Chapter 19 Popsicles

<Third Person>

"What?!" Nathan asked, turning to his twin, but he didn't receive a response.

"So, she has been cheating all these years," Nathan yelled. "Sue her!" He angrily suggested.

"What?! I won't do that!" Ethan retorted angrily. "And they already broke up!" He reasoned.

"Such weakness!" Moonraker commented and took another sip of his drink.

"Break up with her, Ethan," Nathan warned his twin. "You don't deserve that kind of woman."

Ethan stopped drinking and faced his twin brother. "What? Who are you to say whom I deserve?"

"You don't deserve someone who's cheating behind your back," Nathan reasoned.

"She has a reason," Ethan said firmly.

The twins exchanged words, but Nathan remained silent, knowing that his twin wouldn't listen to him.

"Oh, by the way!" Moonraker loudly exclaimed to grab everyone's attention. "I have some gossip!" He remembered something.

"The gossip enthusiast," Tor murmured.

~

<Mia>

"WHERE have you been the whole night?" Chanx greeted me with a serious tone as I entered our place of stay. I stopped walking and looked at his blank face, unable to ignore the tightly clenched fist. I furrowed my brow. What was his problem?

Suddenly, I felt anxious as I remembered where I had been.

He must have found out about Yunnie and me. I hoped he wouldn't know where I had been.

"You don't need to know where I've been," I nonchalantly replied to him.

He isn't important enough for me to tell him what's happening in my life and where I've been.

I didn't go home or sleep here in our house. I remembered that when I didn't go home, I was with Yunnie. But now, it's different. I'm with someone else.

Will I still be able to be with her? It still hurts. Until now, I can't think clearly.

I haven't slept yet; I couldn't sleep because I kept overthinking.

"I am your husband, so I have the right to know your whereabouts; I have rights to you," he insisted, emphasizing each word.

What is his problem? Ethan shouldn't be lecturing me now because I'm not in the mood. I'm not in the mood to argue with him.

I feel terrible, and I want to sleep to escape these feelings. I want to sleep and not feel any of this.

I saw the veins in his neck. He still had a serious look in his eyes. I looked up at him, and my neck was starting to feel sore. He's tall, I promise. He stands at six feet while I'm at five.

It's his fault that this happened, his fault and my dad's fault, my family's fault. It's all their fault! I hate them all!

"I'm with my friend, Happy?" I sarcastically replied to him.

I don't know if I said the right thing to Ethan. I thought he would understand. But it seems like I was mistaken. He got angry at me.

Ethan, huh? He's just like his idiotic friends, and his twin brother is just as bad. Hmmp! Birds of a feather flock together! He's just like his twin brother! The true colors are on the inside, hiding so much!

I was about to enter my room when he suddenly grabbed my arm, his grip tight and painful. His gaze was sharp, and his jaw was clenched.

I looked up at him to see him, and there was a hint of restraint and irritation in his eyes.

He is showing me his stoic face, but I sense that he is getting annoyed at me. Go ahead, be angry. I want you to be angry with me.

"Really, Mia?" There was a challenge in his voice. "Are you with your mistress, huh?" He accused me.

I couldn't miss the tightening of his fist.

"Do you think I'll believe your excuse again? You might go with her again," he accused once more.

"Can't we just avoid a fight now, Ethan?" I pleaded, exhausted.

"Let's save it for another day. I really don't have the energy to argue with you today."

I just wanted to peacefully sleep, without feeling any pain.

He tightened his fist even more. What, is he going to hurt me?

I walked past him, ignoring his presence, and entered our room.

"Don't turn your back to me, Mia!"

I didn't pay attention to him and went into our room.

"Mia Zoey!" he angrily called out my full name. There he goes again, why does he like mentioning my whole name? It irritates me.

"What's wrong with you, Ethan Lee Chanx?!" I confronted him in irritation, raising my voice as well.

We were already arguing.

"I called Lorena, and you're not with her! She doesn't know your whereabouts! I just briefly left the house, and when I came back, you're not here!" He shouted in anger. His jaw tightened even more, and his gaze darkened.

Wait, hold on, is he yelling at me?!

"Lorena is not my only friend!"

He's really pushing my buttons! His mind is so narrow!

"And why weren't you answering my calls? And look, you're coming home late in the morning! Is that how a decent wife comes home, huh?!"

I was stunned by what he said.

"You know what, Ethan, don't bother asking if you don't want to believe!" I said in frustration and turned away from him again.

"Shit! Okay! Damn it! From now on, you're not allowed to go outside without my permission!" I froze in my steps upon hearing his words.

"What?" I asked in disbelief.

"You heard it clearly, Mia," he said impatiently to me.

