Chapter 161

Ethan pressed his lips together. “I’m not here to ask you to drop the charges, I just…” Honestly, he didn’t even know why he'd chased after her so impulsively. The moment he saw her, he just lost control. Even as she threw biting words at him, he found a strange sense of familiarity in them. He actually preferred this sharp-tongued Cassandra to the version of her who used to shut everyone out silently like some broken doll. Cassandra’s eyes skimmed over him coldly. A sarcastic smirk climbed the corner of her lips. “Oh? So you’re not here to beg me to drop the case? Then what—are you seriously okay watching the woman you adore go to jail?” In her mind, there was just no way. He once traded her whole life just to protect Mara. You don't do that unless you're all in. There’s no way he’d let his precious darling go down now. “Mara's just my ex-fiancée’s sister,” Ethan replied vaguely. Yeah, right. He just didn’t want Cassandra digging deeper into what was really going on between him and Ma