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.

take me for? It was almost as if he expected me to drop everything and cater to his

sure you have plenty of people who are more than

a long line of people who would have loved to wait on him

wasn't alone. He had Leah. It seemed a bit unreasonable for me to go and add

other end of the line suddenly sounded a little

saved you! I have

a little

dawned on me that he was purposefully setting me

seemed like he was bored, and he wanted to make me a part of

kidding, Mr.

would be more than willing to take care of you, and even if she weren't,

and

no longer the doormat I used to

up that they can't

ties and keep as much distance as possible from him in the future. I wanted nothing to do with Ethan, Leah,