Rewriting My Heart's Fate

Chapter 45

It would be inappropriate for me to love him. I felt out of place as I watched them being so happy together. After all, the person who wasn't loved was the homewrecker.

I wasn't sure how to feel when I returned to my dormitory. As I lay in bed, the image of him holding me in his arms kept replaying in my mind, and it all seemed so strange. Knowing him, he would've done the same for anyone else.

I tried to clear my mind of all the swirling thoughts and eventually fell asleep. I dreamed of them wrapped in each other's arms, while I was hidden in the shadows like a thief peering into someone else's happiness Eventually, I woke up with a start, relieved to find that it had all been just a dream.

I'd just put on a clean set of clothes the next moming and was ready to tackle the outdoor setup alone when I received a call from an unfamiliar number.

"Hello," 1 answered politely. I was surprised despite not knowing who it was.

"It's me," a familiar voice came through, catching me off guard. What did he want? Was he calling just to rub it in?

"Theard you don't have any classes today. Are you really not going to come to the hospital to look after me?

I was completely dumbfounded. Even though I had no idea how Ethan found out I had no classes that day, I was surprised that he wanted me to go to the hospital to look after him.

almost as if he expected me to drop everything and cater to

you've got so much going for you. I'm sure you have plenty of people who are more than willing to

would have loved to wait on him hand and foot. There was

alone. He had Leah. It seemed a bit unreasonable for me to go and add

sounded

are heartless 1 wouldn't have fractured my hand it hadn't saved you! I have no one to

felt a

lips together. However, it soon dawned on me that he was purposefully

scoffed, my tone laced with contempt and disgust. It seemed like he was bored, and he wanted to make me a part of his game. However, I was no longer the Evelyn who was head over

Mr. Grayson. I'm

than willing to take care of you, and even if she weren't, you've got plenty

and

was no longer the doormat I used to be, and 1 had no intention of being his

hard up that they can't even afford to hire a caretaker to look after

distance as possible from him in the