CHAPTER 632: CHAPTER 632

"I... I’m sorry.’ Ethan was stunned, and spoke like a child who had made a mistake. "My employees can handle being rebuked. They won’t change if I don’t scold them, so I have to do this"

"Is that really the reason? You’re overly violent, so they don’t dare to resist." Clara glared at him as she touched her swollen forehead, gritting her teeth in pain. "Did I wrong you? Why am I so unlucky whenever I meet you?"

"Come here, let me take a look." Ethan pulled her hand away. When he saw a slight scratch on her forehead, he felt very sorry for her. He blew at the wound gently and pressed a soft kiss to her forehead.

"Wait. I have ointment and a plaster here. Let me tend to it." He then led her to the sofa and opened his drawer to get the small medical kit. He was attentive and considerate, being unusually gentle and kind. It was very different from his usual frivolity.

"Stop it, I’m not that weak. It’ll heal soon..." Clara tried her best to keep her distance because she didn’t want to fall for him again, but the way he kissed her forehead earlier almost tore down all the walls she had put up. Her heart raced, and she felt her cheeks grow warm. Panicked, she shook her head.

Damn it! Did he forget that we’ve broken up? He kissed me and is being so sweet, he really is a playboy and scumbag!

He’s probably like this with Shirley too. What a jerk!’ Clara sat on the sofa and became angrier when she thought about it. So, she stood up instantly the moment Ethan came, and accidentally knocked her head against his chin.

"Ah!" Ethan howled in pain, uncaring of his image because of how badly it hurt.

"Hey, be quiet! People may think I did something bad to you. " Clara saw how he held his chin and thought he was pretending, but she soon realized that he genuinely was in pain.

Ethan raised his head slightly, his eyes watering. "It hurts so bad!" Ethan did not even dare to swallow. "I think it’s dislocated.’

"Your chin... is dislocated?"

"Yes, and my face is going to be ruined. Clara, you’re so cruel. You just wanted to ruin my face since you can’t win me over,

Clara was speechless. ’Clearly, he’s not dying, otherwise he wouldn’t joke around like this.’

"Okay then, let me fix it for you." While talking, she cracked her knuckles and approached him.

"You want to fix it?" Ethan swallowed. "We’re separated, but you don’t have to ruin my face. My jawline is one of the best in the City, and I’m only second to Ace. If you ruin it, I...

Cut the crap! Here, I’ll fix it." Clara became flustered because of his words, so she grabbed his face with her hands.

Recalling what she learned in her university elective lesson about putting back one’s joints, she applied a bit of force, and they soon heard a crack.

"Move it and see if it’s cured," she clapped and said confidently.

Ethan moved his chin, and to his surprise, it didn’t hurt as badly. Nonetheless, he wanted to bluff Clara. "No, it still hurts. Hmm, my face is going to be ruined now. What do you think you should do to compensate me?"

"It still hurts? That can’t be." Clara frowned and took a step forward. She then grabbed his face again. "Should I do it again?"

"No, I’m fine now." Ethan immediately dodged. He might die instead of merely ruining his face if he went through that again.

Clara realized he had tricked her, and became furious. "Can you be serious? Is it fun to fool me?"

"Yes, it’s fun!" Ethan smirked and got close to her. "I think it’s fun when we bicker. No one dares to argue with me except you, and it gets boring to have no one to drive me mad by my side."

"So, you tried to get happiness from fooling me, and vented your anger on your employees when I wasn’t around."

"No, that’s not it. You drove me mad, so I vented my anger out on them. In short, it was because of you that they suffered. You’re the culprit. You’ve wronged them, so shouldn’t you make up for it?"

"Ethan, you’re shameless!" Clara could not argue, so she crossed her arms over her chest and ignored him. After all, they were no longer a couple now, so his unruly behaviour had nothing to do with her.

Ethan became serious and started tending to her injury attentively. After that, he asked, "Why did you find you couldn’t leave me after the breakup? Did you come here to get back together with me?"

