Chapter 387 Who’s the Vicious One?
“Abraham….” Ste whimpered softly.
The moment he heard her say his name, something shifted in his chest. The look in his eyes grew even gentler. “Be good, baby, okay?”
Ste pouted, “I don’t want to be good.”
By now, she had figured out his patterns. Whenever Abraham told her to ‘be good, it usually meant he was about to do something very bad. Even if he was careful and held back, it was still more than she could handle.
Abraham said in a yful tone, “I know you don’t. Don’t worry.”
Again?!
“I don’t want any of that either!” She didn’t want anything. Nothing at all. Absolutely nothing.
Looking at her tear–streaked little face, Abraham chuckled. In that moment, his wicked delight hit an all–time high..
The nights in Rivermount… Some are quiet, while others glow with neon and chaos.
Inside a private booth at a club bathed in seductive lighting…
Ethan was knocking back drink after drink. Jereth and Halston sat quietly, watching him.
The two had just returned from abroad. When they heard about the recent drama involving the Keene family, they hadnded in Rivermount at 7 PM, only to be summoned straight here by Ethan.
But once they arrived, Ethan did not say a word. He just drank.
After the third bottle, Halston finally reached over and snatched the next one from his hand. “You’re really making <b>this </b>hard to watch. You were always into Lilian. Now that Ste has a man, what are you even upset about?”
Abraham and Ste had been spotted together oftentely.
People around Ethan surely knew. As far as they were concerned, his engagement to Ste had always been a temporary arrangement. He never actually liked her.
<b>Now </b>the engagement was off.
So men and women could go their separate ways. What was there to mope. about?
fereth nced at him “Ten’t I ilian dill in Rivermount? So who avarthi ara van uncat over?”
Chapter 387 Who’s the Vicious One?
Halston echoed, “Yeah, exactly!”
When Jereth said that, Halston instinctively nced at Ethan.
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While overseas, all they had heard was that Ste had someone new. Nothing about Lilian having anyone. If Ethan was into Lilian, what could be bothering him?
<i>Wait</i>… <i>Wasn’t </i>Lilian <i>said </i>to <i>be </i>battling multiple cancers? Shouldn’t <i>Ethan </i>be with her now instead <i>of </i>drowning in <i>booze</i><i>? </i>
But Ethan…
He had been okay until they brought up Lilian. At her name, a dark cloud settled over his features.
He reached again for the bottle, but Halston dodged. “Enough. Just tell us what’s going on.”
Still silent, Ethan cracked open another bottle and downed half of it in one go..
Yeah, it seems like this is no small mess.
Halston set his own bottle down and moved closer. “Don’t tell me… you’ve fallen for Ste? That vicious woman?”
Lilian had returned. And yet Ethan was not by her side. The only exnation was… he liked Ste.
That did not make sense, though. He had always imed she was conniving and ruthless.
At that word ‘vicious, Ethan’s grip on the bottle tightened. He spoke sharply, each word distinct, “She’s <b>not</b>.
Halston looked at Ethan. “Huh??<b>” </b>
Jereth also looked over, eyes filled with confusion.
Ethan took another swig. In that moment, the pain he had tried to suppress rose unmistakably to the surface. “The vicious one… was never her.”
Not Ste?
“Then who?” Halston asked first.
The Reed family <b>had </b>been in shambles. Whole Rivermount believed Ste was selfish and cruel.
All because she could not tolerate the adopted daughter <i>of </i><i>the </i>Reed <i>family</i>. And now Ethan was saying she is not the viin? Who is the viin then<b>? </b>Lilian?
The thought struck both Halston and Jereth at the same time. They exchanged a nce.
the Vicious One?
Ethan gave a cold, bitterugh. “Her? Ha…”
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The look in his eyes sharpened, fiercer than they had ever seen before when he had spoken of Lilian.
Now…
That sharpness cut through, and Ethan finally said, “She nearly got Ste killed.”
The room went dead silent. The two exchanged another look, then turned to Ethan. “So that car crash… it really was Lilian?”
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