Quit your job.

Roseline didn't continue questioning her.

But Claire knew the matter wouldn't end so easily.

Since things had already reached this point, she simply washed Ethan's clothes and hung them up to dry, very conspicuously, on the balcony.

Roseline's brow twitched when she saw them, but she held back and said nothing.

The next morning, right after breakfast, Claire was dragged to a matchmaking agency.

Watching Roseline chat endlessly with the staff for nearly an hour, Claire sat there idly picking at her nails.

She briefly thought about texting Ethan.

But realizing she couldn't let him know, she put her phone away again.

The staff soon brought out around ten profiles.

"Miss Bennett, we've selected these blind date candidates for you. They're all very suitable. If you agree, I can arrange meetings right away." 

Under Roseline's intimidating gaze, Claire had no choice but to nod.

After leaving the agency, Roseline reminded her sternly,

“I paid a hefty membership f*e for you...You'd better take these blind dates seriously."

Fang Claire nodded perfunctorily.

"Okay.”

The matchmaking agency worked quickly. 

That very evening, they informed her that two blind dates had already been arranged for the following night, both at the same restaurant.

Considering her work schedule, one was set for 6:30 PM and the other for 7:00PM.

The next day, Claire rushed to the restaurant immediately after work.

Her first blind date was shorter than her, wore frameless glasses, and looked somewhat greasy.

The moment he saw Claire, his eyes lit up.

“Miss Bennett, you're even prettier in person than in the photos."

Claire forced a polite smile.

In truth, she wanted to say that he looked far uglier than his photos.

The pictures had clearly been heavily edited; he looked like a completely different person.

"Miss Bennett, let me state my requirements first."

Making demands right away…where did he get the nerve?

Still smiling, Claire gestured politely.

“Please go ahead."

The man adjusted his frameless.

“I'm a City A local, an only child. My family owns two houses and two cars, and I have a stable job. Someone with my qualifications is very popular in the marriage market."

Claire suddenly interupted.“How popular?”

The bespectacled man froze, momentarily speechless.

After a brief pause, he said awkwardly.

“In short... someone with my qualifications is very sought after."

“Oh." 

Claire nodded thoughtfully.

“I really can't imagine just how sought after Mr. John is. Could you give me an example?"

The man choked again.

“This... that's not the point.."

“Then what is the point?"

“I…please stop interrupting me."

“Oh. Go on."

The bespectacled man cleared his throat.

“I've seen your profile. To be honest, it's quite average. If I hadn't seen Miss Bennett's photo and thought you were fairly attractive, I wouldn't have bothered meeting you."

Claire almost laughed.

Calmly, she replied. "What a coincidence. I also saw your photo and thought yow were tall and handsome, which is why I agreed to meet you."

She paused, then looked him up and dowm before sighing softly.

The man's expression instantly changed.

"What do you mean?”

Claire took a sip of water.

“The product doesn't match the description, so I'm disappointed. I will probably file a complaint with the matchmaking agency later.”

The bespectacled man jumped to his feet and stormed out.

—

Kyle hadn't expected to run into Claire here.

With a dark expression, he sent the video he had just recorded to Ethan.

Claire Bennett…

He had always known this woman couldn't be trusted.

She was already married to Ethan, yet she was still going on blind dates.

Clearly, she looked down on Ethan for being poor and was trying to find a better option.

Damn it.

Ethan watched the video from beginning to end, his face turning frighteningly dark.

Kyle also sent him the restaurant's address.

But Ethan didn't move.

Kyle hadn't expected Claire to have a second blind date.

He was so furious he nearly rushed over to teach that woman a lesson.

Suppressing his temper, he recorded another video and sent it to Ethan.

With the facts laid out so clearly, he refused to believe Ethan would keep deceiving himself.

—

The second blind date turned out to be an even bigger weirdo.

The man immediately declared that Claire must bear three children for him after marriage.

"At least one must be a son," he said matter-of-factly.“If there's no son, then we'll keep having more."

He continued without pause, “After marriage, you should quit your job and stay home as a wife and mother." 

“You'lI take care of my parents and raise the children."

When Claire asked whether her name would be added to the property deed and whether she would keep control of his salary card, the man raised an eyebrow.

"What are you thinking? Those houses are my premarital property. Why would I add your name? You should be grateful I'm letting you live there."

"My salary card is managed by my mother. I can't trust an outsider like you. If you need money for something, tell me and I'll transfer it to you."

"And my parents worked very hard to raise me. After you marry into our family, you must respect them and serve them properly."

Claire was speechless.

Where on earth did these lunatics come from?

She was so angry she felt like her chest might explode.

Too irritated to continue the conversation, she stood up and walked away.

The man shouted after her, "Why are you leaving? I haven't

finished talking yet!"

…

Kyle's lips twitched.

Then he sncered in satisfaction.

Serves you right.

You abandoned Ethan after leading him on, and now you're meeting trash like this.

Across from him, the woman he was dining with had been holding back her frustration for a long time.

Suddenly, she slammed her chopsticks onto the table.

Kyle flinched and looked at her.

"What's wrong?"

The woman was furious, practically steaming with anger.

“You're asking me what's wrong?"

Kyle blinked.“l really don't know."

“Kyle, you've gone too far!”

“My goodness…what did I do? Tell me!”

The woman pointed at him accusingly, "What were you doing just now?"

“What did I do?"

"You're still pretending? Do you think I'm stupid? You kept staring at that woman and even took photos of her with your phone!"

"So what if I took photos of her?” 

Kyle looked utterly confused.

The woman stood up, slapped him acrass the face, and stormed off.

Kyle sat there, completely dumbfounded.

Wait...what just happened?

Why did she slap me for no reason?

Feeling annoyed himself, Kyle didn't bother chasing after her.

That young lady's temper had been getting worse lately anyway.

Let her cool off.

—

Claire exited the subway station and walked toward her apartment building.

She hadn't eaten much at dinner and was still irritated by the two disastrous blind dates.

Just thinking about Roseline interrogating her when she got home made her reluctant to go upstairs.

But the moment she reached the bottom of the building, she saw Ethan.

He stood in the shadows, tall and imposing, his demeanor cold and distant. 

She had no idea how long he had been watching her.

Under his gaze, Claire inexplicably felt a chill run down her spine.

Guilt crept into her heart.

Taking a deep breath, she walked over.

"Why are you back?"

Ethan stared at her, as if trying to see right through her.

Claire felt even more guilty.

She reached out and took his arm.

"Have you eaten dinner? I haven't, let's go get something."

Ethan finally spoke.

“You haven't eaten?"

“No. l just finished working overtime. I'm starving."

Ethan let out a faint,humorless laugh.

Then he turned and wallked out of the building.

The two of them went to a nearby nooodle shop.

Ethan ordered two bowls of noodles and sat there silently.

Claire glanced at him several times.

Something was clearly off today. 

Ethan seemed unusually cold, an icy chill that seeped into his very bones.

Did he find out about the blind dates?

No way… I couldn't be that unlucky, right?

Getting caught immediately after doing something wrong?

“Husband..." she began.

At that moment, her phone rang.

It was Roseline calling.