The more you chatted happily, the angrier Ethan became… Jealousy can make people quite terrifying.
The secretaries watched anxiously from the side.
They thought Clara was being foolish.
How could she chat so happily with another man right in front of Mr. Logan?
Couldn’t she see that Mr. Logan’s expression was growing colder and more unpleasant?
“Let’s go,” Ethan suddenly said, pulling Clara away.
“… Huh?” Clara was enjoying her conversation with Daniel. Suddenly being dragged away by Ethan, she stumbled a few steps and nearly fell. She managed to steady herself and waved back at Daniel, “Goodbye.”
She meant nothing else, just a polite farewell.
Then… she couldn’t pay attention to Daniel anymore.
Because Ethan was pulling her along, and she was wearing high heels, making it difficult to walk.
After walking about several dozen meters, Ethan stopped, and Clara, unable to stop in time, bumped straight into his back.
Her nose stung, and tears welled up in Clara’s eyes instantly.
Ethan turned around to see Clara looking at him tearfully and pitifully.
A sense of helplessness suddenly rose in his heart.
Really foolish.
“Did it hurt?” Ethan asked.
Clara nodded.
“Serves you right,” Ethan said.
Clara glared at Ethan angrily, feeling that he was simply inhuman. Who caused her to be like this?
Not only did he not care about her or apologize, but he even mocked her for deserving it.
It was simply outrageous.
Clara angrily shook off Ethan’s hand and walked away.
Was she throwing a tantrum?
Ethan couldn’t help but reflect again. Had he been too good to the young girl, leading her to become increasingly bold in front of him…
Typical of being spoiled by favor.
He missed the obedient and timid girl from before. Back then… whatever he said went, and she never dared to contradict him.
And now?
Ha… not only did she dare to chat and laugh with an older neighbor man in front of him, but she also dared to shake off his hand.
Ethan followed her.
Although Clara had shaken off Ethan’s hand, she still returned to where Ethan had parked the car. Ethan arrived too, glanced at her, and got into the car.
Clara obediently got into the car as well.
Clara sighed inwardly, feeling that she really had no temper.
If she truly had a temper, she should have turned around and left, then run away from home and ignored Ethan.
But… she didn’t dare.
At most, she dared to shake off Ethan’s hand and nothing more.
Actually, deep down, she still feared Ethan. But… after slowly getting to know him, she realized that although Ethan was cold, he wasn’t unreasonable, and his temper was manageable.
So gradually, she became less afraid.
But… just less afraid; ultimately, she was still scared.
Ethan kept a cold face, focusing on driving without acknowledging Clara.
He knew that his cold demeanor was still quite intimidating… so he kept it cold to let Clara know he was angry and reflect on herself properly.
The car drove steadily on the road.
Ethan focused on driving without saying a word…
At first, Clara felt justified, thinking she hadn’t done anything wrong while Ethan acted like a lunatic suddenly dragging her away. Clearly, he was the one at fault.
But now… with Ethan not saying a word and looking secretly at him with an unpleasant expression, Clara began to feel guilty.
Was Ethan angry?
But what right did he have to be angry?
He was the one acting like a lunatic.
Shouldn’t she be the one who’s angry?
But… Ethan was angry.
What should she do?
Should she apologize first?
But she hadn’t done anything wrong.
Clara believed that one should have principles.
If it wasn’t her fault, she shouldn’t apologize.
She wouldn’t yield.
She wouldn’t give in.
Clara turned her face away towards the window. Angry? So be it.
Who was afraid of whom?
Ethan glanced at Clara, who had turned her face towards the car window, smirked coldly…
Good for her.
Very tough indeed.
Hopefully… she’ll always be this tough, never apologizing or begging for mercy.
They returned home.
Grace was sitting in the living room watching TV. Seeing them return, she smiled and asked Ethan, “Ethan, how was Nora’s first day at work today?”
Ethan replied indifferently, “Ask her.”
Then he walked away.
Grace watched Ethan’s back. As his mother, she understood him well. Although he seemed normal on the surface, he was angry…
“What’s wrong with Ethan? Who made him angry?” Grace asked Clara.
Clara: “… I don’t know.”
Even if she knew, she wouldn’t say it.
If she told Grace that she made Ethan angry, Grace already disliked her and thought she wasn’t good enough for Ethan. She believed marrying Ethan was ruining her outstanding son… If Grace knew that not only did she not appease Ethan but also made him angry…
Grace would undoubtedly scold her harshly without hesitation.
Grace frowned and said, “You’re Ethan’s wife. Now you’re also working in the secretary’s office with him all day long. How can you not know who made him angry? What use are you?”
Clara could only obediently endure the scolding.
Grace wanted to continue scolding when Clara said, “Mom… I’ll go back to my room first.”
Then she quickly escaped.
Grace was furious.
She felt that Clara really didn’t take her seriously. She was still lecturing Clara here, and Clara dared to interrupt her and leave.
She knew that Clara was being arrogant because of Ethan’s backing and didn’t take her as a mother-in-law seriously at all.
The young girl was too naive at such a young age.
Did she really think that in a family, having a husband’s favor was enough?
Grace took out her phone and messaged Nora on Whatsapp.
Grace: Nora, how was your first day at work today?
Nora: Auntie, it went well.
Grace: Nora, I noticed that Ethan seemed a bit unhappy when he came back. Did someone upset him?
Nora: I don’t know; no one upset him…
Grace: Oh.
Nora: But… could it be Clara?
Grace: Clara?
Nora: I don’t know. We were fine during lunch. Later we met Clara’s neighbor; Clara seemed quite happy talking with him, and then Ethan suddenly got angry.
Grace: Clara’s neighbor?
Nora: Yes.
Grace: Was it a man or a woman?
Nora: A young man, very handsome.
Grace frowned in silence.
From Nora’s description, could it be… that Ethan got angry because Clara was chatting with another man?
Was Ethan… jealous?
Hehe.
Grace couldn’t help but laugh mockingly. She didn’t understand what part of Clara, a woman who couldn’t be more ordinary, attracted Ethan so much that he would even get jealous over her now.
In her understanding, her son should be above all others and see all women as insignificant… Even though she liked Nora and hoped Nora would become her daughter-in-law, she didn’t want Ethan to like Nora too much either.
She liked Nora and hoped Nora would become her daughter-in-law simply because Nora was her choice. She believed that if any woman could barely match up in Riverton, it would be Nora.
But just because Nora matched up with Ethan didn’t mean Ethan had to like Nora.
Her Ethan shouldn’t like any woman at all.
Women should only be tools for passing on the family line for him; he shouldn’t invest emotions in them.
No woman should be an exception!
Grace’s face darkened.
Ethan and Clara returned to their room. Ethan didn’t acknowledge Clara and went straight to the closet to change into casual clothes.
Clara felt a bit awkward.
After Ethan changed his clothes, she also went into the closet to change into casual clothes and then came out.
Ethan sat on the sofa playing with his phone.
Clara quietly took her phone and played with it on the side… not daring to play near Ethan.
Ethan sat on the sofa in the bedroom playing with his phone while Clara obediently went to sit on the balcony sofa to play with hers.
Ethan glanced at Clara.