Female Novel
Chapter 53
Chapter 53
By a twist of fate, Olivia found herself in Ethan’s sight at her most discomfited moments.
It turned out that the Atkinses and the Carltons were family friends. The Carltons invited the Atkinses tohold shares in the Oakland Hospital. Calvin was helping Marina to scout for talents. And that was howeveryone ended up at the event.
However, the guests were surprised that Ethan tagged along as well. His presence took the event tothe next level. And the guests flocked up to greet him.
Calvin did not abandon Olivia even after Ethan showed up. He handed her some napkins, and theirhands touched in a moment of frenzy.
It was warm indoors. So Olivia unbuttoned her down jacket to reveal a knitted white dress underneath.It wasn’t her intention to pick that particular dress, because it accentuated her figure.
Lifting her head, she exposed her smooth nape. She looked lovely and doelike.
Ethan noticed the absence of the mark on her neck, symbolizing their faded love. One day, he wouldput their memories
behind him.
Still, Ethan realized that he was not as cool as he thought when Calvin held Olivia’s wrist. And hestared intently at the motion.
Calvin immediately sensed his hostile gaze and looked up. But he only found Calista greeting Ethan.Confused, Calvin thought Ethan’s hostility was an illusion.
He greeted Ethan with grace, “Mr. Miller, we were not expecting you! It’s our honor to have you here.Marina, this is the gifted student that I mentioned–Olivia Fordham. Olivia, you should know Mr. Miller bynow. And this is Mr. Miller’s-”
Olivia shed her meekness and put on a thinly–veiled hostility. “I know. That’s Mr. Miller’s fiancée.”
She had thought that she’d never cross paths with Ethan. But it didn’t take them long to run into eachother.
Calvin smacked his head and chuckled. “Oh, this is embarrassing. Every guest of mine must haveknown Mr. Miller and Ms. Carlton from all that media coverage on their engagement.”
“I suppose everyone has heard about Mr. Miller’s fiancée. But does anyone know who his ex–wife is?”With a laugh like silver bells, Everly approached the group. She had successfully sold off one of herproperties just now.
She was a cheerful and carefree spirit and was pretty. She tied her pink hair into a bun and struttedover in her stilettos. However, her pointed question was a rude shock to the guests around them.
“Everly, don’t run your mouth! Mr. Miller doesn’t have an ex–wife.”
“Right! He’s smitten with Ms. Carlton.”
Everly was determined to even the score on Olivia’s behalf. So she fearlessly walked up to Ethan andhissed, “They said you are smitten with Ms. Carlton. How should we describe what you’ve done to yourex–wife, then? Walking out on her?”
Ethan shut her up. “She’s not worthy of mention.”novelbin
With that, he made his way around Everly and Olivia, shocking the guests with his admission. However,he made it obvious that he wanted to drop the topic.. Any sensible guest would tiptoe around it, unlikeEverly.
Surrounded by starstruck guests, he glided into the venue. Nobody except for Everly noticed that Oliviawas shaking indignantly.
Olivia had not expected Ethan to dismiss their past relationship with such heartlessness. She realizedthat her precious memories were not worthy of a mention for him and clenched her fists.
Meanwhile, Everly seemed apologetic for her botched attempt at humiliating Marina. It backfired whenEthan shut her down. She also knew that in Olivia and Ethan’s divorce agreement, they agreed to keeptheir past relationship a secret.
“Liv, are you feeling unwell? I’ll send you home.”