Chapter 3

It had to be Chloe. At that hour, she was probably the only person who could open Ethan’s front door with a key.

I curved my lips into a smile.

“Ethan, your girlfriend is here.”

Ethan didn’t answer. He turned his face away from me, giving me a chance to leave on my own.

There was no way I would do what he wanted.

I changed targets and went for his ear.

I bent down and kissed it.

“Get off me when you’re done playing around.”

Chloe had already reached the bedroom doorway. I moved from Ethan’s ear to his throat and kissed his Adam’s apple.

That was when Ethan threw me off the bed.

Blood was running down my face, and the cold medicine I had prepared for him was still steaming.

“Ava…” Lily scratched her head and thought for a long time. “The ending was a little tragic, but the process was pretty good, right?”

I pursed my lips, trying to force out a couple of tears. It didn’t work. I was sad, but I couldn’t cry.

“Ava, how did you manage to get yourself hospitalized?”

Before I could wallow in self-pity, my mother arrived after hearing the news.

“Let Mom take a look!” Mom pushed Lily aside and sat next to me, cradling my head as she inspected it.

“Mom, I’m fine now. The doctor said I can go home.”

My mother had been spoiled rotten by my father and had almost no practical sense. She pressed down with far too much force, making my head ache.

“Then come home with me!”

I dodged her hand and quickly agreed.

“Okay, okay, okay.”

After hitting a wall with Ethan, I needed to recharge in my mother’s arms.

Lily sent me all the way to my bedroom, hoping to get a free meal at my house.

Once everything was settled, she casually lay down beside me.

“Ava, did my uncle say something to you?” She toyed with the ends of my hair, giving them a gentle tug.

I might have been fine if Lily hadn’t asked. The moment she did, I felt horribly wronged.

I pouted, and tears rolled from the corners of my eyes.

“He told me to stop clinging to him. He said I was annoying. He’s never said that to me before.”

Lily hurriedly searched for tissues and wiped my tears.

“Did we really go too far? He has a girlfriend now, after all.”

“He never admitted that. Your mother was the one who said Chloe was his girlfriend. Ethan never said it himself.”

That was true. The reason I had been so shamelessly climbing into Ethan’s bed was because he had never admitted Chloe was his girlfriend.

But I also knew that whenever someone joked about it, Ethan never denied it either.