Ethlyn immediately realized what she ended up speaking in all this mess, but she wasn't regretting it. It had bound to happen, right? Either this way or that way, she had to tell him. And what mattered the most was to clear the misunderstanding that she unintentionally created in his mind in the process of making him jealous.

"And I'm not protecting Nathan right now because I'm concerned for him. I'm protecting him because I'm concerned for you because I don't want him to do anything in anger which isn't required at all." Ethlyn explained and removed her hand from her mouth. She waited for his response for a while,...