Chapter 156: Because Of You
Scarlett’s POV
For a moment, he was silent. It was as if he didn’t believe it. His jaw tightened, a muscle ticking in his cheek. He drew a slow breath in through his nose... then let it out just as slowly.
I couldn’t speak. I couldn’t lie and say I regretted it—that it was a mistake—because it wasn’t, and I didn’t regret it.
"Ethan, please say something," I whispered, the silence stretching and suffocating me.
He walked away from me, his movements stiff and cold. He stood at the large window, his back turned to me as he stared outside at the bright lights of Australia. His shoulders were shaking with a tension I had never seen in him before.
"Ethan... please..."
He let out a quiet, humorless laugh. Shook his head once. Then spoke.
"So this is your way of letting me know we can never be together," he said, his voice low and filled with pain. I swallowed hard, the weight of his words hitting me in the chest. "Three fucking solid years, Scar. I put my love life on hold for you. For the hope that you would one day open your heart to me. But the moment you saw one of the triplets, you gave yourself to him. A married man. A man who has a new mate."
turned around slowly, and the look
snapped. "You know how it works, Scar.
and finally spilled
you did. In fact, you don’t regret it at all.
out, but he flinched away from my
gave me every hint that you didn’t want me, but I told myself you just needed time. I told myself
you? You just didn’t want me. You wanted them. Even after they replaced you. Even after they
looked at the hickeys on my neck again, his lip curling in disgust. "You didn’t even want me coming to visit, all under the excuse of you healing, and yet..." He paused and inhaled deeply, unable
that, Ethan. It was just... it was Leo. I
voice breaking. "And what about my love? What about the man who stayed when you had no one? What about the man
forcefully. But before he opened it, he stopped and turned back
shaking. "Ten. Ten marriage proposals, Scarlett. All of them from royalty. Alphas’ daughters. Betas’ daughters. Kings’ daughters. Wealthy ladies... even a female Alpha who rules
only watch him through
I stayed loyal, if I protected you, one day
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