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.
asked. “Was it stolen from you when
to confirm whether I
thought for a moment, and decided
piece of you with me, Ethan. But the longer I was away from
was trying to stop
felt I was justified in every word that I had said, but
right,” he replied with a sigh.
if it‘s closed… you should leave,” I said. My hands were on
nodded. “Good
didn‘t respond–only waved and went back
I was alone, I tried to process
up outside of my cottage again or if
I was going to
me again and start
SO
been that way. I should have just stayed secure
at the ceiling with pillows shoved under my back and under my belly, trying to
Had he really apologized?
said he
kind of a world
he deserved me giving
kind Soren had been to me. How in the world could I tell him that I was going back to the life
wouldn‘t be wrong to
be with me and didn‘t want
turning over in my mind, but eventually, I
***
next morning, I woke up a little
then I went over to Soren‘s house to check on things, like I always did,
focused than I had the last three day, during which I‘d constantly dropped things, had stabbed myself with the sewing needle, and
the cottage, Lola asked me, “Are
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,
I told her. I liked to make dinner for Soren when he
said. “Do you need any
don‘t think so,” I told
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
over and
I didn‘t need to think about it anymore. I
really enjoyed it. It would be done about the time he arrived, but it
I was preparing it, my mind kept going
At one point, I
was asking of me was the opportunity to speak to me. Was that so wrong? Wasn‘t
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