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..."

why not just do it now? We don't know if 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 or speak, all I kept asking myself was if that was my last moment and if I had wasted what little time I could have had with you

she would have preferred

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

I love from getting hurt?" He asked, and her heart skipped a beat. "You

trying to

so special. I didn't want to believe that I found something special with someone I was

want you, Rayna-body, mind, and soul. Your mind is my favorite

hard to get if you're

and Ethan chuckled as he reached for her

us here, you know? We both know what we want, and that's why we got along pretty well, he said as he raised her hand to his lips and

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 will play along," he said,

with a scowl, putting up the act as Derek

defending Ethan after all she had said

understand that she's still mad at me,"

asked with a

to the door as she rose

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

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 to

that's all, can we return inside? My baby and I need to stay close to my man," Evelyn said, and Rayna snorted but

the room, Derek was making fun of Ethan for his failed attempt to

so that Evelyn could sit since that was the only available seat in the

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

you should

with

have gotten hurt if you hadn't been involved with me."