Chapter 426 I Want A Divorce


    After getting off work, Ethan sat inside his car, staring at everyone leaving the Larson Group''s


    building.


    He didn''t start driving until he saw J walking out. He then followed her closely, making sure to


    tail her at a moderate speed. When he noticed that she wasn''t on her way home, he sped up and


    pulled over beside her.


    J looked inside the car and saw Ethan.


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    He was truly dashing in his suit. And the smile on his face made him look all the more charming.


    Ethan rested his hands on the steering wheel, visibly hesitant before asking, "Wanna go home


    together?"


    J ignored him and continued walking along the road.


    Ethan followed her for a few minutes before she finally stopped in her tracks, frustrated and livid.


    Why am I angry with Ethan? Charis is the one who provoked me! This is all because of my pathetic


    self-esteem and insecurities. J thought in distress.


    The mere thought of that made J feel even sadder.


    She and Ethan were like two parallel lines that would never meet in between. If it weren''t for his


    mother''sst wish, they never would''ve gotten together.


    Because J stopped walking, Ethan stepped on the brake and pulled over behind her.


    It took a few moments before J decided to step into the car in silence.


    Ethan frowned.


    Instead of feeling happy, he sensed that something was amiss.


    The reason why J wasn''t talking to him before was because she was angry with him. But now,


    he could tell that something else was wrong.


    The light in his eyes dimmed, and his heart sank. He quietly turned the steering wheel and drove


    back to the vi.


    Slowly, the ck Maybach pulled over at the gate of the vi. When Ethan unfastened his seatbelt,


    he noticed that J wasn''t getting off the car. She was staring at an old couple beside the


    pedestrian crossing.


    The old woman was holding the old man''s arm as they crossed the road together. It somehow


    reminded her of something she always read in fairy tales, "And they lived happily ever after."


    "That''s beautiful," J eximed, her face lighting up along with the setting sun.


    Ethan''s heart tightened and his voice became hoarse. "Someday, when our hair greys out and our


    bones go brittle, we''ll be like them."


    J shook her head, chuckling under her breath. "I don''t think so."


    Ethan clenched the steering wheel, immediately feeling tense.


    Thereafter, J looked at him intently and smiled. "You''re much taller than that old man, so I won''t


    be able to support you like that."


    Just as Ethan felt relieved and was about to say something, she cut him off and added in a


    trembling voice, "Ethan, I want a divorce."


    For the first time ever, Ethan''s mind went nk. Despair and disbelief clouded his thoughts and his


    heart.


    "Who talked to you and what did they say?" he asked.


    Ethan had thought that J was merely upset.


    He had led himself to believe that after a period of time, she would stop getting angry, and by then,


    he''d apologize to her again. Then, everything would be okay again.


    Not once did he think that they''d get a divorce.


    Still shaking her head, J looked down while twirling thece on the hemline of her dress. "I just


    want a divorce, Ethan. I''m exhausted..."


    "J, why do you suddenly want to get a divorce? Everything was fine before!" The way Ethan


    narrowed his eyes was daunting.


    After casting him a nce, J looked down once more. His intimidating appearance frightened


    her. "I''m not okay with the fact that you''ve been lying to me, Ethan! I can no longer trust you. And in


    a marriage, trust is the most important thing."


    Ethan knew that he did lie and J was indeed mad, but there was definitely more to the story. So


    he was patient with her. "Are you hiding something from me?"


    J shook her head again.


    No matter what he said, she didn''t want to say another word.


    Ethan rubbed his temples and closed his eyes as he sat in the driver''s seat in silence for a long


    time. When he opened his eyes again, he said, "I will never agree to a divorce, J."


    The setting sun finally slid down the horizon, and everything around them turned dimmer. Ethan


    couldn''t see her face clearly anymore.


    "I''ll pretend that I didn''t hear what you said today. Never mention it again," he said in a soft voice.