Chapter 131

"Evelyn, must you push me away?" Ethan's mood dropped. Even his voice had turned as cold as ice. I pressed my lips together and said nothing. I was terrified of what he would say next. I wanted him to stop talking, but before I could say anything, he continued, "You obviously like me back. Why won't you admit it? You were so concerned and afraid when I got stabbed. I heard everything you said to me." Listening to Ethan made me feel like a pebble had been thrown into a calm lake, sending ripples spreading outward. Now that the memories that I had buried on purpose had been mentioned again, I could no longer lie to myself or to others. When Ethan was stabbed by those kidnappers, there had been so much blood. I had watched the blood soak through his shirt as he stumbled over to me and untied the ropes around me. After that, he had fallen unconscious to the ground. I was terrified. I was more scared than I had been in my previous life when I realized that he would never love