Chapter 87 Ethan…Apologized?!
“Ouch!” I took a step backward, rubbing my forehead, trying to sort out in my mind what had just happened.
“I‘m sorry, Rosalie!” he whispered, and for a moment, I thought I had to be mistaken.
I thought it was Ethan I had run into.
It smelled like him.
It felt like him.
When I glanced up at him through my eyelashes, it looked like him.
But when I heard those two words come from between his lips, I thought I had to be mistaken, and Soren must‘ ve come back early from his trip.
There was no way in the world that Ethan would‘ve told me he was sorry about anything.
“Are you all right?” he asked me, still keeping his voice quiet.
I pulled my hand away from my forehead and gazed at him. The moonlight fell over him like a lighthouse beacon, calling me home.
I couldn‘t allow myself to fall for this siren‘s song.
“Y–yes. I‘m okay,” I grumbled in a low voice. “Not that you care.” I was just glad I‘d whipped around head first and hadn‘t hit my baby bump against his muscular physique. “Why are you here?”
His eyes widened as if he was hurt by my question.
“I came to see you,” he said, moving toward me.
“Don‘t!”
I put up my hand and took a step back, and he didn‘t move any closer to me. “I don‘t understand why you‘re here at all, Ethan.”
He sighed. “Rosalie, all that time, everyone was trying to convince me that you and the baby were dead, but I knew in my heart that you weren‘t. I had to see for myself that you weren‘t.”
I folded my arms under my chest. “Well, you‘ve seen it. Here we are. Not dead.”
He pressed his lips together, and I saw his jaw flex, which let me know he was debating how to respond. “You‘ve changed, Rosalie.”
“Yes, I have, for the better.” I replied. “Now that your mission is accomplished, could you please leave?”
that truly what
low, as if he was unsure of
was ready for, but I had already spent a great deal of the day deciding that I
I went with
I have a job. I
expression was pained. I saw him wince a little when I
continued, though. I wasn‘t through. I could feel all of the anger I‘d been carrying around with me
me, and you just wanted to see that I am alive,
much at once, but I had to spit it all out; otherwise, I may not have the courage to say any of these words to him
on the islands, go ahead and finish it. But you have no reason to come back here to
him to see me
didn‘t want him to know a part of me wanted to throw myself back into his
stared at me for a long moment, and I expected him to yell at me, ordering me
that you don‘t mean what you‘re saying. You still have feelings for me. If you can truly tell me that you‘ve moved on, and you don‘t want to be with me, that you‘d rather be with that
do,” I said. But my words were not
at the
you‘re alone. I‘ve seen the way you look out the window and how your eyes traced the
He took a breath.
don‘t blame you for hating me, Rosalie. I don‘t blame you for being scared. But if you‘ll give me another opportunity, I promise you, I‘ll show you that I am truly sorry
you.”
moment, dumbfounded, as I contemplated what I’d
heard Alpha Ethan
wasn‘t processing it
asked him. “You‘re
dormant volcano that had held onto too much pressure for too long, all of my rage suddenly erupted to
I‘ll just go ahead and drop everything that I‘ve got
looking down at the ground and shaking his
Because as long as you‘re sorry, and you express that in a haphazard way, in passing, as simply as possible, I‘m willing to go back with you and be your breeder, your thing
want to be with you. Madalynn means nothing to me.
him, as if he couldn‘t
mean to tell me you‘re going to drop the responsibility King James and your pack have placed upon you to marry Madalynn so that you
do it for you,” he said, his eyes locked
to believe
never abandon your responsibilities, Ethan.
a deep breath, and
that you‘ve snuck off
said, and shook his head. “What? No, I
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