Chapter 1147
Late at night, Khloe’s phone began to vibrate.
Before leaving, Barney had deliberately placed her phone outside the bedroom to charge. In the darkness, the screen lit up again and again before fading back into black.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Violent pounding echoed through the silent villa, finally jolting Ethan awake in irritation.
He sat up abruptly in bed and pressed hard against his temples before squinting at the time.
It was three in the morning.
“Did she take stimulants or something? It’s been three days, and she still won’t stop!”
Cursing under his breath, Ethan quickly threw on a coat and headed next door.
“Khloe, is this really all you’re capable of? Trey was right about you-you’re vicious, poisonous, and completely heartless!”
Ethan shoved open the door and flicked on the wall lamp with a sharp click. Inside, Ariana sat by the doorway with her hands bound, still hurling insults at Khloe. 1
Ethan had been the one to abduct her, but the order had indeed come from Khloe.
During this time, Ethan had followed Khloe’s instructions closely and kept Ariana under tight watch. Ever since that encounter at the bar, Ariana had rarely gone out.
But in Goldmont City, if she wanted entertainment, she could never truly leave the reach of Ethan’s social circle.
Khloe had likely counted on exactly that when she gave Ethan the instruction.
And the results proved that Ethan handled this kind of work with ruthless efficiency.
Trey had always believed Khloe intended to use Ariana as the breakthrough point against him. After all, Ethan’s earlier actions had already alerted the enemy and exposed their hand completely.
But Khloe understood Trey’s arrogance far better than he realized.
Ariana had never been the real target. She was only the final straw/meant to shatter Trey’s psychological defenses.
Only now did Ethan fully understand it-Khloe had never planned to win Ariana over from the beginning. What she wanted was for all of Trey’s attention to remain fixed on Ariana. That way, he would naturally fail to notice Khloe’s other quiet moves.
For example, Khloe had long since arranged for people to thoroughly investigate everything about Trey’s affairs in Yustonia, including details about his family.
Trey no longer had any cards left to play.
So what if Ariana had royal relatives in Yustonia? They were far too distant to be of any real use.
Not to mention, in order to protect Trey, Ariana had already paved every possible road for him and temporarily cut off contact with her own family.
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“Ariana, it’s the middle of the night. Instead of sleeping in a perfectly good bed, you’re sitting here screaming like a ghost. You may not want to rest, but I still have work tomorrow.”
Ethan frowned and yawned as he spoke.
“Ethan! Do you even realize you’re helping evil thrive? I heard Khloe went after your mother before. If you’re being threatened too, I can forgive you-but you have to let me go immediately!”
The moment she saw him, Ariana seized the chance to speak again, still unwilling to give up.
Though her tone remained forceful, Ethan could hear the shift beneath it. The woman had already lowered her
stance.
When she was first brought here, she had done nothing but threaten him endlessly, saying she’d make him pay and never let him off.
But Ethan had ignored her completely. He had no interest in communicating with her at all and simply kept her confined to the room.
Meals were delivered on time by the servants three times a day. Aside from having her hands and feet restrained before bed every night, bodyguards watched over her the rest of the time. Her movements and speech were otherwise unrestricted.
And since Ethan was never around during the day, Ariana’s fury had nowhere to go. Eventually, she could only resort to causing trouble at night.
“Let you go? So you can help Trey continue ruining all our lives?”
Ethan sighed.
Ariana had been thoroughly brainwashed by Trey. Nothing he said would get through to her anymore. The only option left was to use force.
Besides, Khloe had already said it-just half a month. Once those fifteen days were over, they could finally send this living disaster away.
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