Chapter 101

Ethan's voice turned noticeably colder.

I looked up at him with a gloomy expression.

The wind began to pick up, whipping my thin clothes against me. A chill ran through me, but I managed a small smile. "There's never been a distance between us. We were never really close in the first place." With that, I turned and walked away.

The house was in chaos when I returned. Everyone was frantically tending to Elene. Though she presented herself as under 18, the truth was that she was proof of Jack's infidelity after his marriage. She was only three months younger than me. As I slowly ascended the stairs, holding onto the railing, I overheard Elene sobbing

"I can't live like this anymore! It was so humiliating-everyone saw it! How am I supposed to face anyone ever again? It's all your fault! You're the ones who told me to drug Evelyn. She's only getting back at me!

"Evelyn!" she shouted, her voice full of hatred. "I'm going to ruin her."

I chuckled softly at that. Elene had been spoiled rotten. Her words were arrogant and full of self-importance.

noticed me as I went back to

that evening, the Hemington family came by. Jack made outrageous demands, asking them for a three-billion-dollar wedding gift. When they refused, Jack threatened them, saying neither family would have any standing left in

and Joseph were both still young, they decided not to hold an engagement party just yet. The engagement would be formalized after they graduated

study

in the chair,

I smiled. "Hello, dear father. Why the

the desk and smashing it onto the floor. "She's your sister!

stood up and faced him. "Drugging

"Isn't that

with everything you needed, and this is

pretense. I tapped on my phone, opened a recording, and

find a chance to drug Evelyn, okay? If you're

of

to surprised before returning back to anger. By the

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