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.
he asked. “Was it stolen from you when you were
whether I actually did
for a moment, and decided
it wasn‘t taken,” I answered. “At first, I held onto 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.
a moment, looking like he was trying
word that I had said, but seeing him suffer still broke my heart, even after everything
get to.bed. I‘m tired. Goodbye, Ethan.” “All right,” he replied with a sigh. “I‘ll come back tomorrow. If the window‘s open, I’ll wait
leave,” I said. My hands
nodded. “Good night,
and
tried to process
up outside of my cottage again
decision. I was going to
he had time for me again and start giving me reasons to
SO
have just stayed secure in the decision
the ceiling with pillows shoved under my back and under my belly, trying to find
Had he really apologized?
had said he was sorry,
a world
really had changed, and he deserved
tell him that I was going back to the life I had left, the one that
to
Just because he said he wanted to be with me and didn‘t want to be with Madalynn, that didn‘t mean that he was going
turning over in my mind, but eventually, I
***
up a
over to Soren‘s house to check on things, like I always did, because that
my best to stay more focused than I had the last three day, during which
me, “Are you
forgotten he was 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 let it
I told her. I liked to make dinner for Soren when he came
“Do you need any
think so,” I told
smile and started to go into the kitchen when 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 that overlooked
went over and pushed
to think about it
knew he really enjoyed it. It would be done about the time he arrived, but it had to cook
it, my mind kept going back to
sincere the night before. At one point, I even
of me was the opportunity to speak to me. Was that so wrong?
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