Chapter 60 Ethan Galit

<Mia>

"How dare you step into my house?!"

Hermoine grinned, "you know, just give me money, and I'll leave Mia alone."

Hermoine, what are you saying? I want to slap him right now.

"So, you're giving him money?!" Ethan exclaimed, clearly surprised by Hermoine's statement.

"Yes, she gives me money. Because she's married to me, and you're just being used. She's just milking you. Do you love Mia, huh? I won't bother you, and I'll give Mia back to you in exchange for the money," Hermoine said, as if trying to negotiate.

"I don't fucking believe you! She's legally married to me!" Ethan fought back, his anger towards Hermoine escalating.

"Hermoine, shut up! You're just putting me in danger with what you're doing! I've been helping you, and you're still putting me at risk!" I said in frustration to Hermoine.

"Ethan, please don't believe him because he's just using you for money," I pleaded with Ethan.

"Are you telling me you don't believe that we're married?" Hermoine challenged him, "oh, here's our wedding picture," he showed Ethan a wedding picture of us. I looked at it, and it was indeed real. How did he get that picture?

Ethan, in his anger, snatched his phone and threw it hard against the tiles. The phone shattered completely and looked like it wouldn't function anymore.

"Ethan.." I whispered in fear as he turned to me with tear-filled eyes.

"Why are you doing this to me, Mia, huh? Why do you keep hurting me?! Am I not enough?" He cried out, leaving me stunned by his emotions. He was crying before me, and I felt helpless.

"Damn it! How many times are you going to hurt me, huh?! You cheated on me with Yunnie, and I worked so hard to trust you again! And now this? What's that picture? Why are you married to him, huh? Mia, you keep hurting me repeatedly," he said painfully, continuing to cry, "My mother left me. I grew up without parents, and when you came into my life, I loved you more than myself. Because I thought you wouldn't be like my mother, leaving and hurting me."

I felt a deep pain in my heart as he expressed his feelings. Ethan was crying before me, and I couldn't do anything to ease his pain.

"You made me realize that I'm fucking wrong! I worked so hard to trust you again! I forgave you and accepted you for who you are. I forgot all the things you did to me. I understood you, even when you didn't want anything to happen between us. You didn't want to have children, and that was okay with me; I understood. But this? You cheated on me twice! It's okay if you don't love me, but why do you have to deceive me?! Huh! Mia, answer me! Damn it!"

I couldn't help but sob, "Ethan," weakly calling his name.

"You're my happiness, but you ended up being my trauma. It hurts to love you, Mia," he said weakly.

"Ethan!" I shouted his name as he left the house, "Ethan! Wait!" I desperately called out to him. But he got into his car and drove away without even acknowledging me. He left me in this situation.

It was Hermoine's fault. He ruined everything. Furious, I went back inside, my blood boiling with anger.

"What are you doing here, huh?" I confronted Hermoine and slapped him, "What are you saying, claiming that we're married?! And what's that picture you showed? We're not married, Hermoine!" I said angrily to him.

"Just give me ten million, and I'll take back what I said to your husband. I'll explain everything to him. I'll tell him the truth," he said, trying to act composed.

I clenched my fists, wanting to hit him. If he wasn't older than me, I would've fought back.

"Fucking get out of my house! I'll kill you if you don't leave!" I yelled at him as I threw everything I could get my hands on towards him.

"I'll be back. We're not finished yet," he said before turning away.

I broke down as soon as he left. I felt like I was going crazy. I didn't want Ethan to be angry at me. I cried out, calling for "Mama," feeling like a lost child.

"Ma'am."

"Ma'am, are you okay?"

Our household staff approached me.

"Mama!" I called out again, overwhelmed with emotions. I felt like a helpless little bird.

"Ma'am, here's your cellphone," one of the staff handed me my phone, and I quickly called my sister, my hands trembling.

"Ate.. ate.. Ate," I said as she answered the call.

"Ate, it's Hermoine," I sobbed when she answered my call.

"What? What happened? Why are you crying?" She asked, clearly worried about me.

