Chapter 136


    After a while, Ethan finally let go of Ines, and the two embraced tightly. All Ines heard was Ethan


    saying, "Izzy, thank you."


    Ines was taken aback. She pushed him lightly and chuckled. "I didn''t do anything. What are you


    thanking me for?"


    "Thank you for trusting me unconditionally."


    For the first time, Ines realized that her husband was actually a very simple man who didn''t demand


    much. What she did for him was far less than a tenth of what he did for her. He unconditionally


    believed that she was not the mastermind behind the car ident, even though he knew that


    Beasley''s death was connected to her. He never gave up on her. As her husband, he gave her all


    the respect and tenderness she deserved. He helped her ovee the shadows cast by her


    parents. He did so many things for her that she couldn''t possibly count them all.


    In fact, she should be the one saying thank you.


    "Well, we don''t have to say thank you between us. You''ve taught me that." Ines disagreed, looking


    at Ethan. "Izzy, Aaron was my best friend. Noel is younger than me, so our lives aren''t as aligned.


    But Aaron was different. Our life paths were almost identical. We grew up studying together. He


    studied finance in college, while I chose business management because I was to inherit the Meyer


    Group. But because we were in the same faculty, we had a lot of interactions. After graduation, he


    came to work at the Meyer Group and became the CFO, my right-hand man," Ethan said quietly, his


    emotions unfathomable.


    Ines was startled. She could tell that this time, Ethan was really opening up to her. Her heart raced.


    She had been waiting for this day. She listened quietly, waiting for him to continue.


    "All of our conflicts started because of a woman named Le. She was a year younger than us.


    After graduation, she worked at a no-name ounting firm. Aaron became the CFO of the Meyer


    Group and thought she had talent, so he recruited her to work in the finance department. Then one


    time, my personal secretary was temporarily out, and she filled in for her. I found out that she was


    very thoughtful, so I had her transferred to the secretarial department. Aaron came to me upset, but


    I didn''t want to lose a good seedling, so I insisted that she make her own choice. She chose to stay


    in the secretarial department, and for a long time, Aaron ignored me."


    The rest was pretty much as Ines had guessed. Le climbed the corporatedder and ended up as


    his chief secretary. They spent all day together and eventually fell in love.


    Ines didn''t know if Ethan was deliberately suppressing his emotions or if he simply didn''t have a


    knack for telling stories. What should have been a sweet love story came out dry and vorless


    from his mouth.


    She understood: Le was someone Aaron had intentionally brought close, but he ended up


    stealing her away.


    For a moment, she couldn''t help but poke his chest. "So you''re saying you stole the woman Aaron


    was interested in right from under his nose?" Ethan gave an embarrassed smile. "Yeah, that''s about


    right. But you can''t control these things. I was young and impulsive, and didn''t think things through.


    All that mattered was that we liked each other. Le had no romantic feelings for Aaron, so I thought


    it was right for us to be together."


    Ines shook her head. "No wonder he hates you so much. He went to all that trouble to get the


    woman he liked close, and then you swooped in and stole her away."


    She then thought of herself: Aaron definitely had feelings for her, but somehow, she ended up


    marrying another man. She still remembered his hurt expression.


    Discovering that the man who stole his woman away again was his former best friend...what man


    could ept that?


    This man, it seems, wasn''t such a good guy after all.


    "Ethan, I really don''t know what to say about you."


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    It''s hard to judge matters of the heart. After all, Aaron and Le were never in a romantic


    rtionship. It wouldn''t be urate to say he broke them up, but he wasn''tpletely innocent


    either.


    Seeming to know what she was thinking, Ethan exined, "Izzy, I really didn''t know about you and


    him when we got married."


    How could he hurt Aaron again after what had happened before? It was all a series of unfortunate


    events. He didn''t expect that his hasty marriage would involve the woman Aaron had fallen for


    again.


    "I know," Ines nodded. Even though they had fallen out, she could still hear from his tone that he


    cared about Aaron. It''s just that he was too good at hiding his emotions, so others couldn''t see it.


    "In fact, Aaron had alreadypletely let go. He was willing to bless us."


    Ethan''s words once again caught Ines''s attention. "Then what happenedter?"


    "Because Le died, he med me."


    Ines looked at him intently. Ethan gave a bitter smile and squeezed her hand. "Tired of standing?


    Let''s go to the resting room."


    Ines was led by him to the resting room. They held each other quietly. He thought he would never


    bring up this matter to anyone again, but he didn''t expect this day toe.


    Ethan''s thoughts suddenly went back to that year.


    The night in Aelston was a bit stuffy. Ethan had been working on branch affairs for two days and


    nights without rest. But when hey down, he couldn''t sleep at all. He felt uneasy. He got up and


    took a shower. When he came out, he found his phone on the bed ringing.


    He nced at the caller ID and a smile appeared on his lips. "Isn''t it work hours now? Why would


    you call me?"


    "Mr. Meyer, do you really have to keep such a tight leash?" Leined.


    "Alright, alright. You''re about to be Mrs. Meyer anyway. You''ll own half of the Meyer Group. If


    you want to ck off, then ck off. If the Meyer Group goes under, you''ll just have to suffer with


    me." Ethan''s gaze locked onto the ring box not far away, unable to stop grinning.