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..."

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

had a point, but she would have preferred

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

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

weren't options. I was trying to convince myself

that I

mind is my favorite place," he said,

am I supposed to play hard to get if you're using

chuckled as he

we want, and that's why we got along pretty well, he said as he raised her

one of them is

will play along," he said, quickly letting go of her hand when

a scowl, putting up the act as Derek and

surprised at Evelyn for 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 said with a sweet smile, surprising Rayna

fine. I understand that she's still

asked with a teasing

her head to the door as she rose

moment they shut the door behind them, Rayna scowled at her, "What was that about? I thought

rather take his side publicly

and I need to stay close to my man," Evelyn

Derek was making fun of Ethan for

ladies joined them, Derek rose so that Evelyn could sit since that

Sandra and how they were

of them, yet I'm the one who ended up getting hurt?" Ethan said,

that's why you should have been more actively

said with

have gotten hurt if you hadn't