Obedience No More He's the One I Deserved novel Chapter 118

Chapter 118 Almost Sisters

Chapter 118 Almost Sisters

“Lying on top of the blanket, not only not asleep, but also in a bad mood.”

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Dawn’s eyes

flew open.

She flipped over and stared at the ceiling. “How do you know that?” Her eyes scanned the room. “Wait … you didn’t install cameras in my room or something, did you?!”

Ethan chuckled. “How do yoù know I didn’t?”

“Take them down!”

“Nope.”

His voice was low and soothing, almost like it was right beside her, carrying a strange kind of charm. “When I’m not there with you, at least I can still see you.”

“You sound way too convincing.”

Dawn muttered, “But yeah … I’m really not in a great mood.”

“Wanna talk about it?”

“Hmm… let me think where to start.”

Dawn tried to gather her thoughts and gave him the short version. “It’s just… I think they’re being weird. They keep trying to control Cindy from their own perspective. It looks like they care, but honestly, it feels more like they’re just pulling her strings.”

No wonder Cindy was so rebellious.

Ethan was quiet for a moment, then said calmly, “Think about it–wasn’t that exactly how Austin treated you?”

Dawn went silent.

It really was.

“So all adults are like this?”

“Not just adults,” Ethan replied. “Some people just need to control others. They always say things like ‘it’s for your own good‘ or ‘I’m doing this for you–but honestly, it’s just about making themselves feel better.”

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Dawn nodded, completely agreeing. “That’s why I feel bad for Cindy.”

“But it’s not something you can fix.”

“Yeah…”

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She let out a sigh. “At the end of the day, it’s still not my family. So I’ll just leave it for now. Anyway, when are you coming back? Cindy’s staying at our place. Is that gonna bother you?”

Her soft voice echoed gently through his ears. Ethan couldn’t help but laugh. “Of course not. She’s your cousin–how could I ever be bothered?”

Dawn didn’t know then, but he really meant it.

It was just that Cindy had ended up with a natural–born nemesis.

That night, Dawn stayed up talking to Ethan for hours. At some point, she drifted off without realizing it. Luckily, the heated floors in her room kept the chill away, and even though she never got under the covers, she slept soundly all night.

The next morning, when she woke up, she was shocked to see the WhatsApp voice call still connected.

She jumped up and quickly ended the call.

At this hour, Ethan was probably still asleep.

After packing up her things, Dawn came downstairs to find Hannah already making breakfast for two. When Hannah looked up and saw her, she quickly wiped her hands. “Dawn, go ahead and eat. I’ll go

cousin…” wake your

Dawn shook her head. “No need. She doesn’t have work or school, let her sleep a bit longer. She can eat lunch when she gets up.”

Hannah thought about it and nodded.

“You young people and your upside–down schedules.”

After breakfast, just before leaving, Dawn said, “Cindy might be in a bit of a bad mood for the next couple of days. Would you mind keeping an eye on her while I’m gone? Call me if anything happens.”

She said that because she fully expected Cindy to stir up some drama, but to Dawn’s surprise, the entire day passed, and Cindy was unusually quiet.

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When Dawn got home from work in the afternoon, she found Cindy crouched in the yard, elbows resting on her knees, watching Hannah water the plants–completely focused.

Dawn parked the car, walked over, and looked at her with curiosity. “You’re already out here. Why aren’t you helping Hannah instead of just watching?”

Cindy gave her a sideways glance, then looked away again.

“You wanna help, go help. I’m not doing it.”

Hannah smiled at the two of them but didn’t say anything.

Dawn dragged over a stool and sat down next to Cindy. There was no wind today, and it wasn’t that cold.

She watched Hannah work for a moment and asked, “So, what’d you do today?”

“What’s it to you?”

Dawn didn’t respond.

After a while, Cindy noticed the silence and turned her head, only to find Dawn staring at her with a blank, almost unnervingly calm expression. It was the kind of look that said she’d already picked out a spot to bury the body.

Cindy squirmed under the stare and finally muttered, “Nothing much. Ate, slept, pooped, played some games.”

Dawn raised a brow. “Do you have to be so vulgar?”

“What, you don’t poop?”

Dawn was silent again.

She opened her mouth like she wanted to say something, then just turned her face away without a word.

Cindy caught the flicker of expression in Dawn’s eyes and, for some reason, felt her own mood -dark all day–suddenly lighten.

Neither of them said anything after that. They just sat there quietly, watching Hannah tend to the garden. Every now and then, a light breeze drifted past. For a moment, the world felt unusually calm, almost peaceful.

Twenty minutes later, Hannah peeled off her gloves and walked over to them.

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“You two sitting here like this… you almost look like real sisters. Hold on, let me get a picture!”

She started digging through her pockets for her phone in a rush, and somehow, the two girls in front of her moved in perfect sync.

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