Sienna wasn’t seriously injured, and on the day she was discharged, she pouted and whined to Ethan, “Ethan, can I stay with you? My ankle’s still a little swollen, and it would be easier for you to take care of me. What if something happens when I’m alone...?”
Without hesitation, Ethan shut her down, extinguishing her hopes.
“No, Ellie doesn’t like having anyone else in the house.”
Sienna froze. He had refused her for Elena’s sake?
“Then… can you stay with me tonight? I’m a little scared alone.”
Ethan agreed, and Sienna smiled contentedly. “I knew Ethan would always be the best to me.”
Elena spent the whole night waiting for Ethan, but he never showed up. When she finally picked up her phone, a message from Sienna popped up on OurTalk.
It was a photo of Ethan, with the caption: "Ellie, Ethan just couldn't leave me at ease, so he's staying with me tonight. You don't need to wait for him, get some rest."
Elena stared at the screen, her face expressionless. She stared at the message, scrolling back and forth for a long time.
What was Sienna doing?
Claiming her territory?
How insecure must she be, to repeatedly use such childish methods to show off and provoke?
Elena tossed the phone aside and walked into Ethan’s room, lying down on his bed.
The first time she slept in the same bed as Ethan was when she was ten. She had been crying and too scared to fall asleep. The house was so big, even speaking seemed to echo, so in the middle of the night, she had snuck into Ethan’s room, hugging her pillow.
“Can I sleep with you? Mom always used to sleep with me. I’m scared to sleep alone.”
Ethan, usually cold and unyielding, was always softhearted when it came to her.
That night marked the beginning, and even until she was forty, whenever Elena had nightmares, she would still instinctively go to Ethan. But ever since she began to change physically, Ethan had made it clear that she was no longer allowed to enter his room.
Elena wrapped herself in the blanket, still smelling of Ethan, as she tossed and turned the entire night, plagued by nightmares. Even in her dreams, she could hear Esther’s harsh words, cursing her as filthy.
The next day, however, things took an unexpected turn. A video of Esther publicly berating Elena at the hospital went viral online.
Elena’s feelings for Ethan were suddenly exposed to the public.