Chapter 0096

She lifted her gaze to meet mine; she stared at me for a long while as if she was trying to figure out if I was being truthful or not.

“Really?” She finally asked.

“Yes,” I told her. “Besides, your father would kill me if I overstepped.”

She smirked and then shrugged.

“He is very protective,” she admitted. “I just don’t get where Ethan’s head has been at lately. He’s hard to read.”

“From what I remember, he’s always been like that,” I told her. “I wouldn’t take it to heart though, Irene. He loves you and wants to be with you. He chose you.”

She seemed to have relaxed because she finally smiled a genuine smile, and then she nodded.

The waitress gave us our meals and we talked mindlessly as we ate. I felt a bit hollow since the conversation though; I didn’t like lying to her about my history with Ethan and the fact that Ethan loves her. I knew he was only using her and if she found out about that, it would destroy her.

before I could go

out the back,” she whispered, a devilish and humored look

raising my eyebrows. “Why?”

I just want a little longer without them,” she said, glancing out the front door. “Let’s take

I could see Leroy’s car and the guard’s car a distance away near the front door of the restaurant. Irene saw them too and

also chuckling, both of us gasping for breath and holding our stomachs as we laughed around the corner. I leaned against the building we were near, sure that we were far enough away to rest for

“I just wanted

arm through

assured her. “Maybe we

a look of pure

“Really?” She asked.

I liked hanging out with her. She was easy to be around and easy to love. It was no wonder Ethan wanted her and not me… it was more than just her status; it was who she was as a person. She

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