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..."

to be together. Why waste any of it? When that car ran me down, and I lay there bleeding, unable to move or speak, all I kept asking myself was if that was my last moment and if I had wasted what little

point, but she would have preferred to

do with you. If you really think I'm the one for you

other way could I prove it than I've done by getting in front of that car to protect the woman I love from getting hurt?" He asked, and her heart skipped a beat. "You went on dates with other women. You wanted to exhaust your options," Rayna insisted,

was trying to convince myself

special. I didn't want to believe that I found something special with someone I was so mad at," he

is my

to play hard to get if you're using

chuckled as he reached for

hard to get. That's not what got us here, you know? We both know what we want, and that's why we got along pretty well, he said as he

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

along," he said, quickly letting go of her hand

a scowl, putting up the act as Derek

defending Ethan after all she had said earlier. "Hello, Ethan! Thanks for saving Rayna's life. I'm sorry she has such a shitty and ungrateful attitude," Evelyn

she's still mad at me," Ethan said

you doing, hero?" Derek asked with

head to the door as she rose for Derek to sit

behind them, Rayna scowled at her, "What was that about? I thought you supported the idea of playing hard to get?" She asked,

for talking about him so harshly. Besides, he's also Derek's best friend. I'd rather take his side publicly right now

we return inside? My baby and I need to stay close to my man,"

Ethan for

joined them, Derek rose so that Evelyn could sit since that was the only

chatted for a while, talking about Michael and Sandra and how they were glad that the

it funny that I'm not involved with either of them, yet I'm the one who ended up getting hurt?"

you should have been more

with

you hadn't been involved