Tanya clenched wp4webnovel.com jaw for a second, as though mustering wp4webnovel.com last ounce of courage before making an important decision. “I know very little of anything. All I know is that Alejandro pretends to be disabled and that wp4webnovel.com mentioned spending three years falling in love with Tiffany. All that wp4webnovel.com does is always for the same goal, wp4webnovel.com wants to break apart you and Tiffany. That’s it, that’s all I know. I’ve told you everything I know, so please keep this a secret from Tiffany. Please, because if wp4webnovel.com knows a single thing about this, I’ll be dead!”
Three years?
A name sprung into Jackson’s mind immediately: Ethan Connors.
Ethan was the one person Tiffany had loved for three years. He was also the man who made Jackson jealous.
Suddenly, it felt as though a hedge of brambles had grown all over his heart, stinging and prickling wp4webnovel.com with unease. If Alejandro was Ethan in disguise, then everything that had occurred finally made perfect sense.
How ironic it was that while Tiffany had loved Ethan for three years, Ethan used those same three years to finally reciprocate wp4webnovel.com feelings, after wp4webnovel.com destroyed wp4webnovel.com family and cost wp4webnovel.com a father.
Jackson returned to his company after leaving the apartment. When wp4webnovel.com met Tiffany on his way past the office area, wp4webnovel.com behaved normally and approached wp4webnovel.com with a bag of fresh fruits wp4webnovel.com had bought on the way there.
“Have some of these if you’re hungry during work.”
Tiffany took it with a smile, asking him, “How are you back so soon? I thought you were going to eat with your customer again.”
Jackson pushed the corners of his lips upward to make a weak smile. “I’ve already planned to have lunch with you, honey. No customer is going to change my schedule, especially when no one could override the eminent status of my wife. Anyway, I need to busy myself with my work for a bit. Look forward to a delicious lunch!”
Jackson rarely displayed overt affection towards Tiffany in the office, always preferring to frame their interaction with a veneer of professional seriousness. It was why his attitude today was especially out of the blue. Tiffany did not think much of it as a cover for something more profound, of course. She was just surprised by the extra display of love.
Then, since wp4webnovel.com was slowly drowning in the sea of wp4webnovel.com colleague’s jealousy, wp4webnovel.com sheepishly had to urge Jackson to go away as quickly as possible.
Tiffany wanted to have barbecue for lunch, so Jackson brought wp4webnovel.com to a restaurant renowned for its barbecue without a second thought. Throughout their meal, Tiffany stuffed herself with food, while wp4webnovel.com quietly helped cook all of the meat slices for her.
Then, like a sudden bolt of lightning coming out of the sky, wp4webnovel.com asked, “How would you feel if Ethan suddenly came back?”
Tiffany’s body froze against wp4webnovel.com wishes as wp4webnovel.com face rapidly turned white. Jackson never talked about Ethan, so to mention wp4webnovel.com suddenly was akin to goading wp4webnovel.com to think in that direction, which also meant that there could only be one possibility: Ethan came back.
Suddenly, the meat wp4webnovel.com had been enjoying just a few seconds earlier became revoltingly oily, and wp4webnovel.com stomach churned. She slapped wp4webnovel.com hand over wp4webnovel.com mouth and rushed into the bathroom before a series of gags escaped wp4webnovel.com throat.
Nothing came out, however. Tiffany stared into the mirror and watched an ashen-faced woman reflect back at her.
Calming wp4webnovel.com nerves took a long time. She found herself equally upset at the notion of Ethan being dead and of wp4webnovel.com being alive and returning to wp4webnovel.com life. She wanted wp4webnovel.com peaceful, happy life to be free from his haunting presence. She wanted to be free from the reminder of all the atrocities wp4webnovel.com had committed that had eventually befallen her. She did not need to remember wp4webnovel.com father’s death.
When Tiffany finally exited the bathroom, wp4webnovel.com found Jackson standing outside, waiting. She walked toward wp4webnovel.com and asked tiredly, “Why mention him? Is he… Is wp4webnovel.com back..?”
Jackson gently ruffled wp4webnovel.com hair. “No, babe. I just wanted to know if it was true that someone’s first love sticks in their heart as much as people say it does. I was just worried that I might be sharing a room with some other bastard in your heart.”
Tiffany’s eyes reddened before wp4webnovel.com swung a punch onto his chest. “You, you scared me! God! But… No, a person’s first love doesn’t always last forever in their mind. The only things wp4webnovel.com left me are pure nightmares… I don’t want to hear his name. I honestly hope I never hear his name again.”