CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX : ETHAN NEVER LOVED YOU NATASHA

“Is this what you do? All men are the same.

I pity your poor fiancée. She has no damn idea that while her fiancée is smiling at her and treating her like a queen on earth, he is going behind her back and fucking me like I’m all he needs to survive.

Our relationship demanded exclusivity, oh yes I’ll give you that,” I said sharply. His intense emerald eyes staring into mine scorching with heat.

“But unfortunately my marriage was already arranged to Xavier before that contract was signed.

So you can be sure that I’ll have no contact with other men. And as for Xavier, whatever I had with him, happened before the contract.

So hell no, I am not calling off my marriage with him.

If you want me to do that, then why don’t you call off your Marriage with Jennifer, maybe then you won’t sound so stupid,” I was fed up with his constant bullying, demands, and the way he degraded me all the time.

“You have some nerve, Leah,” he said, a small dark laugh breaking through his lips, as his hands on my face tightened enough to cause pain. And there was absolutely nothing pleasurable about the expression I saw in his eyes.

“Why do you hate me so much, Ethan?” I asked softly.

His eyes widened in shock at my question as he opened his mouth to answer me only to be cut short by a knock on the door followed by a familiar voice.

“Leah, are you in there? Mother is asking you?” The voice said followed by muttering as the handle of the door twisted.

“Shitt,” Ethan cursed, letting go of my face.

His dark eyes stared at me for a moment, before he clenched his jaw in disgust. He opened the door without a care in the world for who saw him in the ladies bathroom and he walked away without looking back.

My fragile mind wanted to call him back, at least to gain some ground in our relationship, and not leave it as it was.

Natasha stared with wide eyes as Ethan passed her, not even bothering to give her a glance.

Her mouth opened as she looked at me in shock, before it turned to an annoyed scowl.

“What the hell are you doing with him?” She asked in anger, walking to where I stood.

“What does it look like am doing Natasha?” I asked irritatedly, my mind going back to that day that I saw him having sex with my fiancée.

“You know he is mine Leah,” she said, stepping closer into my personal space.

“He is yours how? Last I heard he is already engaged to the town's princess and his childhood love Jennifer, who is clearly not you,” I scoffed, feeling very smug.

I knew exactly what she meant, but unfortunately for her.

I'm not going to sympathize with a bitch like her. I can tolerate her mother because she pays for my mothers treatment, but definitely not her.

“He belongs to me Leah. Ethan is mine, and you fucking kmow it,” she shouted. Her eyes sparkled with madness.

“Were you trying to seduce him, Leah? Is that what you were doing, seducing your sister’s man?” She shouted in frustration.

A laugh spilled out of my lips on hearing what she said, and I smiled darkly at her.

“What are you talking about Natasha? Seducing your sister's man huh? You mean the same way you seduced mine and slept with him,” I said in outrage, feeling triumph when I saw the fear and shock in her eyes.

“You are surprised I knew right? Ohh foolish you, I know everything about what happens around me, so think twice before trying to cross me sister.

And as for Ethan, he called off his Marriage to you two years ago do you remember? He said he had a fleeting lapse of judgement with you, and just decided to play along with your obsession with him.

Have you forgotten your stupid obsession is one of the reasons our family went down the drain and lost its wealth,” I watched as her face paled at my words, and a sense of joy filled me.

“Ethan never loved you Natasha, so get that into your dumb head.

He never, not for a moment, never did in the past, and never will,” I spouted darkly, as I walked out of her only to halt in my steps when I heard her next words.

“Leah, mum was indeed right, you have surprisingly grown some nerve these days.

No need to worry about whether Ethan loves me or not, because very soon, I’ll make sure I am all he sees.

And as for Jennifer, she is nothing but a sacred princess.

I’ll deal with her, then I’ll take Ethan right from under her nose.

And Leah, next time you warn me to watch my back, maybe you should do so yourself.

You don’t know what games people are playing against you in your work place,” she said, making me stagger back in shock.

I quickly recollected myself, smirking at her words as I walked away.

My eyes caught something—a figure standing behind the curtains, stormy hazel eyes watching us—Jennifer. Her eyes stayed on me even after I saw her, and her expression hardened, looking nothing like the weak doll I saw her playing in public besides Ethan.