Chapter 594
The atmosphere was a little awkward. After taking a deep breath, Nikki struck first.
“Back then, you said that you’d marry me. I didn’t expect you to marry someone else just like that. When did you get married? You never told me about it.”
Those words were quite damaging. Olivia glanced at Ethan, waiting for him to explain.
Ethan’s gaze seemed to be layered with ice as he glared coldly at Nikki. “Ms. Shaw, we’re neither friends nor relatives. I don’t have a reason to inform you about my marriage.
“As for me saying that I’d marry you, are you referring to the time when we were kids? You guys forced me to play house with you, and you even threatened me.
“You said that if I rejected you, you’d go home and tell your parents about it.”
His words had shamed Nikki greatly. Nikki didn’t realize how cold Ethan had gotten in all these years she hadn’t seen him.
But then Nikki remembered Lydia saying that Ethan had treated her like this too. So, she quickly got over it.
By the looks of it, Ethan treated everyone the same. If not, he wouldn’t have kept Olivia’s identity a secret for so long.
“Sorry, Ethan. I thought that you were happy to play with us like I was. After all, I’ve liked you ever since I was young. I didn’t realize that I caused you so many unhappy memories.”
With an apologetic look on her face, she turned to look at Olivia.
“I’m sorry, Olivia. You won’t mind that I’ve liked Ethan for a long time, right? After all, Ethan never announced his relationship with you. I thought he was still single.”
Olivia had always seen on the internet how pick-me girls behaved. She had thought that those stories were fake. After all, there couldn’t possibly be such disgusting people in real life.
But reality had given her a much-needed lesson. She had really encountered a pick-me girl in real life now, and she was even more disgusting than flies.
Nikki was disgusting enough, but she just had to flaunt around, making others even more disgusted.
Olivia wasn’t mad, though. Instead, she took Ethan’s hand and swung his arm as she imitated Nikki’s pitiful voice.
She asked, “Ethan, she’s so devoted to you. You were single for so many years, so why didn’t you marry her? You caused her to suffer in a one-sided relationship for so long.”
Reaching out, Ethan scratched her nose. “Tons of people like me. If every one of them wants to marry me, when will I finally be able to marry you?”
He was gentle to Olivia, but when he turned to look at Nikki, he put on a cold expression.
“Ms. Shaw, even though Liv graduated early, it’s because she’s a genius and skipped some grades. In reality, she’s a few years younger than you. You can’t treat her like she’s older than you.
“Also, I was only forced to play along with your games. It’s not a valid reason for you to ask me to take responsibility, yes?”
Ethan’s fingers caressed the back of Olivia’s hand as he spoke carelessly.
“Going by that logic, when I was forced by your parents to play with you, I had also thought about killing your whole family. Before I marry you, should I fulfill my childhood wish as well?”
When he said that, everyone else fell silent.
They couldn’t believe that Ethan had said those words.
The men fell silent when they heard that, and the women burst into tears.
Nikki was just like that. Crystal-like tears welled up in her eyes before they trailed down her face.
She sobbed prettily, and Olivia couldn’t help but wonder if she had trained in acting before.
“How could you think that, Ethan?”
“Nikki, we’re all adults here. Stop pretending like you don’t know. I’ve already introduced her as my wife, so what are you trying to do by saying those misleading things?
“My heart is very small, so small that it can only hold one person. I can’t bear the thought of her being even a little bit upset because of irrelevant people.
“Since we haven’t met in such a long time, let’s keep it that way.”
Ethan walked up to the journalists and asked them for their films. “If you appear in front of Liv again, I don’t mind sending everyone in the country the photos of you falling to the ground.”
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 …
