A Marriage Without Touch, A Goodbye Without Tears (Amelia and Ethan) novel Chapter 282

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She stared at Ethan in disbelief, as if she couldn’t understand why her wholehearted devotion had earned her such a cold rebuke.

Just then, the sound of police sirens approached from afar, and several officers quickly arrived at the scene.

After briefly understanding the situation and taking statements from the property security guards, they escorted all the troublemaking girls into the police cars.

Once the chaos subsided, Amelia’s gaze locked tightly onto Mason’s arm.

The white shirt sleeve was already soaked through with blood.

“Mason…” Amelia’s heart felt like it was splitting open. She reached out, wanting to touch him but not daring to, her eyes instantly reddening. “You’re bleeding so much.”

She supported Mason by his uninjured arm and turned to lead him into the studio to do some basic first aid.

From start to finish, she acted as though Ethan, who was still standing nearby, didn’t exist at all. She was treating him like thin air.

This complete and utter disregard made Ethan’s brows knot tightly together.

He couldn’t tell whether it was jealousy or anger, but flames roared violently in his chest.

Why?

He was her husband!

She had been terrified, so shouldn’t she have rushed straight into his arms for comfort?

Yet instead, she fussed over another man, her entire focus fixed on Mason, who had been hurt because of her.

Watching Amelia support Mason as they entered the vandalized studio felt blindingly painful to Ethan.

He clenched his jaw and, in the end, suppressed the surge of resentment and followed them inside.

Inside the studio.

Amelia helped Mason sit down on the couch, then rushed into the storage room to rummage

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for the first–aid kit she kept there.

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Her movements were tinged with panic; it took several tries before she managed to undo the clasp.

Mason’s wound was longer than she had thought, but fortunately not very deep–it hadn’t injured any tendons or bones.

She lowered her eyes and used a cotton swab dipped in antiseptic to carefully clean the blood around the wound, little by little.

Mason said nothing, quietly watching her.

And all of this was seen clearly by Ethan.

He stood just a few steps away, like an out–of–place outsider, watching his own wife tend to another man with a level of focus he had never once received.

There were few words exchanged between them, yet an invisible magnetic field seemed to surround them, firmly shutting everyone else out.

It was a kind of tacit intimacy no one else could intrude upon.

Something stabbed viciously into Ethan’s chest.

He suddenly remembered how, in the past, after drinking too much at a business dinner and being sent to the hospital in the middle of the night, Amelia had stayed by his side just like this, never leaving.

And now, in the way she looked at Mason, there was not only concern, but something else mixed in, something that inexplicably irritated him.

Ethan’s Adam’s apple bobbed as he wanted to say something to shatter this unbearable scene.

But when the words reached his lips, they felt hollow and powerless.

What could he possibly say?

Anything would sound like a joke at this moment.

Especially after Mason had taken that blade for her.

Finally, Amelia carefully tied off the bandage,

“Mason, the cut isn’t deep, but you still need to go to the hospital for a tetanus shot. What if it gets infected?”

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Seeing how stubborn she looked, Mason curved his lips into a soothing smile.

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“No rush,” he said gently to Amelia. “Go upstairs first. I have a few words I need to say to him alone.”

Amelia froze, then asked instinctively, “I can’t listen?”

Mason met her probing gaze, his eyes softening. “Yeah, sorry. I’ll tell you every single word afterward.”

The nameless fire in Ethan’s chest burned even hotter. He could clearly feel that Amelia’s reliance on and closeness to Mason had long surpassed what was normal between siblings.

Looking into Mason’s resolute eyes, Amelia hesitated for a few seconds, then finally nodded.

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