Ethan’s face morphed into one of ecstasy and despair mixed together. He had found me, he found his son, but he missed the first three years of his son’s life. He missed his birth, my pregnancy, he never got to pick the name.Part of me felt guilty for hiding him away all these years, but I knew in m
“Ava, you will stand and marry Ethan in your sister’s place.” My father’s voice was stern and low. Standing at the end of my father’s desk, I clenched my jaw at his demands. “No,” I stood my ground. He rose from his chair and moved towards me, his steps slow and threatening. “Listen, Ava,” He
“Is the car really for me?” I asked, looking between the chauffeur and the shocked faces of Dora and my father. If the situation wasn’t so strange, I might’ve laughed.The chauffeur nodded with a smile, and opened the door to the backseat beckoning me in.I only took a few steps towards the car when
I look at Ethan, eyes wide and unblinking.“Do you accept?” He repeated.I barely have to think about it. I grab the pen from his hand and sign my name in big, loopy cursive at the bottom of the last page.Relief rushed through my body.Ethan is better than I could have ever dreamed up. He understan
After catching sight of the black metal credit card, the store manager began bowing repeatedly in apologies. She mumbled a thousand pretty words to make up for her employee’s actions and swatted the clerk on the shoulder, chastising her.The manager threatened the clerk for her unruly behavior and d
Ethan gets surrounded by reporters. He’s pulled away from the situation between me and Dora immediately, and I can only see the top of his head above the flanks of journalists begging for an answer to their endless questions.“There’s no way,” Dora’s hand was pressed to her cheek. A bright pink hand
I sat patiently on a bed of roses as I waited for Ethan. A deep blush brightened my cheeks and I nervously chewed on my bottom lip. Ethan never mentioned anything in the contract, but it was our wedding night. What if he had presumptions about the two of us?So, I sat and waited, unsure of what to d
I was relieved that he wasn’t expecting me to do anything that night. Another small part of me, though I didn’t want to admit it, was also a little disappointed that he was leaving me alone.“Wait!” I called out and sat up on the bed as he reached for the door.Ethan turned and looked at me expectan
Ethan’s face morphed into one of ecstasy and despair mixed together. He had found me, he found his son, but he missed the first three years of his son’s life. He missed his birth, my pregnancy, he never got to pick the name.Part of me felt guilty for hiding him away all these years, but I knew in m
It’s been three years since I saw Ethan. Three years since that night when I escaped Andrew. Three years since I found out I was pregnant with Ethan’s son.I named him James.My mother and I had run ‘Wonder Dough’ bakery ever since we escaped. It was flourishing within the new city that we inhabited
I bit my lip, hearing Ethan’s voice was enough to cause my heart to skip a beat.“If you do not back down, I will take one of Ava’s fingers for every failed business deal you cause me,” Andrew growled. I took a step away from the door, still listening. My breathing became ragged.“Why do I care?” Et
Running away from Ethan that night was one of the hardest things I’d ever had to do. Only followed by having to pretend to be madly in love with Baron.After I left Ethan in the bathroom, I went back to Baron and wrapped my arms around him. The same arms that were previously around Ethan’s shoulder
Barging into the bathroom, I let the tears of stress and heartache flow freely down my face. I gripped the marble countertop and let my head fall as I sobbed. I didn’t know how much longer I could take this.“Ava?” Ethan’s voice echoed in the empty bathroom.I quickly wiped my eyes and turned to see
Baron told me he loved me. He said he always had, even when he knew I was with Ethan. He said he loved me, and I didn’t say it back.I couldn’t even stomach the idea of loving someone like Baron back.“Baron said he loves me,” I told Andrew one night over dinner. My mother took dinner in her room, s
Even if it also broke mine.“Ethan,” I gave Andrew a sideways glance, “I can’t go back with you.”“Why?” Ethan pleaded, “What happened that made you leave me?”I furrowed my brow and cocked my head to the side. As if he didn’t know? He acted as though he didn’t ignore me for a week and immediately r
Ethan’s Point of View- Ava leaving was one of the worst things to happen in my life. The day I went to work extra early, I came home to an empty house.Ava and I hadn’t been talking, but I was always hyper-aware of where she was in the house, what she was doing, whether she was taking care of herse
Ethan left after I told him who my father was. He wanted nothing to do with me, or he needed time to think it over. I didn’t know, he didn’t say anything.I didn’t see him for days. He avoided me every chance he got, and it tore apart my heart each time I woke up to an empty bed. He started sleeping