Her intelligence was definitely intact.
It seemed to make sense.
Ethan saw Clara like this and suddenly laughed.
“Yes,” Ethan nodded at Clara.
Clara looked at Ethan, wondering what his nod meant.
Nora watched Ethan and Clara, her heart sinking.
Ethan… he was ignoring her completely.
Even now, when she was in such a sorry state, Ethan didn’t say a word of concern, not even a worried glance.
In his eyes, it seemed there was only Clara.
And he was even speaking up for Clara.
Nora hugged herself tightly.
She felt so cold.
So cold.
Grace frowned and looked at Ethan. “Is this how you favor her?”
Ethan looked at Grace and asked calmly, “She is my wife. If I don’t favor her, who should I favor? Should I favor Nora?”
He glanced deeply at Nora and said coldly, “Who is she to me? Why should I favor her?”
Nora’s eyes instantly reddened as she looked at Ethan.
She never expected Ethan to be so heartless and unfeeling towards her.
Why?
Wasn’t she his first love?
Wasn’t first love supposed to be the most beautiful and unforgettable?
And why was he so blatantly favoring Clara?
She had targeted and schemed against Iris before… but Ethan had never openly favored Iris like this.
Why was it different with Clara?
“Mother…” Nora’s eyes were red as she tightly grasped Grace’s hand. “I’m a bit cold… I want to go back.”
Grace looked at Nora and said, “Let’s go. I’ll take you back.”
Nora nodded. “Yes.”
Grace and a few of Nora’s friends took her away.
Before leaving, Nora reluctantly looked back at Ethan.
But Ethan… didn’t even glance at her.
Her tears could no longer be held back and streamed down her face.
Ethan looked at the onlookers around him.
The onlookers slowly dispersed, discussing among themselves…
Everyone in their circle knew about Nora and Ethan’s past relationship.
Today’s incident seemed to them like a case of new love versus old love, vying for attention…
Ethan looked at Clara.
Clara also looked at Ethan.
“Are you scared?” Ethan asked.
“Huh?” Clara looked at Ethan in confusion. “Scared of what?”
“Being wronged just now, those suspicious looks… were you scared?” Ethan asked.
Clara shook her head honestly. “Not scared.”
She really wasn’t scared.
She hadn’t done it, so what was there to fear?
She hadn’t pushed Nora into the water.
Even if everyone wronged her, she could prove her innocence.
There were surveillance cameras all around the hotel… as long as they checked the footage, her innocence would be clear.
What was there to fear?
Ethan looked at Clara.
As he looked, he suddenly smiled.
His smile left Clara puzzled.
Ethan, this man, usually dignified and composed, rarely showed his emotions. Even when happy, he would at most coolly curl his lips… it was rare to see him smile with his teeth showing like this.
“Why are you smiling?” Clara asked, blushing.
Ethan restrained his smile and said lightly, “Nothing.”
Clearly sometimes timid to the extreme in front of him, cautious and afraid of making mistakes.
But at other times, she was very bold.
In such a situation just now, if it were another socialite, they might have been scared to tears.
Yet she could still say things that infuriated others.
Impressive!
Nothing? Then why smile?
Clearly there was something.
Smiling but not telling her why.
How bad!
Ethan took Clara’s hand. “Let’s go back.”
Clara nodded.
After such an incident, she didn’t want to stay here any longer either.
These people would surely gossip about her behind her back!
Sitting in the car, Clara frowned… thinking about it, she felt she hadn’t performed well just now.
“I think I didn’t perform well just now,” Clara suddenly said.
Ethan was taken aback. “What didn’t you perform well?”
Clara said, “I mean I didn’t perform well… Nora wronged me for pushing her into the water. I should have acted more anxious in my defense, saying it wasn’t me, that I didn’t do it on purpose… then casually mention Nora confessing to you… that way, the onlookers would think I was angry and jealous of Nora, which is why I pushed her into the water in a fit of rage.”
Clara continued, “Then everyone would blame me, insult me, call me heartless, demand the police arrest me for attempted murder… then wait for the police to come and check the surveillance footage… once they see it, they’d know I was innocent. Then… imagine the expressions of those who blamed and insulted me…”
What are young girls thinking these days?
“Sigh…” Clara sighed. “The main thing is… it was my first time encountering such a situation, no experience… next time, I’ll perform better.”
Ethan raised an eyebrow.
Still thinking about next time?
Clara looked at Ethan seriously. “Now… I finally understand why you felt Nora wasn’t suitable.”
Ethan had said that after interacting with Nora, they broke up because they were incompatible.
At that time, Clara wondered what could be so incompatible?
She thought Nora and Ethan were quite suitable for each other.
The most outstanding boy and girl in their circle, like a prince and princess, a match made in heaven.
But now she understood… Nora had the appearance of a princess but the heart of a witch.
She wasn’t some naive girl either.
Living in this world requires some cunning and calculations of one’s own.
But having malicious intentions is unacceptable.
Such a Nora… how could she be worthy of Ethan?
Ethan raised an eyebrow. “Oh? You understand?”
“Yes,” Clara nodded seriously. “Nora is not straightforward. Honestly, she likes you; you know it, I know it, everyone knows it. If she competed with me openly and fairly, I’d respect her more. But using such crude methods to frame me… she fell from grace in my eyes instantly.”
Yes.
Clara used to think Nora was a true goddess.
Now, the goddess had fallen from grace.
Just an ordinary person now.
Ethan: “… Fair competition?”
Clara nodded. “Yes, fair competition.”
“Competing with other women for your husband, you think that’s fair competition? We’re already married; do you think… that’s fair to other women?” Ethan asked.
Clara was taken aback.
It seemed true.
It seemed she had already won.
How could others compete?
“Unless…” Ethan looked at Clara coldly. “We get divorced… then I’ll give you and Nora a fair competition opportunity?”
Clara blinked and looked at Ethan.
Was he serious?
Could it be done this way?
But…
Judging by Ethan’s expression… it didn’t seem like he meant it seriously.
Moreover… his voice had changed too.
It had dropped several tones lower than before.
So…
Was Ethan angry?
“No… no need,” Clara said cautiously, recalling what Ethan had said before.
Ethan had said: Only widowhood, no divorce.
Their divorce day would be the day of her death.
“Really no need?” Ethan said coldly. “Isn’t this unfair to other women?”
She glanced at Ethan faintly and said, “I thought about it carefully… I think Nora is shameless. You’re already my husband; how can she still try to take you away?”
“Oh?” Ethan raised an eyebrow; his tone still cold. “Weren’t you talking about fair competition with Nora just now? Now you think she’s shameless?”
Clara said, “She is shameless. You’re my husband… mine; no one can compete with me for you. Whoever competes with me will face my wrath.”
She smiled ingratiatingly at Ethan.
Ethan glanced at Clara and plastic friendsav but didn’t mock her further… her words barely satisfied him.
Clara sneaked a glance at Ethan and seeing that he seemed to have calmed down, quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
Sigh…