Chapter 3

Without waiting for my consent, he unclasped the necklace he had just put on me and fastened it around Lily's fair neck.

"Ethan, my neck actually suits this necklace better! Look how pretty!" Lily burst into a smile and twirled happily.

Ethan laughed and agreed, his eyes full of adoration. "Our Lily looks good in everything. You're a natural model."

Watching the two of them play and giggle, I felt a wave of nausea.

The necklace that was supposed to be mine had stayed on my neck for less than a minute before becoming a tool to please another woman.

I forced a tight smile. "Did you two come here today just to disgust me?"

Lily shook her head innocently. "Hazel, how could you say that!"

"Ethan bought you the 'Heart of the Ocean' just to make it up to you! He’s never bought me anything this expensive!"

"Before coming here, he woke me up with a phone call while I was still jet-lagged! He’s so clueless about how to coax a girl. You really need to teach him more."

Ethan laughed and patted her head. "Alright, that's enough. What kind of sister talks bad about her brother in front of an outsider?"

"I'm not an outsider! I'm your closest sister!"

In the blink of an eye, they were laughing and play-fighting again.

The diamonds of the "Heart of the Ocean" flashed in front of my eyes, making them sting.

I questioned my own sanity. Why on earth did I open the door for them?

Beside me, Lily was being tickled by Ethan, laughing hysterically.

"Oh, you dare bully me? I'm going to show Hazel all your embarrassing secrets!"

She broke free, slid onto the couch next to me, and opened her phone's gallery.

I kept a cold expression. I wanted to see how much more they could destroy my sanity.

She tapped on a video. The setting was the Miller family study.

Ethan was working on some files when Lily, wearing a silk slip nightgown, walked in with a glass of milk.

She set the milk on the desk but didn't leave. Instead, she sat directly on Ethan's lap.

"Ethan, you hasn't read me a bedtime story in so long."

Ethan put his pen down and looked at her helplessly. "How old are you now? You still want bedtime stories?"

Lily wrapped her arms around his neck, whiny. "I don't care, I want one."

She suddenly leaned down and kissed Ethan on the lips.

"That’s a deposit."

In the video, Ethan froze. Then, his Adam's apple bobbed, and his eyes darkened with desire.

Instead of pushing her away, he slid his hand up her bare back, his voice turning husky.

"You little temptress."

The video ended abruptly with a sharp shake, clearly showing the person filming was flustered.

In reality, Lily was laughing so hard she was wiping tears from her eyes.

"Hazel, let me tell you, Ethan is so pure. I was just teasing him, and his face turned red as a beet."

"Of course, he didn't disappoint me later. He carried me back to my room and read me stories all night."

"Honestly, Hazel, is your love life with him a bit dry? He reacted so strongly to just a little kiss."

The video had stopped on Ethan’s face, which was filled with raw lust.

Beside us, Ethan flicked Lily's forehead hard.

"What nonsense are you talking? Hazel and I have a great love life. Mind your own business."

Lily pouted, and the two of them started playing around again, completely ignoring me.

She had tossed her phone onto the couch. I calmly picked it up, forwarded that video along with several other disgusting, intimate videos from her gallery to my own phone, and deleted the sent history.

Once they were done playing, Ethan finally remembered me.

His breath was slightly uneven as he looked down at me, his tone carrying a sense of patronizing charity.

"Alright, you see? Even in that situation, I only read her stories. I love you, and that's all that matters."

"So, stop throwing a fit, okay? Let’s just move on."

Anger flared in my chest. He actually thought he was the victim here?

But I forced myself to swallow the anger, forcing a smile.

"Sure. I was wrong. I won't do it again."

I was indeed wrong. I was wrong to think I could just walk away quietly.

If I didn't make this scumbag and his green-tea sister lose everything, how could I face the three years of love I had wasted?