Ethan’s POVNot long after Charles leaves, Anna Campbell and her parents enter.Tonight is shaping up to be an energy-draining ordeal—it already is.Barely a few minutes pass before they dive into wedding plans.“We need to fix the wedding date as soon as possible, now that we’re back,” Anna’s father announces.Anna’s hand slips around my bicep, and it takes every ounce of my self-control not to yank it away. She rests her head on my shoulder, the gesture feeling heavy and unwanted."Yes, yes." Dad replies. You want me to marry someone who didn’t check up on me—not even once—while I was in the hospital?Arthur had informed me she had been staying with me before her parents returned to the country, even though, for some reason, I cannot recall a single moment of it—Where was I even going when I had the accident?Removing her hand, I straighten up.“Please, excuse me.” I force a smile and a stiff nod.I need to get as far away from this place as possible, or I might end up doing somet
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