Suddenly, he was ripped away from me and it took me a while to process what just happened.
I saw Ethan between us, grabbing at his collar while Vince smirked at him.
"Don't even think about it." He said and shoved him back.
"What's going on?" Someone asked.
"Isn't he dating Heather? What is he doing?" I heard someone else whisper.
I heard murmurs of confusion among the crowd and Heather came into view. She latched her hand on his arm.
"Ethan!" She reproved.
Ethan let go of Vince's collar and shook her hand off of him.
He grabbed my hand and led me away from the crowd. I didn't resist because I didn't want him to create a scene in front of the others because that would most probably reveal the true nature of his and Heather's relationship.
I didn't expect him to react like that. I thought that seeing me with Vince would make him give up on me and that he would quietly move on from me but he decided to intervene, that too
I smiled at Ethan who was right next to me. I reached over and brushed some hair out of his face and let my fingers trail over his face. I traced the outlines of his cheeks, his perfect nose and soft lips that I wanted to kiss so I reached over and pressed my lips to his for a second.I continued to watch him as he slept deeply and peacefully. The sheets were tangled up between us, his naked chest half on display and half hidden behind it.I extended my hand towards his face again and placed my palm against his cheek."I'm sorry I'm hurting you. But I seem to have no choice." I whispered to him, knowing he won't be able to hear me. "Will you forgive me?" I caressed his cheek, feeling the prickles on my palm where his beard rubbed against my skin. "I wish we were normal people and I could've met you under different circumstances when things weren't so hard. I want to like you freely."I closed my eyes feeling sleep taking over me but willed my eyes to open
We watched a few movies after which I told her to stay for lunch and she agreed. We spent the afternoon in my bed just talking about our lives and cracking a few jokes until we ran out of topics to talk about at which time she decided she should get home.So I didn't get much out of Amelia as she was as clueless about what the matter was with Olivia and Heather as I was. I didn't want to talk to Heather about this or about anything else really. So I had to confront Olivia again. I was starting to get tired of this secrecy between the two girls and I was determined to know what it was about.So as soon as I figured out that it was safe to approach Olivia in the evening, a little before dinnertime, I took the opportunity of having no one around to disturb us and asked her about it.I knocked on her door. It was like she had made a permanent place in the guestroom because I rarely saw her outside apart from the time when we all had to gather to eat."Come in
It has begun to feel like a normal routine when Ethan slid into my bed, drunk again.Now I didn't bother to lock my door.When I turned my body so I could face him, he was already looking at me with tired and droopy eyes. It must have been because of his inebriated state that he was feeling sleepy but he still struggled to keep his eyes open."I miss you." He whispered and my heart clenched in my chest.I turned back to my original position so my back was facing him. It was too painful to even look at him.I kept my eyes on the digital clock on my nightstand, awaiting sleep to take over me. Five minutes passed and still no sleep found me.I could feel Ethan shift from time to time, probably trying to find a comfortable position to sleep in and maybe that disturbance was what was keeping me awake.Five minutes turned to fifteen and then to thirty until I noticed that an hour and half had passed by and I was still staring at the clock o
I caught her in her room. She was apparently having a huge appetite because she had a lot of things from the kitchen laid on her bed and was munching on all of it.She heaved a heavy sigh when she saw me enter."Let's not do this again and again." She said in a bored tone."Honestly Olivia, I don't think I give a fuck about you anymore so no, I'm not here to ask if you're alright or if there is a problem because fuck you, you don't deserve my concern.""Then why are you here?" She asked with a raised eyebrow. "Did you enter the wrong room? The door is right behind you."I ignored what she said and took a seat on the bed. "Why did you tell Heather about what you saw this morning?" I cut to the chase.Her eyes widened. "I told her not to mention me!""Tell me why you did it. You knew that Heather and Ethan are dating and when you saw him come out of my room, you automatically assumed that I was sleeping with him and ratted me out. Didn'
The first thing I registered when I woke up was that the bed was moving and I looked to see that Ethan had woken up and was hurriedly getting out of bed and putting on his watch and shoes."Ethan," I said and he must have been surprised because his eyes widened."I'm sorry, Juliet. I don't know why I always do this. I'm not doing it intentionally. I just...always find myself here in the morning. I can't help it. I can't go to sleep unless I have a drink but then I always end up here. I know you said you like Vince-""Ethan, it's fine. I don't mind. I want to tell you something.""Yes! I know what it is. I'm supposed to keep my distance and I promised you that I was going to like you from afar so I'll make sure I won't come knocking on your door drunk again."He quickly got up and grabbed the rest of his things before rushing towards the door."No, that's not it. Listen! Wait!"But he was already out the door.I groaned into my
I pinched his cheeks and he shook my hands away. "You aren't, prince.""Prince?""Yes, my prince."He shook his head. "Hold up. Last time I checked, you were dating Vince! Now I'm suddenly your prince?""I'm not dating him. I was just pretending to date him in front of you." I clarified."Pretending? That pig was going to kiss you at that party but I interrupted your romantic moment."I shook my head. "He was just making it seem like he was going to. He just wanted to see if you'd get jealous.""Well I did. Mission accomplished. So what?"I sighed. "And he just wanted to make you believe that we were dating.""But why did you do that? What was the reason?"I didn't answer because answering it would mean that my secret would be out and I wasn't going to do that until next month."Well?" He urged."I'll tell you some other time. Please, trust me.""Juliet, if you wanted to play you could have as
When I woke up the next day I knew something was wrong. Nothing was really out of place or something. I just really felt like the atmosphere was tense.When I got down to the living room there were a lot of people than usual. I didn't expect to see Heather, Amelia, Olivia, Vince, Tristan, my parents and Ethan in the living room looking very grim first thing in the morning. I could feel the tension emanating from them.Heather looked worried about something and so did everyone else.For a second I thought that Heather told everyone about me but when everyone's eyes flickered to me and looked away without any interest, except for Ethan, I knew that I was safe."Hey girlfriend!" Vince said and waved at me.I gritted my teeth as I saw Ethan silently glaring at Vince.I strode over to him and punched the side of his shoulder."Were you trying to cheat on him with me?" Ethan asked."No no no. He doesn't know that we don't have to act
"Mother, stop. I'm not sick. I'm normal and so is me liking girls. How can you talk to me like that?""You aren't normal. I knew it from the second we adopted you. You're a disgrace to my name and I wish I wouldn't have adopted you. You lowlifes deserve nothing like the life I provided you. You're such an ungrateful brat." She spat acidly that made me take a step back subconsciously."You're crossing a line here. I said stop it!" Justin yelled at her but she paid him no attention. Ethan who was standing next to Heather grabbed her mother's hand and shook it off of her."Aunty, please stop. You're being too harsh on her. What you're saying is very offensive and so I'd like it if you didn't say anything anymore." Ethan said, struggling to keep the polite tone in his voice."You! Weren't you dating Heather? Are you the one who gave her the disease?""No, I wasn't dating Heather. It was just to ensure that you didn't marry her off to someone against he