Chapter 216


    J’s anger was still flickering inside her. Talking to Ethan was thest thing she wanted to do now.


    She picked up the phone and said coldly, “I’m having dinner with a client. I’ll call you backter.”


    She then hung up the phone before Ethan could say a word.


    The busy tone that came after his wife’s statement made Ethan’s face darken. He didn’t expect her to


    react like this. His fingers tightened around the phone as his heart sank.


    “Can’t you drive faster?” he asked in a low, but impatient voice. The atmosphere in the car instantly


    became tense.


    This question made the driver’s palms sweaty all of a sudden. He sensed Ethan’s mood and didn’t dare


    to disobey him. He stepped on the gas and maneuvered through the vehicles on the road.


    Meanwhile, in the restaurant, a waiter just served the dishes at the table of J and Kent. The


    tantalizing aroma wafted into their nostrils. The colors of the food made them look so tempting.


    However, none of these moved J. She didn’t have an appetite for it due to her fury. She just kept


    forking the steak on the te in a bid to vent her anger.


    “Ouch! That hurts!” Kent cried out, holding his chest.


    It wasn’t until this moment that J came to her senses. She looked up at him and asked in


    confusion, “What’s wrong?”


    Kent jerked his chin towards the steak on her te and responded, “I’m just speaking up for the steak


    on your te. If it could talk, it would say, ‘Ouch! That hurts!''”


    “Jeez! You’re so childish,” said J, rolling her eyes. She then looked down at her te and saw that


    the steak had several bright-red marks amidst its crusty brown exterior. Her anger no longer blinded


    her.


    Kent stopped making a joke about it. He quietly cut his steak into small pieces. Afterward, he


    exchanged her te of steak with his and began cutting again.


    While at it, he looked up at her with a smile and said, “Come on, eat something first to fill your stomach.


    You can worry about whatever that is bothering youter. But you can’t eat steak like that. They make


    the best steak here. Have a taste of it. I’m sure you will love it.”


    Despite Kent’s nudge and thoughtful help, J still couldn’t bring herself to eat. Her anger had made


    her appetite non-existent.


    “Oh, I see. Why don’t you eat both servings since it’s so good?” She supported her chin with one hand


    and sighed slightly.


    It finally dawned on Kent that all wasn’t well with her. He set down his cutlery and picked up the ss


    of wine beside him. As he poured some into his ss, he asked, “Penny for your thoughts? Tell me


    what bothers you. How about drowning your sorrows in wine?”


    Kent was a cunning man. He knew that alcohol could easily intoxicate women. As a result, he wanted


    to make things easier by getting J drunk first. He thought schemingly, ‘Damn, if I can make her


    drunk, it would be convenient for me to just take her to the room upstairs. Please fall for it!’


    Covering the brim of her ss, J stared at him with her eyes gleaming with vignce. She muttered


    politely, “I’m sorry. I can’t drink.”


    She had an extremely low tolerance for alcohol. No matter how she tried to control herself, she always


    ended up misbehaving after drinking. She had learned a lesson from what happened thest time. So,


    she didn’t dare to drink even though it would be nice to drown her sorrow.


    “Hey, why not? Are you afraid that you will get drunk?” A sinister glint shed through Kent’s eyes at


    this moment.


    “No, it’s not that. I have a stomach problem, so I can’t drink,” replied J, forcing a smile.


    “Don’t worry. The alcohol percentage in this wine it’s very low. It won’t upset your stomach. Just take it.


    I assure you that it would get rid of your dull spirit.” Kent put the ss of wine in front of her.


    “No, thanks, Mr. Perkins. I don’t want to risk it.”


    J gently pushed the winess towards him. He pushed it back, and thissted for a while. All of a


    sudden, someone grabbed the winess and gulped down its content at a go.


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    “I’m her husband, so I’ll just drink it for her.” Ethan heavily put the ss on the table. His eyes were as


    sharp as an eagle’s. The dim light made his facial features look deeper and colder. He was staring


    daggers at Kent.


    Under this intimidating aura, Kent was noticeably startled. Ethan only stood there and stared at him, but


    he sensed that he was a terrifying person. He suddenly felt the urge to pee. And he broke out in a cold


    sweat.


    ‘Oh my God! What is he doing here? How did he find me?’ J’s heart was pounding. She didn’t


    expect Ethan to show up here.


    Just as she felt weak in the knees, Ethan pulled her up roughly. “Let’s go.”


    Never did it ur to Kent that J’s husband woulde here. He had thought his mischievous n


    would be achievable tonight. Although he was a scum, he wasn’t stupid, so he didn’t stand up to Ethan


    in public.


    Ethan pulled J outside of the hotel. The cold night wind hit her immediately. She couldn’t help but


    shiver. Her teeth also chattered.


    “You said you were with a client. This is a hotel. Why are you here?” he asked with a sneer.