Chapter 171
“A deal?” Olivia looked at Ethan, confused.
She had nothing to offer him, so how was she supposed to make a deal with him?
The cramped space made it difficult for her to breathe. Even her back was sweating due to the heat.
Ethan bent over slightly. The water droplets dripped on her cheek from his strand of hair, leaving a cold stain on it.
“Stay by my side, then I’ll wipe the slate clean with the Fordham family,” he proposed sternly.
His proposal repeated in her head before she asked calmly while meeting his eyes, “Stay by your side as what?”
He paused momentarily. “I can give you anything aside from the title of Mrs. Miller.”
She said clearly, “So you want me to be your mistress?”
The disgraceful word displeased him.
He kneaded his eyebrow while explaining, “Aside from a title, we can get along like how we did in the past.”
“The past…” She chuckled.
Olivia was aware that she should be the meek party in order to win some favor for herself from the negotiation.
However, his condition was infuriating her.
The balloon of anger was inflating, on the verge of exploding.
She grabbed something in the closet. Smiling, she approached him. “Really? You can give me anything that I want?”
It was a long time since he last saw her smile.
Only then did Ethan realize that he wished to see her smile more than resenting her.
Bewitched, he nodded. “Yes. What do you want?”
Olivia drew closer to him as her l*ps reached his ear, “I want…”
Suddenly, the image of her k*ssing his neck crossed his mind. He gulped his saliva.
Next, she hit his head with a box that contained a necktie. “I want you dead! Why can’t you just go to hell, you scumbag?
“I wonder how a human could say such cruel things. Are you out of your mind? You divorced me and now you’re asking me to be your mistress!
“I can’t believe an ugly man like you can be this frivolous!”
Ethan, who was caught off–guard, hissed in pain because he didn’t see that coming.
She grabbed him by the collar. “If you loved me, why would you have Marina by your side?
“You’re engaged to her and yet you won’t let me go. Is this your kink? Do you take pleasure in having affairs?”
Her beating didn’t anger him, but her words did.
“Olivia Fordham, shut up!”
“I can never let this off, Ethan Miller. You destroyed my family and made us go bankrupt.
“My father is in a coma because of you. How could you say that to my face? I’m going to send you to hell today!” she shouted.
Exasperated, Ethan pulled her out of the closet. Olivia took the chance to punch and kick him.
“You want me to be your mistress? Dream it on, you hideous man! I bet you’re the reincarnation of Zeus.
“I’ve never met someone as frivolous as you are. It’s not like there are no other men in this world. Why must I stay by your side?” Her face turned crimson
She continued, “Instead of mistress, I’d rather be your mother. I would’ve ended your life as soon as I gave birth to you.”
Her scoldings ticked him off. His eyes were dangerously dark when he raised his hand.
She raised her chin at him without a care of the consequence. “Go ahead! It’s best you hit me to death right now!”
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 …
