Rewriting My Heart's Fate

Chapter 81

The room was so quiet that one could hear a pin drop. After a long pause, Ethan finally spoke.

"I'm sorry we're meeting like this."

They had already ordered a whole table of food before I arrived. As soon as Ethan spoke, I looked at the fancy dishes on the table.

My stomach felt uneasy, though I wasn't sure if it was from hunger or something else. I felt a burning discomfort and a queasy urge to throw up.

1 forced a smile, but Ethan's apology didn't mean much to me. It felt like a pointless gesture-saying sorry while still causing trouble. I couldn't understand why he even bothered to apologize.

1 picked up the utensils and took a bite of the food. "Have you been looking into my background?

tightly that his knucides turned white. I swallowed

know Mr. Minogue is the date Jack set up

just

Wiley Group's financial troubles." The food was so spicy it was making my throat hurt. I took a sip of the drink next to me. I couldn't

was

glass that his knuckles were site. His voice was rough when he said, "I don't know, I'm

say it." I cut Ethan of "What do you want to offer me to get me to drop the case against

wanted to leave. After a moment, I stood up, picked up my bag, and said, "Send a project to Wiley Group. It doesn't have to be big, just something enough to cover the debt "When

out of the restaurant, the cold

I didn't want to go back to school

wind easily penetrated my jacket and made me shiver. I felt like I was freezing all over, but I wasn't sure if the chill

was really upset. After all the time and effort I put in, it seemed the Leah would