Chapter Seventy Eight

His lips were less than an inch away from mine. I was not going to let this happen.

"Ethan, no," I said pushing him away.

His nostrils flared. "Why not?"

"Well, besides my boyfriend, you're covered in blood, so right now the idea of kissing you is kind of gross. No offense," I added.

Ethan looked down at his messy clothing and sighed. "I guess you have a point. So you're still gonna stay with the boyfriend even though he wants me dead huh?"

Oh no. I was not about to let him make me feel guilty. "Olivia and Nicole want you dead too. Should I disown them?"

Ethan grinned playfully, all intensity forgotten. "I'd be very flattered if you did."

I smiled back at him. "I'm going to going to get you some clean clothes. Will you promise me that you'll stay here while I'm gone? You could take a shower and try to wash off all the blood from your skin."

"Sure thing, boss," he said.

I frowned at how well he was cooperating with me. After all, just a few minutes ago he'd been set on having me kill h