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Chapter 103 A Bucket List of Pain
She didn’t believe a <b>damn </b>word of it anyway.
Ste made her point crystal clear–she <b>was </b>calling Ethan an idiot, in and simple
Ethan nearly passed out from rage.
“You <b>woman</b>!”
“You don’t even have the right to question me, <b>and </b>you <b>think </b>you can humiliate me? Maybe you still don’t get what’s really going on here?”
Ethan froze. This damn woman…
He <b>genuinely </b>wanted to sew her mouth <b>shut</b>.
“What don’t I get?
At this point, Ethan’s chest was heaving from sheer fury.
But Ste just kept going, slicing through him with every word. “First, Ilumped you. Everyone in Rivermount knows it.”
Ethan said nothing.
“Second, with Eddie and Rianne–you’re still begging me for help, <b>aren’t </b>you?”
Still, Ethan <b>stayed </b>silent.
He might’ve been fine until she brought up Eddie <b>and </b>Rianne. But now, he was furning. To supposed doctors tying life–and- death matters to Ste’s damn mouth, what kind of <b>doctors </b>were they?
“Begging me on one hand, insulting me on the other, and threatening me at the same time?”
Ste’s eyes shed coldly as she remembered how Susan and Jonathan had actually talked about kidnapping her at the hospital.
Ethan, who <b>had </b>barged in like a storm, now couldn’t get a single word out.
Especially when Ste looked him dead in the eye, stabbing every word <b>into </b>his chest like a knife. That serious expression. she really meant it. She was dead serious about the breakup..
Suddenly, something clenched in his chest–tight, breathless, suffocating
His face turned pale. “Then tell me… That man at the hospital–what’s he to you? He called you “miss. Why exactly did <b>he </b>call you that?
This was why <b>Ethan </b>hade here. He wasn’t leaving until <b>he </b>got an answer.
Ste looked at him with <b>a </b>smile at the corner of her mouth. “And why would I tell you<b>?</b>”
That question cut sharp.
And it was <b>a </b>fair one. Yeah–there was no reason to tell Ethan anything
“<b>Was </b>I not clear enough earlier? What don’t you get? I can repeat it for you if you want<b>.” </b>
<b>Seriously</b>.. dumb. At this <b>point</b>, Ste was starting to suspect he really was the type to only report good news and bury the bad.
Hat
From the outside, the Keene Group looked like it stood at the very top of the food <b>chain</b>. But who knew what kind of chaos heid been hiding behind closed doors?
<b>h?n </b>stared at her eves cold
Chapter 103 A Bucket List of Pain
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Ste <b>said</b>. “You want to know? <b>You’re </b><b>so </b>desperate to find out who owns that ce… You want to buy it for Lillian to recover in
The idea was absurd enough to make herugh, but Ste still found it deeply off–putting.
Her house being eyed by some sickly woman like it was up for grabs. If Lillian died in there, <b>it’d </b><b>taint </b>the whole damn ce.
Ethan pressed. “Is it Eddie? Or the man you were <b>with </b>at Kingston Heights? Or the <b>one </b>from the <b>hospital </b>today?”
Thatst one crossed the line. Ste’s patience snapped.
She looked around<b>, </b>wanting to douse Ethan with another ss of water–<b>only </b>to find the cup was already empty.
She mmed the cup down on her desk and stood, sharp and sudden. “Wait here.”
With that, Ste marched <b>straight </b>toward the door.
<b>Ethan </b>frowned, unsure what she was <b>up </b>to–but he stayed put like she said.
He figured she just needed a minute to calm down after his cutting remarks. That once she cooled off, she’de back with a reasonable exnation.
Yeah, that must be it.
Outside, Kimmy saw Ste emerge from the office and quickly stepped forward. “Ms. Dawson.”
Ste headed straight for the restroom and grabbed the janitor’s mop bucket.
The water inside hadn’t been dumped yet. Ste grabbed the whole thing and started walking it back toward the office.
Kimmy hurried after her, panicked. “Ms. Dawson, <b>what </b>are you doing with <b>that </b>bucket? Let <b>me </b>help-”
That water had just been used to mop the bathroom. No one in their right mind would touch it.
“No need. <b>Go </b>do your own <b>thing</b>”
The way she said it… Something was definitely off.
And knowing Ethan was the one in the office right now, Kimmy <b>had </b>a pretty good idea of what Ste nned to do with that bucket.