I Uncovered My Boyfriend's Double Life and Started to Fight Back novel Chapter 5

My voice was ice-cold, devoid of any emotion: "If you won't bring up breaking up, then I will."

"Ethan, I don't want to hear anything you have to say anymore."

"I don't want to see you. We're done."

"Oh, and don't forget to pay me back for all the medical bills I covered for you over the years. I'll text you the account details."

After hanging up, I blocked him on everything to stop him from blowing up my phone.

Ethan disappeared for three days, and my bank account stayed the same.

Just as I was considering reporting him for fraud, he showed up at my doorstep.

When I looked up, he was standing under the oak tree, grinning like nothing happened.

The evening sun lit up his face, and for a second, I almost saw the old him.

He walked over and handed me a bouquet of roses.

On my birthday, he'd given me the same kind of roses.

Back then, we were broke, and I told him to return them.

He laughed and called me a penny-pincher.

Now, faced with the same bouquet, I didn't take it. Instead, I smirked:

"Ethan, I can't let you waste your money."

"We're strangers now. I can't accept this."

Ethan took a deep breath, his eyes red, and stepped in front of me, pulling me into a tight hug: "Don't do this, Lila. I love you. I really do."

"I can't live without you. You're everything to me."

"Would you really let me die?"

My eyes welled up, and I looked away, my vision blurry.

I pushed him off, struggling out of his arms.

But Ethan didn't give up.

He asked me to meet him two days later at Harbor House.

He said he knew how hard I'd been working and just wanted to treat me to dinner, thank me, and pay me back for the medical bills.

I went.

It was my hard-earned money, after all.

No way I was letting him keep it.

I got there two hours early because I mixed up the time.

The door was slightly ajar, and I heard a woman's voice inside:

"Ethan, you're still hung up on Lila?"

"Sure, she's prettier than me, but is she really worth it?"

Ethan was playing with her ear, kissing her neck.

The woman let out a soft moan.

Then I walked outside and texted Ethan that I'd arrived.

Ethan came out to greet me, followed by a sweet-looking girl I'd never seen before.

She had a baby bump and smiled shyly at me:

"Hi, Lila. I'm Nina Taylor, Ethan's personal assistant."

Ethan didn't even glance at her.

He walked over, put his arm around me, and led me inside.

He smelled faintly of strawberry perfume—definitely from Nina.

Ethan kept serving me food, filling the table with my favorites, but I didn't touch a thing.

Nina was seething with jealousy but forced a smile.

I didn't waste time. I held out my hand:

"Where's my money?"

He paused, then pulled out a bank card from his pocket:

"Ninety thousand."

"The extra ten is for everything you've done for me."

I took it without a word and turned to leave.

The extra ten grand? I earned it.