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 what you
deep and low, as if he was unsure of what to do. When was Ethan ever
it I wasn‘t sure I was ready for, but I had already spent a great deal of the day deciding that I was ready to
I went with
see, I have a new life here. I have a home. I have a job. I have friends.” I paused and looked him in the eye. “I have people who are kind to me and
expression was pained. I saw him wince a little when
through. I could feel all of the anger I‘d been carrying around with me since I‘d first found out his
didn‘t come here to hurt me, and you just wanted to see that I am alive, then you‘ve gotten what you
it all out; otherwise, I may not have the courage to say any of these
finish it. But you
in my eyes when I finished speaking, but 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
him to know a part of me wanted to throw myself back into his
at me for a long moment, and I expected him to yell at me, ordering me to do something. But to my surprise, when he spoke, his voice was
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 other guy… fine. I‘ll leave you the h*ll alone. But I don‘t think you mean a word
were not
small, melancholy smile pulled at the corners
sing when you think you‘re alone. I‘ve seen the way you look out the
He took a breath.
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
you.”
long moment,
one day, I had heard Alpha Ethan say he
I clearly wasn‘t
asked him. “You‘re
that had held onto too much pressure
I‘ll just go ahead and drop everything that I‘ve got
looking down at the ground
way, in passing, as simply as possible, I‘m willing to
I‘m here because I want to be with you. Madalynn means nothing to me. You know
out in front of him, as if he couldn‘t believe I
mean to tell me you‘re going to drop the responsibility King James and your pack have placed upon you to marry Madalynn so
do it for you,” he said, his eyes
believe him.
won‘t! You will never abandon your responsibilities, Ethan.
a deep breath, and then continued without
bad enough that you‘ve snuck off behind your beloved
was surprised by what I said, and shook his head. “What? No, I don‘t
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