Chapter 74: Did He Even Miss Me?
“Paying you back?” I said as Soren and I walked along the path to my cottage. I had only started my work a few days ago, and I didn‘t have enough savings yet.
But he wanted me to pay him back? And he was leading me home.
I felt panicked. What if he wanted me to do something I wasn‘t ready for?
Rosalie, stop thinking like that! I scolded myself.
Soren wasn‘t that kind of person, I should have known by now!
He had a crooked grin on his face, and even though I had never had a reason before not to trust him, all of the thoughts before that I‘d kept in the back of my mind about how odd it was that he was being so nice to me, resurfaced.
Who would do all of this without expecting something in return?
No one.
So.. did he want something from me after all?
No, no, I kept shaking my head. He wouldn‘t. I must have thought it wrong, but what if…
I felt like I was about to cry. What should I do? I regretted so much that I didn‘t insist on not buying that expensive furniture.
“Come on, Ro,” he said, reaching over and tugging on my hand. “Come into the cottage. I have something I want you to see. I think you‘re going to like it.” He made that last statement in a sing-song voice.
Cold chills ran down my spine. “I think I might not,” I thought to myself. To him, I said, “I am pregnant, you know?”
“I know,” he said, his eyebrows furrowed. We paused in the foyer. “What difference does that make?”
“A lot,” I told him. I knew I was just making excuses when I should‘ve been honest. “It wouldn‘t be… comfortable.”
“Well, you can always just scoot back.”
far,”
big, and your legs are pretty
do with anything, so I just stared at
sure if it would fit. It‘s pretty big.
bulged, “How do
room. “The rear entry was even tighter than the front. But
realized then I was
have it taken
moved aside, that‘s when I
A baby grand piano.
was sitting in the corner of the living room. One of the small
was gorgeous. The black polished surface gleamed in the sunlight coming in
like it?” Soren asked
it, “I love it! It‘s the most beautiful piano I‘ve ever seen!” That might not have been completely true. I remembered that white piano back at the Drogomor pack. But this
Or was it?
turning to look at him and remembering the conversation we‘d just
can‘t accept this,
and I‘d
of the lid, which was open, ready for me to sit on the bench and play. I wanted to run my fingers over the keys and hear the melody come to
here so that you can start paying me back. I told you, this is how you‘re
I admitted. “How is buying
at me but still looking exasperated. “I want to hear it. I
singing?” It didn‘t seem like a real request. It wasn‘t like I was a famous singer. I was just an ordinary girl
said, shaking his head like I was the child now, one that didn‘t listen very well. “You sing, I‘ll listen, and that‘ll help repay your debts.” He
love playing the piano. I‘ve been itching to
to play. I may join you sometimes, but I‘d rather sit in that comfy chair and listen to you, my eyes shut,
him, looking all relaxed already. It was different to be around a man who knew how to let things go and separate work from the
offer. If you feel that bad about it, you
now, I‘m gonna pour myself a scotch and you a nice ice water–and sit in that
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