Chapter 38

　　When Ethan returned home, it was almost noon. When he opened the door, he saw Angus grinning broadly, sitting in the living room watching TV. The door to Marcus's room was closed, making Ethan's face sink.

　　Angus, however, didn't seem embarrassed and greeted him with a smile. Ethan didn't bother with him and took out his cell phone to call Lucas: "Where are you?"

　　"Still working late."

　　Lucas's bitter voice from the end of the phone came, this time because of the company database upgrade and to lay a new network of sales channels. He has also been working overtime for several days; last month, the manager of the Ministry of Information resigned, and Lucas, the deputy manager of the promotion manager, because of Angus's matter to fight with Ethan so that he no longer looks down on themselves, Lucas changed from the former non-productive Playboy faction, down-to-earth work, hard work, these days is in addition to sleep time are nestled in the company, the entire Ministry of Information on his overtime plus the most powerful. Still, it is Angus, the small staff, and a lot of time spent running other people's homes to hang around.

　　"Work is important, but the body is more important. Don't lose more than you gain. Do it tomorrow, and hurry back."

　　After hanging up the phone, Ethan coldly rushed Angus: "Lucas will return soon. You can get lost."

　　Angus slowly stood up and stretched his waist before walking away. He rushed at Ethan and said, "Married to my cousin and still putting your mistress around as an assistant, you know how to enjoy the blessings of a man of one's own."

　　Although Angus this guy is a native European, because of Marcus's relationship, followed him since childhood to learn Chinese, there is nothing he won't say, and sharp-tongued, a sentence managed to make Ethan blackface: "It has nothing to do with you, you can go now."

　　"I'm not interested in your business, but when it comes to my cousin, the general manager doesn't want me to shut up peacefully; the general manager's behavior right now is just disgraceful for people to see."

　　"OUT!"

　　Completely flipped out, Angus shrugged and walked away.

　　After dismissing the man, Ethan went to the bathroom and took a shower, hesitated, or went to knock on Marcus'room door; knocked twice with no response and turned the knob; good thing he didn't unlock the door.

　　There was only a bedside lamp in the room. Marcus's back was turned to the outside, and he seemed to be already asleep.

　　Ethan stood by the door and hesitated for a moment but still walked over, directly around to the other side of the bed, and sat on the bedside. Marcus's sleeping posture is very regular, with his eyes closed and thick eyelashes hanging down in his eyelids, which cast a shadow because he is a mixed race. His outline is more profound than the general Oriental, but mixed with the Oriental lines of the soft and not appear to be out of place, no matter from which angle to see, this face, it is all the same, it is all the same, it is all the same.No matter from which angle, this face is God's most perfect masterpiece.

　　Once he likes it, even looking at him like this is the best, Ethan sighs inwardly at how deep he's fallen but doesn't resist and leans down to kiss him when Marcus suddenly opens his eyes.

　　"Awake?"

　　Ethan smiles and reaches up to rub his soft hair; Marcus opens and closes his eyes several times over, finally coming to his senses ultimately, moving out from under him without a trace and sitting up, reaching for his cell phone on the nightstand to check the time before he remembers that he'd turned it off earlier.

　　Turning it back on, the time shown on the phone was 1:00a.m.sharp.

　　Ethan watched him move, feeling like the poor bastard about to be judged by his wife for checking on him and coming home late. Playfully, before Marcus opened his mouth, he said, "Honey, you specifically didn't unlock the door because you wanted to wait for me to come in?"

　　Marcus furrowed his brows slightly, his face without a smile. Ethan looked at him for a moment before he, too, put away his teasing and asked, "What's going on?"

　　"William, how is he?"

　　"Staying in the hospital for observation."

　　"Why didn't you stay with him?"

　　"...Why would I stay with him?"

　　"He's your subordinate. You took him to a social gathering, and he drank himself into the hospital with a stomach bleed; you have to take some responsibility, right?"

　　"Marcus," Ethan finally heard the wrongness in Marcus' tone, and his eyebrows unconsciously furrowed," I thought you weren't someone who would count on this."

　　"Why did you think I wouldn't countenance it? Since the first day he returned here to haunt you, I've told you I'd be jealous."

　　"And you've said before that you know about my attitude and wouldn't mind."

　　"Provided you can keep your previous attitude all the time."

　　In a few words, one after another, the atmosphere had frozen. Ethan had also drunk a lot of wine before and was not very sober at this moment. Being choked by Marcus so much, his face became ugly, and his tone went cold: "What do you mean by that?"

