Chapter 89: Open or Closed?
**Rosalie‘s POV
“Do you know Soren?” I asked Ethan.
I should‘ve asked this question much sooner, but I was very used to seeing Soren, so their similarity no longer bothered me. And the past few days, I‘d been so distracted that this question never came to mind… until just now.
Ethan and Soren looked alike… was there any relationship between them, or was this purely coincidence?
He looked at me, and his eyes filled with a mix of emotions.
Ethan finally replied, “I know him now.”
I looked at him in confusion, not quite understanding what he meant.
He smiled bitterly, and looked at me with a heartbroken expression on his face. “He‘s my rival in love.”
Thad not expected that to be the answer, and was struck dumb for a moment.
Then, I felt my face beginning to heat up, and I heard myself trying to explain, “He… he‘s a good friend of mine!”
Why did I feel the need to explain myself to him?!
Ethan visibly relaxed a bit, and the corner of his lips turned up slightly.
“I’m glad he was here to help you when you needed him,” he said.
I let out a deep breath, feeling relieved.
Soren never mentioned anything about his family, and I didn‘t remember hearing about Ethan having brothers when I was back in the Drogomor pack. It was just that I had a strange feeling that I was missing something, so wanted to be sure.
“What sort of trouble did you have when you got here?” Ethan asked. It was obvious that he didn‘t want to talk about Soren any more.
Was he… jealous?
“I was robbed. It was awful.”
Ethan was immediately nervous. “Were you hurt? Are you okay now? And the baby?”
“Yes, we‘re fine now,” I smiled. “Thanks to Sor.. my friend, and the doctor he provided us with.”
Feeling uncomfortable talking about Soren after what Ethan had said, I stood up from the swing. “Really, Ethan, / need to go,” I said, walking towards my cottage.
“Rosalie!” His voice stopped me in my tracks.
I turned and looked over my shoulder.
necklace,” he asked. “Was it stolen from you when
Ethan trying to confirm whether
thought for a moment,
of you with me, Ethan. But the longer I
moment, looking like he was trying to stop his emotions from
I had said, but seeing him suffer still broke my heart, even after
to get back inside and get to.bed. I‘m tired. Goodbye, Ethan.” “All right,” he replied with a sigh. “I‘ll come back tomorrow. If the window‘s
I said. My hands
nodded. “Good night,
respond–only waved and went back
I was alone, I tried to process everything
my cottage again or
decision. I was going to stay here and live my
me again and start giving me reasons
SO
stayed secure in the
anyway. I stared at the ceiling with pillows shoved under my back and under my belly, trying to find
Had he really apologized?
said he was
of a world was
he deserved me
my eyes and reminded myself of how kind Soren had been to me. How in the world could I tell him that I was going back to the life I
be wrong to feel
Just because he said he wanted to be with me and didn‘t want to be
kept turning over in my mind, but
***
next morning, I woke up
our morning routine, and then I went over to Soren‘s house to check on things,
day, during which I‘d constantly dropped things, had stabbed myself with the sewing needle, and had made my
and went back to the cottage, Lola asked me, “Are you going to prepare dinner for Mr. Soren, Miss Ro, or should I do
he was coming back that afternoon. I had been thinking about it a lot the day before, but my mind
make something,” I told her. I liked to make dinner for Soren when he
“Do you need
I don‘t think so,”
window behind her was open. I stared at it for a moment, wondering if I wanted to leave
thought, I went over and
think about it
time he arrived, but it had to cook very slowly to keep all of the flavors in. I added all of the herbs and
my mind kept
had been so sincere the night before. At one point, I even thought I saw tears glistening in his
speak to me. Was that so wrong? Wasn‘t
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