Chapter 73 Sophie Clarke ••• The moment I got home from dinner with Ethan, I couldn’t stop thinking about him. I tried to distract myself. I changed out of my clothes, washed my face, and even stood in front of my closet for a few minutes pretending I had something important to do. But my mind kept going back to him, to the way he looked at me across the table, to his smile and his calm voice. And, most of all, to the night when he had asked me to be his girlfriend. “I want you Sophie, not just for a short while. Not because I’m lonely but because I want something real with you.” Those were his words. At the time, I didn’t know what to say. I was speechless. I was also scared. I was scared of what saying yes meant, scared of getting attached. Scared that maybe I would give him my heart only to have him break it later on. So I asked him for some time, saying that I was going to think about it. He said he wasn’t in a rush and I could take my time. But sitting alone i
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