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?”
truly what
was unsure of what to do. When was Ethan ever unsure
for, but I had already spent
I went
home. I have a job. I have friends.” I paused and looked him in the eye. “I
pained. I saw him wince a little when I
through. I could feel all of the anger I‘d been carrying around with me since I‘d first found
I am alive, then you‘ve gotten what you came for, and
rarely spoke that much at once, but I had to spit it all out; otherwise, I may not have the
on the islands, go ahead and finish it. But you have no reason to come back here to see me. Ever
but I blinked them away. I didn‘t want him to see me cry. I didn‘t want him to know I
want him to know a part of me wanted to throw myself back into his arms the way I had the night
ordering me to do something.
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 other guy… fine. I‘ll
were not spoken with the conviction I meant
small, melancholy smile pulled at
out the window and how your eyes traced the bushes. I see
He took a breath.
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 for the mistakes I‘ve made, and I‘ll make it up
you.”
moment, dumbfounded, as
day, I had heard Alpha
clearly wasn‘t
I asked him.
up inside of me, and like a dormant volcano that had held onto too much pressure for too long,
ahead and drop everything that I‘ve got going on
at the ground and shaking
Ethan! I heard you say you were sorry, and I just want to make sure that I acknowledge that completely. 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
to be with you. Madalynn
arms were out in front of him, as if he couldn‘t believe I would be worried about such a
responsibility King James and your pack have placed upon you to marry
do it for you,” he said,
believe him. I
abandon
took a deep breath, and then continued without
it bad enough that you‘ve snuck off behind your beloved
shook his head. “What? No, I
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