"Ate, Hermoine won't leave me alone. He keeps asking for money and blackmailing me. Ate.. Ethan left," I struggled to catch my breath. I didn't know how to tell her everything, my mind was in chaos.

I was attended to by the household staff. One was fixing my hair, while another was gently patting my back to console me.

I didn't know how to tell my sister everything because my emotions were in turmoil, and my mind was a mess.

"Ate.." I called out to her.

"I'll come to you!" she said and hung up.

"Did you call Ethan?" I asked the household staff.

"Ma'am, his phone is turned off," I cried even more upon hearing that.

As he told me those things, I could feel his pain.

<Nathan>

"Who the fuck is that Marco?!" I shouted at Kaye.

She was looking down, seemingly scared of me. She should be scared. She's playing with fire. She kept playing with her fingers nervously.

"He's my classmate, uncle. He just gave me a ride," she answered, fueling my anger. He gave her a ride?

"Don't you have a driver?!" My voice raised even more due to the anger I felt. She has a driver; why did she let Marco take her home?

"We came home early, so Marco gave me a ride," she nervously replied.

I closed my eyes tightly to calm myself.

"What did I tell you last time, huh?! Stop calling me 'uncle' when we're at home! Didn't I remind you that no boys are allowed?! You're not allowed to have male friends!" I yelled at her.

She looked up at me, and I noticed her eyes were watery. This brat is giving me a headache.

"And why did you come home so late? Were you out gallivanting, Kaye?" My temper flared. I just got home, and she was already home. Where did she go, and what did she do with that Marco?

"Sir, excuse me. Your twin brother is here,"

"Go to your room," I ordered her and went downstairs. I found Ethan sitting in the living room, looking lost. What happened to him? His eyes were red.

"Tan?" I called out to him.

He stood up and surprised me when he suddenly hugged me, "Nate.." he called me while crying. What happened to him? Why is he crying?

"Nate.. my wife," he sobbed while holding onto me. I tapped his back and hugged him back.

"My wife. She made me a fool. Our marriage is not legal. She's married to someone else... She cheated on me... Nate.. why is every woman in my life hurting me?" He asked helplessly.

That woman again. I clenched my fist.

"I did everything to make her love me. What's wrong with me? Why can't she love me?!" He pointed to his heart on the other side, "the pain is killing me," he sobbed, "Nate, please stop the pain.. It's killing me," he pleaded while holding onto my arm. I held him up to support him, so he wouldn't collapse.

"I stayed loyal and faithful to her because I know the feeling of being betrayed. I don't want to make her feel what our mother did to us," he said, struggling to speak, "I love my wife so much," he added.

I tightly clenched my fists, feeling the anger inside me towards that woman. She knows nothing but to hurt my twin. From the beginning, I had a bad feeling about her. But I couldn't do anything; my twin loves her.

"Divorce her," I said seriously to my twin.

<Mia>

"What happened, huh? And Hermoine? Why did you mention his name?" My sister asked me when she arrived. I was still in the living room.

"Hermoine is bothering me. He keeps asking for money," I confided in her, feeling exhausted.

"Are you in communication with Hermoine?" She asked urgently. I nodded, confirming it.

"Then he told Ethan that we're married. He even showed a picture."

"What?!" She was shocked. She was overreacting, "what did he do?"

"We fought because of him. I didn't want to give him money, so he told Ethan that we're married. I don't know where he got that picture."

"What's wrong with him, huh? Why didn't you tell me that you were in communication with that jerk?!"

"He always threatens me. Fear took over me, and I didn't know what to do."

My sister massaged her temples.

"Where is that Hermoine now, huh?"

"I don't know. He just suddenly appears like a mushroom," I said while hugging my knees.

"I don't know if Ethan will believe me because he got angry at Hermoine's lies," I sadly said and stared blankly.

She faced me, looking stern, and I looked up at her since she was standing in front of me. "Mia, you never think! You always let your emotions get the best of you! You're so stupid! You and Hermoine are both fools!" She said angrily to me. I didn't reply because I didn't want to fight, and I had no energy for anything else. Ethan was all I could think about at that moment.