ELENA I looked over at him. I wanted to read his expression, at least to understand why he was so tense. I didn't think Regina was the main reason he was tense. I knew there was something beneath his scowl, his furrowed eyebrows and tight grip on the steering wheel. I followed his gaze, and his eyes were directed at the restaurant. "Don't hang around, Ethan," he warned. My head snapped back, eyebrows knitted as I scrunch my nose in confusion. Was that why he was so pissed? I wondered. The realization that I had won at the little game he was playing in the restaurant hit me, and I held in my laughter. "That's why you're angry?" I asked."You don't know Ethan," he turned to face me. "No. You don't know him," I retort. He laughed—a low, mocking sound that grated against my nerves. His head tilted back, shoulders shaking slightly, as if I had just told the funniest joke in the world. It wasn’t funny. Not to me. When his laughter finally died, he fixed me with a slow, assessing l
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