7

I didn't want to go back to Shanghai, so I booked a hotel nearby. After checking in, I found that this was the room that Ethan and I had shared before.

Looking back to my senior year, I had just started dating Ethan. On New Year's Eve, my mother beat and scolded me for trivial matters. When the clock struck midnight, Ethan called me, and I forced a smile to hide my bad mood.

On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, my mother saw that my eyes were red and swollen. She was so angry that she started to curse and said that I was a jinx. She took my father and brother out to pay New Year's greetings, and I was alone at home in a daze.

Suddenly I received a message from Ethan : "Look downstairs."

I walked to the window suspiciously, and unexpectedly saw him standing downstairs of my house. It turned out that he heard something wrong with my voice on the phone, and was worried that I would be upset, so he took the train to find me overnight without even packing his luggage.

When he saw me at the window, he looked up and smiled at me tenderly. At that moment, the frost in my heart melted instantly. We walked hand in hand through every street near our home. Although it was snowing and freezing cold, I felt like I was in spring.

We stayed in this hotel that night. Fireworks were blooming outside the window, and we chatted and exchanged secrets. He looked at me seriously and said, " Grace , let's get married after graduation. We will be each other's only family. I want to be with you forever."

A knock on the door interrupted my memories. I frowned and didn't remember ordering room service. After opening the door, I was stunned.

"Grace." Ethan stood quietly in front of me in a dark gray coat.

After a brief moment of shock, I realized that my travel app was linked to his email address, so he easily knew my whereabouts. He thought I would be touched by his coming all the way here, but I just said indifferently: "I won't change my mind, don't waste your time."

His eyes suddenly darkened and he pleaded in a low voice: "It's time for the weather to stop. I miss you, let's go home."

I don't know where he got the confidence from, he said with annoyance: "I'll say it one last time, I'm not angry. I don't want to see you again, please go away."

Ethan refused to leave no matter what, he admitted his mistake humbly: "I really know I was wrong, but I swear I only made this mistake once."

"I have fired Cindy and I will never see her again!" he explained eagerly, "Grace, please believe me!"

I said calmly, "I believe you. But the divorce has nothing to do with Cindy. Even if you never cheat on me for the rest of your life, I will never love you again. Ethan, we are not suitable."

He seemed to have heard a big joke: "Unsuitable? Grace, you said we are the most suitable couple in the world!"

The corners of my lips curled up with a mocking smile: "Really? At the wedding, you also said that you would love and protect me forever. Did you do it? After I blocked the wine for you and had a headache all night, you hugged me and said that when we are rich, you will never let me suffer these grievances again. Did you do it?"

He looked ashamed when I asked him this. Ethan and I both have a low alcohol tolerance, but we always have to drink when we talk about business. Especially in the early days of starting a business, we had no influence and had to drink the whole glass of wine when we toasted anyone. At that time, I helped him block the wine countless times at the table. It can be said that many of the company's old customers now were negotiated by me at the table.

He had seen me having a splitting headache after coming home from a social event. He knew everything, but he forced me to drink with Martin just to save face for Cindy. Now all those vows made in the passionate love have become pale and ridiculous.