Rebirth After Being Betrayed by My Husband by Isabella Reed

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The girl sitting in front of him didn’t even glance up as she snorted, “Can’t you see? Are you blind?”

Ethan blinked in surprise. Her blunt words would have angered anyone else, but not him. He wasn’t upset No one had ever dared to talk to him this way–yet, somehow, it felt refreshing coming from her.

“I can see just fine,” he said calmly. “But why are you getting drunk? Are you facing some kind of problem?”

“I don’t talk to strangers,” she replied flatly, still not looking at him.

“Then let’s change that,” he said with a small smile. “We could get to know each other, and then we wouldn’t be strangers anymore.”

“No,” she said sharply. “I don’t want to know you.

For the first time, Ethan felt at a loss. What could he do to make her talk to him? Helplessly, he muttered. “But I want to know you…. His tone took on a boyish charm, one he didn’t even realize he had.

She looked up briefly, her tone tinged with frustration. “Aren’t you ashamed to make such a request to a complete stranger? Who do you think you are, anyway? Some bigshot? Are you the owner of this place? Or maybe a king?”

Ethan blinked, stunned. This was the first time anyone had ever snapped at him like that. He pursed his lips slightly, feeling strangely amused. “Okay, okay. Don’t be mad,” he said gently, trying to placate her.

“Then stop bothering me!” she snapped again, grabbing another shot and downing it swiftly.

“I can stop,” he offered with a nod. “But only if you tell me your name.”

She paused for a moment, finally lifting her head to look at him. Her face was mere inches away from his. and Ethan froze. She was breathtaking. Her skin was flawless, her cheeks flushed a soft pink from the alcohol. Her lips, naturally rosy and slightly moist, were mesmerizing.

He couldn’t take his eyes off her.

“You really want to know my name?” she asked, her words slightly slurred but carrying an unintentional allure that sent his heart racing.

“Yes,” he said, nodding eagerly.

“Lily,” she said, her voice soft and hazy but so captivating it felt like music to his ears.

Lily.

It was perfect. “That’s

she interrupted, narrowing her eyes at him. “Didn’t you say you’d leave after getting

decided

at him, skeptical. “Why do you want to get drunk?”

head and smiled mischievously. “First, you tell

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makes sense,” she conceded, nodding slightly. He smiled, feeling victorious. But then her

downward in the most adorable way. “Even

voice steady and assuring. “I

one can help me… and I don’t need anyone’s help. This is my responsibility. They’re my family. I love

as he tried to decipher her words. Though her speech was cryptic, he understood enough to sense that her struggles were tied to her family. Judging by her modest clothes, she didn’t seem

he blurted out, his tone confident.

She looked up at him sharply, her lips curling into an enigmatic smile. “You want to help me?”

nodded, eager. “I can help with anything. Money, whatever you

she repeated, her tone laced with something akin to sarcasm–or was it anger? Ethan felt a flicker of doubt but quickly brushed it aside. He hadn’t said anything wrong,

time. “I have plenty of it, and it’s yours if it can solve your

felt a rush of satisfaction, imagining her gratitude and perhaps even affection for his generous offer. In his mind, this was the first step in winning her over, his noble gesture sure to make her fall

to notice the calculating glint in her

unreadable. “I’ll accept your help…

sweet, so disarming Ethan felt his heart skip a beat. The way

he thought to himself. My dear, just say the word. I’d fulfill not but all your

just one

he agreed with a firm nod, eager to

chuckled lightly, her laughter carrying a playful edge. “Close your eyes and count to twenty,”

ask for, this seemed… odd. But who was he to question her? This was the first time