CHAPTER NINE

Emily sat somberly in Ethan’s car while he drove her to the hospital, she had searched the whole ballroom frantically yet the silver bangle with a crimson gemstone was nowhere in site.

She felt downcast and sad, and she wondered how she was going to let Orion know she had misplaced a precious antique bracelet he had given her. Had someone picked it? Or had it somehow fallen into the hands of the mysterious stranger she had kissed, she stayed baffled with her mind turning in circles and the weird guy pulling her out of her train of thoughts when she only just realized he still hadn’t told her his name.

“Was the bracelet a gift from your boyfriend?” he asked her, his eyes fixed on the road and she

turned to face him

“You still haven’t told me your name, you could be a serial killer for all I know” she said instead and he chuckled glancing at her from his side eye.

“Fine, I’m Ethan” he told her “Ethan Jacobs.

Ethan wasn’t entirely sure why he lied but a sense of guilt suddenly settled