Clara had just picked up her phone when a WhatsApp message came through. It was from Stephanie.
Stephanie: Madam, are you okay?
Clara: Why wouldn’t I be?
Stephanie: Mr. Logan seems upset.
Stephanie: Is Mr. Logan really angry?
Clara: … Yes.
Stephanie: I knew it.
Clara: What do you know?
Stephanie: From my years of experience in the field of romance, it looks like Mr. Logan is jealous.
Clara: Jealous?
Stephanie: Yes.
Stephanie: Your neighbor is so handsome, and you two were chatting so happily that Mr. Logan couldn’t get a word in. He’s definitely jealous.
Stephanie: I never thought I’d see the day Mr. Logan would be jealous. It’s quite surprising.
Stephanie: I always thought, with Mr. Logan’s cold demeanor as if he had no emotions, he’d never understand love in his lifetime.
Stephanie: Madam, you’re amazing.
Clara blushed as she read Stephanie’s words, her heart pounding rapidly… She had once suspected that Ethan might be jealous of Daniel, but it was just her suspicion.
Moreover, she felt like she was being self-indulgent with her suspicions.
More than anything, she couldn’t believe it. She couldn’t believe Ethan would be jealous for her.
But now… Stephanie had said it too.
Could it be… Ethan was really jealous?
Jealous of Daniel?
Clara felt shy, nervous, and excited all at once.
She couldn’t help but glance back through the glass of the floor-to-ceiling window to sneak a peek at Ethan inside the house.
At that moment, Ethan suddenly looked up at her…
Clara’s face turned bright red, and she quickly turned away, her heart pounding even faster as if it might leap out of her chest.
Clara placed her hand over her heart, trying to calm its frantic beating.
Ethan raised an eyebrow, feeling inexplicably… a little better.
Had Clara just been sneaking a look at him?
Such timid behavior.
She didn’t even dare to openly look at her own husband and had to sneak a peek.
Ethan stood up and walked towards Clara.
Clara was trying to calm her racing heart when she suddenly heard footsteps approaching.
She turned around…
And saw Ethan coming towards her.
Her heart, which had just started to calm down, began to race even faster again.
Clara blushed as she looked at Ethan.
He was coming over.
What did he want?
What was he going to do?
Ethan reached the balcony and stood in front of Clara, looking down at her from above.
Clara felt nervous and shy under his gaze.
Her face was flushed red.
Ethan looked at Clara’s blushing face, which was red because of his gaze, and lightly curled his lips into a smile. “Why is your face so red?”
She was taken aback for a moment, her face turning even redder as she instinctively touched her cheeks…
Her face was burning hot.
“I’m… a bit warm,” Clara said softly with a blush.
“Oh?” Ethan raised an eyebrow slightly, looking at Clara with a meaningful gaze.
Clara lowered her eyes nervously and shyly, her eyelashes trembling.
“If you feel warm, why are you outside? Why not stay in the room with the air conditioning?” Ethan asked.
He seemed to see through all of Clara’s lies with ease.
Clara: “… Then… I’ll go inside and enjoy the air conditioning.”
Clara stood up in a bit of a fluster, intending to return to the room.
Ethan moved a step forward, directly blocking Clara’s path.
Clara nearly bumped into Ethan again.
She took a step back, looking at Ethan blocking her way with a flushed face.
Why was he stopping her?
Didn’t he say it was cooler inside?
“It seems you’re restless,” Ethan suddenly said.
“… Huh?” Clara looked at Ethan in confusion.
What did he mean?
Ethan said, “A mind at ease brings coolness.”
She looked at Ethan, speechless.
A mind at ease brings coolness.
In this summer heat, with temperatures over thirty degrees outside, let him try that-see how a calm heart naturally cools down.
At this temperature, for a heart to naturally cool down, it would have to stop beating entirely… then it would be truly cold… cold to the core.
Clara looked at Ethan.
It was obvious that Ethan was deliberately making things difficult for her.
He was unhappy and wanted to take it out on her this way.
Clara felt a bit angry inside.
Men could be so inexplicable and unreasonable sometimes.
Looking at the unreasonable man in front of her, Clara gritted her teeth and asked boldly, “Are you jealous?”
Ethan was taken aback for a moment.
He looked at Clara.
He hadn’t expected Clara to ask him so directly all of a sudden.
This wasn’t like her style.
“Jealous?” Ethan raised an eyebrow slightly. In truth… his heart fluttered inexplicably for a moment, but his expression remained calm as usual.
Clara nodded. “Yes.”
Ethan asked blandly, “Jealous of whom?”
Clara said, “Daniel.”
She expected Ethan to refute or mock her for being self-indulgent.
But unexpectedly… Ethan remained silent.
She became nervous, excited, and shy again.
Could it be… Stephanie was right? Was Ethan really jealous?
Her heart suddenly felt like it had been dipped in honey-sweet and sticky.
“You think I’m jealous?” Ethan asked.
Clara: “… Isn’t that so? Because you saw me chatting happily with Daniel, you got angry and upset and dragged me away.”
So, Ethan was indeed jealous.
Ethan raised an eyebrow slightly and let out a cold laugh. He looked at Clara and asked, “So, when I see my wife chatting enthusiastically with another man, I should be happy?”
Ethan said, “Clara, I’m angry not because I like you or because I’m jealous… but because as my wife, keeping a distance from other men is a sign of respect for me and for yourself. I’m angry simply because you don’t respect me.”
Clara was dumbfounded.
Was this what he called disrespect?
She had just run into Daniel and chatted for a bit-was that disrespect?
“I’m just friends with Daniel; we chatted when we met… I didn’t have any improper intentions,” Clara said.
Ethan let out a dismissive sound.
That was more like it…
If she dared to have any improper intentions towards Daniel, he would make sure she regretted it by tonight.
“And what about you?” Clara suddenly questioned Ethan. “I chat casually with Daniel and you get upset and feel disrespected. But what about you? As a married man, dining with other women in fancy restaurants-what’s that about? Arranging for your ex-girlfriend to work under your nose-what’s that about?”
Men… such double standards.
Ethan raised an eyebrow. “So… are you jealous?”
Clara: “I am not!”
Clara blushed as she refuted him… yet inexplicably felt a bit guilty. Her voice and confidence seemed somewhat lacking.
“I… you’re the one disrespecting me,” Clara said with a blush.
Ethan: “… Oh.”
Just an “Oh” and that’s it?
Nothing more?
“I have no improper intentions towards them either, just like you with Daniel,” Ethan said.
Could she admit that during her youthful years she had harbored some improper feelings towards Daniel?
No!
She couldn’t say that.
Absolutely not.
Ethan already minded Daniel enough; if he knew she had once had feelings for Daniel during her youth, he’d definitely be angry and she’d be in trouble again.
“Then… look at you having candlelight dinners with Belle and letting Nora work at Logan Group-I didn’t get mad… So why do you get upset when I chat with Daniel?” Clara said with grievance.
Such double standards.