I'm the Obsession of My Cold-Hearted Ex novel Chapter 19

Chapter 19

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Now that Easton was back, Ellis hurried to finish her meal so that she could make her escape.

Seeing that her stepdaughter had started eating, Emma tried to ignore the implications in Easton’s words and said, “Ellis, don’t just focus on eating. Say something.”

Ellis held back the embarrassment that Easton’s gaze had stirred inside her and said, “Oh, dig in.”

Emma frowned. “Would you serve Easton some soup?”

In the past, Ellis would have eagerly pulled Easton to sit beside her and served him food. Now, simply not rolling her eyes at him already took a lot of restraint.

She suppressed her anger. “He has his own hands and feet; he doesn’t need me to serve him.”

How can you talk like that?” Emma said, displeased.

“Then I won’t talk anymore.” Ellis immediately clamped her lips shut, as if zipping them closed.

Her lack of cooperation left Emma at a loss.

The atmosphere seemed to freeze at that moment.

Emma glared at Ellis in frustration; she then smiled and said, “Easton, sit down and eat! Ellis cooked these for you specifically!”

Hearing this, Ellis helplessly glanced at her stepmother.

The next second, a light scoff escaped Easton

As expected, he saw through Emma’s lie.

Ellis felt embarrassed for Emma, trying to disguise the food as something she made was pointless because Easton knew well enough about her cooking skills.

“I’m not hungry. I won’t eat,” Easton said slowly.

“It wouldn’t hurt to at least taste it!” Emma insisted that Easton eat to prevent the scene from turning awkward..

“Ellis’s cooking is horrible, fatal even, I don’t want to be poisoned by her.”

An awkward silence followed.

Even though she was not exposed for not cooking the meal herself, Ellis still faced humiliation from Easton She abruptly stood up and said, “Auntie, take your time eating. I’ll be leaving now.”

With one person uncooperative and the other showing no interest in eating. Emma felt a headache coming on and rubbed her temples. “Fine. you two can head back first.”

Finally free to leave, Ellis briskly walked, she almost flew past Easton.

Emma’s suggestion to “head back first was actually meant to imply that Ellis should return home with Easton

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However, to her surprise, Ellis ignored Easton and left on her own.

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It was inappropriate for Ellis to act that way in front of Easton, but Emma couldn’t scold her at that moment. She decided to send a message or call later to express her anger, hoping Ellis would understand the good intentions behind her efforts.

In an instant, the girl vanished without a trace, but Easton’s expression remained unchanged.

He couldn’t tell that Ellis was actually just putting on a facade of arrogance.

Unfortunately, she had inadvertently revealed her true feelings through his aunt.

He had initially thought that if she left home yesterday, she might not come looking for him for more than three days, but clearly, he had overestimated her.

Emma glanced briefly in the direction Ellis had gone before saying to Easton, “Ellis can be a bit willful at times. I can’t control her. But you’re her husband, so you should try to be more accommodating and not get into arguments with her.”

Easton had no interest in playing vague games, so he turned and left.

As Easton stepped out of the dining room. Ellis was sitting on the living room couch, fiddling with her phone.

She’s clearly in a bad mood, facing away from me as if to say she didn’t want to even look at me. Ethan thought.

In reality, Ellis wasn’t even aware of Easton’s presence, she was just frustrated about how difficult and expensive it was to get a cab from the house.

After walking a few steps toward the door. Easton noticed that Ellis didn’t follow along. He figured that, given her thick skin, she would surely ask the butler to let her into his house by the time he reached home.

But things didn’t go the way he predicted. Even by late night, there was still no word from the butler.

Lying half asleep in bed, Easton glanced at the empty side next to him.

Ellis, who are you trying to fool? Pretending to be proud, do you really think you can hide your true self from me?

After work, Maya had to deal with an urgent case and ended up pulling an all–nighter in her study,

Once the case was wrapped up, she was exhausted and headed to her bedroom to sleep–only to notice that the guest room door was open, with light spilling out.

While peeking in, she saw Ellis wide awake. She was staring at the ceiling with a troubled expression.