Chapter 0271
Ave
I wake with a start. I don’t know what startled me. Maybe it was a dream or a memory. I’m not sure. It
was vague, and the images weren’t clear.
I detangle myself from Rowan and sit up. One name kept ringing in my head.
Ethan.
Was it someone I knew? Someone I should know? Was he important to me somehow? The questions
were endless as I tried to figure out who the hell he was.
Our bedroom was lit by the moon. It cast an eerie atmosphere. Especially since I woke up shaken by
whatever it was that plagued my mind. I turn the lights on still. Trying to chase away the goosebumps.
“Ava, is something wrong?” His sleepy voice makes me turn to him.
He looked really sexy. His eyes were sleepy, and his hair was disheveled Plus, his chest was totally bare. I swallow as I continue salivating over him. Rowan is a sexy and hot masterpiece. There was no denying
that.
calls, bringing me back from
It’s been a couple of days since I woke up, and the feeling that
from me still persists.
heart tells me that whoever Ethan is, Rowan doesn’t really like him. Everything was going so smoothly between us. I was afraid of messing
to stop myself from blurting it all out. I was dying to know who this guy was and why his name filtered
are face–to–face. His hand on my bare arms sends shivers down my back. It makes me think that I wouldn’t mind his hands all over me. In fact, I
that.
calm myself. Everything was
me, so it would be a mistake to jump into bed with him, though we do share a
I decide to come clean with him. “I just woke up
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mine, making me raise my
you remember what the memory was?” he asks, his
was. The reason why I think he’s hiding something from me. That, or
want me
study him, but his face gives nothing away. Sighing, I
was.” I hear him exhale, “But one name
a really lousy job at trying to make it seem like he
name didn’t bother him
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