Chapter 130 I feel confused

Ethan's POV

"You came here to divorce Rachel right?" I asked after a while and David immediately nodded.

"Good. So have you divorced her?" I asked again, and this time, it was the lawyer who nodded.

David was already sweating from the pain he was feeling on his finger.

I squeezed it even more and the mad cried out loud.

"Listen to me and listen well. I don't ever want to see around Rachel, ever again. Do you understand?" He didn't answer still consumed by the pain in his finger.

My hold tightened, and I heard the bone break, and David screamed out loud. " Do you understand...?" I asked again, gritting my teeth at him, and he nodded fervently.

"Yes, I do. I fucking... I do, hell." He cried out in pain. He was sweating from his forehead down to his neck.

I smirked in satisfaction. "Good."

I threw his finger back to him and the man groaned again.

"You..." He looked down at his immovable finger. "You broke my finger." He said almost sobbing.

I sneered shaking my head. "The next time I see you around Rachel, I promise it will not be only your finger I will be breaking." I threatened, more like warned, because hell if I really did see him again... The result would be disastrous.

"Now scram!" I growled and David immediately took a step back while his lawyer ran. " Get the fuck out..." I murmured in a low, dangerous tone, and David stared at Rachel's door before leaving.

There was a malicious glint in his eyes and I saw it.

What did he plan on doing now?

"Wow... That just happened."

I swiftly turned to the side to see Joyce who was walking towards me with a huge smile on her face.

"It was an epic show, I should have brought popcorn." She joked and I shook my head.

"Don't ever leave Rachel again, even if she asks you to. Something doesn't seem right ". I said stating my suspicion about David to her.

She shrugged after thinking for a while. " I don't know the guy but I immediately felt uncomfortable around him. So I believe your theory." She paused to sigh before she continued, "I suggest you get hire guards to watch the door. You can't always be around to save Rachel you know ". She suggested.

That made sense and was also true.

I nodded making a mental note to tell Mark to do that once he comes over.

" Alright, boss, I'll be leaving now, "Joyce joked again with a slight laughter. " Remember me not to get on your bad side. Sometimes I seem to forget your military record". She said before entering into Rachel's room and locking the door behind her.

I just shook my head at her words with a small smile on my lips.

Not many people knew my history as a military general, actually only a hand full of people knew and Joyce was one because she was also a soldier.

She went to the same college with Hannah and after she came out she joined the military and became a doctor.

That was the reason why we were so close. She and Mark has been with me back then when I was military general and they were still with me now and the level of respect they offered me hadn't changed on bit.

Yes, we were friends, but they both knew when not to cross the limits and for that I was grateful.

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Rachel's POV

I kept staring at the door after Ethan closed it as I laid on my bed.

' Get some rest, Joyce would be here in a moment '

Those were the last words he said before leaving the room.

It wasn't even what he said, it was how he said it that got me so restless.

This was the reason I fell in love with him in the first place, his gentlemanliness.

He had always been so gentle with me even though not so much with others, and my heart couldn't just resist him.

Now just when my resolve was starting to build up again, his tone, and the way he looked at me with those blue eyes of his has started to break it.

"Why..." I groaned covering my face with my hands.

Why was my heart just so damn weak to men? Why did I always fall for the wrong guy?

First it was David, and now Ethan. My heart always fluttered even when they showed the smallest act of kindness.

" Now I think David is out for good, but Ethan..."

After the rubbish that bastard did today, my heart had learnt it's lesson and there was no way it was falling again for him, but it was still quite stupid when it came to Ethan.

" Rachel"

I heard someone call my name and I looked up from my hands. Joyce just walked into the room with a smile on her face which instantly froze when she saw my face.

" Oh my goodness, what happened? " She asked rushing to seat beside me.

"Oh this?" I pointed at my eyes before shaking my head. " David divorced me again and I cried that's all ". I said nonchalantly.

" I'm so sorry. Are you alright?" She asked again after a while and I nodded.

" Actually this was not how I thought I would feel if that bastard did something like this again."

" How did you think you would feel? And again? So you're saying this David guy has divorced you before?" Joyce asked in disbelief and I nodded again.

" Yes, he has. The first time I cried so much. " I shit my eyes remembering the first time David divorced me. " I was so sad that I tried killing myself, and that was when I met Ethan ".

"I remember that time " Joyce nodded as I didn't even bother to ask how she remembered.

" I had thought that if David divorced me again, or if after our six months of marriage ended that I would feel sad and cry on my bed for weeks. I had thought that I would love him way too much to let go and maybe I would go back to him. I had thought that he actually won't do something like this again " I said the last part more to myself.

" So now, now do you feel? " Joyce asked and my lips hooked up in a small sad smile.

" I feel...well I feel confused. "

" Confused?"

" Yeah confused, and it's all because of Ethan. That guy is almost impossible to understand and it's annoying me that I don't get him".

Joyce scoffed rolling her eyes. " Trust me I know that feeling".

I stared at her incredulously.

She does?

When she noticed my stare, she blinked darting her eyes around the room. " You know I've been his friend for so long so I know. " She said with a nervous laughter.

I was way too tired to look for a deeper meaning of what she said so I just took it.

My mouth opened and I let out an involuntary yawn. "I'm tired. " I said to her leaning back on my bed. " And hungry". I mumbled rubbing my stomach.

"Oh, that's easy to fix, here ". Joyce said with a joyful voice as she gave me the leather bag which I had just noticed she was holding.

"Ooo, Jens!" I exclaimed collecting the bag excitedly from her.

This was the one good thing I enjoyed from being imprisoned and in an hospital, the amazing meal I get everyday from my favorite restaurant.

"Relax, just eat and get some rest," Joyce said with a giggle before her voice turned serious. "Something tells me all is not over yet."

I snorted shaking my head. " Something tells me it hasn't even started yet. "