Pampered Wife of Xavier

Chapter 78: Disappointment and Frustration

Before Secretary could finish, someone knocked on the door.

"CEO Ethan, a girl said she's the assistant of Director Johns from Glory World and she brought a letter for you. Would you like to take a look?"

The female personal assistant put a thick envelope right on Ethan's table.

Director Johns from Glory World?

Arya?

Ethan squinted his eyes and then picked the envelope up. He opened it and took out the document inside. There was a very thick pile of it, so he flipped through them slowly.

After just reading several pages, his expression darkened quickly. Everything listed inside was about all the bad deeds Victoria had done, including the incident when she had been stabbed many years ago as well as the disappearance of Evelyn's necklace, and many others...

He studied the documents with darkened eyes. Soon, he grasped the documents tightly as his breathing became short and his aloof face seemed pale.

Impossible!

This word flashed through his mind.

However, the clarification letter that was written by Victoria brutally reminded him that all of these were true. It was not a forgery at all!

Bang!

Just as he was about to grab the coffee beside him, in a flash, the freshly-made coffee was now spilled all over the floor along with the broken glass.

He then suddenly remembered that it seemed...

The information that someone had sent to his email before was all true...

Naturally, he had not believed it when he first received it. Due to the recent stress, he wanted to take a break during his trip abroad this time around in order to reorganize his thoughts. However, in just two days, a disastrous wave had landed upon him.

Victoria...

So, she had been lying to him all these years?

Ethan's expression changed slightly. Unable to believe it, his whole body froze on his chair as he did not move an inch as if the whole world had gone quiet.

"CEO Ethan? CEO Ethan? Are you okay?" Secretary seemed a little worried upon seeing Ethan.

Ethan's mind went blank for a moment. He stared at Secretary blankly when he called out to him. After a while, he signalled for them to leave.

Secretary traded glances with the female personal assistant out of confusion. They left anxiously. After that, Secretary gave Victoria a call out of concern.

The office became quiet again after they left. It was so quiet that it was difficult to breathe. He could feel a pain stemming from deep inside every time he inhaled. That pain was usually subtle, but it was amplified several times stronger every time he quieted himself down.

After some time, he took a deep breath before roughly pushing the thick pile of papers away. They scattered everywhere and covered the whole office.

He lit up a cigarette and let out a big puff, using up almost all his energy just to force himself to stand up.

Going towards the large window and grabbing onto the curtain tightly, he looked at the city lights outside. For some reason, all he could think of now was not Victoria's bad deeds or all the lying she had done. Instead, he was reminded of Arya's pretty little face under the streetlights.

"Happy birthday. I'm not going to give you a lot of gifts in the future because I'm worried that you might not value my gifts that much anymore if I give them too frequently, so I'm only giving you gifts on your birthday. I'll head back for now. Get some rest soon."