Avaโs PovFrank blinked at Ethan in surprise, and looked back down at the file in his hands.โLeave, please. Iโm asking nicely.โ Ethan told him, his lips pulled into a thin line.Frank looked between me and Ethan, and wordlessly left the house. Ethan let out a satisfactory โhmphโ and turned back to
โFocus on my eyes, nothing else.โMy breath hitched in my throat. I stared into his gray eyes as he turned me around the room.The song was coming to an end, and Ethan had a mischievous glint in his eye.โHold onto me,โ He whispered. Twirling the two of us around and lowering me so that he was dippi
Ethanโs confession spurred a whirlwind of emotion to wrap around my heart. My chest bloomed in heat and I wanted nothing more than to wrap my arms around him and shove my lips against him.I resisted the urge, of course.It didnโt make sense, nothing made sense right now. Ethan was the only thing t
โThe party will have the most powerful alphas and their entire families in attendance.โ Ethan said with a lopsided smile.โSo this is actually a huge deal, then?โ My eyes widened as I looked up at him.Ethan, still holding onto my hand with a comfortingly tight grip, shrugged his shoulders and shook
โSo I went and bought you a little something to wear with your new dress,โ Ethan lifted a pricey looking box from the bag.Inside were the prettiest pair of heels I had ever seen in my life. They glimmered in the evening light and reminded me of a glass slipper from fairytales.โAllow me?โ He inquir
The click of my heels against the marble echoed in the ballroom. It was so quiet despite there being a hundred people in attendance. I kept my face as unbothered as possible and leaned into Ethan slightly.โWhy are they all staring at us?โ I whispered, eyes raking over the guests and their unrelenti
Part of me wanted to run. Two women who had made my life miserable were working together on something - or they were friends at least, and I wanted to hide away.But the bigger part of me, the part that I didnโt even know I had, wanted to confront them. I wanted to let them know that I wasnโt going
The dance was over and Ethan left as the final note was played. Standing at the filled dancefloor, watching Ethan chase another girl, I assumed, was mortifying. Multiple people saw the way he abandoned me as the song was finishing, and the whispers already started.Couples glanced at me suspiciously
Ethanโs 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 sonโs 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
Itโs 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 Ethanโs son.I named him James.My mother and I had run โWonder Doughโ bakery ever since we escaped. It was flourishing within the new city that we inhabited
I bit my lip, hearing Ethanโs voice was enough to cause my heart to skip a beat.โIf you do not back down, I will take one of Avaโs fingers for every failed business deal you cause me,โ Andrew growled. I took a step away from the door, still listening. My breathing became ragged.โWhy do I care?โ Et
Running away from Ethan that night was one of the hardest things Iโd 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 Ethanโs 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 didnโt know how much longer I could take this.โAva?โ Ethanโs 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 didnโt say it back.I couldnโt even stomach the idea of loving someone like Baron back.โBaron said he loves me,โ I told Andrew one night over dinner. My mother took dinner in her room, s
Even if it also broke mine.โEthan,โ I gave Andrew a sideways glance, โI canโt go back with you.โโWhy?โ Ethan pleaded, โWhat happened that made you leave me?โI furrowed my brow and cocked my head to the side. As if he didnโt know? He acted as though he didnโt ignore me for a week and immediately r
Ethanโs 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 hadnโt 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 didnโt know, he didnโt say anything.I didnโt 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