"I see…" I said softly.
"We didn’t et much when we were young and even less so when we grew up. I definitely wasn’t thrilled at the idea of having my life partner decided for
and I bet she felt the sa way. We both tried our best not to get involved with each other’s lives and not to get in each other’s way. That was like our silent agreent.
Everything was fine, until Hayden turned up…" Ethan said before his tone darkened.
"Hayden?" I said questioningly.
"Yeah. Do you want to see Hayden again?" Ethan asked.
"I…" I began saying but then I hesitated.
I did want to see him again, but I wasn’t sure if I should tell Ethan that.
"Do you, or don’t you?" Ethan asked.
The way his evil green eyes were looking at
told
that he already knew my answer and he probably had everything figured out already. Ethan would never approach
unless there was sothing that he wanted. That was just the person that he was. He’s handso, charming, kind…and extrely manipulative.
"Why do you want to know?" I asked cautiously.
"Because in the unlikely case that you do…I can make it happen…" Ethan said as he smiled knowingly at .
"What would you want in return?" I asked directly as I narrowed my eyes suspiciously at him.
"I want you to seduce Hayden and make him yours. No matter what, you must marry him and beco his wife…" Ethan said decisively.
"…huh? That’s not what you said when we t on the cruise at all," I said in confusion.
"Did you honestly think that I would want you back?" Ethan asked with a small laugh.
Honestly, I didn’t care what he wanted…
"That’s not the issue here…" I said through clenched teeth.
"Sorry for giving you false hope, but I just wanted to see Hayden’s reaction," Ethan admitted without sounding guilty.
"Don’t worry. I wouldn’t go back to you even if I could…" I said honestly.
Ethan was silent for a mont, and I started to regret my words. For a mont, I truly believed that I may have hurt his feelings. I may not love him anymore and there were many things about him now that I didn’t quite understand; however, back when we were together, he took care of
well and helped
in a lot of ways.
"Just for the record, I really loved you and enjoyed the ti we had together. I really broke up with you because I didn’t want to get you involved in the mafia. Sothings happened and I had to return to Silva…and I decided not to take you with ," Ethan explained and for so reason, I believed him.
"Ethan…" I whispered his na.
"It’s ok if you don’t believe
but I’m going to say it anyways. When I left you, I honestly didn’t want to get you involved. I never thought that the Torex old man would find you and drag you into this ss. Now it’s too late, you’re so involved, and you can’t get out of this anymore…" Ethan said regretfully as he shook his head slowly.
"I’m sorry about what I said…" I apologized softly.
"You don’t have to be. So…can you do it?" Ethan asked as his eyes stared at .
I knew that he was referring to
becoming Hayden’s wife. That’s just insane…
"Of course, not…" I replied resolutely.
"You don’t love him anymore? I didn’t know that your heart would change so fast…" Ethan said in such a fake regrettable tone that I wanted to smack him.
"Ethan…why are you doing this?" I asked suspiciously.
"I already told you, I just want a partnership between my gang and Torex," Ethan said with determination.
"What does that have to do with
marrying Hayden?" I asked, not following his thoughts.
"Everything actually…don’t you want the two gang to be at peace?"" Ethan said before he smiled at .
I guess I do but I wasn’t sure if I could change anything between them. Hayden also wanted peaceful negotiations but I’m not sure if his view has changed on that.
"I’m not following. Why can’t you just explain everything to ?" I pleaded as my frustration started taking over.
"Jack Witman," Ethan said abruptly.
"What? Who is that?" I asked.
Sothing at the back of my mind told
that I’ve heard that na sowhere before but for the life of , I just couldn’t rember where or when. Digging through my mories didn’t help either. I just couldn’t recall although I was certain that I’ve heard that na before…
"Ask Hayden. Find Hayden and ask him…" Ethan instructed.
"How do I find him? I don’t know where he is. He’s not soone that I can reach anymore…" I replied, feeling frustrated.
I didn’t know where he lived. The only place I knew was where he worked which was Torex’s headquarters but even there it wasn’t like I could casually waltz in and request for a eting with him.
"Your little chat here with
just helped you with that," Ethan replied carefreely.
"How?" I asked.
"Hayden probably isn’t super pleased right now that you’re eting up with …he’ll co to you soon enough…" Ethan said.
"If only things were that simple…" I hissed.
"Haha…you’re right. Hayden’s a mystery, that’s for sure. Well, good luck to you" Ethan said before he stood up from his seat.
It was clear that our little coffee chat was over. I wasn’t sure if I fully understood everything that Ethan had told
or his intentions but if there’s a way for
to get in touch with Hayden and to learn more about the truth, then I would still like to try.
…
After Ethan left, I returned to the exibhition. Because of what he said, I was very conscious of the people around . I wondered if the n from Torex were still following and watching . They probably were. I had no idea that I was being watched. Have I been watched all this ti?
Hayden, what are you thinking?
--To be continued…
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