Chapter 81

Isabella's P.O.V

It seemed there were quite a lot of secrets surrounding Ethan and I was just starting to glimpse at the surface.

"Please tell me. What happened, Talia ?" I said with my voice reducing to a whisper.

"What really happened, Talia?" I asked.

Talia hesitated. "Ethan wouldn't want me to say that." She said and then paused for a while.

I could clearly hear the gears working within her as she struggled with the prospect opening up to me.

"Well, to hell with what Ethan thinks." Talia said finally. As I said earlier, Emily was Ethan's first mate. They were all as happy as they could be but things began to fall apart when Ethan's own friend began to fall for Emily too. This friend was like the brother Ethan never had so imagine the shock when Ethan found out that his best friend was dating his mate secretly."

I listened quietly in rapt attention, eager to take in every word that Talia said. I nodded every now and then as she explained hoping to get to the bottom of everyth