Chapter 29

Erica

Its been two weeks since we had that argument. I didn't talk to Ethan the entire day and the next day. So he came over at my place with a bouquet of roses and chocolate ice cream and apologized several times. Honestly how could someone be mad after he gave me the puppy eyes and a mind blowing round of make-up sex. I still didn't understand why Ethan was bent on the whole secret relationship thing anyway besides that everything was fine.

I was waiting for him in his penthouse but he still hadn't returned from where he had gone. His housekeeper let me in. I had been here for about an hour now but still he hadn't come back. I pulled out my phone and called him for the tenth time now. But everytime it went to voice mail. I left messages but those were unanswered too. Another hour passed but still there was no sign of him.

The door bell rang and the housekeeper went to open the door. First I thought it was Ethan but much to my disappointment it wasn't him. Seb came in and he looked surprised to see me.

"Hey, you're here? How are you?" He asked sitting on the adjacent couch.

"I'm good."

"Why are you here? Not that you can't come here, but alone? And where is Ethan?" He asked me. Now that was the question I didn't have any answer to.

"I don't know, I have been waiting for two hours for him and he isn't answering his calls." I said getting frustrated with each passing second.

"Really? You shouldn't wait then. If you want I'll drop you home, unless you plan on staying for the night." He winked in my direction. I caught the meaning behind his words.

"No I can go on my own and I have no intention of staying here, after today I'm so mad at him, I can't even stand him now. I mean who disappears like that?" I spoke in frustration. Seb looked at me thoughtfully as if he wanted to say something but didn't know how to say it.

"Do you mind if I ask you something?" He asked. I nodded a no.

"Aren't you mad at him for not telling you about Christine? I mean, I'm sure you didn't know that our parents had fixed his marriage with her." He asked.

"I was mad at him. But I guess it isn't his fault. Sure he should have at least be honest with me but other than that I can't blame him for that. You yourself said that it was your parents decision so Ethan didn't know about it, right? "

"You're right. I am so happy that Ethan has such an understanding women like you. You know Erica, right from when we were kids, Ethan has been the loyal one and our parents obedient kid. Me on the other hand had no relation whatsoever with obedience. He was always the kid who did everything right. Since he was a kid it was always implied that Ethan could never do anything wrong. He was my that big brother who used to protect me and Ella. He was the one who used to sacrifice his candy, his toys and his everything for us. He felt responsible for us and we being the younger ones never valued his sacrifices. He was the type of person who wanted to fix everything. Then whatever it maybe. Whether it was my broken car toys or Ella's barbie. He was like our savior. He may sometimes do things that you think are irritating but that's only because he wants to make everyone happy. He may suffer himself but he would never let his loved ones suffer. Sometimes I get very irritated with this actions of his but trust me he always thinks about other's welfare." Seb finished. However I couldn't look at him. His words were very true.

"Why are you telling me all this now?" I couldn't help but ask that. Sure there had to be some meaning behind that.

"I am telling you because I don't want any misunderstandings causing you two to drift apart. Given the present situations I feel that you two should trust each other no matter what. " I just smiled him as a gesture of understanding. I felt as if there was a secret that Ethan and now Seb knew but they didn't want to tell me. There was something they had been hiding and I intend on finding it.

"Hey, don't overthink it, I don't mean to worry you but I am just telling you something that I feel will help you two to be strong. Ethan has done a lot for me and Ella, so I just want him to be happy." Seb said placing his palm on my thigh reassuringly. I was gave him a sure smile and just then I heard someone cleared their throat. We both turned towards the door to see Ethan standing there looking at both of us. He looked pissed off and then I remembered that I was angry with him. So I walked passed him without saying anything. But he caught my wrist halting me.

"Leave me Ethan, it's getting late. I have to go." I said sternly.

"When did you come here and why are you both here? " He directed the last part to Seb.

"Well, I was here to meet you but as you had been so busy that you couldn't even receive my calls or reply to my messages I decided to wait for you. Seb came here a while ago and he was being a good company. Now leave me." I said with a stern expression. His eyes softened and he loosened his grip on my wrist.

"I got caught up in something. I didn't realize that you'd be here waiting for me. Sorry." He said apologetically. I almost felt bad for him but didn't respond anything.

"I think I should leave." Seb said announcing his departure. He gave Ethan a bro hug and left. I was still standing there with my arms crossed in front of me. When he came near me, I turned away from him and stared at the opposite wall. He let out an audible sigh and came to face me. I looked at the other side still ignoring him.

"Hey, I said I am sorry, don't be mad. I'll make it up to you. Tell me what do you want to do. I'll spend the entire day with you. Come on just say. " Now his was really pleading so I decided to forgive him.

"Fine, but the next time I won't be as forgiving." My tone was that of warning but he just found it amusing and when I glared at him he bit back his laughter. He came to hug me and I gladly went in his arms.

"I'll just take a shower. I'll be right back." He murmured in my hair and I nodded. I followed him upto his room and while he went to shower I sat on his bed scrolling through my phone. My gaze fell upon his phone that was lying on the nightstand. I looked back at the closed doors of the bathroom. I was tempted to just go through his phone. I knew that this was wrong and I wouldn't find anything suspicious in there but still the curious part of me was itching to check it. I contemplated for a few seconds and finally when my curiosity got the best of me I picked it up. The water sound was still running in the bathroom so he wouldn't be coming out anytime soon.

Thankfully it wasn't password protected so I easily swiped it unlocked. I opened his gallery but found only pictures of his family and me. There were pictures of only us both too. I checked his call logs but the numbers were just business related. Next I opened his messaging application. The recent message before me shocked me. It was of today 12:37 p.m. sent by none other than Christine. I couldn't believe that she still had the nerve to text him even after knowing that we were together. I clicked open the message. The conversation was short but whatever I read made my heart drop. I felt tears pricking in my eyes.

"Is that my phone?" I swiftly turned to see the voice of Ethan near the bathroom door. He was wearing only his tracks and was looking at me in a furious expression. I threw his phone on the bed and walked upto him. I was beyond angry.

"What were you doing with my phone?" He asked accusingly.

"Lunch at 1 p.m. I am sure you must have enjoyed it, right? Where did you go, to the restaurant where we always go or to some another fancy one? Did you have a nice time with Christine? Of course you had a nice time. You were with her for four hours so she must have been a fantastic company. Tell me, did you kiss her? Did you two do more than kissing?" I was getting frustrated with each passing second from his lack of response. I couldn't believe he went on a lunch date with her while his girlfriend was waiting for him here for the past two hours.

"So you did check my messages. Do you how f*cking creepy is that?" He said almost yelling at me.

"Yes I did. I checked your messages and you are found guilty of cheating. How can you do this?" I said still fuming with anger. This was beyond my imagination. I could've never found if I didn't see his messages.

"I didn't cheat on you. I didn't even touch her, okay? I don't understand why you'd do this. You have no reason to be angry. If someone should be angry then it should be me. You were snooping around in my personal space...."

"Snooping around. I suppose I should leave, isn't it? Because clearly you don't appreciate me being here in your personal space."

"I didn't mean that. I just.... I just..."

"Save it Ethan." With that I walked out of the room leaving him alone and headed straight to my house. He didn't even bother stopping me.

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