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 you
to confirm whether I actually did sell
thought for a moment, and decided
necklace because I wanted a piece of you with me, Ethan. But the longer I was
like he was trying
I had said, but seeing him suffer still broke my heart, even after everything that
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 open, I’ll wait for you to
should leave,” I said. My hands
nodded. “Good night,
respond–only waved and went back into the
tried to process
of my
three days, I‘d come to a decision. I was going to stay here and live
he suddenly decide he had time for me again and start giving me
SO
that way. I should have just stayed secure
the ceiling with pillows shoved under my back and under my belly, trying to find a way to fall asleep… but thinking about
Had he really apologized?
he was
world was
had changed, and he
I closed my eyes and reminded myself of how kind Soren had been to me. How in the world could I tell
be wrong to feel
capital. Just because he said he wanted to be with me and didn‘t want
thoughts kept turning over in my mind,
***
up a little
Lola were already there. We went about our morning routine, and then I went over to Soren‘s
focused than I had the last three day, during which I‘d constantly dropped things, had
in the mansion and went back to the cottage, Lola asked me, “Are you going to prepare dinner for Mr. Soren, Miss Ro, or should
I had been thinking about it a lot
dinner for Soren
said. “Do you need any
don‘t think
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 the
over and pushed the window
didn‘t need to think about
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
point, I even thought I saw tears glistening in his
me was the opportunity to speak to me. Was that so wrong? Wasn‘t I being awfully
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