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 Ethan ever unsure
ready for, but I had already spent a great deal of the day deciding that
went with
job. I
wince a little
wasn‘t through. I could feel all of the anger I‘d been
see that I am alive, then you‘ve gotten what you
to spit it all out; otherwise, I may not have the courage to say any of these words to
on the islands, go ahead and finish it. But you have no reason to come back here to see me. Ever
but I blinked them away. I didn‘t want him to see me cry. I didn‘t want him to know I wasn‘t one hundred
wanted to throw myself back into his arms the way I had the night before when
to yell at me, ordering me to do something. But to my surprise, when he spoke, his voice was calm
feelings for me. If you can truly tell me that 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
I said. But my words were not spoken with the conviction I
at the corners of
think you‘re alone. I‘ve seen the way you look out the window and how your
He took a breath.
blame you for hating me, Rosalie. I don‘t blame you for being scared. But if you‘ll give me another opportunity, I promise you, I‘ll show you that I
you.”
for a long moment, dumbfounded, as I contemplated what I’d
the second time in one day, I had heard Alpha Ethan
wasn‘t processing it very
sorry?” I asked him.
volcano that had held onto too much pressure for too long, all of
since you‘re sorry, I‘ll just go ahead and drop everything that I‘ve got going on
at the ground
sorry, and I just want to make sure that I acknowledge 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 deserve–because you‘re
with you. Madalynn means nothing to me. You know
as if he couldn‘t believe I
James and your pack have placed upon you to marry Madalynn so that you can
it for you,” he said, his eyes
to believe
abandon your responsibilities, Ethan. I know
took a deep breath, and then
bad enough that you‘ve snuck off behind your beloved fiancée‘s back to
surprised by what I said, and shook his head. “What? No, I don‘t
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