All of this was because of his negligence back then, all of this because of his foolishness!
If he hadn't given Susanna the job as his secretary for the sake of Robert Smith's face? If he hadn't taken Susanna to that business party, or even, if he hadn't gotten drunk that night...
"Ethan, don't divorce me, don't drive me away!" Susanna's pleading voice interrupted Ethan Thompson's reverie, "Ethan, I love you, I love all of you, what's the point of living without you?"
Susanna cried out, her voice sharp and filled with anguish, flooding Ethan Thompson's ears.
"Then you might as well die!" Ethan Thompson looked at her with disgust.
For the first time in his life, he uttered such venomous words, simply because she was the first person he had ever hated!