---- Chapter 145 Jonathan's eyes were as cold as ice. The weight of his presence was so heavy that it was almost suffocating. He stared at me in silence. After a long moment, he finally took a step forward. Then another. Until he was standing right in front of me. My hands felt weightless, and my mind was blank. I didn't even know what came over me just now. I'd saved Frederick purely on instinct, without even thinking about the fact that Jonathan had been there too. Was he angry?

But he was fine now, wasn't he? I tried to calm myself. And besides, even if something had happened to Jonathan, it wasn't like I knocked over the champagne tower. It was an accident. Jonathan stopped right in front of me, staring down at me. Frederick had snapped out of it by then. His expression was complicated, and he instinctively stepped between us, blocking Jonathan's view. "What do you want?" He looked at Jonathan like he was ready to protect me, expecting some kind of trouble.

But Jonathan didn't say a word. He just pushed Frederick aside and looked me over from head to toe. ---- His intense stare made it hard for me to breathe. Under that gaze, it was hard not to feel a little guilty or scared. But I snapped out of it quickly. What did Ihave to feel guilty about? Back when Jonathan had chosen Alicia over me without so much as a second thought, he didn't bother to explain anything. So, why should I explain anything now?

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What I did was just a natural, instinctive reaction. I thought he'd be furious, that he'd lash out. But he didn't. He just stared at me. I took a deep breath and was about to say something . "I-" But before I could get a word out, he turned and walked right past me just like that. I froze. The words caught in my throat and went down unspoken. Alicia looked smug. "Elise, do you think Jonathan's going to keep tolerating you if you keep acting like this?

I'm telling you, your days as his wife are numbered!" She looked proud of herself, like she'd finally bounced back from all the humiliation earlier. "Keep it up," she sneered." Sooner or later, he'll be sick of you." "Tcan't wait," Isaid, meeting her eyes with a calm expression . "If you can get him to divorce me, even better." She scoffed, clearly thinking I was just bluffing. "Let's see if you can still be so arrogant when he dumps you." I didn't bother responding. I turned and walked away.

Even as Imoved through the crowd, I could still hear people ---- whispering. "What just happened? Did Elise choose to save Frederick?" "Didn't he just announce that she was like his sister?" "'She pulled him out of the way right in front of everyone. That's some serious sibling bond..." "Come on, it was just some champagne glasses. No need to overreact." "Says who? If Mr. Ford hadn't moved fast enough, he could've been seriously hurt!" "You're exaggerating." "Am I?

If it was nothing, then why did Elise's first instinct tell her to pull Frederick away? Clearly, she knew it was dangerous." "Well, if you put it that way... 1 guess that does make sense." People were speculating about my relationship with Frederick, all of them wondering why I'd chosen him over my own husband, but I didn't care. Like they said, if Jonathan could choose Alicia over me without a second thought, then why couldn't I choose Frederick?