name. “Emily.”
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His voice cut off the harsh words that were about to spill from
her mouth.
Ethan walked toward Emily and Andrew, while Nancy took Sophia by the hand and led her away from the tense confrontation.
The ocean view was beautiful, and the breeze was gentle, but this was not a moment for appreciating the scenery.
Ethan’s gaze settled on Emily. “Don’t say things like that in front of Sophie,” he said.
His tone was cold, and it was obvious that he was angry as well.
Emily had no intention of accommodating his emotions. S‘ looked at him and asked with a faint, incredulous smile, “I’m the one who’s being inappropriate?”
“Yes,” Ethan replied.
Andrew, who had just been splashed with red wine, had been ready to lose his temper, but with Ethan present, he found it inconvenient to say much. He simply kept wiping his face with1
tissues.
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Sensing that the situation had turned ugly, the staff quietly withdrew one after another.
On the beach, only Emily, Ethan, and Andrew remained.
Emily stared at Ethan, resentment lacing her voice as she asked, “Why didn’t you reply to my messages?”
Ethan frowned and explained, “I didn’t see them.”
Emily laughed. “Didn’t see them, or saw them and chose not to reply?”
“I didn’t see them,” Ethan insisted.
In truth, the answer to that question was no longer all that important.
Emily changed the subject. “You already know about what happened to Aaron, don’t you?”
Ethan responded with a cold expression. “I don’t have that much time to pay attention to trivial matters like that.”
Emily didn’t believe him. “Is that so?”
As the words fell, she took a step back, her gaze moving slowly between Ethan’s face and Andrew’s.
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At last, she let out a self–mocking laugh. “You’re all the same.”
Ethan and Andrew were friends, yet she had foolishly thought that Ethan would rein Andrew in for her sake.
She had forgotten that she was the least significant one among them.
Not only would Ethan never stand on her side, but even Sophia had not sided with her.
Since that was the case, why had she bothered to open her mouth at all?
With that thought, she turned and left without hesitation, only to collide once again with Shawn.
“Ms. Carter,” Shawn called out urgently.
Emily didn’t hear him. Even if she had, she would not have turned back.
Only after Emily had completely left the hotel did Shawn angrily say to Andrew, “What you did to Aaron really went too far.”
Ethan narrowed his eyes and turned to Shawn. “What did he do to Aaron?”
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unexpected wave of discomfort.
Was Aaron really that important to her, so important that she would say such harsh things to Sophia for his sake?
The next day, Emily returned to Los Angeles.
There was still no news from Aaron, and she couldn’t put her mind at ease, so she drove to his neighborhood.
There were indeed far fewer paparazzi than before, but a few were still lingering.
The windows of Aaron’s house were even more shattered than the last time she had come. Trash of all kinds had been thrown inside, and the stench was overwhelming.
Unable to get in, Emily had no way of knowing whether Aaron was even home.
She waited in the car for quite a while. Then she suddenly heard the sound of the car door being pulled open.
Following the sound, she saw Alexander’s familiar, irreverent face. He had a roguish air about him, yet he was inexplicably handsome. With every raised brow and casual smile, it was easy to imagine how many girls‘ hearts he could steal.
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Alexander frowned, jealousy evident in his voice. “You seem distracted. Who are you thinking about?”
As he spoke, Alexander leaned closer to Emily, his sharp gaze fixed on her, as though he could see straight through her thoughts.
Emily’s hands were resting on the steering wheel. Alexander noticed her bare wrist, and the smile in his eyes froze for a
moment.
It softened again almost immediately.
He reached out and took hold of her slender wrist, letting out a low chuckle. “After all those bracelets I gave you, there isn’t a single one you liked?”
Emily had no interest in listening to what Alexander was saying or what he was doing.
But she couldn’t help thinking about his capabilities. He was the only person who could truly stand against Ethan.
When she turned toward him in a hurry, she nearly brushed her lips against his.
In that instant, Emily’s face flushed, but she forced herself to remain composed as she asked, “Can you help me find Aaron?”
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almost grazed his, and the tips of his ears burned.
In front of her, however, he put on a calm front. Only the faint dampness in his palm betrayed him.
Without hesitation, he agreed readily. “Sure.”
Emily was about to thank him when Alexander immediately added, “But you have to agree to one thing.”
The word of thanks caught in Emily’s throat and was
swallowed back down.
“Fine,” Emily said. “Tell me.”
Alexander lowered himself slightly so that his gaze was level with hers. In a low voice, he said, “Sleep with me once.”
Emily had already seen this kind of trick before.
So she asked at once, “And what’s the real condition? What is
it?”
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