Chapter 1010
Ethan hung his head low at Wendy’s mockery. Willow raised her head to look at him, seemingly waiting for his answer.
Previously, she didn’t know a thing about her father. When Willow asked Olivia about him at times, she would gloss it over casually.
Olivia wasn’t willing to tell Willow anything about Ethan.
Now, Willow had finally met him. This would be the first time she heard him speaking about Olivia.
It seemed like the situation wasn’t as she imagined it to be. Ethan loved Olivia.
“Madam Wendy, you can scold me for being a bastard in the past, hurting her so many times. But you can’t doubt my love for her.
“Even if she has gone missing for many years, there isn’t one day that I’ve forgotten about her.”
Colin chimed in, “How hilarious, Mr. Miller. If you truly love her-as you said yourself-why did you hurt her? That’s ironic.
Ethan could hear Colin’s footsteps getting louder. In the end, Colin placed his palm next to Ethan, leaning closer to Ethan.
Colin-emphasized, “From the way I see, you’re just a pretentious man. That’s not love. If I love someone, I will shower her with love and care. I can never bring myself to hurt her. Do you think that I’m wrong, Mr. Miller?”
Ethan was aware that Colin was talking about Olivia. Whatever Ethan
committed in the past was enough to put his name in the Hall of Shame.
Even though he genuinely loved Olivia, everyone would only remember the bad deeds he had done.
No matter what answer he gave to that question, he would be the losing party.
Ethan’s silence prompted Colin to continue.
“Mr. Miller, don’t think that you can clean your name by putting in
good words after hurting someone that deeply. There’s no such thing in this world.
Ethan tightened his fists. It hurt Ethan more because he knew who Colin was and what Colin was talking about.
Still, he couldn’t show a hint of anger on his face.
He looked in Colin’s direction with an alarmed expression instead. Who are you? Do you know me?”
Colin softly chuckled. “How can I not know someone as famous as you are, Mr. Miller?
“I can’t even list out the deeds you’ve done to your ex-wife. I don’t know if you’ve forgotten about them, but they are memorable to me, let alone your ex-wife. I bet it’s etched in her head.”
Olivia was just near Ethan, where a few lights were turned on in the vicinity. The image he saw was too surreal to be true.
He couldn’t sense her presence, and he wasn’t angry at Colin’s provocation.
Looking at the air, Ethan softly responded, “I didn’t forget about them. I remember every single one of them vividly. And I regretted them.”
Colin sneered. “Save these words for the Grim Reaper when you’re sent to hell.’
”
Olivia let out a wry cough, hinting at him not to cross the line.
Colin then said frivolously, “Enjoy the moon watching, Mr. Miller. I have something else to attend to. Bye.’
At that moment, Ethan hated the fact that he couldn’t see so much. Agitation bubbled in him.
Wendy placed a basket of peas in front of him.
“Since you feel better now, make yourself useful. You’re a grown-up man. Don’t whine like a kid and peel these peas.
He was rendered speechless. How could he calm down and peel peas when his wife was running away?
Cyril hurriedly said, “Madam Wendy, he can’t see. So, it might be inconvenient for him to do the job. Let me do it.”
“Can a cripple like you do any better than a blind man, though?”
Now, it was Cyril’s turn to go speechless.
His leg was injured back when Olivia had a preterm delivery. Although he could walk, his gait was different from that of ordinary people.
“Don’t take it upon yourself. I have something else for you to do. Collect the manure in the rear house to fertilize the vegetables tomorrow.’
”
Cyril glanced at Ethan. “But I need to look after Mr. Miller.”
“His hands and legs are perfectly attached to him. What is there that you need to look after him for? Hurry up!”
“Go ahead,” Ethan casually prompted. He thought that there was nothing complicated with peeling peas.
His fingers fiddled around the peas, peeling their skins off. At the
same time, he kept thinking about the fact that Olivia and Colin had left.
Colin had his eyes on her for years ago, so he might seize the chance to take advantage of her!
It seems Ethan only ever married Olivia to take revenge for what happened to his little sister. While Olivia is plagued by her sickness, he holds her chin and says coldly, “This is what your family owes me.” Now, she has no family and no future.
Her father becomes comatose after a car accident, leaving her with nothing to live for. Thus, she hurls herself from a building. “The life my family owes will now be repaid.” At this, Ethan, who’s usually calm, panics while begging for Olivia to come back as if he’s in a state of frenzy …
