Chapter 217 Lovers'' Tiff


    J was a stubborn woman. Not only was she angry with Ethan, but she was also displeased that


    he was speaking to her in that tone. She shook off his hand and smoothed her hair which had been


    messed up by the cold night breeze. After she put her hair behind her ears, she faced him squarely.


    "Mind your words, Ethan. This might be a hotel, but it came with the restaurant downstairs. Kent


    booked a table in the restaurant and we were just having dinner. I''ve done nothing else with him. Or


    did you catch me doing anything out of line?"


    Ethan suppressed his anger when he realized that he had been too harsh and his wife was getting


    angrier. He fixed his eyes on her and said softly, "You should have declined his invitation."


    "You and I know this is not just an ordinary invitation. It''s for work. Kent and I have to work together


    in the future. There''s no way I can decline seeing him always." J lowered her eyes to stare at


    the ground. The warm gleam in Ethan''s eyes and his soft voice made her feel guilty.


    "I get that, but you should have told me in advance. You shouldn''t have hung up the phone without


    giving me a chance to talk. How do you think that makes me feel?" Ethan queried calmly.


    J''s anger which was previously dying down was reignited by hisst sentence.


    ''Humph! See who''s talking about feelings? Yes, I came to have dinner with Kent in a fit of pique. I


    was wrong for not informing him. But what makes him any different? After all, he hid his past with


    Charis from me. Why is it a big deal that I''m dining with my client? How dare he criticize me? Oh,


    please!'' She chewed him out in her mind.


    Balls of fury swirled inside J as she thought about it. Charis'' affectionate face when she talked


    about Ethan also shed through her mind. It made her blood boil.


    The next second, she lost her cool. She raised her zing eyes and looked at Ethan. She then


    shouted angrily, "Spare me your moral high ground, Ethan. You have no right to guilt-trip me. You


    kept your words intentionally vague when it came to Charis. I''m your wife, but you didn''t tell me that


    she confessed her love to you before! Not once did you tell me that she had feelings for you. Why


    then are you concerned about who I have dinner with? Answer me!"


    Many people were moving in and out of the hotel. They stole nces at the couple and whispered


    to each other. They all thought that it was just a normal lovers'' tiff, so none of them interfered.


    Ethan was rendered speechless. After a while, he frowned and said, "Yes, it''s true Charis once


    professed her love to me. But I didn''t like her, so I refused her immediately. If she still hasn''t moved


    on, how is that my fault?"


    All these could be traced back to high school. As far as Ethan was concerned, Charis'' confession of


    love was a trivial matter. He felt that it wasn''t supposed to be causing a fight in his marriage.


    Original from N?velDrama.Org.


    "It happened years ago. Honestly, I didn''t tell you because I was afraid that you would be angrier if


    you knew it. Please, let''s not argue over that anymore." Ethan took off his jacket and put it on J.


    J snorted coldly and lowered her eyes without saying anything. She felt a little powerless.


    Being kept in the dark was one of the things she hated the most. She wanted to know everything


    about him, no matter how small.


    But Ethan always had misgivings. He didn''t know how sad she felt whenever he kept such little


    details away from her. It always made her heart ache inexplicably.


    Growing up as the adopted daughter of the Lind family, her opinions were never taken into


    consideration. They always ignored her and made decisions that were often disadvantageous to


    her. This was also the case with her biological parents who had abandoned her without considering


    how she would survive in this cruel world. All of these made J feel so left out and unloved. She


    badly wanted to feel how it was like to be taken into consideration when decisions were being


    made.


    ''I know next to nothing about my husband, but Charis knows his favorite colors and the kind of


    things he likes. She was even by his side for many years. Oh, Lord!''


    The thought of this caused J''s heart to ache again. Her energy seemed to be draining rapidly.


    Sensing that she was still sad, Ethan put his arms around her and patted her back gently. He then


    asked, "Who told you about it?"


    J suffered a banging headache and her face turned pale at this moment. The terrible memories


    tormented her greatly. A painful lump went up to her throat when she tried to wade them off. In a fit


    of pique, she wriggled free, took off his jacket, and threw it on him. She then replied with a pout,


    "Charis told me herself."


    Ethan caught the ck jacket and frowned imperceptibly.


    He knew what kind of person Charis was. At this moment, he thought, ''Jeez! How could she do


    such a stupid thing?


    I guess I wasn''t being too paranoid for keeping her a secret. She would have caused more harm if I


    made it clear to J from the onset!''