After their vigorous night activities, the two laid in bed naked in each other's embrace and soon, drifted to sleep. A while later, Ethan's phone started ringing waking Bella from her sleep. Before she could say anything, he muted the call and went back to sleep but it rang the second time and he stood up to check who was calling.
After checking, Bella heard him release a frustrated sigh and when she felt him lean towards her in an attempt to check if she was sleeping, she closed her eyes to see what he was going to do next. After confirming that she was sleeping, she felt him slowly getting out of bed and she decided to take a peek at him from her side. She saw him covering himself in a bathrobe before taking a peek at her again to confirm that she was asleep but she was quick at closing her eyes and he therefore thought that she was sleeping. When he started to walk, she opened her eyes and saw him opening the doors to his bedroom balcony and once again took a peek at her before moving out to answer the phone. Bella sat up straight on the bed. What was he hiding? Her eyes widened in realisation. Was he cheating on her? Were all men the same? She contemplated on eavesdropping on his conversation but then he will get mad if he finds out. Does it mean that she should just sit down and get cheated on when there was a chance of her discovering about it now and she quits this relationship sooner? In the end, the curious side of her won, so she got out of bed and wrapped herself in the towel she found before tiptoeing as slowly as possible till she reached the balcony door and from there, she could hear everything he was saying even though he was trying hard to suppress his voice.
"Listen Freddie, I'm not getting you out of jail, you brought this upon yourself. I clearly warned you that I had nothing to do with you the second time" *Silence*
"Release them I don't care, I only collaborated with you once and I'm not doing it again." *Silence*
"We both know that mere audios are not valid evidence that I asked you to kill Graham Cullen in that accident so then go ahead." *Silence*
Ethan decided to threaten him this time by saying," You should know that having attempted to kill once, I can kill you too Freddie. Be wise enough and stop threatening me with those audios. I'm not getting you out of jail and stop calling my number."
After hearing everything, Bella didn't know when she had started trembling. She tiptoed till she reached the bathroom and locked herself there. She was so terrified of him. On reaching inside, she started shedding tears. Ethan Carter is a murderer! He attempted to kill Graham with that man! But why? She now remembered the conversation they had with him when he was comparing himself to that man.
After the phone call, Ethan remained outside for sometime to let the cold air calm him. He was raging. He was so tired of regretting all the time. This man was becoming a problem yet he didn't want to kill him. He came up with the first resolution. It seems he had to gather all the strength and tell Bella the truth. Sighing, he decided to go back inside and on locking the doors, he turned to find the bed empty and it made his heart accelerate. Did she hear something? He wondered where she could be and he went to check the washroom but on turning the door knob, it was locked. Confused, he knocked on the door before asking," Bella, are you in there." "Y-yes. Uhm...I...I woke up with a stomach ache. I will be fine," he heard her say but he caught on something in her voice. Did she sound nervous or he was just thinking things?
"Stomach ache? Open and I help you," he said.
"N-no I'm fine. You go to sleep I will come later," she told him and he frowned. "You think I can sleep when you're sick?" he asked and he heard water running before saying," I will wait for you in bed."
Bella was nervous. Did he find out? She then realized that she had to get out if she didn't want him to know. And therefore a while later, she opened the door and found him sitting on the bed. "Are you okay?" he asked and she said," I'm better. Don't worry, let's go to sleep."
He noticed that she was unusual but he thought that it might be because she was sick. "Will you be able to sleep? Should I get you some tabs?" he asked but she assured him that she was fine.