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?”
is that truly
as if he was unsure of what to do. When
sure I was ready for, but I had already spent a great deal of
I went
job. I have friends.” I paused and looked
I saw him wince a little when
all of the anger I‘d been carrying around with me since I‘d first found
here to hurt me, and you just wanted to see that I am alive, then you‘ve gotten what you came for,
all out; otherwise, I may not have the courage to say any of these words
other business here on the islands, go ahead and finish it. But you have no reason to come back
I blinked them away. I didn‘t want him to see me cry. I didn‘t want him to know I wasn‘t one hundred percent sure of
me wanted to throw myself back into his arms the way I had the night before when I‘d
yell at me, ordering
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 leave you the h*ll alone. But I don‘t think you mean a word coming
But my words were not spoken with the
melancholy smile pulled at the corners
look out the window and how your eyes traced the bushes.
He took a breath.
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 for the mistakes I‘ve made, and
you.”
stared at him for a long moment, dumbfounded, as I
the second time in one day, I had heard Alpha
wasn‘t processing
asked him. “You‘re
up inside of me, and like a dormant volcano that had held onto too much pressure for too long, all of my rage
go ahead and drop everything that I‘ve got going
said, looking down at the
passing, as simply as possible, I‘m willing to go back with you and be your breeder, your thing on the side, while you marry that other woman,
want to be with
of him, as if he couldn‘t
responsibility King James and your pack have placed upon you to marry Madalynn so
it for you,” he said, his eyes
believe him. I
will never abandon your responsibilities, Ethan. I
a deep breath, and
you‘ve snuck off behind
what I said, and shook his head.
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