Pampered Wife of Xavier

Chapter 69: Jealousy

"Arya..." Ethan's handsome brows furrowed.

"Victoria might not have done it on purpose, so can you please..."

"Forgive her, right?" Before Ethan could finish, Arya had already indifferently cut him off. She smiled radiantly and casually but it looked harsh to Ethan whose heart sank for some reason.

"Of course, I'll forgive her. I know that she's always been so good to me. I'm just blind for not seeing it. Other than that, I'll also have to thank her mother for being so great at giving birth to her and raising her to be so pure and kind. Usually, in TV dramas, the third party would be trampled on by the first wife. Then, the stepmother would torture the first wife's daughter to death. The fact that I, Arya can live healthily right now, and be provided with the basic necessities, I feel that I should indeed be deeply grateful to the mother and daughter pair. What do you think?"

Arya's tone was indifferent and calm as if she had just said nothing out of the ordinary. Her expression cold as the wind...

"That's not what I meant? Arya..."

Her apathetic and distant expression greeted his sight. That calm and unwavering tone was not how she was before when you could vaguely feel her anger. Now, all that was left seemed to be an endless desolation and coldness.

"I've told you before that if you decide to take on a united front with them, I don't care for the sake of any old times. Whatever they've taken from my mother, I will make them pay back in double. Even if it's Johns Media, if I don't get it, I'll ruin it! You and I have long decided to go our separate ways. If you insist on helping them to come for me, then go ahead."

"Can't the two of you resolve this in a different way? Does it have to be like this?" Ethan's voice sounded a little helpless and disappointed.

"Do you think that apart from competing with each other to death, there's another way to resolve things in this situation? Can you make the mother and daughter willing to leave the Johns family and leave West Park just like how my mother did back then? Can you make Victoria give up on the right to inherit Johns Media? Can you make Victoria break off her marriage with you and swear on her life that she will never ever marry into the Martinez family again?"

Her cold tone of disdain blurted out, sounding quite harsh.

"I..." Ethan suddenly did not know how to answer her.

She had already turned away and looked up at him with the umbrella in her hand. Her beautiful face flashed with a smile that was mixed with a stillness.

"If you can't, then please just move aside to watch the good show. I, Arya will use my own way to take them on right to the end. Of course, I won't mind if you join in too. I'll just have to spend a little more thought."

"Do you hate me, Arya? How did Xavier... I want to hear you tell the truth."

Ethan suddenly turned to look at her. From the depths of his eyes was a sadness. Even he did not know why he would ask such a weird question.

"I used to hate you," she admitted calmly while her gaze was still as water,

"After that, I felt like it was meaningless, so I got too lazy to hate you."

He faintly heard her sigh. Before he could react, she had already looked away and continued walking ahead.

"I accept the fact that you've never liked me. I also know that the Martinez family has actually never been satisfied with me being your fiancé... Just as how they looked down on my mother back then. Actually, it's not just Victoria who has a strong background... I'm very lucky. He's not like you guys... All these years, I don't think anyone has been as kind to me as he has..."