Chapter 58
Olivia reached out to the wine bottle. “You’re right. I should raise a gla*s to them.”
Almost instantly, Keith and Everly stopped her and warned her sternly, “No. You can’t drink.
She looked at Everly pleadingly. “I’ll only take a sip. It’s fine.”
Everly let go of Olivia’s hands when she read the determination in her friends‘ eyes.
Olivia poured herself a gla*s of red wine and made her way to the couple while Keith looked on with hesitation. With a smile, she said, “Mr. Miller, Ms. Carlton, I wish you a happy marriage. I’ll drink this toast whether you like it or not. Please consider this my congratulations in advance. I will not attend your engagement party.”
Then, she downed the gla*s of wine like the guest before her without looking at Ethan and Marina.
Ethan knew she was a lightweight who’d get tipsy from a gla*s of wine. Marina stood up with her gla*s and beamed. “Ethan and I will be happy. Thanks for your blessing.”
In what seemed to be a competition, she poured herself a full gla*s of wine and downed it like Olivia.
“Enough!” Two male voices echoed in the room. Ethan and Keith had to put a stop to the madness.
Keith grabbed the half–empty gla*s from Olivia and told Ethan, “For the sake of her health, I’ll drink on her behalf.”
Ethan, who had been silent, finally broke into an amused smile. “Who are you to her? What right do you have to drink on her behalf?”
The guests at the table thought that was Ethan’s pet peeve, hence the hostility. They shot awkward looks at Keith, who calmly replied, “That’s none of your business, Mr. Miller.”
Ethan finally looked at Keith, who was standing over him. Despite being seated, Ethan seemed authoritative with his quiet and serious attitude. His emotionless glance exerted pressure on whomever he lay his eyes on.
The guests watched on as Ethan chuckled and lifted a gla*s of wine. He said, amused, “Finally, someone with a spine from the Rogers Family.”
Everyone was left confused because Ethan’s chilling smile contradicted his compliment. He followed up with, “I wonder if you’ll survive this winter.”
He finally made his threat clear. Ethan was as ruthless and fickle as the rumors painted him. He was a man who’d be outraged at the sight of Keith drinking on behalf of a lady and would resort to bankrupting Keith’s family.
As one of the scions in Aldenvine, Keith was widely seen as a respected heir and doctor. Only Ethan had the power to step over him due to the Millers‘ influence.
The Millers were the top elites in this city, but Ethan kept a low–profile. He rarely made a move against anyone, but if he ever did, he made sure to destroy his target.
Calvin took Ethan’s threat seriously and quickly jumped in to mediate. “Mr. Miller, please calm down. Dr. Rogers was only being nice to Olivia.”
Rubbing the wine gla*s with his fingertips, Ethan snickered. “Keith Rogers, who are you to drink on her behalf? You have a chance to return to your seat. If you do, I’ll let this sl*p.”
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 …
