The Billionaire's Unexpected Proposal by Samantha

Chapter 188

Ethan woke up from a long nap and smiled when he saw Rayna seated beside him, busy with her phone.

"You're back," he said, and she looked at him.

"You're awake. I was almost beginning to wonder if you were pretending to be unconscious again," she said, and he smiled.

"I guess Melvin and the others left already?" He asked, and she nodded.

"Yeah. Ella was getting cranky, and Sarah also needed to rest," she explained.

"I understand. What about you? How do you feel now? Your stomach?" He asked, and she glared at him, her cheeks flushing a little at the embarrassing question. "I told you I was fine""" she said, and he smiled.

"Okay. Seeing as you're not sweating so much anymore, I guess your stomach isn't under any pressure," he said, and she scowled.

"It seems you're pretty determined to annoy me and make things awkward," she observed, and he chuckled.

"No. I just want to make things normal. Golden Sun tells me everything, remember?" he said softly.

"Well, I'm Rayna, not Golden Sun," she said, and he shook his head.

"Can't you forgive me and put it behind you? I mean, I could have died from this accident, right? No, don't say anything smart, just listen," he said before she could speak. "I'm just saying life is short. I know I messed up. Everyone says I'm unforgiving, and maybe that's true..."

"Maybe? Not, maybe. You're very unforgiving. Yes, I was wrong to have accused you falsely and say all that I said at the club. But I apologized, she said, and Ethan sighed. "Yes, you did. I'm just very sensitive when it comes to the issue of sexual harassment," he said, and she sighed.

"Melvin told me. I'm sorry," Rayna said, and he nodded slowly.

"I've forgiven you. So, will you forgive me too?" He asked, and she shook her head.

"No. Not so easily..."

we have a year, ten years, or a lifetime to be together. Why waste any of it? When that car ran me down, and I lay there bleeding, unable to move

a point, but she would have preferred to

I'm going to have anything to do with you. If you really think I'm the one for

woman I love from getting hurt?" He asked, and her heart skipped a beat. "You went on dates with other women. You wanted to

options. I was trying

to believe that I

is

I supposed to play hard

groaned, and Ethan chuckled as he

not what got us here, you know? We both know what we want, and that's why we got

was going to play hard to get and make you sweat. Can we just pretend whenever any one of them is around? I'll be too embarrassed for them to know I got back with you so easily after saying I've moved on," Rayna said,

If that's what you want, I will play along," he said, quickly letting go

asked with a scowl, putting up the act as Derek

defending Ethan after all she had said earlier. "Hello, Ethan! Thanks

I understand that she's still mad at me," Ethan

hero?" Derek asked with a teasing grin as he approached the

outside," Rayna said, jerking her head to the door as she rose for Derek

"What was that about? I thought you supported the idea of playing

was your man and scolded me for talking about him so harshly. Besides, he's also Derek's best friend. I'd rather take his side publicly right now than yours. I know you're both going to make up. I don't want

My baby and I need to stay close to my man," Evelyn said, and Rayna snorted but

Ethan for his failed attempt to be

them, Derek rose so that Evelyn could sit since that

how they were glad that the two of them

of them, yet I'm the one

why you should have

said with

hurt if you hadn't been involved with