Substitute Bride: Utterly Pampered by Her Billionaire Husband Chapter 1698: Don’t Understand

This sentence successfully made Ethan Barnes stop, his gaze intently fixed on her.

Celeste Linden confronted him without backing down, "Did I say something wrong? How did you treat me before? For your own selfish desires, you ruined my life, forced me into a bar and made me work, then broke my leg. Do you want to do all those things to me again?"

With those words, the atmosphere between them hit a low point.

Celeste Linden clenched her fists, letting the cold water run down from her head. Her fair eyes were red, "Ethan Barnes, you’re asking me to marry you, to be with you again. How do you have the nerve to say such things? Do you remember what you’ve done to me? If it weren’t for my resilience, I’d have died a hundred times over at your hands. I’m not a masochist; I won’t marry someone who ruined my life!"

Ethan Barnes stared at her, looking at her weak yet stubborn demeanor. Her character was always soft on the outside and strong on the inside, transparent in endurance, gentle and wise. Before, he indeed saw her as Carlotta’s shadow, but gradually he realized, she was so different.

She isn’t Carlotta.

She won’t be a substitute or shadow for anyone.

She is the one and only Celeste Linden in this world.

Perhaps he was attracted to her precisely because of this. After all, who in the world doesn’t love beauty?

Ethan Barnes lowered his head and kissed her chattering red lips.

At that moment, Celeste Linden bit his lip forcefully.

Hiss.

He felt the pain, slightly letting her go, and touched his lip. She had bitten him until he was bleeding.

This woman.

Instead of getting angry, he chuckled, his voice deep and hoarse, "Celeste Linden, what do you want me to do then?"

"What do you think?" Celeste Linden glared back.

In Ethan Barnes’s deep eyes, there was a hint of confusion, "I don’t know, no one ever taught me these things. You can teach me."

Since he was young, he saw his father fooling around with a female secretary in the office, and later his mother committed suicide. No one taught him these things; he didn’t understand.

In his world, it’s survival of the fittest. As long as he liked something, he would take it by force.

Celeste Linden pushed him, "Alright, I’ll teach you. First, you need to learn to respect me. If I say no, you stop, just like now."

"I want to leave now, so please step aside immediately!"

Ethan Barnes’s adam’s apple moved, and he laughed softly, "Celeste Linden, do you think I’m a fool?"

Celeste Linden, "..."

Ethan Barnes narrowed his handsome eyes, took a step back, and said, "Fine, I won’t touch you, but you have to help me."

...

Celeste Linden walked out of the shower; she had already changed her clothes. At this moment, Ethan Barnes followed her out.

Celeste Linden didn’t even look at him, turned around, and was about to head out the door.

But Ethan Barnes blocked her way, looking at her cold little face, raised his slender fingers, and pinched her tiny chin, "Showing me a cold face, huh? Give me a smile, will you?"

Celeste Linden glared at him with annoyance, "I’m the one who’s the boss here!"

Ethan Barnes, "..."

Snap.

Celeste Linden reached out and slapped his hand away, "Step aside, I’m going to find Danielle."

Ethan Barnes looked at the reddened spot where he was hit, not knowing why she was angry. He was already trying to give in and accommodate her.

Ethan Barnes stepped aside, "Alright, you can go now, okay?"

Celeste Linden immediately walked away.

But then his large hand suddenly reached out, grabbing her soft little hand, "Let’s go together. I just happen to want to see Danielle too."