"And who are you to treat me like this? Huh?! You have no right to imprison me in this house! And you have no right to forbid me from leaving!" I fought back. He's really getting on my nerves. Instead of being emotional and dramatic, here I am arguing with him. Ethan also seems to have a dominant side to him.

"I'm your husband," he replied emotionlessly. My husband, my ass!

"You can't stop me from doing what I want." I took a deep breath; I really don't want to argue, but he's giving me a reason to.

"Try me, Mia, try me. You haven't seen what I am capable of doing," he warned me, his voice cold.

"Mia! Mia! Mia!!"

I was about to close the door when someone suddenly called my name. The person was still at the door, but I could hear them even from inside our room. They sound angry.

I felt a sense of unease and swallowed hard. I looked at Ethan, and he had the same reaction.

Here we go again. I just want to cry.

"Mia!" my father angrily called out my name.

Fear took over my system as I saw him standing in front of me, accompanied by his old cane. He's old now and has difficulty walking, yet he managed to storm into my home.

"What have I found out now, huh?!" He greeted me with anger, his gaze piercing through me.

No wonder the Lord hasn't taken him yet because his attitude is ugly.

"Stop shouting at my wife," Ethan calmly said as he approached me. He stood in front of me, with me behind him. It's like he's protecting me from the demon - just kidding!

My father pointed at me with his cane that he bought from Divisoria, "You, as a woman, you're already married, and yet you still can't stop your foolishness! You really want to drive me crazy!" my father angrily exclaimed.

"What's your problem? Can you lower down your voice? You are scaring my wife," Ethan calmly spoke to him. He remains composed, while I feel like my heart is about to burst from fear and nervousness.

"Motherfucker, huh? Who wouldn't get angry if that woman refuses to straighten herself out?!" He pointed at me.

"Someone saw you with your lesbian girlfriend! And I'm being talked about again because I have a daughter like you!"

He's furious.

"Stop shouting at my wife! Even if you are her father, I won't think twice about doing the same with you," Ethan warns him.

"You don't have any right to say foul words at her!"

"Do you even know what that woman has done, huh?!" My father points at me, seething with anger. When has he ever stopped berating me? That's why I turned out like this because of him. He always wants to be in control. He always wants to be right and have all the authority.

"She has a girlfriend! And she's meeting up with her girlfriend behind your back!" He uses vulgar language with me.

"Damn it! When will you stop with that lesbian?! What has she done to you that you can't let her go?! You won't gain anything from that woman, Mia! She won't give you a family! You have no future with her!"

Yunnie fed me her pussy, that's why I'm crazy about her. And besides, she has also fed me many other delicious things.

"I don't care if she won't give me a family!" I boldly answer him.

"And besides, you don't even know Yunnie, and yet you judge her so harshly! It's okay if I don't have a family, pops! As long as I'm with her and there's no one like you in our lives!" I say angrily to him.

"Well, you're answering back, huh!" He was about to hurt me when Ethan stepped in front of me.

"Don't you try to hurt her! I can sue you even if you are my father-in-law!" Ethan says sternly, his hand trembling with anger. It seems even he is fed up with my dictator father. He wants me to do everything his way.

"And you defend her against me, huh?! While you're married, she's having a relationship with her lesbian girlfriend!" My father says, furious.

I'm in tears. He was so harsh in calling Yunnie a lesbian. He's the one with a dark personality. I hope Satan takes him.

"Yunnie isn't a lesbian!" I defend Yunnie.

Ethan holds my hand tightly.

"My wife already cut ties with her. And I know about their relationships. Those pictures and rumors you heard are all false. They are good friends and not lovers," Ethan calmly says, his breaths heavy.

What is this man talking about? He doesn't even know about me and Yunnie unless I confessed. And we're not friends with Yunnie. He even blocked me.

"Don't believe that woman! They're not friends! She's just fooling you! They have a relationship and they're hiding it!" Pops says to my husband. And then he looks at me, "I know your strategy, Zoey," he threatens me, "if you're deceiving your husband, well, I won't be deceived!" It's as if he wants to hurt me.

I clenched my fist.

"Why don't you just leave us alone! It's because of you that Yunnie left me!" I blame him with anger. My anger towards him is deepening because of what he's doing to me. That's not how a father should treat his child. He's not my father, and I would never want him to be my father!

"If you don't stop your nonsense, I'll take you away and lock you up in a faraway place!" He threatens me. He has long wanted to send me to another country, and it's only fortunate that circumstances have occurred that require me to stay in the country so his plans didn't push through. He was about to send me to Europe when he suddenly arranged for me to be with Ethan. I accepted it reluctantly to stay close to Yunnie, but that idiot still left me. She didn't even think about the sacrifices I made for her. I'm angry with her, but I still love her deeply