Chapter 535


    Doesn’t Dare to Face


    With that, Victoria left with ric.


    After she was gone, Ethan remained standing where he was. The leader from before came forward and


    told him about what happened in the tea room just now.


    Ethan listened silently, and his face was still expressionless after the leader finished talking.


    Noticing that he hadn’t responded, the leader asked, “Mr. Hudson, do you think that we should-”


    “Do what?”


    Before the leader could say more, Ethan sternly interrupted him.


    The leader was startled by the fierce aura Ethan suddenly disyed, so he shut up and stood where


    he was.


    “Choose your words wisely next time. You’re leading so many people, so you should know better than


    spouting nonsense.”


    The leader was upset about getting reprimanded, but he didn’t dare do anything. Hence, he had no


    choice but to suppress


    his rage.


    After making sure that there was nothing else to attend to, Ethan got up and went upstairs.


    He went straight to the room where Bane was grounded. When he arrived at the entrance, he saw


    Bane’s figure by the window with the curtains drawn shut.


    The curtains were parted by a sliver, and Bane was observing the outside world through the tiny


    gap.


    Victoria came, but he didn’t want to see her. Yet, he longed for her so much that he had to peek at her


    from a distance away.


    Ethan instantly feltplicated emotions in his heart when he saw that.


    He stood at the door for as long as Bane stood at the window. After a while, it seemed like Bane had


    entered his private world.


    It was so long that when Ethan walked up to Bane, thetter didn’t notice Ethan’s presence at all. “Mr.


    Morison, if you truly want to see her, why did you refuse to meet her just now?”


    Ethan’s voice suddenly rang out in the room. Bane, who was engrossed in his thoughts, narrowed his


    eyes and turned around to re at Ethan.


    “Who allowed you toe in?”


    Faced with Bane’s interrogation, Ethan could only exin, “Old Mr. Morison said that I should stay with


    you 24/7. They’re gone now, so I have nowhere else to be.”


    Bane sneered coldly at Ethan’s words.


    “Is that so? I don’t think you’ve been this loyal before, Mr. Hudson.”


    When he addressed Ethan, Bane stressed every single syble.


    Ethan knew that Bane was talking about him letting Victoria go back then, so he pursed his lips for a


    moment before saying, “I’ve followed you for so many years, Mr. Morison. As long as you don’t do


    anything illegal, I’ll follow you forever.”


    After a pause, he continued. “Of course, if you disobey thew, I’ll try my best to get you on the right


    track.”


    However, no matter how Ethan expressed his loyalty, Bane’s lips remained curved in a cold smile. He


    didn’t pay any heed to Ethan’s words.


    Bane drew the curtains so that the window waspletely blocked, and the room fell into darkness.


    Ethan watched Bane’s actions, sighing helplessly in his heart before asking, “Why are you afraid of


    meeting Miss Selwyn, Mr. Morison?”


    Bane smiled in disdain.


    ”


    “Don’t push your ideas on me. What do you mean, afraid? She wants to return to that man, so why


    would I want to see her?”


    He spoke as if he didn’t care.


    Ethan was silent for a moment before saying, “You’re just scared to apologize in person, aren’t you, Mr.


    Morison?”


    Bane didn’t say anything, for those words seemed to have struck a chord.


    Bane immediately turned around and red at Ethan.


    “You wronged her, so you’re scared of seeing her because you’re not prepared to apologize yet.”


    Seeing that Bane was opening his mouth to deny it, Ethan quickly continued, “I’ve been with you long


    enough to know what you’re thinking. There’s no use denying it.”


    Bane fell silent.


    His dark eyes stared coldly at Ethan for a moment. Then, he spat cruelly through his thin lips, uttering,


    “Get out.”


    Ethan, however, walked over to the couch in the room and sat down emotionlessly.


    “Mr. Morison, have you forgotten what I just said? Old Mr. Morison wants me to stay with you 24/7.


    Seeing Ethan’s bold attitude, Bane red coldly at him, then turned around and went into another


    room.


    When Bane was gone, Ethan lowered his gaze.


    After leaving, Victoria sat in the car and gazed out the window. ric could only see her pale profile,


    but he didn’t know what she was thinking.


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    The car was deathly silent. A speeding car would pass by and make some noise, but the silence


    quickly returned.


    Seeing Victoria like that, ric said, “We can try again tomorrow.”


    Victoria was in a daze as she looked out the window, so when she heard what ric said, she paused


    for a moment beforeing to her senses.


    “Tomorrow?”


    She looked at ric. “Are weing here again?”


    ric nodded.


    “He has no reason to refuse to meet you, so there must only be one reason why–he doesn’t dare. face


    you.”


    Victoria was speechless.


    “In other words, he probably still needs some time. If he won’t see you today, we’ll try tomorrow. If he


    won’t see you tomorrow, then-”


    Suddenly, Victoria held ric’s hand.


    “It’s okay.”


    Victoria’s voice was soft and gentle, and she also held his hand lightly. ric slowly looked up at her


    after his gazended on their hands.


    “Since he doesn’t want to see me for now, let’s not go.”


    “Will you be happy if you don’t exin things clearly to him?”


    Victoria smiled in exasperation.


    “What is there to be upset about? It’s not like I want to be with him. I’m happy enough to know he’s fine


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    and that he’s just grounded.”


    At the very least, he wouldn’t have to be taken to court or sent to jail. They chose to settle things in


    private, so this incident wouldn’t affect his life in the future.


    When she visited Bane thest time, she thought that he would be sent somewhere, and she was very


    worried for him.


    Now, this oue was the best ending she could ask for.


    He wasn’t destroyed. Perhaps with time, everyone could return to their respective paths.


    His unwillingness to see her was the correct choice to make.


    At that thought, Victoria said affirmatively, “Let’s leave it at that. Why don’t we go home today? Or shall


    we stay another night here? After all, you told Nicole that it would take three to five days.”


    Her words made ric feel all sorts of emotions.


    As they chatted, he noticed that he was the one who wanted Victoria to meet Bane.


    He looked at her quietly for a bit, then said, “We won’t make it if we go back now, so let’s wait another


    day. If you don’t have any ce you’d like to go after waking up tomorrow, we can start our journey


    back.”


    Victoria pursed her lips and didn’t say more.


    Of course, she knew what ric meant by that.


    He was worried that she wasn’t in her right mind when she made the decision today, so he wanted. her


    to stay another night here. It wouldn’t be toote if she woke up and changed her mind


    tomorrow.


    She sighed to herself.


    That was the only thing Victoria could do when faced with ric in this state. She never thought that he


    would feel so insecure about her. What had she done in the past that made him feel like this?


    She felt as if her getting taken away by Bane wasn’t the only reason.