　　"That's what I mean," Marcus coldly said," I am open-minded, but not so open-minded that others covet my own man and still indifferent; besides, you are not without any reaction at all."

　　"What reaction did I have?"Ethan's voice rose steeply. "Don't be irrational. I told you the person I like now is you! I let him into the company because of Liam!"

　　"Is it just because of Liam?"Marcus's tone was still flat, but his words poked at his heart," Ask yourself how many ways you could have chosen to deal with Liam, but you chose the one most likely to get you into trouble. If Liam had found someone other than William, would you have been so generous as to let him join the company and be your assistant?"

　　Ethan was stunned; Marcus nonchalantly continued, "You said you don't like him anymore; I believe there is nothing worth liking about him; in the past, you and I were blind, but you said you want to conquer him; this has never changed, until now, you are still enjoying the pleasure of conquering him, watching him obey and curry favor with you. You still enjoy the pleasure of conquering him, watching him listen to your words and be careful to please you, looking at your face to act, blocking knives for you and fighting for his life, having the cheek to confess to you and then being rejected by you fiercely, do you not think that it is very pleasing, very satisfying, and very able to satisfy your desire for conquest?"

　　At those words, Ethan's face turned ironic momentarily, "Is that what you think of me?"

　　"It doesn't matter what I think; what matters is what you think about yourself," Marcus said," It's not like you didn't hear those rumors about you and him in your company, right? You heard it, pretended not to listen, and let it develop. If you don't care about the things in the past, you won't even want to see him again; he saved you, he confessed to you, and it's all because you gave him a chance, and your attitude, also after he did these things, little by little, subconsciously changed, even if you don't admit it on your lips, you are softening slowly towards him."

　　Marcus usually does not talk too much, but what he said today made Ethan unable to refute it. He fell silent for a long time before asking, "If you were in his place, what would you do?"

　　Marcus coldly pulled the corner of his mouth, "The person I don't like, I will only let him get as far away as possible."

　　Ethan was stunned again. He suddenly remembered what Marcus said before. Back then, he disregarded the brotherhood. He resolutely called the police to let Angus almost keep the case. After that, Angus was taken back by his family for seven or eight years without appearing in front of them again. He could indeed be so decisive.

　　"Angus, didn't he come back too? He's just as likely to have another agenda trying to get to you..."

　　"If it wasn't for the fact that your brother likes him, do you think I'd bother with him anymore?"

　　"...You don't want to get too ugly with him because of Lucas?"

　　Marcus wasn't interested in continuing the conversation, "Go back to your room; I'm going to bed, too."

　　Marcus laid down, turned over, and was given an eviction order. Ethan's heart was challenged to be so bad. He stood up and felt that his feet were soft. He could not take a step. He wanted to talk clearly with Marcus but did not know where to start.

　　Stunned, looking at his back for a long time, only finally mute voice: "Marcus...I am not a perfect lover, although I try my best to do the best, or you see through...I have not loved anyone; you are the first, and I'm well aware that I don't feel the same way about you as I do about anyone else...I'll take my time to prove it to you."

　　Until the sound of the door closing, Marcus had never opened his eyes again. It was not that he was pretentious; it was just that after all those years before, he now only wanted a pure, unadulterated relationship, and if Ethan couldn't do it, he'd rather not.

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　　The following day, Marcus got up when Ethan had already gone out. He also got used to it early in the morning; this half of the month, Ethan is back later than he went out earlier; it is just that they do not have to meet to avoid embarrassment.

　　As soon as Ethan returned to the company, he explained the matter of hiring a caregiver for William to his secretary, and when the other party asked if he wanted to arrange a time for him to go to the hospital, to visit the patient,Ethan coldly replied,"You go on my behalf,I can't get away from so many things in the company."

　　After dismissing the secretary,Ethan made a call to the personnel department and asked them to put up a job posting for him to hire a new assistant,when the personnel manager carefully asked about William,Ethan thought for a moment and said,"The manager of the business department is going to be transferred to the headquarters in New York next month,so let him go to the business department when William comes back."

　　With William's matter settled,Ethan breathed a sigh of relief,took out his cell phone,flipped out a phone number that he inadvertently seemed to have gotten from Marcus'cell phone,and dialed it,"Kei?This is Ethan,do you have a minute?Let's meet up."

　　Sun Xiaohui is Marcus's own sister,also went to London to participate in their wedding,after coming back,Ethan followed Marcus to see her a few times,a very well-behaved little girl,it can be seen that Marcus loves this sister of his,Ethan would like to know more about Marcus,after thinking about it,he decided to start from Sun Xiaohui here.