Sold as the Alpha King's Breeder
Chapter 87

Chapter 87 Ethan...Apologized?!

“Ouch!” I took a step backward, rubbing my forehead, trying to sort out in my mind what

had just happened.

“I'm sorry, Rosalie!” he whispered, and for a moment, I thought I had to be mistaken.

I thought it was Ethan I had run into.

It smelled like him.

It felt like him.

When I glanced up at him through my eyelashes, it looked like him.

But when I heard those two words come from between his lips,

I thought I had to be mistaken, and Soren must’ ve come back early from his trip.

There was no way in the world that Ethan would've told me he was sorry about anything.

"Are you all right?” he asked me, still keeping his voice quiet.

I pulled my hand away from

my forehead and gazed at him. The moonlight fell over him like a lighthouse beacon, calling me hon I couldnt allow myself to fall for this siren’s song.

"Y-yes. I'm okay,” I grumbled in a low voice. “Not that you care.” I was just glad I'd whipped

around head first and hadnt hit my baby bump against his muscular physique. “Why are you here?” His eyes widened as if he was hurt by my question.

“I came to see you,” he said, moving toward me.

“Don’t!”

I put up my hand and took a step back, and he

didn’t move any closer to me. “I don’t understand why you're here at all, Ethan.”

He sighed. “Rosalie, all that time, everyone was

trying to convince me that you and the baby were dead, but I knew in my heart that you weren't. I he I folded my arms under my chest. “Well, you've seen it. Here we are. Not dead.”

He pressed his lips together, and I saw his jaw flex, which let me know he was debating

how to respond. “You've changed, Rosalie.”

"Yes, I have, for the better.” I replied. “Now that your mission is accomplished, could you please leave “Rosalie is that truly what you want?"

His voice was deep and low, as if he was unsure of what to do. When was Ethan ever unsure of anyth His question had an air of finality about

it I wasn't sure I was ready for, but I had already spent a great deal of the day deciding that I was rea So I went with it.

“Yes,” I told him. “As you can see, I have a new life here. I have a home. I have a job. I have friends. in the eye. “I have people who are kind to me and treat me with respect.”

His expression was pained. I saw him wince a little when I said those words.

I continued, though. I wasn't

through. I could feel all of the anger I'd been carrying around with me since I'd

first found out his plan.

“If you didn’t come here to hurt me, and you just wanted to see that I am alive, then you've gotten you should go. Consider everything settled between us.”

I rarely spoke that much at once, but I had to spit it all out; otherwise, I

may not have the courage to say any of these words to him again.

“Or if you have other business here on the islands, go ahead and finish it. But you have no reason tc come back here to see me. Ever again.”

Thad tears in my eyes when I finished speaking, but I blinked them away. I didn’t want him to see me I didn’t want him to know a part of me wanted to throw myself back into his arms the way I had the I I was dreaming.

Ethan stared at me for a long moment, and I expected him to yell at me, ordering me to do somethi “Rosalie, I can see on your face that you don't mean what you're saying. You still have feelings for me moved on, and you don’t want to be with me, that you'd rather be with that other guy... fine. I'll leav “I do,” I said. But my words were not spoken with the conviction I meant them to be.

A small, melancholy smile pulled at the corners of his mouth.

“I've heard the songs you sing when you think you're

alone. I've seen the way you look out the window and how your eyes traced the bushes. I see the way you're looking at me now.”

He took a breath.

“I don't blame you for hating me, Rosalie. I don“t blame you for being scared. But if you'll give me an you."

I stared at him for a long moment, dumbfounded, as I contemplated what I'd just heard.

For the second time in one day, I had heard Alpha Ethan say he was sorry. It was a lot to process. And I clearly wasn't processing it very well.

“You're sorry?” I asked him. “You're sorry?!”

I felt the anger welling up inside of me, and like a dormant volcano that

had held onto too much pressure for too long, all of my rage suddenly erupted to the surface.

"Oh, well, since you're sorry, I'll just go ahead and drop everything that I've got going on here, and do whatever you'd like!”

“Rosalie,” he said, looking down at the ground and shaking his head.

“No, Ethan! I heard you say you were sorry, and I just want to make sure that I acknowledge that con way, in passing, as simply as possible, I'm willing to go back with you and be your breeder, your thin: the privileged life that you deserve-because you're sorry!”

“Rosalie, I'm here because I want to be with you. Madalynn means nothing to me. You know that.” His arms were out in front of him, as if he couldnt believe I would be worried about such a thing. “Really? You mean to tell me you're going to drop

the responsibility King James and your pack have placed upon you to marry Madalynn so that you c: “I will do it for you,” he said, his eyes locked on mine.

I wanted to believe him. I truly did.

“No, you won't! You will never abandon your responsibilities, Ethan. I know that.”

I took a deep breath, and then continued without thinking.

“Isn't it bad enough that you've snuck off behind your beloved fiancée’s back to find me?”

He was surprised by what I said, and shook his head. “What? No, I don’t love her—"

Then his forehead furrowed. It was clear he didn’t know what I was talking about.

He asked me carefully, “Rosalie, did you

misunderstand something?”

“Your insignia ring,” I

said, my hands on my hips. “I know how important your family ring is to you, yet she’s the one weari Ethan finally seemed to understand what I was saying.

Theard him chuckled, pressing a hand to his forehead. He was still worried, but I could

tell he was a little relieved

Once again, I felt like I was going to erupt and spew a violent pile of volcanic ash all over him. “Rosalie,” he said, dropping his hand. “That was strategic. Yes, you're right. She does have my ring. I'T her because I have feelings for her. If anything, I've grown to loathe her even more since you left—

if that's even possible.”

That wasn't the answer I expected. My cheeks heated up as I realized I'd scolded him based on what “That doesn't change anything.. ” I tried to keep my

face indifferent to what he was saying, as if I didn't believe him, as if I didn't care—

but inside, I felt as if my heart was just learning to beat again.

Was there a chance we could be together after all?

Would he really consider choosing me over Madalynn—

even though that wasn't what King James wanted for

the pack?

“Listen, Rosalie,” Ethan continued, and I thought for a moment I saw a hint of pain in the crinkles aro belong to me. If you've moved on, you're no longer interested in being with me, or you no longer ha Once again, I felt tears stinging my eyes. But I was not the same girl that I

used to be, and I was strong enough to fight them off.

“But, Rosalie... If you still have feelings for me, if you still have a tiny place in your heart for me, 1 won I raised an eyebrow. “What are you talking about, Ethan?”

Your

letter, Rosalie,” he said, his eyes glinting in the moonlight. “Don’t you remember what you wrote in y Of course, I remembered what I'd written in my letter, but when I'd written those words, thought tha true feelings for him. I had selfishly hoped that he would never get over me.

I felt my face threatening to flush, and did my best to fight it.

His gaze was so heavy on my face that I couldn“t keep my eyes off of him for long. When I looked at something out of his pocket.

I recognized it before he showed it to me. “I didn't give Madalynn my ring

as a token of affection, but I gave this to you because I wanted you to wear it and think about how much you mean to me. I wanted you to have a piece of me near your heart-always.”

My sight became blurry with tears.

“I can't blame you for wanting to

get rid of it, but I'm asking you to take it back now. Rosalie, can I put this necklace back where it belc next to your heart?”

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