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 you
and low, as if he was unsure of
wasn‘t sure I was ready for, but I had already spent a great deal
I went with
I have a home. I have a job. I
him wince a little when I said
feel all of the anger I‘d been carrying around with me since I‘d first
am alive, then you‘ve gotten what you came for, and you should go.
all out; otherwise, I may not have the
and finish it. But you have no reason to come back here
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
wanted to throw myself back into his arms the way I had the night before when I‘d
stared at me for a long moment, and I expected him to yell at me, ordering
your face 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 other guy… fine. I‘ll leave you the h*ll alone. But I
words were not spoken with the conviction I meant them to
smile pulled at the
the way you look out the window and how your eyes traced the bushes. I see the way
He took a breath.
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
you.”
stared at him for a long moment, dumbfounded, as
one day, I had heard Alpha Ethan say he was sorry. It was a lot to
wasn‘t processing it very
sorry?” I asked him. “You‘re
held onto too much pressure
everything that I‘ve got going on here,
said, looking down at the ground 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 back with you and be your breeder,
I‘m here because I want to be with you. Madalynn means nothing to me.
in front of him, as if he couldn‘t believe I would be worried about such
going to drop the responsibility King James and your pack have placed
it for you,” he said, his eyes locked
believe him. I truly
abandon your responsibilities, Ethan.
took a deep breath, and then
off behind your beloved
surprised by what I said, and shook his head.
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