Chapter 12 Smash him with a bat
Now, Patrick finally understood why Susan always ended up fuming.
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Just like she had said, Ste was a debt collector,pletely unyielding, impossible to reason with. No matter what he said, nothing got through to her. Since the soft approach didn’t work, he had no choice but to go hard.
“Fine, then. Your <b>bank </b><b>card </b>stays frozen. Take your time to <b>think </b>it over. When <b>you </be to your senses, we’ll talk.”
Throwing down those harsh words, Patrick turned and left.
The room fell silent. Ste mmed the <b>door </b>shut. Just as she stepped back into the living room, her phone vibrated.
It was Jason number….
Today, she had already blocked several people Ethan, Susan, and Patrick. Now, if they wanted to reach her, they could only <b>use </b>someone else’s phone. Predictably, she ignored the <b>call</b>.
On the other end of the line, Ethan had just left the Keene family <b>home</b>, using Jason’s phone to call Ste. Once again, she declined. When he called back, it went straight to a busy tone, he had been blocked.
Ethan’s face darkened with rage. “Where the hell did she pick up this habit of ignoring calls?”
Jason twitched his lips.
“I think Ms. Dawson isn’t just ignoring your calls right now.” From the <b>looks </b>of it, she had infuriated the entire Reed family today, not just Ethan.
Ethan felt a sharp headacheing on…
“Drive to Kingston Heights.”
This had gone too far. Jason nodded. “Alright.”
<b>An </b>hourter.
By the <b>time </b>they arrived at <b>Kingston </b>Heights, it <b>was </b>already midnight. Ste <b>was </b>sound asleep. Ethan pressed the doorbell repeatedly, but she didn’t answer. Being turned away at this <b>hour </b>only made his already sour mood worse.
“Call a <b>locksmith</b><b>.</b><b>” </b>
Ethan had run out of patience.
Jason hesitated. “.
<b>Just </b><b>as </b>he reached for his <b>phone</b>, the <b>door </b>swung <b>open </b>from <b>the </b>inside.
Ste stood there in her pyjamas<b>, </b>her face drowsy with sleep, tinged with <b>irritation</b>. In her hand was a baseball bat. From the look of her, she <b>had </b>clearly been woken up and was about to swing at whoever dared disturb her rest.
Jason <b>instinctively </b>took a <b>step </b><b>back</b><b>. </b>The <b>moment </b>Ste <b>saw </b><b>Ethan</b><b>, </b>her fury red up. Without hesitation, she raised the bat and swung at him.
Ethan’s reflexes were quick he caught it mid<b>–</b><b>air</b>. “<b>You </b>crazy woman…”
His teeth clenched in <b>frustration</b>.
She had hit him once this morning, and now she wanted to do it again? Was her temper always this extreme?All he had said was that the wedding needed to be postponed, and this was how the reacted?
Chapter 12 Smash him with a <b>bat </b>
Ethan walked straight to her fridge, pulled it open, and frowned when he saw it was nearly empty except for water.
“You don’t cook?”
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Ste looked at him like he was insane. Who wakes someone up in the middle of the night, checks their fridge, and asks if they cook? Wouldn’t anyone be annoyed? Well, she sure as hell was.
Ethan stated matter of factly, “I haven’t eaten.”
He had been running around all day, skipped lunch, got dragged through a mess at the Keene estate, and now he was
starving.
Ste’s expression grew even more incredulous..
“You seriously think I have <b>food </b>for you?”
Unbelievable. She barely cooked for herself, let alone for him. Was he expecting her to whip up a meal just because he said he was hungry?Did this man have brain damage?
Just this morning, we had fought like hell, and now he was here asking for food?
Ethan clenched his jaw in frustration. “You <b>don’t </b>know how to cook?”
Ste shot back, “Have you ever <b>seen </b><b>me </b>cook?”
Forget whether she could, even if she could, she wouldn’t cook for <b>him</b>.
Ethan was momentarily stunned. Now that he thought about it, in the two years they <b>had </b>been engaged, Ste had never once cooked for him.
But Lillian…
She could cook. She could make soup. When she still lived in Kingston Heights<b>, </b>she would often send home cooked meals to
<b>his </b>office.
Ste smirked, as if reading his mind. “Confusing me with Lillian?”
Of course, she knew Lillian was <b>good </b>at housework.
When Ste had first returned to the Reed family, Lillian had taken on everything willingly, while Ste did <b>nothing </b>Naturally, everyonepared them, Lillian was capable, while she was useless.
Naturally, everyonepared her with Lilian. Theparison is <b>that </b>Lilian is good at everything, while she is useless. Ethan’s expression turned grim. “The wedding will proceed as scheduled. Are you satisfied now?”
He was clearly unwilling, as if he expected Ste to ease up now <b>that </b>she got what she wanted.
However, she simply raised an eyebrow. “This morning, <b>you </b><b>said </b>it <b>was </b>postponed. Now you <b>say </b>it’s back on. Not even a full day has passed. You’re a grown <b>man</b><b>, </b>can you be a little more reliable?”
Unreliable, <b>that </b>one word struck Ethan’s pride like a p
Ste continued, “Does Lillian know?”
From <b>the </b>way he looked, it was <b>obvious </b>he had gone back to the Keene estate.
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