Chapter 653
“Look at you. I looked away for a bit, and you’re all lovey-dovey.” Harold appeared out of nowhere.
Olivia quickly pulled away from Ethan while blushing. She kept a distance due to the
embarra*sment of being caught red-handed when sharing a moment of intimacy.
“Alright, no need to be shy. You two have been married for so long. I’ll stop poking fun at you.
“Eugenia would be happy to know that you’re getting along so well. Ethan, come and play a few
rounds of chess with me.”
“Okay, Grandpa.”
Olivia and Ethan parted ways as he was led away by Harold. After he was sure they were alone,
Harold asked, “What’s going on between you and Olivia?”
“Nothing.”
“Nothing? Do you think I’m blind? She’s not reacting to a lot of things I mentioned.
“Also, why don’t you have kids yet? She wanted to bear your children three years ago, and now
she’s unwilling?”
Harold’s mind was clouded sometimes, but he was still sharp.
Ethan knew he couldn’t fool Harold, so he came clean. “There were indeed some issues between
us, but I’ve taken care of it.”
Harold’s expression hardened, and he demanded, “Spit it out. Don’t make me look into it myself.
“I taught you everything you know. Do you think I don’t know what’s wrong with you?”
Ethan recounted the past events and said, “Grandpa, the most important thing is we’ve made up…
Harold slapped Ethan before he could finish his sentence. He was old but still had enough
strength for a hard slap.
Ethan’s face was visibly swollen after the slap.
“You fool!”
Harold was outraged. “How could you marry Marina because of a promise you made to your
“Grandpa, I never intended to sleep with her. I just wanted to provide a home for her and her
children.”
“Do you realize that you’ve done a foolish thing? Do you think it’s fine as long as you don’t touch
her? The worst thing you can do in a marriage is sow seeds of doubt.
“You married someone else out of nowhere. Did you even think about how she felt?”
“I …”
“What about when you made a move against the Fordhams for revenge? I understand Leia manipulated things, and you were kept in the dark.
“But why did you hurt your wife and child? Were you even in your right mind?
“Why would you save the woman who pushed your wife into the water when both of them fell into the water together? I can’t take much more of this. You’re killing me.”
Harold clutched his ch*st and said, “Bring me my aspirin. You’re probably the dumbest man I’ve
ever met.”
Ethan quickly helped Harold to a chair and said, “Grandpa, don’t get worked up. It’s all in the past
now.”
“In the past? Do you think you can put it behind you because she lost her memories? You injected her with the drug after hurting her repeatedly.
“Do you think that makes everything okay? There are so many misunderstandings that you
haven’t cleared up.
“She doesn’t even know her own son is alive. Don’t you think that’s too cruel for a mother?” 1
“Since we’ve already come to this, it’s too late for me to tell her now. I don’t want to get her worked
up by bringing up the past.”
Harold sighed. “You’ve already made the worst choice possible. Once she regains her memories,
she’ll hate you even more.
“When that happens, nothing you do will mend your relationship with 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 …
