It All Started With Hatred-Chapter 77: Satisfied smile

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Ethan shook his head hopelessly, What is he even thinking about?.

Falling in love?.

Him?.

Impossible.

"You are spacing out a lot these days?" Lana asked as she entered the office.

"Care to share?" His mother asked as she sat down.

Ethan laughed lightly at his mother’s question.

"Nothing." He replied and his mother shut him a look of disbelief.

"Right, I forgot that you have a problem expressing what you feel, About the report, What do you think?" Lana asked changing the subject knowing it’s pointless to ask him.

"It’s good, As always." Ethan praised his mother.

Lana nodded her head and called her assistant to bring her a cup of coffee. After a long time in the surgery room, She was exhausted.

"You should take a rest, You’re not young anymore." Ethan pointed seeing how tired she was.

Lana stared at her son in disbelief, He always was clueless when it comes to speaking to women.

"Don’t call me old again, It’s impolite." Lana scolded him.

Ethan laughed again and Lana couldn’t help but stare at him. It’s been a long time since she Last saw him smile.

Her son is a handsome man. He always was the center of attention, But he was unlucky. Just when he was about to make his dream come true, His father passed away and he had to take his place.

Ethan was unhappy at first but he knew that it was bound to happen, So he accepted his fate.

"I wish that you always smile like this, Better than the poker face that you always put on." Lana pointed.

"Him, Do you prefer an evil face then." Ethan scoffed as he stood up walking towards the door.

"Exactly, Pointless." Lana muttered under her breath.

He stopped med way and said.

"I think you should consider changing that assistant." Saying this he left the office.

...

At Petal school.

"Petal, Are you alright? You seem pale?." Her classroom colleague asked.

Petal shocked her head no.

"I’m fine, just hungry." She wrote in her notebook before she showed it to her colleague.

"The classes are almost over anyway." Her colleague said.

An hour later, The classes were over and it was lunchtime and the students went to the cafeteria to order their food.

Petal and her friend bought their food and found a table for themselves to sit and eat.

When Petal said she was hungry, She was lying. She wasn’t hungry but she was nervous and when she is nervous, She eats without stopping. It’s a habit that she picks up as she grows up.

Whenever she saw her parents fighting, She would start eating to the point she got a stomach ache.

What happened in the morning made her feel unsettled. She can’t deny what he had helped her, But she just can’t believe that he did that out of good intentions.

He is plotting something against her.

He wants her to fall for his trap before he takes his final move, What Petal didn’t understand is why doesn’t just kill if he wants to get rid of her that much, After all, He is the king of the underworld, No one will question his actions, No one will even dare to do that.

So what’s in his head, That’s what she needs to figure out.

Petal’s body trembled to remember how close he was to her this morning. His hands were gentle when he touched her. So was his low-pitched voice as he spoke to her.

The way he looked at her this morning was the complete opposite of the way he did six months ago and the fact that he apologized the night before made her feel like she’s going crazy.

Why would he offer her a car ride?.

And what is he planning to do?.

These two questions were the only thing that Petal spent the whole lunchtime thinking about.

She felt as if her head was going to explode from the two of us thinking.

Thirty minutes later, Petal had finished the whole food that she bought and now her stomach started to hurt. She needed to buy the medicine that her mother used to give to her whenever she did that.

Petal excused herself for the rest of the class and left the school.

She decided to take a walk to digest the big amount of food she ate for lunch and also to clear her head from all the questions and the doubts that she is thinking about.

That despicable man, I hate him, Petal muttered in her head as she walked in the not-so-crowded streets.

Petal felt a Sharp pain in her stomach and she clinched it trying to ease the pain. She tried to ignore it and continued walking until she found a pharmacy and bought the medicine that she needed.

After taking the medicine, Petal ordered a car and went back to the mansion.

Petal entered the mansion and saw the maids cleaning the garden.

Good, That means that no one is here now, She thought to herself as walked inside the mansion and climbed upstairs only to stop when she saw a certain despicable man in front of her coming out of his room.

Petal glared hard at him, She wished that she could burn that handsome face of his.

"You came back early?" Ethan asked, raising an eyebrow, Walking lazily towards her.

Petal, too, raised an eyebrow as she stared at him. He has no right to ask her a question like this.

Petal was about to walk past him but he blocked her way.

Petal clutched the bottle of water that she was drinking from it right before she did the unexpected.

Opening the lid of the bottle, She poured the water on his head and watched as the water trickled down on his face and clothes.

Ethan who was Shocked, Felt as he was boiling from the inside, His hands turned into fists as he glared at her.

Petal smiled a satisfied smile before she walked past him and shut the door with a loud bang.

"Oh god." A maid who had witnessed what happened expressed as she watched the master of the house being humiliated by the guest of the house.

Quietly walking away from there, The maid went back to her room as if she saw nothing.

Ethan wiped the water on his face, with the back of his hands before he walked downstairs and stormed out of the mansion going back to the guest house to change his clothes.

Meanwhile, I’m in the Petal room. Petal sat on the bed smiling to herself. She was finally feeling good today. The only thing that she wished was that it wasn’t normal water that she poured on his face but nitric acid so it would be painful.

...

At the guest’s house.

Ethan picked up a towel and dried his hair before he started to remove his wet clothes and started to dry his body.

As much as he tried to be angry or pretend to be, He just couldn’t.

The strange feeling is that he felt good. He knew that he was a psycho for feeling that way but he couldn’t help it.

After getting dressed in a new set of clothes, He picked up the comb to brush his slightly wet hair.

Looking at his reflection in the mirror, Ethan chuckled darkly.

So she wants to play this game, Two can play this game, The game of push and pull.

Walking out of the room, Ethan walked towards the living room and found his brother sitting there, grinning from ear to ear.

"So, How was it?" Issac asked, staring at him.

Ethan sat down on the chair across from him.

"What are you talking about?" Ethan asked him not to get what he was saying.

"Your first time of humiliation." Issac said, explaining.

Ethan stared at his brother, not surprised that what happened reached him at lightning speed.

"It felt surprisingly good." Ethan replied honestly.

Issac leaned his body forward resting his elbows on his knees staring at his brother closely.

"So... Did it finally happen? Did the heavens decide to punish you?" Issac asked.

Like every time, Ethan stood up and left his brother sitting there, His questions unanswered.

"Keep denying, The more you deny, The more you fall." Issac muttered under his breath smiling darkly.

For now, He needs to keep a close eye on Petal, Noah, and Ethan.

It looks like they are going to witness a love triangle and the winner is still unknown. With the fact that Petal’s mother is dead and she still doesn’t know, It might change the whole game and turn the balance in Noah’s favor.

But it’s still early to decide, As good girls are always attracted to bad boys and bad boys are always attracted to good girls.

"Hmm, Interesting." Issac mumbled to himself.