"What did you just say?!" Ethan snapped the words out sharply, his voice cold and sudden.
Caught completely off guard by his unexpected appearance, Sophie nearly dropped her phone from her trembling hands.
"Did you tell Claire the truth about how her mother died?" He strode forward and grabbed Sophie violently by the collar. His face was so dark with fury that it looked like a storm about to break.
Sophie had never seen him this enraged before. Fear instantly tightened around her throat, and her words came out stammering and broken.
"I-I didn’t! I didn’t say anything! You must’ve heard wrong!"
"You still dare lie to my face?" Ethan finally lost control. A vicious slap cracked across Sophie's face and sent her sprawling onto the floor.
"It’s because of you that Clair
