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.
it stolen from
trying to confirm whether I actually did sell the
for a moment,
Ethan. But the longer
like he was trying to stop his emotions from
felt I was justified in every word that I had said, but seeing him suffer still broke my heart, even after everything
my tone. “I need to get back inside and get to.bed. I‘m tired. Goodbye, Ethan.” “All right,” he replied with a sigh. “I‘ll come back tomorrow. If the window‘s
I said. My hands were on my
nodded. “Good
respond–only waved and went
I was alone, I tried to process everything
finally shown up outside of my cottage again or if I should be furious at him for waiting three
a decision. I was going to stay here and live my
for me again and start
SO
that way. I should have just stayed secure in the decision I had
the ceiling with pillows shoved under my back and under my belly, trying to find a
Had he really apologized?
Ethan had said he was sorry, to
world
really had changed, and he deserved me giving him
How in the world could I tell him that I was going back to the life I had left, the one
wrong to feel that way,
back at the capital. Just because he said he wanted to be with me and didn‘t want to be with
kept turning over in my mind, but eventually, I fell
***
next morning, I woke up a little later than
over to
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 sewing
mansion and went back to the cottage, Lola asked me, “Are you going to prepare dinner for
I had been thinking about it a lot the day
told her. I liked to make dinner for Soren when he came back from one of these
said. “Do you need any
I don‘t think so,”
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 that
over and pushed
was that. I didn‘t need to think about
time he arrived, but it had to cook very slowly to keep all of the flavors in. I added all of the herbs and put it in the oven to
I was preparing it, my mind kept going
sincere the night before. At one point, I even thought I saw tears glistening in
speak to me. Was that so wrong? Wasn‘t I being awfully cruel
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