Obedience No More He's the One I Deserved novel Chapter 542

Chapter 542 Pointless

Chapter 542 Pointless

“Am I dreaming?”

“Doesn’t look like it. Pinch me.”

“Damn… that hurts!”

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“Oh, my god! These hellish days are finally over. The boss must’ve made up with his wife, right? Please, let them never fight again!”

Tony walked out of the office and cleared his throat theatrically. “Don’t relax yet. We still don’t know how things really stand.”

He looked toward the doorway and let out a low sigh.

“Let’s hope it turns out the way we want.”

Meanwhile, Ethan himself sped toward Dawn’s villa at nearly 100 miles an hour.

The lights were on in the first–floor living room. Through the huge floor–to–ceiling windows, he could see a woman leaning back on the couch, holding an apple and taking bites. It seemed a little sour–her brows were faintly knit.

He glanced upstairs and downstairs. Micah was nowhere to be seen.

That kid…

Out running around before he’s even fully recovered?

Ethan stood by the car for a long time before finally stepping inside.

He walked through the gate with practiced ease. The dim lights stretched his tall shadow long across the ground.

She must’ve left the door unlocked for Micah. Dawn hadn’t even locked the front door. With a light twist, it opened. When Ethan walked in, she was just getting up from the couch, as if about to do something.

Their eyes met, and both froze.

The air went still. Awkward didn’t even begin to cover it.

Dawn reacted first and asked, “What are you doing here?”

The man stiffened for only a moment before recovering. His eyes settled on her, as if a lifetime passed in a single glance.

Two seconds later, he let out a heavy breath–helpless, conceding–and said hoarsely, “I really don’t know how to coax my wife anymore, so I came to ask what kind of punishment might work.”

With the distance between them neither too far nor too close, Dawn met his dark gaze and, somehow, couldn’t bring herself to tell him to leave.

She’d thought that after all this time, he would’ve already given up.

A long moment passed.

Dawn gently looked away and said coldly, “Mr. Jackson, you seem to be mistaken. Your wife isn’t here.”

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“We’re not divorced.” Ethan’s Adam’s apple bobbed as he took a long stride toward her. “Dawn, I told you–whatever you want, I can give you. Tell me what you want to know. I’ll help you. Okay?”

Dawn lifted her eyes.

The man in front of her had sharp, defined features, a faint shadow of stubble on his jaw.

He clearly hadn’t been living well lately. He’d visibly lost weight.

“You can’t help me.”

“I can.”

His expression was earnest, as if even if she asked for the stars, he’d try to figure out a way.

It was affectionate, naive, and tender.

Dawn suddenly laughed. The smile didn’t reach her eyes, making it look especially cruel. “Mr. Jackson, you must’ve done quite a bit of investigating behind the scenes, right? Why I came back to the country, why I got close to you–even if you were guessing, you must’ve guessed something.

“You don’t want to admit it, so I’ll just tell you outright. It was for your father.”

The man stood there, completely still.

There was no surprise in his eyes.

The mockery in Dawn’s gaze deepened. “What, Mr. Jackson, are you planning to abandon even your father?”

Ethan’s thin lips pressed into a straight line. He remained silent.

He had guessed Dawn came back to meet his father, and that once they met, nothing good would come of it.

But still…

“Dawn.”

He grabbed her shoulders and turned her to face him, restraining his emotions as he said hoarsely, “Tell me. Tell me everything. We’ll face it together, okay?”

“No.”

There’s no fixing this.

Dawn looked into his eyes. Her cold gaze was like a spike, driving straight into his eyes. “All I can tell you is this–you’d better hide your father well. If he shows up in front of me, I will do whatever it takes to kill him.”

Ethan’s breath caught. He couldn’t believe what he was hearing.

He slowly released his grip on her shoulders and lowered his gaze.

“Why?”

“You really don’t know?”

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She must’ve gone mad. Dawn suddenly felt that even if she told him everything, it didn’t matter anymore.

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“Your father puts on a saintly face in front of you all, but more than ten years ago, he really did kill my mother. He hid it too well. Vincent searched for evidence for so many years, and it still wasn’t enough to send him to prison.

“So… I have to do it myself.”

She smiled faintly. The chill in that smile held not a trace of warmth.

“It’s just a pity he’s too cautious. He didn’t even come back when I married you. So tell me what reason do I have to keep going?”

Ethan’s face darkened. The tension in his muscles trembled faintly.

“So…”

He asked hoarsely, “Aside from that, marriage meant nothing else to you. Is that right?”

Dawn looked at his reddened eyes and forced out a single word. “Yeah.”

At that point, anything more felt pointless.