Chapter 87 Ethan…Apologized?!
“Ouch!” I took a step backward, rubbing my forehead, trying to sort out in my mind what had just happened.
“I‘m sorry, Rosalie!” he whispered, and for a moment, I thought I had to be mistaken.
I thought it was Ethan I had run into.
It smelled like him.
It felt like him.
When I glanced up at him through my eyelashes, it looked like him.
But when I heard those two words come from between his lips, I thought I had to be mistaken, and Soren must‘ ve come back early from his trip.
There was no way in the world that Ethan would‘ve told me he was sorry about anything.
“Are you all right?” he asked me, still keeping his voice quiet.
I pulled my hand away from my forehead and gazed at him. The moonlight fell over him like a lighthouse beacon, calling me home.
I couldn‘t allow myself to fall for this siren‘s song.
“Y–yes. I‘m okay,” I grumbled in a low voice. “Not that you care.” I was just glad I‘d whipped around head first and hadn‘t hit my baby bump against his muscular physique. “Why are you here?”
His eyes widened as if he was hurt by my question.
“I came to see you,” he said, moving toward me.
“Don‘t!”
I put up my hand and took a step back, and he didn‘t move any closer to me. “I don‘t understand why you‘re here at all, Ethan.”
He sighed. “Rosalie, all that time, everyone was trying to convince me that you and the baby were dead, but I knew in my heart that you weren‘t. I had to see for myself that you weren‘t.”
I folded my arms under my chest. “Well, you‘ve seen it. Here we are. Not dead.”
He pressed his lips together, and I saw his jaw flex, which let me know he was debating how to respond. “You‘ve changed, Rosalie.”
“Yes, I have, for the better.” I replied. “Now that your mission is accomplished, could you please leave?”
truly
was deep and low, as if he was unsure of what to do. When was
had an air of finality about it I wasn‘t sure I was ready for, but I had already spent a great
went with
told him. “As you can see, I have a new life here. I have a home. I have a job. I have friends.” I paused and looked him in the eye. “I have people who are kind to me and treat
pained. I saw him wince a little when
I wasn‘t through. I could feel all of the anger I‘d been carrying around with me since I‘d first found out
I am alive, then you‘ve gotten what you came for, and you should
all out; otherwise, I may not have the
and finish it. But you have no reason to
I didn‘t want him to see me cry. I didn‘t want him to know I wasn‘t
into his arms the way I had the night before
moment, and I expected him to yell at me, ordering me to do something. But to my surprise,
truly tell me that you‘ve moved on, and you don‘t want to be with me, that you‘d rather
were not spoken with the conviction I meant them to
pulled at the
you‘re alone. I‘ve seen the way you look out the window and how your eyes traced
He took a breath.
me, Rosalie. I don‘t blame you for being scared. But if you‘ll give me another opportunity, I promise you,
you.”
at him for a long moment, dumbfounded,
I had heard Alpha
clearly wasn‘t processing it very
sorry?” I asked
anger welling up inside of me, and like a dormant volcano that had held onto
and drop everything that I‘ve got going
looking down at the ground
in passing, as simply as possible, I‘m willing to go back with you and be your breeder, your thing on the side, while you marry
here because I want to be with you. Madalynn means nothing to me. You know
if he couldn‘t believe I would be worried about
going to drop the responsibility King James and your pack have placed upon you to marry Madalynn so
you,” he said,
to believe him. I truly
abandon your responsibilities, Ethan. I know
breath, and then continued
it bad enough that you‘ve snuck off behind your beloved fiancée‘s back to find
shook his
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