FAKE RELATIONSHIP PROPOSAL

and I hadn't talked since supper. He seemed aloof, preoccupied in talks with relatives and determined

t air. *You're not the one to determine that.* What did it imply to her? Did she still fe

und me. This weekend was going to be difficult, but I wasn't prepared for the tension to be so intens

above my me

ing. Who, at this hour, could that be? I debated ignoring it for a second, but my curiosity wo

than. His hair showed hints of disorder as if he had been raki

etly, "Can

ll of a sudden, the silence thick with uttered words. With his head in his hands, he perched on

a's... complicated." We spent a great deal of time to

I softly inquired. We were clearly at odds,

ever, Clara... she refuses to accept no. And s

. damaged. It looked that the smooth-talking, self-assured Ethan from wo

ven though I could sense rage seething un

te place. Maybe regret? or guilt? It didn't seem like it would matter. I believed t

egain your trust?" With a stronger ton

. "Yeah, someth

d my chest constricted. I didn't sign up to get swept up in someone else's tumultuous breakup; I had committed to

saying, "I should've

wever, all I could do was sigh as the fight left me. "It's alright," I responded, not knowing whether that was

in his eyes, his gaze dart

x-this is your life. I'm only an outsider. I feel like I'm simply

ot in the way. I must have you here. The only person who can help

ever seen this side of Ethan before; it was honest, frank, a

, "I don't know how to handle this." "

ently. "No, neither am I. However

ing, even though I really wanted to believe him. We would return to our separate

ly. We exchanged a gaze as we both froze. Ethan got up an

ar

as flashing in her eyes. With razor-sharp eyes, s

d, "I need to talk to you." It

g Ethan as he was about to shut the do

th me? The expression in her eyes suggested th

m aware of your lack of unity. And I'll see to it that this e