No Turning Back, Ethan

xpression of concern. He stepped closer, his eyes

soft and full of fake sympathy. "We should ha

transparent it was insu

u worried when you were uploading that video? Were you worried when you hea

vanished, replaced by a cold def

his tone sharp. "I did

"Protect Chloe. Protect the baby. What was so important about protectin

, as if explaining a complex t

career! One viral scandal, and she' s finished. She loses everyt

the room, at the

ngs you design. A stupid, fake video can' t take that away from you. People will forget. It doesn' t affect your ability to

fety, my dignity, and my emotional well-being against Chloe' s social media career and decided mine was the more disposable asse

wisted into a laugh. It was the laugh of someone who had seen the

"I was beaten, Ethan. By a mob you incited. I have a concussion. I cou

illion pieces, broke all over again. The pain was immens

final than any vows we had spoken. "I want you out of

he couldn' t comprehend that his

stammered. "After everything we'

ike, standing on a cliff overlooking the ocean. The wind was whipping my hair

" he had whispered in my ear. "With a huge window so you

out the design in a notebook, a s

autiful lie I had lived. The man who promised me a forever home had t

ly extinguished by the cold reality o

e flat and devoid of all emotion. "They chan