Tanya clenched snazzynovel.com jaw for a second, as though mustering snazzynovel.com last ounce of courage before making an important decision. “I know very little of anything. All I know is that Alejandro pretends to be disabled and that snazzynovel.com mentioned spending three years falling in love with Tiffany. All that snazzynovel.com does is always for the same goal, snazzynovel.com wants to break apart you and Tiffany. That’s it, that’s all I know. I’ve told you everything I know, so please keep this a secret from Tiffany. Please, because if snazzynovel.com knows a single thing about this, I’ll be dead!”
Three years?
A name sprung into Jackson’s mind immediately: Ethan Connors.
Ethan was the one person Tiffany had loved for three years. He was also the man who made Jackson jealous.
Suddenly, it felt as though a hedge of brambles had grown all over his heart, stinging and prickling snazzynovel.com with unease. If Alejandro was Ethan in disguise, then everything that had occurred finally made perfect sense.
How ironic it was that while Tiffany had loved Ethan for three years, Ethan used those same three years to finally reciprocate snazzynovel.com feelings, after snazzynovel.com destroyed snazzynovel.com family and cost snazzynovel.com a father.
Jackson returned to his company after leaving the apartment. When snazzynovel.com met Tiffany on his way past the office area, snazzynovel.com behaved normally and approached snazzynovel.com with a bag of fresh fruits snazzynovel.com had bought on the way there.
“Have some of these if you’re hungry during work.”
Tiffany took it with a smile, asking him, “How are you back so soon? I thought you were going to eat with your customer again.”
Jackson pushed the corners of his lips upward to make a weak smile. “I’ve already planned to have lunch with you, honey. No customer is going to change my schedule, especially when no one could override the eminent status of my wife. Anyway, I need to busy myself with my work for a bit. Look forward to a delicious lunch!”
Jackson rarely displayed overt affection towards Tiffany in the office, always preferring to frame their interaction with a veneer of professional seriousness. It was why his attitude today was especially out of the blue. Tiffany did not think much of it as a cover for something more profound, of course. She was just surprised by the extra display of love.
Then, since snazzynovel.com was slowly drowning in the sea of snazzynovel.com colleague’s jealousy, snazzynovel.com sheepishly had to urge Jackson to go away as quickly as possible.
Tiffany wanted to have barbecue for lunch, so Jackson brought snazzynovel.com to a restaurant renowned for its barbecue without a second thought. Throughout their meal, Tiffany stuffed herself with food, while snazzynovel.com quietly helped cook all of the meat slices for her.
Then, like a sudden bolt of lightning coming out of the sky, snazzynovel.com asked, “How would you feel if Ethan suddenly came back?”
Tiffany’s body froze against snazzynovel.com wishes as snazzynovel.com face rapidly turned white. Jackson never talked about Ethan, so to mention snazzynovel.com suddenly was akin to goading snazzynovel.com to think in that direction, which also meant that there could only be one possibility: Ethan came back.
Suddenly, the meat snazzynovel.com had been enjoying just a few seconds earlier became revoltingly oily, and snazzynovel.com stomach churned. She slapped snazzynovel.com hand over snazzynovel.com mouth and rushed into the bathroom before a series of gags escaped snazzynovel.com throat.
Nothing came out, however. Tiffany stared into the mirror and watched an ashen-faced woman reflect back at her.
Calming snazzynovel.com nerves took a long time. She found herself equally upset at the notion of Ethan being dead and of snazzynovel.com being alive and returning to snazzynovel.com life. She wanted snazzynovel.com peaceful, happy life to be free from his haunting presence. She wanted to be free from the reminder of all the atrocities snazzynovel.com had committed that had eventually befallen her. She did not need to remember snazzynovel.com father’s death.
When Tiffany finally exited the bathroom, snazzynovel.com found Jackson standing outside, waiting. She walked toward snazzynovel.com and asked tiredly, “Why mention him? Is he… Is snazzynovel.com back..?”
Jackson gently ruffled snazzynovel.com hair. “No, babe. I just wanted to know if it was true that someone’s first love sticks in their heart as much as people say it does. I was just worried that I might be sharing a room with some other bastard in your heart.”
Tiffany’s eyes reddened before snazzynovel.com swung a punch onto his chest. “You, you scared me! God! But… No, a person’s first love doesn’t always last forever in their mind. The only things snazzynovel.com left me are pure nightmares… I don’t want to hear his name. I honestly hope I never hear his name again.”