Chapter 236

"You want my life or something?" Ethan Blackwood asked Clara Walton calmly, almost like it was a casual question. Clara looked like she was about to laugh, but didn’t give him a straight answer. Ethan nodded slightly, his gaze just as steady. "If that’s what you want, I’ll give it to you." It was like no matter what Clara asked for, this man wouldn’t say no. And that attitude? It irritated Clara more than she cared to admit. It was an odd kind of frustration—powerless, yet being completely overwhelmed by him. But she quickly caught herself, took a deep breath, and pushed down the mess of emotions. When she looked back at Ethan, her voice had gone cold, laced with rejection. "Sorry, I have a kid. Living together wouldn’t really work," she said lazily. "If you wanna catch up, maybe somewhere else." The way she said it wasn’t exactly a no, but it definitely carried a ton of distance. She clearly wasn’t taking him seriously. But right as those words left her mouth, Ethan had already steppe