Chapter 18 Late Night Trouble
Chapter 18 Late Night Trouble
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Jacob turned to Ethan and said, “When you two got married, you never should’ve let Mia keep working at the hospital. She should’ve just taken care of Lina full-time. Women who work outside meet too many men. They always end up with hidden agendas.
“You think she’d turn on you like this and hurt me if she wasn’t seeing someone else? She used to obey your every word. Now she’s completely out of line.
“All that stuff about Lina losing the baby, you making her quit the hospital-those were just excuses. She used you to divorce you.”
Jacob’saw Ethan’s face darken and knew he was getting to him
Any man would lose his temper over something like this, whether he loved her or not.
Mia had some kind of hold over him. Jacob knew Ethan was far more dangerous than he was.
He’d seen how obsessed Mia used to be with Ethan, how obedient she was.
So he kept pushing.
“The fact that she hurt me like this means she’s really over you. Back there, when I was getting hurt, you didn’t even say a word. You were still trying to protect her.
“But look at her-she didn’t care at all.”
Jacob rambled on, stirring up anger.
Mark muttered under his breath, “You’re great at making up stories, I’ll give you that.”
Still, Jacob isn’t entirely wrong.
Mr. Ethan Hale stayed quiet the whole time, clearly hoping to fix things later.
But Mia seemed completely done.
Mark sighed and glanced at Ethan, whose face was cold as ice,
Mia really was ungrateful. Couldn’t she even take a chance to make things right?
Mia got home at 2 a.m., delayed by Ethan and the others.
The car pulled into a huge mansion, with lights lining the long driveway.
It was the driver’s first time visiting such a massive, fortress-like mansion. He marveled in amazement, “Miss, your place is huge! This garden’s bigger than a football field! You must be incredibly wealthy. Can I take a picture? I wanna show my buddies and brag a little!”
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Chapter 18 Late Night Trouble
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“Ryan! What are you doing? Bringing someone like this home in the middle of the night?!” Luke was fuming.
“You’re trying to kill me!
“You waste your time on that silly entertainment company. You ignore the family business and leave it all to Sean. When will you ever help him?
“You learned nothing good-except staying out late, just like Mia!”
Mia felt suffocated. She tried to leave again, but Ryan let go of the girl and tugged her sleeve.
“Hey, you’re late too? That’s not like you. Thought you were Daddy’s perfect girl.
“Curfew at 10? This isn’t the Middle Ages. I can’t believe you actually listen. I heard you were wild as a kid. Why don’t you rebel for once?”
