Grace
“ Tristin, you need to listen to me. ” Instinctively, I leap behind him.
He takes long strides, walking away with a predatory ease that makes my heart heavy.
Before I can reach him, a hand closes around my wrist and pulls me back. I glance at the hand, and then the face of the man holding me back.
Anger simmers beneath my skin, threatening to spill over. Desperate, I take my eyes off Ethan and look in the direction where Tristin disappeared.
He didn’t even spare me a look. Not even once.
“ Was it you? ” Ethan asks, his fingers digging in my flesh.
I wince and jerk my hand free. “ I wish. But you are just too stupid to fight Tristin, Ethan. You should give up now. ”
“ This is only the start. A little setback can not stop me, Grace. ” Ethan says, grabbing my wrist again.
I grit my jaw, ready to retort but a familiar voice makes me halt. I move towards the railing, my wrist still clenched between Ethan’s hands.
Lily stands on the stage, wearing a glittery black dress that highlights her perfect curves. With a confident smile on her lips, and a mic in her hand, she looks ethereal.
Her charming voice draws everyone’s attention, but I am not listening to her. I am focusing on how people react to her, how they never gossip when she appears, and how they seem to worship the ground she walks on.
With her, people don’t care even if she was accused of attempted murder just a few days ago.
They simply don’t mind whatever she does, because she is someone like that—someone who is born to shine under the spotlight and knows how to harness affection from the people around her.
The way she walks with grace, speaks with a soft voice, carries herself in a harmless feminine way…people love it.
People don’t give a damn if this siren of a woman destroyed my life.
The anger cools in my veins, as I stare at, and watch the way she moves, and present the project on the screen.
She speaks in a know-it-all manner about the design I once made and she snatched. No one will doubt her even if I scream the truth at the top of my lungs.
“ Don’t hate her. She has had it hard, Grace. ” Ethan’s soft voice sounds close to my ear.
“ After everything you know about her… ” I murmur, feeling like I am repeating myself again.
How many times will I ask him the same thing, go through the same ordeal?
“ She made mistakes. She is ready to fix them. ” He provides an excuse.
I nod, swallowing the lump in my throat. “ I should give her the chance to fix things. ”
“ Yes, you should. All she needs is a chance. ” He coaxes, his thump running down the back of my hand.
I throw him a soft smile and nod again. “ I should. Let me go watch her from close. ”
His lack of anger towards the Tristin situation doesn’t surprise me. He must have expected this much from a Roberto man. Besides, he must have seen Tristin walk out on me which makes him happy.
Now, in his delighted oblivion, he wants me to give him and his lover another chance.
Reluctantly, Ethan releases me. “ No funny business, Grace. Don’t ruin this day anymore. ”
“ I won’t, Ethan. Let’s all give each other a chance. ” I sigh, wrapping my arms around myself, my cell still clutched in my hand.
I receive a suspicious nod from him and conclude, that he is still an arrogant ass.
Without delaying any further, I go down the stairs and towards back stage where the whole setup for the screen is.
Lily’s humorous words draw laughter from her audience and makes them fall more in love with her.
I can’t help but imagine a different situation. If Tristin had fallen into Ethan’s trap, these people would have laughed at him too. They would have loved to watch a powerful man fail in front of the world.
But will they love to see the same happening to their sweetheart?
My eyes flash a cold glint as I open my phone and do what I came here for. The people working on their systems don’t doubt me because of my expensive dress and because, they now know me as Ethan Calder’s wife.
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