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?”
that truly
deep and low, as if he was unsure of what to do. When was Ethan
an air of finality about it I wasn‘t sure I was ready for, but I
went
have a new life here. I have a home. I have a job. I have friends.” I paused and looked him
I saw him wince a little
though. I wasn‘t through. I could feel all of the anger I‘d been carrying
you didn‘t come here to hurt me, and you just wanted to see that I am alive, then you‘ve gotten what you came for, and
but I had to spit it all out; otherwise, I may not have the
go ahead and finish it. But
away. I didn‘t want him to see me cry. I didn‘t want
want him to know a part of me wanted to throw myself back into his arms the way I had the night before when I‘d
me for a long moment, and I expected him to yell at me, ordering me to do something. But to my surprise, when he spoke, his
you‘ve moved on, and you don‘t want to be with me, that you‘d rather be with that other guy… fine. I‘ll leave you the h*ll alone. But I don‘t think you mean a word coming out
I said. But my words were not spoken
melancholy smile pulled at the corners
the way you look out the window and how your
He took a breath.
I don‘t blame you for being scared. But if you‘ll give me another opportunity, I promise you, I‘ll show you
you.”
at him for a long moment,
heard Alpha Ethan say he was sorry. It was
wasn‘t processing it very
asked him. “You‘re
a dormant volcano that had held onto too much pressure for too long, all of
I‘ll just go ahead and drop everything that I‘ve got going on here, and do
looking down at the ground
that completely. Because as long as you‘re sorry, and you express that in a haphazard way, 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 that other woman, and go on with the privileged life that you
be with you. Madalynn means
in front of him, as if he couldn‘t believe I would be worried about
going to drop the responsibility King James and your pack
for you,” he said, his eyes locked
believe him. I truly
never abandon your responsibilities, Ethan.
deep breath, and
it bad enough that you‘ve snuck off behind your
surprised by what I said, and shook his head. “What? No,
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