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
confirm whether I actually
thought for a moment, and
I answered. “At first, I held onto that necklace because I wanted a piece of you with me, Ethan. But the longer I was
he was trying to stop his emotions from showing on
I was justified in every word that I had said, but seeing him suffer
tone. “I need to get back inside and get to.bed. I‘m tired. Goodbye, Ethan.” “All right,” he replied with
should leave,” I said. My hands were on my abdomen,
“Good
and went back into the
alone, I tried to process
up outside of my cottage again or if I should be furious at him
a decision. I was going to stay here and
would he suddenly decide he had time for me
SO
stayed secure in the decision I had made
the ceiling with pillows
Had he really apologized?
Ethan had said he was sorry,
of a world
really had changed, and he deserved
and reminded myself of how kind Soren had been to me. How in the world could I tell him that I was going back to the life I had left, the one that
wrong to feel that way,
Ethan could actually change anything once we were back at the capital. Just because he said he wanted to be with me and didn‘t want
in my
***
morning, I woke up a little later than
morning routine, and then I went over to Soren‘s house to check on things, like I
still 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 sewing needle, and had made my companions
Lola asked me, “Are you going to
had been thinking about it a lot the day before, but my mind had been
make something,” I told her. I liked to make dinner for Soren
Lola said. “Do you
think so,” I
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
thought, I went over and pushed the
I didn‘t need to think about it anymore. I had
done about the time he arrived, but it had to cook very slowly to keep all of the flavors in. I added all of the herbs and
was preparing it, my mind kept going back
so sincere the night before. At one point,
speak to me. Was that so wrong? Wasn‘t I being awfully cruel in not even giving him the chance
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