Chapter 35

Clara felt a pang of guilt and instinctively tried to pull her hand back.

Ethan’s gaze was fixed on her face, his eyes cold and intense. Her makeup was smeared by tears, leaving her face streaked and messy.

“Clara!”

Lilah had noticed that Clara had been gone for quite a while and finally tracked her down. Gabriel was, as always, close behind her.

Ethan glanced at the two of them, his face instantly turning expressionless. He let go of Clara’s arm and strode straight into the men’s restroom.

The second he released her, Clara’s knees buckled, and she almost collapsed right then and there.

“Your wrist is bleeding,” Lilah said as soon as she walked up and saw the blood. Her brows furrowed as she then glanced at the man on the floor, who looked like he was on the verge of passing out, and then at the restroom door. “What the heck happened here?”

Gabriel took one look at the man on the ground, his face turning colder than usual, a shadow flitting