Revenge After Divorce (Olivia and Nick) novel Chapter 376

ETHAN

“Phew! Who was that?” asked Emily as soon as Luke left my house. What he said didn’t sit well with me. “That was Olivia’s father.” she looked spooked. “I don’t know what it is with him, but his aura is heavy, and his temperament is…I don’t know but there is something about him that makes the hairs at the back of my head stand.”

It might have been all the blood in his hands, or maybe the spirits of all those people he has killed over the years. But I never said that to Emily, I was just thinking it. “Well, he is not someone to be messed with.” She shook as if she were cold.

I remember feeling the same way when I first met Luke. “What did he want?” Was I supposed to tell her the truth or lie? “Has something happened?” I sighed taking a seat. I couldn’t take what he said out of my mind.

Did he want me to stop being friends with his daughter, was it a warning or what the hell did he mean. “Ethan!” I snapped out of it. “Yes?”

“Where is your mind at, what did that man want?”

There was no point lying to her. “He came to talk sense into me.” she frowned. “Did he threaten you?” I didn’t know what it was, could it be called a threat or just a fatherly advice. “I don’t know really, he told me to stop taking you to meet Olivia.”

She looked hurt, I knew she wanted Olivia to like her. she knew how important she was in my life. I made It clear to her when we met. “Is it because she doesn’t like me?” I didn’t know myself; I haven’t had a proper conversation with Olivia in a while.

“I don’t know about her not liking you and I think that is exactly the point he asked me not to bring you in front of her. he said the fact that we make each other happy should be enough and we shouldn’t care about what others think.”

She smiled, for some reason that smile didn’t sit well with me. it was like she was happy that Olivia and I had a falling out. Or maybe she was happy that she wouldn’t have to compete with Olivia even though she knew we didn’t have that kind of relationship.

“You know there is nothing going on between Olivia and I., right?” she nodded, “But that doesn’t mean she is not important to me. we have been through a lot, and I love her as my friend, and I want us to have a good relationship. Having you and her not getting along is not sitting well with me.”

She didn’t look happy about that. I didn’t know what I needed to do to make them both understand how important they were to me.

“Emily, Olivia is the mother of my first-born son. He might not be mine biologically, but he is mine. I respect her and I would like to sit in the same room with the two of you one day. Sharing and meal, drink, and a laugh together. But with how things are going, I don’t think that will happen any time soon and that bothers me.”

She came and sat next to me. “I am willing to meet her halfway but there is nothing I can do if she doesn’t like me. her father is right, she should not be forced to deal with me if she is not comfortable with me.”