The Unstoppable Comeback Of the Unrivaled Ex-Wife-Chapter 485 - 473

The dinner was indeed quite chaotic. It was as if Cupid had gotten drunk and it began to arbitrarily set up couples.

Both Quinton and Clara hinted at Ethan ceaselessly to please Joanna, but Joanna gave Ethan endless chances to please Clara.

Ethan claimed that he wanted to pursue Joanna, but his focus was all on Clara. He peeled prawns for her repeatedly. After that, he started peeling crabs for her. Hence, there was so much food on her plate that she could not finish it...

"Okay, stop peeling. I’m already full."

Smiling awkwardly, Clara stopped Ethan from peeling more prawns for her. After that, she lowered her voice and said, "Are you done using me? You should chat with Joan and serve her food. Have you forgotten what I just taught you? She’s leaving the table if you don’t act now."

"So you do dislike me indeed. Didn’t I peel the prawns and crabs nicely? I’ll change, okay?"

Ethan behaved like a feeble person and looked at her pitifully.

Clara was dumbfounded.

"Ahem, well, I’m full. Enjoy your meal."

Joanna wiped her lips before she got up and left the dining table. She said to the two children, "Adie, Abby, let’s go. I’ll play with you."

"I’m full now."

Quinton also got up.

Even if he was insensible, he could see whom Ethan aimed to win over now. Hence, he stopped trying to set him up with Joanna casually.

In short, he regarded Clara as his younger sister too. If Clara won Ethan over, it was the same as if Joan had won Ethan over. The effects would be the same, and he could make use of Ethan too.

In the end, Ethan and Clara were the only ones left at the dining table.

Suddenly, the atmosphere became awkward and slightly ambiguous.

But Clara was well aware of Ethan’s feelings. She hated that kind of ambiguity very much.

She put down her cutlery and glared at him in annoyance. "Hey, Ethan, do you take me for a fool?"

"Of course, I haven’t the stomach for that."

Innocence was written all over Ethan’s handsome face. "Haven’t I served you well tonight? Why did you say that I take you for a fool?"

"You told me that you want to pursue Joan, so I told you a lot of moves that you could use. But you didn’t even use any of that. You just used me the entire night. Now my stomach is full of prawns and crabs. Aren’t you fooling me?"

Clara inevitably burped when she reached that point. She grabbed a few pieces of fruit to cleanse her palette.

Ethan raised his charming countenance and looked at her with a faint smile. "Well, thank you, my good friend. But... did I ever tell you that I’d pursue Joan?"

"What? If you like her, don’t you want to pursue her? What’s more, you told me just now that you wanted to. You even asked me to teach you. Why are you refusing to admit it?"

"I just told you that I could try and pursue her, but I didn’t say that I would really do that. What’s more..."

Ethan paused all of a sudden. His gaze turned deep-set with a profound meaning as he looked at Clara. "When again did I say that I liked her?"

"There you go again. No one else is here. Why are you so shy?"

She looked at him, and felt remorseful for failing to live up to his expectation. "I know that you’re very stressed to have such a love rival like Ace. After all, he’s handsome and capable. He’s your buddy too. It’s reasonable that you don’t dare to pursue your buddy’s woman, but Joan is single now. Don’t tell me that you don’t even have the courage to admit to it now, do you?"

However, Ethan merely chuckled and touched her head. "Don’t talk about other stuff. I simply want to know the reasons for your firm belief that I fancy Joanna?"

"It’s because Joan is outstanding, pretty, and unique. She is a model of a perfect woman. No men can resist her charms, including a frivolous playboy like you."

Clara produced a well-founded answer.

"But you’re also awesome, pretty, and unique. Why can’t you feel my fondness for you?"

"Why, you..."

Clara’s calmness was fluttered by him. Consequently, she blushed faintly.

It might be because she had some wine, or it might be because of the romantic night. When she looked up at him, her clear eyes were watery and eager. "Tell me. Do you like me?"

That was the first time she asked him that question directly.

There seemed to be a tinge of ambiguity between them in the past. She seemed to have received some hints from him, but she did not dare to confirm it. Afraid that she would be misunderstood, she never dared to ask him that.

After what happened tonight, she was indeed quite annoyed by that kind of endless ambiguity.

She had no right to take a step forward in their relationship, but she was afraid of having regrets if she retreated...

"I..."

It might be beyond Ethan’s imagination that Clara would take the initiative to lay everything on the table, given her abnormally high self-esteem.

At first, he handled that relationship with great ease, but now, he was in a slight panic. He did not know how to handle it.

However, his hesitation hurt her self-esteem.

Unexpectedly, she would suffer a loss the first time she took the initiative.

"Okay, you don’t have to give me an answer. We’re adults. I understand."

Adults, when truly in love, moved forward bravely.

If they were not in love, all that would be left between them was hesitation.

At the moment, she was certain that Ethan did not like her. Flirting with her was just one of his habits. She was just fancying wild thoughts all this while.

"I’m full. I’ll be going."

Clara stood up and tried her best to force a smile at him. "I’m sorry for what happened just now. I made you awkward. I guarantee that such a thing won’t happen again...

"And if you really like Joan, there’s no need for all that deliberation. Just pursue her boldly like my brother did. He pursued Joan for so many years, and although he failed, he didn’t take it too hard because he has no regrets."

While talking, she retreated. Consequently, she bumped into an ornament and nearly fell.

"Be careful!"

Ethan acted fast and supported her. His gaze was full of sorry. "I’m sorry. Are... you okay?"

"Nonsense! Why did you say sorry to me? I’m fine. I didn’t confess my love for you. I just asked you if you liked me. It’s very normal that you don’t like me. I know that you like Joan. You..."

"I told you I don’t like Joanna!"

He sounded slightly displeased as he stated coldly, "At least I don’t like her now."

"So, you..."

Clara instinctively wanted to ask him whom he liked now, but she was a proud woman. She did not want to be humiliated again.

"Whatever!"

She grumpily pushed him away and walked out of the dining room.

However, her body started to feel weird while she was walking. The pain from her belly made her bend over and squat on the floor in pain...