Chapter 150

She stepped closer to him, close enough that she could see the golden flecks in his brown eyes, could see the hope and fear warring in his expression.

"My happiness is with you, Ethan," she said softly. "If you'll have me."

Ethan's face went through about ten different expressions in the span of five seconds. Confusion, hope, disbelief, joy, and finally something that looked like pain.

"What are you saying?" he asked, his voice careful and measured. "I just heard you tell Mia hours ago that you wanted to be with me because my father was the cause of your misery.

You said you wanted to use me...