side, Daniel was chatting with Clara. When he sent another message, he received a red exclamation mark: Your message has been sent but was rejected by the recipient.
He frowned handsomely.
Had he been blocked?
They were having a good conversation. They were discussing where to eat tomorrow. Why was he suddenly blocked?
Clara wouldn’t block him on her own.
So… it must have been Ethan.
Ethan saw their conversation and deleted him.
What did Ethan’s action mean?
Was he not allowing Clara to have any contact with other men?
He didn’t know the situation between Clara and Ethan… He thought that given the circumstances under which Clara married Ethan and Ethan married Clara, their relationship couldn’t be good.
Maybe Ethan was just using Clara to get back at Iris.
But if that were true… why would Ethan make Clara block him?
Could it be… that Ethan had feelings for Clara?
Thinking of this possibility, Daniel frowned even more deeply, feeling very agitated.
If Ethan really had feelings for Clara, trying to take Clara from Ethan would be almost impossible.
The Novak family was only slightly better than the Everett family. The Logan family was like a towering tree to the Novak family. They couldn’t shake it at all.
Even a withered leaf falling from the towering tree would cause turmoil for the grass below.
Daniel felt a deep sense of powerlessness.
Why did his opponent have to be Ethan?
They were the same age. Why was there such a big gap between them?
Clara was actually very worried that Daniel would text or call her to ask why she suddenly blocked him.
But after waiting for a while, Daniel didn’t ask her. She quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
It seemed… she couldn’t have dinner with Daniel tomorrow.
Not just tomorrow, but the day after tomorrow, and all the days after that… she couldn’t have dinner with Daniel anymore.
Ethan… was too dictatorial and controlling.
He wanted to control everything.
“I’m going to sleep…” Clara said to Ethan. She put down her phone and turned her back to him to sleep.
Ethan glanced at her without saying anything more. He also turned off his phone and went to sleep.
Actually… Clara wasn’t asleep yet.
After a long time, hearing the even breathing behind her, she carefully turned over and looked at Ethan’s sleeping face in the light from outside.
Ethan… why did he insist on her deleting Daniel?
Why did he think Daniel had ulterior motives towards her…
Could it be… that he was jealous?
He was jealous…
Thinking of this possibility made Clara’s heart beat fast and her face blush red.
Just now… she didn’t dare think this way.
Only now, when Ethan was asleep, did she dare secretly think this way.
Thinking about it made her smile lightly. She slowly closed her eyes and went to sleep.
Ethan… was jealous indeed.
In the morning, Clara got up.
Ethan also got up. They washed up together and then went downstairs for breakfast.
While eating breakfast, Ethan said to Clara, “We’re going back to the Logan family tonight.”
Clara replied, “Oh.”
But inside, she felt a bit happy.
She had been wondering whether she should go back today or not.
If she didn’t go back, would Ethan get angry again?
But if she went back… leaving home like that and then going back just like that… felt a bit humiliating.
Now that Ethan asked her to go back…
It felt like Ethan was asking her to go back.
She felt inexplicably proud and smug inside.
She thought… it was like Ethan asking her to go back.
Although he didn’t say it outright, his actions showed it…
Coming to find her in the middle of the night and staying with her at Sycamore Apartments for a day… wasn’t that coaxing her to go back? Didn’t he want her to go back?
But because he was Ethan, he couldn’t bring himself to ask or coax directly… but his actions proved it already…
That’s how it was.
“Next time… if you dare do this again, I’ll break your legs,” Ethan said.
What nonsense?
At noon, Clara ate lunch in the school cafeteria and then walked out of the school gate, planning to go back to Sycamore Apartments for a nap.
Just as she reached the school gate, she saw Daniel standing under a tree by the roadside.
Daniel must have come to find her.
Daniel hadn’t called or texted her to ask why she blocked him. Now he came directly to the school.
Clara felt very awkward and panicked… She wanted to turn around and go back into the school as if she hadn’t seen Daniel.
Otherwise, she really didn’t know how to explain it to Daniel.
“Clara…” Daniel saw Clara.
Clara’s body stiffened. She couldn’t escape now. She had no choice but to turn around and face Daniel with a stiff smile. “Daniel… why are you here?”
Daniel came up to Clara and said, “I came to see you.”
Clara replied, “Oh.”
Daniel smiled at Clara.
Clara felt guilty and couldn’t look Daniel in the eye.
“Daniel… is there something you need?” Clara asked.
Daniel had come specifically to find Clara.
He didn’t want to call or text her… That would be too easy for Ethan to catch on to something.
Right now, he couldn’t compete with Ethan at all.
If he really angered Ethan, and Ethan decided to go after the Novak family, his actions would bring disaster upon them.
Most importantly… he wanted to see Clara in person.
So he came to the school to find her.
“Clara, why did you block me on WhatsApp? Did I offend you somehow? Did I make you angry?” Daniel asked as he looked at Clara.
Clara looked at Daniel at this moment…
She had an illusion that Daniel seemed very wronged…
No, it wasn’t an illusion. Daniel should indeed feel wronged…
Being blocked for no reason would make anyone feel wronged…
Clara looked at Daniel, not knowing what to say.