Chapter 6
Chapter 6
In that moment, I wasn’t surprised at all.
Soon, the elevator doors were pried open just enough for Ethan’s hand to reach through Victoria immediately threw herself at him and he pulled her out.
“Claire’s still in there?” Victoria called out with fake concern
Ethan’s voice hesitated: “Let me get you to safety first, then we’ll get her.”
Their footsteps faded away.
I was alone in the dark elevator.
Suddenly, the elevator lurched violently and began plummeting
I hit the floor hard, my forehead slamming is the metal ham
warm bond immediately started flowing.
Before I lost consciousness, I heard a thunderous CRASH as the cleaner smashed in the ground Door
When finally I woke up, harsh whine light made me insectively close my eyes
“Ms. Morrison, thank god you’re awake! The true sighed with relied To host so much blood we almost didn’t pull you through. Your boyfriend went crazy-he had blond rushed in, called in perialists, nearly tire the hospital apart..
My throat was dry, my voice boarse. He’s out my boyfriend We don’t have any relationship”
The hospital room door suddenly burst open
Ethan stood in the doorway, his face dark “What do you mean to relationship
The nurse quickly finished changing my bandages and hurrand on
Ethan walked to my bedside, staring at my pale face “Sweetheart are you mad at me?”
I looked at him calmly: “Mad about what?
“Mad that I made you switch clothes with Victoria, mad that I made you drink for her.” Ethan paused, “and… mad that I didn’t rescue you first from the elevator.”
“But sweetheart, Victoria is my girlfriend. She has to come first.”
I smiled slightly. “Yeah, she’s your girlfriend. Of course she should come first.”
“So what would I have to be mad about?”
Ethan froze.
He’d clearly come to comfort me, but hearing my indifferent response, his expression grew even darker.
You really mean that?”
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Yes.”
Ethan’s chest was tight with some unnamed anger, but I just made it worse: “You should go take care of Victoria. She’s probably pretty shaken up.”
He stared at me for several seconds, then turned and left with a cold expression.
After Ethan left my room, he didn’t go straight to Victoria.
He stood at the end of the hallway and called his best friend.
“Question for you,” he leaned against the wall, looking troubled, “if someone who’s crazy about you suddenly stops getting jealous when you’re good to other people, what does that mean?”
A light laugh came through the phone: “What else could it mean? They’re head over heels for you!”
Ethan frowned: “What do you mean?”
“Basic love gets jealous. Deep love means silent devotion,” his friend teased. “They love you to their very core, get it?”
The inexplicable irritation in Ethan’s chest immediately disappeared, and he couldn’t help but smile: “That sports car you’ve been eyeing in my garage-it’s yours.”
“Holy shit!” his friend exclaimed. “One sentence is worth millions?! Hit me up for this kind of consultation anytime!”
After hanging up, Ethan was in a great mood.
Of course sweetheart still loved him beyond reason.
He then headed to Victoria’s room.
During my hospital stay, I kept seeing Victoria’s Instagram posts.
He said I scared him so badly getting hurt that he’s taking me to the Maldives to recover.]
The photo showed Ethan feeding her fruit on his private jet.
scrolled past with no expression, thinking this was actually perfect-if he was busy doting on Victoria, he’d leave me alone.
On discharge day, Ethan wasn’t at the office,
fis Instagram showed him and Victoria skiing in Switzerland.
counted the days-three more until I could officially finalize my resignation.
When I got home, I started packing. After all these years, I didn’t have much. Everything fit in one suitcase.
I was about to call my landlord to break the lease when my phone rang.
It was Ethan.
“Sweetheart, get to Blue Note Club right now.” His voice was urgent. “Victoria’s in trouble.”
When I arrived, the scene was chaos.
Victoria just stood behind Ethan, pale as a ghost, while a mangled sports car sat outside the club entrance with a bleeding pedestrian
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sprawled in front of it.
“Claire, Victoria hit someone driving drunk,” Ethan said, handing me a glass of alcohol. The cops will be here any minute. Victoria’s too fragile for this-you need to take the fall for her.”
“Don’t worry, you’ll only be inside for a couple days max. I’ll pull strings to get you out, and I’ll handle everything else. You just need
to deal with the police for Victoria for a few days.”
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Lucia Morh is a passionate storyteller who brings emotions to life through her words. When she’s not writing, she finds peace nurturing her garden.