"Ugh!" Clara pretended to vomit. "I’m not so desperate that I would share a man with another woman..."

"Shirley and I..." Ethan wanted to explain but Clara interrupted him.

"It’s unimportant what relationship you have with her. I don’t care about that. I came today to ask for your first love. I have something to ask her."

Ethan frowned and became serious. "What is it?"

"There was something wrong with the doctor you recommended for Quinton. He spoke to Shirley on the phone alone before the surgery. After that, an accident happened during the surgery..." When Clara reached that point, she started crying. "Quinton’s still in a coma at the hospital, and Joan also fainted from anxiety. I should be held responsible too, so I owe Joan and Quinton an explanation... I don’t care what the reason is. I hope you can let me meet Shirley so I can get to the bottom of it."

"How did that even happen?" When Ethan heard that, he was bewildered. "That plastic surgeon is very famous in his industry. He managed to heal faces with worse scars, which was why I recommended him to you. I didn’t expect an accident."

"It wasn’t an accident, it was a malicious scheme! Shirley must know something. I want to see her!"

"Calm down..." Ethan tried to console Clara. "I hear you, but I’m afraid this incident isn’t as simple as you think. Shirley holds no grudges against Quinton, and they don’t even talk, so there’s no point in her risking her future to harm him..."

"Ugh, shut up!" When Clara heard his words, she was so angry that she wanted to leave, but she forced herself to stay since she had a favor to ask of him. So, she gritted her teeth and sneered, "I told you someone told me that she heard the plastic surgeon talking to Shirley on the phone before the surgery. He even asked her to rest assured since he would get the job done. Do you really think she’s innocent? This woman isn’t as simple as you think, but you always regard her as your untouchable first love. You just don’t want to admit it."

"You’re wrong," Ethan said coldly, ’I know better than you that there’s more to her than meets the eye. If not, I wouldn’t have fallen out with her... I just want you to properly analyze who the culprit is."

He was not a biased person. Regardless of who it was, he could analyze the situation logically.

Clara’s anger dimmed, and she said, "At the very least, I’m sure she was a part of it even if she wasn’t the culprit. It’s fine as long as I find her and ask her about it, right?"

Ethan thought about it briefly, then nodded. "Sure, I’ll go with you."

"Why? Are you afraid that I’ll make things difficult for your first love?"

Ethan shook his head. "No, she can easily deal with you given how straightforward you are."

"What... are you talking about?"

"You’re gullible and can be easily bullied. It’s better if I watch over you."

After that, he picked up his phone and contacted the business department. "Look into

Shirley’s current schedule and send a copy of it to my phone."

She had been suspended by the company, so she did not have many jobs. Currently, she was doing a slow variety show called Happy Days. She signed onto it a year ago.

It was about a group of celebrities who spent time living a simple life in a remote village. At first, Shirley didn’t want to do the show because she had to work and toil away there for a month. After the show, her skin would have turned rough and tanned. It was hard to restore her delicate look, so she found it intolerable. So, even though her fans thought that she was diligent, the others complained that she was too pretentious and wanted nothing but a comfortable life. They thought she needed her assistant to do everything for her, including feeding her.

Hence, the company accepted such a variety show for her to change her image. If the show gained a good response, she could earn an endorsement fee, and the company would stop suspending her.

"The business department told me that she arrived at Drido Village at Siebert City in

Xavwood last night. The living conditions there are rather difficult, and I heard that there aren’t any roads. Do you still want to go?" Ethan was afraid that she could not soldier through that. After all, she was a rich young lady who grew up under Geronimo’s abundant adoration. She never did any house chores, and he figured that she had never been to a village before. "I can ask her for you or you can go to her after the shooting is over."

"No!" Clara raised her hand eagerly. "To be honest, I’ve been watching Happy Days for five seasons. I planned to go there to take a look even without Shirley. Now is the perfect time!"

"Okay, I’ll get a car and set off right away." Ethan held his forehead because he knew that he could not dissuade her from that. He could only accompany her for the wild ride ahead.