Chapter 89: Open or Closed?
**Rosalie‘s POV
“Do you know Soren?” I asked Ethan.
I should‘ve asked this question much sooner, but I was very used to seeing Soren, so their similarity no longer bothered me. And the past few days, I‘d been so distracted that this question never came to mind… until just now.
Ethan and Soren looked alike… was there any relationship between them, or was this purely coincidence?
He looked at me, and his eyes filled with a mix of emotions.
Ethan finally replied, “I know him now.”
I looked at him in confusion, not quite understanding what he meant.
He smiled bitterly, and looked at me with a heartbroken expression on his face. “He‘s my rival in love.”
Thad not expected that to be the answer, and was struck dumb for a moment.
Then, I felt my face beginning to heat up, and I heard myself trying to explain, “He… he‘s a good friend of mine!”
Why did I feel the need to explain myself to him?!
Ethan visibly relaxed a bit, and the corner of his lips turned up slightly.
“I’m glad he was here to help you when you needed him,” he said.
I let out a deep breath, feeling relieved.
Soren never mentioned anything about his family, and I didn‘t remember hearing about Ethan having brothers when I was back in the Drogomor pack. It was just that I had a strange feeling that I was missing something, so wanted to be sure.
“What sort of trouble did you have when you got here?” Ethan asked. It was obvious that he didn‘t want to talk about Soren any more.
Was he… jealous?
“I was robbed. It was awful.”
Ethan was immediately nervous. “Were you hurt? Are you okay now? And the baby?”
“Yes, we‘re fine now,” I smiled. “Thanks to Sor.. my friend, and the doctor he provided us with.”
Feeling uncomfortable talking about Soren after what Ethan had said, I stood up from the swing. “Really, Ethan, / need to go,” I said, walking towards my cottage.
“Rosalie!” His voice stopped me in my tracks.
I turned and looked over my shoulder.
stolen from you when you
whether I
thought for a moment, and decided
that necklace because I wanted a piece of you with me, Ethan. But the longer I was away from you, the more I realized I could do this on my own. So.. I sold
moment, looking like he was trying to stop his emotions from
said, but seeing him suffer still broke my
get to.bed. I‘m tired. Goodbye, Ethan.” “All right,” he replied with a sigh. “I‘ll come
My hands were on my
“Good night,
respond–only waved and went back
was alone, I tried to process everything that had happened
if I should be happy that Ethan had finally shown up outside of my cottage again or if I should be furious at him
those three days, I‘d come to a decision. I was going to stay here
for me again and start giving me reasons
SO
have been that way. I should have just stayed secure in
there, uncomfortable because of the baby anyway. I stared at the ceiling with pillows shoved
Had he really apologized?
he was sorry,
of a world was I living in
really had changed, and he
of how kind Soren had been to me. How in the world could I tell him that I was going
to
at the capital. Just because he said he wanted to be with me and didn‘t want to be with Madalynn, that
thoughts kept turning over in my mind, but eventually, I
***
up
were already there. We went about our morning routine, and then I went over to Soren‘s house to check on things, like I always
distracted, but I did my best to stay more focused than I had the last three day, during which I‘d constantly dropped things, had stabbed myself with the
mansion and went back to the cottage, Lola asked me, “Are you going to prepare dinner for Mr. Soren,
coming back that afternoon. I had been thinking about it a lot the day before, but my mind had been on Ethan today, and I‘d
her. I liked to make dinner for Soren when he came
Lola said. “Do
think so,” I
noticed that the window behind her was open. I stared at it for a moment, wondering if I wanted to leave it that way. I knew it was the window Ethan would be looking at to see if I wanted him to come back that evening. It was the one
I went over and pushed the window
I didn‘t need to think about
would be done about the time he arrived, but
my mind kept
the night before. At one point, I even thought I saw tears
all he was asking of me was the opportunity to speak to me. Was that so wrong? Wasn‘t I being awfully cruel
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