Chapter 59


    Marina stared at Ethan’s side profile throughout the confrontation. Ethan did not like publicizing his


    rtionship with Olivia, especially after the divorce. However, she noted that Ethan was triggered by


    Keith’s act of drinking on Olivia’s behalf.


    She turned her resentful gaze to Olivia when she realized divorce was not enough. It turned out that


    Olivia still had a ce in


    Ethan’s heart.


    Meanwhile, Keith was stuck in an awkward situation. A heavy silence hung in the air; none of the


    guests dared to make a move that might provoke Ethan.


    Keith knew that Ethan wanted to force him to give up on Olivia. Any man would have buckled under


    Ethan’s threat, but little did Ethan know that Keith had fallen too hard for Olivia. It was love at first sight.


    She was a wholly different person when they were younger. But he was too upied with college and


    studying abroad to make the rtionship happen.


    When he returned to the country, he learned that she had quit school to get married. He was dismayed


    at the shell of the person she had be, like a tree withering from neglect.


    He waited a long time until her divorce. He was always grateful for the time he spent with her, no matter


    how short.


    For the first time, the rule–abiding man followed his heart and gave his all for love. Keith, ignoring the


    threat, stared determinedly at Ethan.


    “It’s not your ce toment on that. You do know that your fiancée is right beside you, don’t you?


    You should focus on her. No matter what Olivia’s decision is, I will protect her well. I won’t hurt her the


    way her ex–husband did.”


    With that, he downed the contents in Olivia’s ss and mmed it on the table. He took her hand and


    muttered, “It’s gettingte, so I’ll send Olivia home. I shall excuse myself since you’ll be talking


    business.”


    Everly almost pped at Keith’s coolness. Yet Olivia seemed troubled.


    She knew that Keith was adding fuel to the fire, and if she went with him, Ethan would destroy the


    Rogers Family. She nned to stay, but he hauled her away.


    Worried, she looked at him. “Keith, you…”


    He gave her a gentle look and ced a finger on his lips. She left with him without ncing at Ethan’s


    expression. She could still picture his displeasure.


    Panicked, she lectured Keith, “You shouldn’t have gone against him openly. He’s a tough nut.


    Remember? You were lucky to have escaped the car crash unhurt. Keith, you knew my predicament. I


    can’t possibly love-”


    He took her other hand and nced at her tenderly. “Olivia, I know. But I’m an adult. I know what I’m


    doing. Ethan can be vtile, but he’s not tyrannical. If he’s angry at me, he wille at me, but he will


    leave my family out of it. I thought through the consequences before I asked you out.”


    Frowning, she wanted to exin that Ethan was different from what everyone thought of him. At least,


    in the past, Ethan would go mad if anyoneid a finger on her.


    Once, a senior at school cornered her in an alley and confessed to her. After she rejected him, he


    started getting handsy around her.


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    The next day, she heard that the senior had drunkenly fallen off a building in a freak ident and died


    horribly.


    The deceased’s family med it on Olivia, making a scene at the school and pping her across the


    face. Soon, their residence went up in mes a few dayster, and the entire family perished.


    She had thought it was a terrible coincidence until she found Ethan scattering white powder in his


    garden. She went up to take a better look and was shocked to learn that those were ashes.


    The family of that senior was not only dead but reduced to ashes.