I'm the Obsession of My Cold-Hearted Ex novel Chapter 174

Chapter 174 Manners, My *ss

If anyone was doing the dumping, it should have been Easton kicking Ellis to the curb.

Finished

Hungry and in no mood for small talk, Ellis had no patience for the group in front of her. She walked around them and headed straight into the restaurant.

What she didn’t expect was to immediately run into another familiar face.

Easton.

For the first time, she found herself agreeing with her adoptive mother’s philosophy–if you want to change your luck, go to the right temple and pray.

At this rate, she needed to find a temple that specialized in getting rid of bad energy. Specifically, the kind of bad energy that made her keep running into her ex–husband.

Easton’s stride slowed as an all–too–familiar face suddenly appeared in his line of sight.

Ellis.

She was dressed in a pink–and–white athletic set, her hair tied back in a low ponytail. She wasn’t even wearing makeup, yet she looked fresh and full of life, like a college student on campus.

She looked… good. Happy.

Meanwhile, he hadn’t been sleeping well, hadn’t been eating right, and had been in a miserable mood for a while. Comparing the two of them, Easton’s lips pressed into a thin line.

She divorced him, and she was this happy?

The last time she ran into him in public, she avoided him. This time, Ellis couldn’t be bothered.

Avoidance could become a habit, and she wasn’t going to spend her life running away.

The upper–class social circle was small. Sure, she had been kicked out of it, her status plummeting, but her boss was still part of that world. That meant she had to navigate it too. She couldn’t run away every time she saw Easton.

The best way to handle it was to act like he didn’t exist.

Ellis immediately shifted her gaze and pretended not to see him, walking straight ahead.

But just as they were about to pass each other, a hand landed on her shoulder.

She glanced sideways.

Easton had grabbed her.

She frowned, annoyed. “What do you think you’re doing?”

Her voice was filled with impatience, and her bright eyes reflected nothing but irritation toward him. Even so, seeing himself in her gaze, Easton felt an inexplicable sense of satisfaction, snuffing out the frustration that had been building inside him.

At the business forum dinner last time, he had seen her from a distance. She hadn’t seen him.

That was understandable.

But today, they were face to face. And yet, she acted like he wasn’t even there.

“Shouldn’t you at least acknowledge me when you see me?” he asked flatly.

Ellis stared at him like he had lost his mind. “Why the hell should I?”

She had been called rude so many times by this man that she no longer cared.

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2:38 PM P

Simply put, he wanted to teach her some damn manners.