Watching You Burn In Regret novel Chapter 60

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Carla looked up in surprise, her eyes lighting up. "You're back, Ethan."

Ethan's gaze softened with quiet affection. "Yeah, I'm back."

As Carla lifted her face, Ethan immediately noticed the bright red handprint on her cheek. His expression darkened in an instant. "Carla, what happened to your face?"

Carla instinctively tried to shield her cheek, her voice timid and uncertain. "It's nothing, Ethan. Really, it doesn't hurt."

"Who did this to you?"

She hesitated for a long moment, fiddling with her fingers, before finally steeling herself to answer. "It was my sister. She just got home."

Ethan's eyes narrowed, his voice sharp. "Why would she hit you?"

Carla recounted what had happened, embellishing the story here and there to make herself sound even more pitiful. When she finished, she lowered her head, her hands wringing together.

"I really don't know why she hit me. Maybe I said something that upset her."

Ethan's face was thunderous.

He'd spent the past few days reflecting, wondering if he'd been too harsh with Seren. Maybe that's why Lennon had gotten so angry, pulling their company out of the partnership. He'd even considered apologizing to Seren for slapping her that day.

And now this.

It was all clear to him now—he wasn't the one at fault. It was Seren.

She was vindictive, petty, and apparently had even turned Lennon against him with her whispers. And now, without so much as a reason, she'd hit Carla as well.

No remorse, just growing arrogance!

He hadn't been too harsh that day—Seren had deserved everything she got.

"I can't imagine what the Crestwell family was thinking, letting a woman like that into their lives and indulging her like this. Sooner or later, they're going to regret it."

Ethan's fists clenched tight, his anger barely contained.

Swain had already retreated to his room, his mind in turmoil. He began rummaging through his things, searching for any trace of Seren in his life—something to prove to himself that he hadn't treated her so badly after all.